abun—above
ahent—behind
ba’ heid—bald person
baffies—bedroom slippers
bairnies—small children
bawbees—coins
bide—stay
birl—whirl around
bisom—rascally person
bool-moothed—posh-talking
bowdie—belly, womb, also shelter
braw—fine, excellent
braxy meat—meat which is dried, salted, stretched and cut into strips
braxy water—peaty water
breeks—trousers
breenge—rush, lunge
brock—cast-off wool from sheep
but-and-ben—two-roomed cottage
chat—small person
chitties—tripod
cluckie doo—woodpigeon
cornkister—bothy song
coup—rubbish dump
couthie—friendly, pleasant
cratur—creature
craw—crow
cromachs—sticks, shepherds’ crooks
croupit—suffering from respiratory infection
cuddie—young fish
cuddy—horse, pony
deek—look
div—do
docken—dock (plant)
dook—dip, dive
dreich—damp, dismal
dukkering—fortune-telling
een—eyes
een-gouged—with eyes put out
face like fizz—an expression of great displeasure
fauld—sheep fold
fit—what
fly—cunning
frickit—scared
fu’—drunk
gadaboot—wandering person
gadgie—man, particularly a non-gypsy
gloamin—twilight
gourie—woman
guffy-faced—with a fat, flabby face, staring uncouthly
haar—coastal mist
habin—food
hantel—group of people
hingin’—hanging
hippit—stiff
holt—otter’s lair
homer—casual job done for a friend
hoofit—hoofed
hoolit—owl
horn-moich—totally mad
jugal—dog
keeking—peering, peeking
kelpie, water kelpie—monster living in water which transforms itself into a horse to entice its victims
kye—cattle
leein—lying
loup—leap
lowy—money
manged—asked
manishi—woman
maun hae—must have
midden—rubbish-dump
moich—mad
mort—woman, girl
muckle—big
pagger—fight, hit
panny—urine
peeve—alcoholic drink
pirn—bobbin
plaidies—tartan capes
puddock—frog or toad
quine—young woman
ragie—silly, stupid
sark—shirt
scud—blow
shan—strange
skelf-like—slight, thin as a shaving
skelp—hit, beat
skitters—nervousness inducing diarrhoea
spirtle stick—stick for stirring food in a pot
spunk—spark
stappit—jammed
stookied—plastered
stotting—bouncing
swelt—swollen
tackety boots—hob-nailed boots
thrapple—throat
thronged hen—throttled hen
toories—caps
tushni—pieces of hand-made lace
wallies—false teeth
waur—worse
weans—children
whaur—where
wheen—large number, amount
yaps—individuals with too much to say for themselves
yookies—rats