GLOSSARY OF UNFAMILIAR WORDS

Abune—above

ahent—behind

barry—fine, smart

bent-backit—bent-backed

bidey-in—live-in

bint—woman

bitty—a little bit

boking—retching, vomiting

braw—good

cant—traveller dialect

catty—catapult

chats—earrings

chavie—young man

chittie—iron tripod positioned over an open fire

chuckit—useless

clootie dumpling— rich pudding, steamed in a cloth

cobble—short, flat-bottomed rowing boat

courie doon—snuggle down

couried—hidden, snuggled

crabbit—peevish, irritable

deek—see, look

een—eyes

gadgie—man, fellow

gan-about—traveller, gypsy

gouries—young girls

graip—pitchfork

guffy—pig

guid—good

hantel—group or crowd of people; country hantel, non-travellers

haun—hand

heechy—mad moment

hoolit—owl

hornies—police

jugal—dog

kushtie—great

leric—blackbird

Lorne sausage—square sliced sausage

louped—leaped

lowie—money, wealth

luggie—container with one or two handles (used for collecting berries)

lunzie—tramp’s bag or pouch

lurcher—a dog crossed between a collie or sheepdog and a greyhound, often used by poachers

menses—food

merl—blackbird

muckle—a lot, big

pagger—a beating

puckle—a few, small

purn—bobbin

quine—girl, young person

roused—angry

ruggle stane—natural river stone used to sharpen knives

scadded—rubbed, chafed

scaldy—settled, i.e. non-traveller

schnell—sharp, biting

scunner—nuisance, annoyance

shan—frighten; shan chories, stolen goods; shan gadgie, an untrustworthy man

shanning—scaring, frightening

shaw—stalk

siller—silver, money

skelp—hit, beat

smir—fine drizzle

sookit—sucked

stapped full—jammed full

stardy—jail, police station

stushie—fight, commotion

tank—to skin

thrawn—stubborn, contrary

tottie—small

washie—washhouse

wayn—large amount, cartload

wean—child

weel kent—well known

yin—one