Scotch Twins - Lucy F. Perkins |
Auld | old |
Aye (pron. i) | yes |
Aye (pron. a) | ever, always |
Bailie | an officer of the law |
Bairn | a child |
Ben | See But and ben |
Besom | a broom |
Bide | stay |
Bittock | a little bit |
Blatherskite | a babbling person, a good-for-nothing |
Blethering | talking nonsense |
Bonny | pretty, beautiful, charming |
Bracken | brake, a species of tall fern |
Brae (pron. bray) | a hillside |
Braw | fine, handsome |
Burn | a brook |
But and ben | outside and in. But the house means out of the house. But is also applied to the kitchen; going but is going from the best room to the kitchen, and going ben is going into the best room |
Byre | a cow-shed |
Canny | shrewd |
Chap | a knock |
Daft | silly, foolish |
Dandering | wandering |
Dawtie | darling, pet |
Dinna | do not |
Dod | an exclamation |
Doubt | suspect |
Dyke | a low fence or wall of turf or stone |
Fash | disturb |
Fine | finely, well |
Gey | very |
Gin | if |
Girdle | a griddle |
Glengarry bonnet | a small cap without visor |
Greet | weep |
Guddling | catching fish with the hands |
Havers | nonsense (an exclamation) |
Isna | is not |
Keek | a peep |
Ken | know |
Kilmarnock bonnet | a tam-o'-shanter |
Kirk | church |
Biro | a churn |
Kist | a chest |
Laird | a lord, a landed proprietor |
Laverock | the lark |
Limmer | a mischievous person |
Losh | an exclamation |
Loup | to leap |
Lug | ear |
Mealy pudding | a Scotch dish made of oatmeal and suet, in form something like a sausage |
Michty | mighty, large, powerful |
Michty me | an exclamation |
Na | no, not |
Pawky | sly |
Pewit | the lapwing, a species of plover |
Plaidie | diminutive of plaid. Each clan had its own especial pattern which was worn by all members |
Redding up | putting in order |
Sal | an exclamation |
Scone | a flat cake, unsweetened, baked on a griddle |
kirl | a shrill sound, especially that characteristic of the bagpipes |
Slippit awa' | slipped away, died |
Sousie | agreeable, attractive, comely, pleasant |
Spier | ask |
Sync | afterward, since |
Tarn | a small mountain lake |
Tatties | potatoes |
Tid | a pet name for a child |
Tirley-wirley | a disturbance |
Wasna | was not |
Wee bit hoosie | little house |
Whaup | the curlew, a large bird of the Sandpiper Family |
Wifie | an endearing term for a woman |