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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 |
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