Waverley — Complete eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 733 pages of information about Waverley — Complete.

Waverley — Complete eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 733 pages of information about Waverley — Complete.

GIMMER, a ewe from one to two years old.

GLISKED, glimpsed.

GRIPPLE, rapacious, niggardly.

GULPIN, a simpleton.

Ha’, hall.

Hag, a portion of copse marked off for cutting.

Hail, whole.

Hallan, a partition, a screen.

Hame, home.

HANTLE, a great deal.

HARST, harvest.

HERSHIPS, plunder.

Hilding, a coward.

HIRSTS, knolls.

Horning, charge of, a summons to pay a debt, on pain of being pronounced a rebel, to the sound of a horn.

Howe, a hollow.

HOULERYING and poulerying, hustling and pulling.

Hurley-house, a brokendown manor house.

Ilk, same; of that ilk, of the same name or place.

ILKA, each, every.

In the bees, stupefied.

Intromit, meddle with.

Ken, know.

Kittle, tickle, ticklish.

KNOBBLER, a male deer in its second year.

Kyloe, a small Highland cow.

Laird, squire, lord of the manor.

Lang-leggit, long-legged.

Lawing, a tavern reckoning.

Lee land, pasture land.

Lie, a word used in old Scottish legal documents to call attention to the following word or phrase.

Lift, capture, carry off by theft.

Limmer, a jade.

Loch, a lake.

Loon, an idle fellow, a lout, a rogue.

Luckie, an elderly woman.

Lug, an ear, a handle.

LUNZIE, the loins, the waist.

Mae, mair, more.

Mains, the chief farm of an estate.

Malt abune the meal, the drink above the food, half-seas over.

Maun, must.

Meal Ark, a meal chest.

Merk, 13 1/3 pence in English money.

Mickle, much, great.

MISGUGGLED, mangled, rumpled.

Mony, many.

Morn, the morn, tomorrow.

Morning, a morning dram.

Muckle, much, great.

Muir, moor.

Na, nae, no, not.

NAINSELL, own self.

Nice, simple.

Nolt, black cattle. ony, any.

ORRA, odd, unemployed.

ORRA-time, occasionally.

OWER, over.

Peel-house, a fortified tower.

PENDICLE, a small piece of ground.

PINGLE, a fuss, trouble.

PLENISHING, furnishings.

Ploy, sport, entertainment.

Pretty men, stout, warlike fellows.

REIFS, robberies.

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