awry (adj): wrong
aye (adj): always
bairn (n): child
barmkin (n): enclosed area within the outer fortification of a castle or tower house
bastle house (n): small scale dwelling, often associated with a tower house
bawbee (n): copper coin, worth six pence Scots
besom (adj): term of contempt, generally applied to women
bide (v): to live
birl (v): to whirl around
birlinn (n): wooden vessel
propelled by sail and /or oar
bothy (n): primitive shelter
bravely (adj): well (health)
breeks (n): trousers
byre (n): cowshed
canny (adj): shrewd
chirurgeon (n): surgeon
clack (n): talk, gossip
coorie in (v): to snuggle up
Cordiner (Prop n): leather-worker
cowp (v): to tip over
deeve (v): to bother, annoy
dreich (adj): damp
dug, cow’s (n): udder
feart (adj): afraid
fettle (adj): condition
filch (v): to steal
forbye (n): besides
founder 1. (v): to collapse
foundering 2. (v): to be chilled
gawk (v): to stare
gey (adv): very
grub (v): to scrape or dig
guddle (n): mess
haar (n): fog
hunker (v): to squat
ken (v): to know
kilter, out of (n): wrong
lochan (n): small loch
lye (n): liquid obtained by leaching ashes, used in soap production
mair (det): more
maun (aux v): must, may
merk (n): silver coin, worth 2/3 of a pound Scots
mirk (n): 1.darkness, 2.mist
mite (adj): little
Octavians (Prop n): Financial commission set up by James VI
pelt (v): to rain heavily
Prosector (Prop n): a preparer of corpses for dissection
racket (n): loud noise
redd-out (v): to spring clean
reek (n): stench
rummage (v): to search through
smirr (n): fine rain
speir (n): talk
stour (n): dust
strait (n): difficulty
sutler (n): civilian merchant who sells provisions to an army in the field
swee (n): a horizontal bar from which pots are suspended and swung over the fire.
tatting (n): craft technique using knots and loops
thole (v): to suffer, endure
thrapple (n): throat
thrawn (adj): contrary, ill-natured, perverse
traipse (v): to wander about
twit (v): to taunt
vennel (n): narrow lane between buildings
weel (n): well-being
wheest (imp): be quiet
wynd (n): narrow street or alleyway
wirrit (v): to kill by strangulation