Scotch Twins

<SPAN name="glossary"></SPAN> <h3> GLOSSARY </h3> <br/> <p>Auld, old.</p> <p>Aye (pronounced i), yes.</p> <p>Aye (pronounced a), ever, always.</p> <br/> <p>Bailie, an officer of the law.</p> <p>Bairn, a child.</p> <p>Ben. See But and ben.</p> <p>Besom, a broom.</p> <p>Bide, stay.</p> <p>Bittock, a little bit.</p> <p>Blatherskite, a babbling person, a good-for-nothing.</p> <p>Blethering, talking nonsense.</p> <p>Bonny, pretty, beautiful, charming.</p> <p>Bracken, brake, a species of tall fern.</p> <p>Brae (pronounced bray), a hillside.</p> <p>Braw, fine, handsome.</p> <p>Burn, a brook.</p> <p>But and ben, outside and in.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Byre, a cow-shed.</p> <br/> <p>Canny, shrewd.</p> <p>Chap, a knock.</p> <br/> <p>Daft, silly, foolish.</p> <p>Dandering, wandering.</p> <p>Dawtie, darling, pet.</p> <p>Dinna, do not.</p> <p>Dod, an exclamation.</p> <p>Doubt, suspect.</p> <p>Dyke, a low fence or wall of turf or stone.</p> <br/> <p>Fash, disturb.</p> <p>Fine, finely, well.</p> <br/> <p>Gey, very.</p> <p>Gin (g as in give), if.</p> <p>Girdle, a griddle.</p> <p>Glengarry bonnet, a small cap without visor.</p> <p>Greet, weep.</p> <p>Guddling, catching fish with the hands.</p> <br/> <p>Havers (a as in hay), nonsense (an exclamation).</p> <br/> <p>Isna, is not.</p> <br/> <p>Keek, a peep.</p> <p>Ken, know.</p> <p>Kilmarnock bonnet, a tam-o'-shanter.</p> <p>Kirk, church.</p> <p>Biro, a churn.</p> <p>Kist, a chest.</p> <br/> <p>Laird, a lord, a landed proprietor.</p> <p>Laverock, the lark.</p> <p>Limmer, a mischievous person.</p> <p>Losh, an exclamation.</p> <p>Loup, to leap.</p> <p>Lug, ear.</p> <br/> <p>Mealy pudding, a Scotch dish made of oatmeal and suet, in form something like a sausage.</p> <p>Michty (pronounced michty, with the gutteral ch as in the German word ich), mighty, large, powerful.</p> <p>Michty me, an exclamation.</p> <br/> <p>Na, no, not.</p> <br/> <p>Pawky, sly.</p> <p>Pewit, the lapwing, a species of plover.</p> <p>Plaidie (pronounced pladie), diminutive of plaid. Each clan had its own especial pattern which was worn by all members.</p> <br/> <p>Redding up, putting in order.</p> <br/> <p>Sal, an exclamation.</p> <p>Scone, a flat cake, unsweetened, baked on a griddle.</p> <p>Skirl, a shrill sound, especially that characteristic of the bagpipes.</p> <p>Slippit awa', slipped away, died.</p> <p>Sousie (both s's as in so), agreeable, attractive, comely, pleasant.</p> <p>Spier (pronounced spear), ask.</p> <p>Sync, afterward, since.</p> <br/> <p>Tarn, a small mountain lake.</p> <p>Tatties, potatoes.</p> <p>Tid, a pet name for a child.</p> <p>Tirley-wirley, a disturbance.</p> <br/> <p>Wasna, was not.</p> <p>Wee bit hoosie, little house.</p> <p>Whaup, the curlew, a large bird of the Sandpiper Family.</p> <p>Wifie, an endearing term for a woman.</p> <br/><br/><br/> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />