Glossary
	<< Back to Song Introduction A to D | E to H | I to N | O to T | U to Z | ALL Abeigh At a shy distance Aboon. abune Above Aboot About Abread In breadth Acquent Acquainted Ae, ane One Agley Off the straight Aiblins Perhaps Aik Oak Ain Own Airms Arms Airn Iron Airt Direction Ajee To one side Alane Alone Alang Along Amang Among An, ance One, once Anither Another Arles Thrashing Aroon Around Asklent Aslant Athwart Across Auld Old Aumous-dish Alms-dish Ava At all Awa' Away Ay, aye Always Ayont Beyond a' all Bairn, bairns Child, children Baith Both Ban, bann'd Curse, cursed Bandster A binder of sheaves Banes Bones Baukie-bird A bat Baukit Balked Bawbee Halfpenny Ba' Ball Bear the gree Win the victory Bear, bere Barley Belyve Quickly Ben In Bent Open field Besom Sweeping brush or broom Bicker Beaker, an ale pot Bide Stay, live Bield Shelter Biggin Building Billie Fellow, comrade Birkie Plucky little fellow birks Birch trees Birle To carouse, to spend, to spin around Bizz Buzz, bustle Blad A person of weak, soft constitution from rapid overgrowth Blads Large portions Blastie, Shrivelled, wicked dwarf Blate Bashful, sheepish Blaw Blow Blear Smear, blur Blear't Dim with weeping Blinkit Blinked, wearing blinkers Blin' Blind Bluid Blood Blythe Glad, happy, lighthearted Bobbit Bowed, bobbed, curtsied Bocht Bought Bock Vomit Boddle Small coin Boggie Bog, marsh Bogle Hobgoblin Bole A hole or cupboard in the wall boord-en' End of the table Boortree The elder tree Bort Bored Boun's Bounds Brae A steep bank or the slope of a hill Braid Broad Brak' Broke Brankie Lively, showy, gaudy Brattle A short, sharp race Braw Brave, handsome, generous, good, well dressed Bree Brew Breid Bread Brent Polished Brose Raw oatmeal mixed with water Browst A brew, the consequences of one's own actions Brunt Burned Bucht, bught Sheep or cattle fold Buik Book Bummin' Humming Bunnet Bonnet Burn Stream, creek Burn A small stream Busk To dress, adorn Buss Embrace, kiss But & Ben A single-room dwelling, inside & outside, here & there Byre Barn or cattle shed Cadger Hawker Caird Tinker Callan Fine fellow Callet Camp-follower Cam Come Canna, cannae Cannot Cannie Candle Canny Pleasant, cautious, knowing, skilful Cant Lingua franca, slang Cantie, Canty Cheerful Cantraip, cantrip Spell or charm Carle An old man Carlin A stout old woman Carry Firmament Castel Castle Cauld Cold Causie Pavement Ca', ca'd Call, called Chafts Jaws Chaist Ghost Chapman A peddlar Chappin A quart pot, a round of drinks Chappit Knocked Chiel A young fellow Chimla Chimney Chittering Shivering Choise Choose Christendie, chistentie Christendom Claith Cloth Cla'es Clothes Cleed Clothe Cleek Hook Clishmaclaver Loud speech that makes no sense Cloods Clouds Close An alley or yard, enclosed ground or area Clout Patch Clouts Ragged clothing Coft Bought cog-wame a protuberant belly Comprells Spells Convenit Convened Coof Blockhead Cot-hoose Cottage Cowie Cow Crack Chat, joke (with someone) Craig, craigie Crag Crap Creep, crept Craters Creatures Crawing Crowing Craws Crows Creel A basket or hamper Croon Crown Crowdie Oatmeal gruel made with water Crowse Jaunty Cuist Cast Cutty-stool A short stool; specifically the stool on which convicted fornicators were obliged to sit in church Dae(ing) Do(ing) Daur Dare Daw(in) Dawn(ing) Dawtie Darling, pet Dee Die Deid, deith Dead, death Deil Devil Dinna Don't, do not Dochter Daughter Doited Childish, foolish, in dotage Doo Dove Dool, dule Sorrow, grief, to lament Doon Down Douce Sober, sedate, decent, seemly, well ordered Doudle To dandle Dowie Dull, sorrowful Dram A measure of whisky dreich Long & uninteresting, dreary Droon Drown Drouk To wet, soak Duds, duddles Ragged clothes Dursna Dares not Durst Dare Dwall Dwell Dyke A wall of undressed stone				Home   Biography   Discography   Photo Album   Songbook   Journeymen - School Shows   Links   Contact Us
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