“She was nae get o’ muirlan’tips,Wi’ tawtit ket an’ hairy hips.”Burns.Puir Maillie.Tipe, C, to drink off.“Tipeit up an’ hev anudder.”—Common fuddling invitation.Toozle, S and C, to rub up, to ruffle or make untidy.“I ance was abused i’ the kirkFortoozlinga lass i’ my daffin.”Burns.The Jolly Beggars.Top-sark, C, an over-shirt, generally made of coarse woollen cloth.“We cannot bed ye o’, but we can lend yetop-sarks.”—Said to a weather-bound party at Cockley Beck in Seathwaite.Towp, C, capsize.“The leevin surs! shetowp’ther owerOr yen cud say, ’Od bliss her.”Mark Lonsdale.The Upshot.Toytle, C and S, totter.“Tak care thou doesn’ttoytleintil t’ beck.”Said to a top-heavy neighbour at Branthwaite.Tryste, S, an appointed meeting, also to appoint a meeting.“Cracktryste, crack credit.”—Proverb.“I daurnatrystewi’ you, Willie, I daurnatrysteye here,But I’ll meet wi’ you in heaven Willie, i’ the spring-time o’ the year.”Aytoun.Annie’s Tryste.Tyle, C, to distress, as with pain or fatigue.“I’styledto deeth wid this kurn. I’ve been kurning iver sen mwornin’, an’ I seem as far off butter as iver.”A farmer’s wife.U.Unco, S; Unket, C, strange, remarkable.“A hungry care’s anuncocare.”—Proverb.“What, is there owteunketi’ your country side?”Anderson.Bruff Reaces.Up-bank, C, upwards.“Till watters runupbankan’ trees they grow down-bank,We niver can leuk on his marrow agean.”Anderson.Kit Craffet.W.Waistrel, C, an unthrift, a useless fellow.The late Sergeant Wilkins, in reply to the Court, once definedwaistrel, not very accurately, as “something spoiled in the manufacture, and sold at half price in the Lowther Arcade.”Wale, S, choose, choice.“For sake o’ gearAnewalesa wife as he wad buy a mear.”Ramsay.The Gentle Shepherd.“The king o’ gude fellows an’waleo’ auld men.”Song—Auld Rob Morris.Wankle, C, weakly, flaccid.“Aswankleas a wet seck.”—Common saying.Wanter, C, one wanting a wife or husband.“He leeves aw his leane, but he’s seerly to bleame,When awanterlike me’s to be hed sa near heame.”Anderson.Auld Robbie Miller.Wanwauchtie, S, unable to drink freely (wan, un, and waucht a hearty draught.)“He’s uncowanwauchtiethat scunners at whey.”—Proverb.War-day, C, work-day—so distinguished from the day of rest.“She cheerfu’ wrowte herwardaywark,Than sat down at her wheel.”Rayson.Ann o’ Hethersgill.Ware, S and C, spend.“Jockey and Jenny they went to the fair,Jockey gave Jenny a penny toware.”Children’s Rhyme.Wat, S, know.“She’s a wise wife thatwatsher ain weird.”—Proverb.Waukrife, S, wakeful, or preventing sleep.“Fleas and a girnin’ wife arewaukrifebedfellows.”Proverb.Weird, S, fate, destiny.“After word comesweird, fair fa’ they that ca’ me madam.”Proverb.Welch, C, saltless, insipid.“What foats may poddish hev? They may be sooar, seùty, sodden, an’ savvorless, soat,welsh, brocken, an’ lumpy!”Common Saying.Whang, C and S, a strip of leather, a piece cut off anything.“The mergh o’ his shin bane has run down on his spur leatherwhang.”The Fray of Suport.“Wi’ sweet milk cheese i’ monie awhang.”Burns.The Holy Fair.Whick, C, alive, quick.“Sec fashions I’ll not follow while I’swhick,Lang as plain grogram and thur locks please Dick.”Ewan Clark.The Faithful Pair.Whiles, S, sometimes.“Wha does the utmost that he canMaywhilesdo mair.”Burns.Ep. to Dr. Blacklock.Whins, C; Whuns, S, furze, gorse.“When t’whinsis oot o’ blossom kissing’s oot o’ fashion.”Proverb.Whunstane, S, a kind of hard dark stone.“Wha’s ragin’ flame an’ scorchin’ heatWad melt the hardestwhun-stane.”Burns.The Holy Fair.Whuddering, S and C, shuddering or tremulous in sound.“Whudderawa’ thou bitter, biting blast.”Mactaggart.Mary Lee’s Lament.Widderful, C, looking withered or unthriven.“That barne leuks aswidderfulas if it was its oan gran’-fadder.”—Said of an unhealthy child.Wimple, S, to curl and wheel as running water.“But I’ll big a bower on yon green bank sae bonnie,That’s laved by the waters o’ Taywimplin’clear.”Song—Bonnie Dundee.Win, S, to make way, to get to.“Ye maunna think towinthrough the world on a feather bed.”—Proverb.Winnock, S, diminutive of window.“At yon farmer’swinnock, nichtly,Still he taks his eerie stan’.”John Johnstone.Bodkin Ben.Winsome, S, winning, attractive.“She is awinsomewee thing,That sweet wee wife o’ mine.”Burns.Song.Wizzent, C, withered, shrunk.“He keeps a lad’s heart in hiswizzentāld skin.”Stanyan Bigg.Granfadder Jones.Won, S, to exist, to dwell.“Kissing haswonn’di’ the worldSin ever there were twa.”Old Song.Worchet, C, orchard.“Our meadow sud be a girtworchet,An’ growe nowte at o’ but big plums.”Anderson.King Roger.Wrowke, C, to disturb roughly, or stir up.“I ola’s liked John, but I cared sa lāl for Grace ’at I cūd ha’ teàn her an’wrowk’tt’ fire wid her.”A Cumberland lady, about her children.Wudde, S, mad.“I’ve ridden a horse baith wild an’wudde.”Ballad—Kinmont Willie.Wummel, C, to enter in a sinuous manner, as an auger bores.“He’llwummelhis-sel’ intil t’ creuktest rabbit whoal i’ Siddick.”—Said of a terrier.Y.Ya, Yan, C, one; Ae and Yin in Dumfriesshire.Yais used when the noun indicated is named—yan, when it is understood; thus—“How many fwoke was theer?” “Yan!” “No’butyan?” “No’butyaman!”Aeandyinare used in the same way. The use of the first is illustrated in the conversation without consonants which is said to have come off in a shop in Dumfries—Customer, referring to some cloth, asks, “A’ ’oo?” Shopman assents, “Ou aye, a’ ’oo!” Customer again, “A’ae’oo?” Shopman, “Ou aye, a’ae’oo!” That is, “All wool?” “O yes, all wool!” “All one (or the same) wool?” “O yes, all one wool!”Yabble, C, wealthy (literally, able).“A varrayabbleman i’ heeh life was wantan ta simma.”Rev. T. Clarke.Johnny Shippard.Yammer, S and C, to articulate quickly and indistinctly from any feeling.“Fareweel to the bodies thatyammerand prowm.”Song—Bide ye yet.“There’s been a langyammerin t’ papers last week.”Dickinson.Scallow Beck Boggle.Yewl, C, to weep.“A lāl thing mak’s a barneyewl, an’ a lāl thing mak’s it laugh.”—Proverb.Yoad and Yad, S and C, a mare.“Frae Tindal-fell twelve pecks she’d bring—She was ayadfit for a king.”Anderson.My bonnie black meer’s deed.Yoke, S and C, to engage with, to set to, to put a horse to a vehicle, etc.“At length we had a heartyyokinAt sang about.”Burns.Ep. to Lapraik.“An’ theyyoak’tit ageàn an’ laid at it wi’ t’ whup.”Dickinson.The Ore Carter’s Wife.Yowl, S and C, to howl.“A dog winnayowlan’ ye hit him wi’ a bane.”—Proverb.GEO: COWARD, PRINTER, 75, SCOTCH STREET, CARLISLE.
“She was nae get o’ muirlan’tips,Wi’ tawtit ket an’ hairy hips.”
“She was nae get o’ muirlan’tips,Wi’ tawtit ket an’ hairy hips.”
“She was nae get o’ muirlan’tips,Wi’ tawtit ket an’ hairy hips.”
“She was nae get o’ muirlan’tips,
Wi’ tawtit ket an’ hairy hips.”
Burns.Puir Maillie.
Tipe, C, to drink off.
“Tipeit up an’ hev anudder.”—Common fuddling invitation.
Toozle, S and C, to rub up, to ruffle or make untidy.
“I ance was abused i’ the kirkFortoozlinga lass i’ my daffin.”
“I ance was abused i’ the kirkFortoozlinga lass i’ my daffin.”
“I ance was abused i’ the kirkFortoozlinga lass i’ my daffin.”
“I ance was abused i’ the kirk
Fortoozlinga lass i’ my daffin.”
Burns.The Jolly Beggars.
Top-sark, C, an over-shirt, generally made of coarse woollen cloth.
“We cannot bed ye o’, but we can lend yetop-sarks.”—Said to a weather-bound party at Cockley Beck in Seathwaite.
Towp, C, capsize.
“The leevin surs! shetowp’ther owerOr yen cud say, ’Od bliss her.”
“The leevin surs! shetowp’ther owerOr yen cud say, ’Od bliss her.”
“The leevin surs! shetowp’ther owerOr yen cud say, ’Od bliss her.”
“The leevin surs! shetowp’ther ower
Or yen cud say, ’Od bliss her.”
Mark Lonsdale.The Upshot.
Toytle, C and S, totter.
“Tak care thou doesn’ttoytleintil t’ beck.”
Said to a top-heavy neighbour at Branthwaite.
Tryste, S, an appointed meeting, also to appoint a meeting.
“Cracktryste, crack credit.”—Proverb.
“I daurnatrystewi’ you, Willie, I daurnatrysteye here,But I’ll meet wi’ you in heaven Willie, i’ the spring-time o’ the year.”
“I daurnatrystewi’ you, Willie, I daurnatrysteye here,But I’ll meet wi’ you in heaven Willie, i’ the spring-time o’ the year.”
“I daurnatrystewi’ you, Willie, I daurnatrysteye here,But I’ll meet wi’ you in heaven Willie, i’ the spring-time o’ the year.”
“I daurnatrystewi’ you, Willie, I daurnatrysteye here,
But I’ll meet wi’ you in heaven Willie, i’ the spring-time o’ the year.”
Aytoun.Annie’s Tryste.
Tyle, C, to distress, as with pain or fatigue.
“I’styledto deeth wid this kurn. I’ve been kurning iver sen mwornin’, an’ I seem as far off butter as iver.”
A farmer’s wife.
U.
Unco, S; Unket, C, strange, remarkable.
“A hungry care’s anuncocare.”—Proverb.
“What, is there owteunketi’ your country side?”
“What, is there owteunketi’ your country side?”
“What, is there owteunketi’ your country side?”
“What, is there owteunketi’ your country side?”
Anderson.Bruff Reaces.
Up-bank, C, upwards.
“Till watters runupbankan’ trees they grow down-bank,We niver can leuk on his marrow agean.”
“Till watters runupbankan’ trees they grow down-bank,We niver can leuk on his marrow agean.”
“Till watters runupbankan’ trees they grow down-bank,We niver can leuk on his marrow agean.”
“Till watters runupbankan’ trees they grow down-bank,
We niver can leuk on his marrow agean.”
Anderson.Kit Craffet.
W.
Waistrel, C, an unthrift, a useless fellow.
The late Sergeant Wilkins, in reply to the Court, once definedwaistrel, not very accurately, as “something spoiled in the manufacture, and sold at half price in the Lowther Arcade.”
Wale, S, choose, choice.
“For sake o’ gearAnewalesa wife as he wad buy a mear.”Ramsay.The Gentle Shepherd.“The king o’ gude fellows an’waleo’ auld men.”
“For sake o’ gearAnewalesa wife as he wad buy a mear.”Ramsay.The Gentle Shepherd.“The king o’ gude fellows an’waleo’ auld men.”
“For sake o’ gearAnewalesa wife as he wad buy a mear.”Ramsay.The Gentle Shepherd.“The king o’ gude fellows an’waleo’ auld men.”
“For sake o’ gear
Anewalesa wife as he wad buy a mear.”
Ramsay.The Gentle Shepherd.
“The king o’ gude fellows an’waleo’ auld men.”
Song—Auld Rob Morris.
Wankle, C, weakly, flaccid.
“Aswankleas a wet seck.”—Common saying.
Wanter, C, one wanting a wife or husband.
“He leeves aw his leane, but he’s seerly to bleame,When awanterlike me’s to be hed sa near heame.”
“He leeves aw his leane, but he’s seerly to bleame,When awanterlike me’s to be hed sa near heame.”
“He leeves aw his leane, but he’s seerly to bleame,When awanterlike me’s to be hed sa near heame.”
“He leeves aw his leane, but he’s seerly to bleame,
When awanterlike me’s to be hed sa near heame.”
Anderson.Auld Robbie Miller.
Wanwauchtie, S, unable to drink freely (wan, un, and waucht a hearty draught.)
“He’s uncowanwauchtiethat scunners at whey.”—Proverb.
War-day, C, work-day—so distinguished from the day of rest.
“She cheerfu’ wrowte herwardaywark,Than sat down at her wheel.”
“She cheerfu’ wrowte herwardaywark,Than sat down at her wheel.”
“She cheerfu’ wrowte herwardaywark,Than sat down at her wheel.”
“She cheerfu’ wrowte herwardaywark,
Than sat down at her wheel.”
Rayson.Ann o’ Hethersgill.
Ware, S and C, spend.
“Jockey and Jenny they went to the fair,Jockey gave Jenny a penny toware.”
“Jockey and Jenny they went to the fair,Jockey gave Jenny a penny toware.”
“Jockey and Jenny they went to the fair,Jockey gave Jenny a penny toware.”
“Jockey and Jenny they went to the fair,
Jockey gave Jenny a penny toware.”
Children’s Rhyme.
Wat, S, know.
“She’s a wise wife thatwatsher ain weird.”—Proverb.
Waukrife, S, wakeful, or preventing sleep.
“Fleas and a girnin’ wife arewaukrifebedfellows.”
Proverb.
Weird, S, fate, destiny.
“After word comesweird, fair fa’ they that ca’ me madam.”
Proverb.
Welch, C, saltless, insipid.
“What foats may poddish hev? They may be sooar, seùty, sodden, an’ savvorless, soat,welsh, brocken, an’ lumpy!”
Common Saying.
Whang, C and S, a strip of leather, a piece cut off anything.
“The mergh o’ his shin bane has run down on his spur leatherwhang.”
The Fray of Suport.
“Wi’ sweet milk cheese i’ monie awhang.”
“Wi’ sweet milk cheese i’ monie awhang.”
“Wi’ sweet milk cheese i’ monie awhang.”
“Wi’ sweet milk cheese i’ monie awhang.”
Burns.The Holy Fair.
Whick, C, alive, quick.
“Sec fashions I’ll not follow while I’swhick,Lang as plain grogram and thur locks please Dick.”
“Sec fashions I’ll not follow while I’swhick,Lang as plain grogram and thur locks please Dick.”
“Sec fashions I’ll not follow while I’swhick,Lang as plain grogram and thur locks please Dick.”
“Sec fashions I’ll not follow while I’swhick,
Lang as plain grogram and thur locks please Dick.”
Ewan Clark.The Faithful Pair.
Whiles, S, sometimes.
“Wha does the utmost that he canMaywhilesdo mair.”
“Wha does the utmost that he canMaywhilesdo mair.”
“Wha does the utmost that he canMaywhilesdo mair.”
“Wha does the utmost that he can
Maywhilesdo mair.”
Burns.Ep. to Dr. Blacklock.
Whins, C; Whuns, S, furze, gorse.
“When t’whinsis oot o’ blossom kissing’s oot o’ fashion.”
Proverb.
Whunstane, S, a kind of hard dark stone.
“Wha’s ragin’ flame an’ scorchin’ heatWad melt the hardestwhun-stane.”
“Wha’s ragin’ flame an’ scorchin’ heatWad melt the hardestwhun-stane.”
“Wha’s ragin’ flame an’ scorchin’ heatWad melt the hardestwhun-stane.”
“Wha’s ragin’ flame an’ scorchin’ heat
Wad melt the hardestwhun-stane.”
Burns.The Holy Fair.
Whuddering, S and C, shuddering or tremulous in sound.
“Whudderawa’ thou bitter, biting blast.”
“Whudderawa’ thou bitter, biting blast.”
“Whudderawa’ thou bitter, biting blast.”
“Whudderawa’ thou bitter, biting blast.”
Mactaggart.Mary Lee’s Lament.
Widderful, C, looking withered or unthriven.
“That barne leuks aswidderfulas if it was its oan gran’-fadder.”—Said of an unhealthy child.
Wimple, S, to curl and wheel as running water.
“But I’ll big a bower on yon green bank sae bonnie,That’s laved by the waters o’ Taywimplin’clear.”
“But I’ll big a bower on yon green bank sae bonnie,That’s laved by the waters o’ Taywimplin’clear.”
“But I’ll big a bower on yon green bank sae bonnie,That’s laved by the waters o’ Taywimplin’clear.”
“But I’ll big a bower on yon green bank sae bonnie,
That’s laved by the waters o’ Taywimplin’clear.”
Song—Bonnie Dundee.
Win, S, to make way, to get to.
“Ye maunna think towinthrough the world on a feather bed.”—Proverb.
Winnock, S, diminutive of window.
“At yon farmer’swinnock, nichtly,Still he taks his eerie stan’.”
“At yon farmer’swinnock, nichtly,Still he taks his eerie stan’.”
“At yon farmer’swinnock, nichtly,Still he taks his eerie stan’.”
“At yon farmer’swinnock, nichtly,
Still he taks his eerie stan’.”
John Johnstone.Bodkin Ben.
Winsome, S, winning, attractive.
“She is awinsomewee thing,That sweet wee wife o’ mine.”
“She is awinsomewee thing,That sweet wee wife o’ mine.”
“She is awinsomewee thing,That sweet wee wife o’ mine.”
“She is awinsomewee thing,
That sweet wee wife o’ mine.”
Burns.Song.
Wizzent, C, withered, shrunk.
“He keeps a lad’s heart in hiswizzentāld skin.”
“He keeps a lad’s heart in hiswizzentāld skin.”
“He keeps a lad’s heart in hiswizzentāld skin.”
“He keeps a lad’s heart in hiswizzentāld skin.”
Stanyan Bigg.Granfadder Jones.
Won, S, to exist, to dwell.
“Kissing haswonn’di’ the worldSin ever there were twa.”
“Kissing haswonn’di’ the worldSin ever there were twa.”
“Kissing haswonn’di’ the worldSin ever there were twa.”
“Kissing haswonn’di’ the world
Sin ever there were twa.”
Old Song.
Worchet, C, orchard.
“Our meadow sud be a girtworchet,An’ growe nowte at o’ but big plums.”
“Our meadow sud be a girtworchet,An’ growe nowte at o’ but big plums.”
“Our meadow sud be a girtworchet,An’ growe nowte at o’ but big plums.”
“Our meadow sud be a girtworchet,
An’ growe nowte at o’ but big plums.”
Anderson.King Roger.
Wrowke, C, to disturb roughly, or stir up.
“I ola’s liked John, but I cared sa lāl for Grace ’at I cūd ha’ teàn her an’wrowk’tt’ fire wid her.”
A Cumberland lady, about her children.
Wudde, S, mad.
“I’ve ridden a horse baith wild an’wudde.”
“I’ve ridden a horse baith wild an’wudde.”
“I’ve ridden a horse baith wild an’wudde.”
“I’ve ridden a horse baith wild an’wudde.”
Ballad—Kinmont Willie.
Wummel, C, to enter in a sinuous manner, as an auger bores.
“He’llwummelhis-sel’ intil t’ creuktest rabbit whoal i’ Siddick.”—Said of a terrier.
Y.
Ya, Yan, C, one; Ae and Yin in Dumfriesshire.
Yais used when the noun indicated is named—yan, when it is understood; thus—“How many fwoke was theer?” “Yan!” “No’butyan?” “No’butyaman!”Aeandyinare used in the same way. The use of the first is illustrated in the conversation without consonants which is said to have come off in a shop in Dumfries—Customer, referring to some cloth, asks, “A’ ’oo?” Shopman assents, “Ou aye, a’ ’oo!” Customer again, “A’ae’oo?” Shopman, “Ou aye, a’ae’oo!” That is, “All wool?” “O yes, all wool!” “All one (or the same) wool?” “O yes, all one wool!”
Yabble, C, wealthy (literally, able).
“A varrayabbleman i’ heeh life was wantan ta simma.”
Rev. T. Clarke.Johnny Shippard.
Yammer, S and C, to articulate quickly and indistinctly from any feeling.
“Fareweel to the bodies thatyammerand prowm.”Song—Bide ye yet.“There’s been a langyammerin t’ papers last week.”
“Fareweel to the bodies thatyammerand prowm.”Song—Bide ye yet.“There’s been a langyammerin t’ papers last week.”
“Fareweel to the bodies thatyammerand prowm.”Song—Bide ye yet.“There’s been a langyammerin t’ papers last week.”
“Fareweel to the bodies thatyammerand prowm.”
Song—Bide ye yet.
“There’s been a langyammerin t’ papers last week.”
Dickinson.Scallow Beck Boggle.
Yewl, C, to weep.
“A lāl thing mak’s a barneyewl, an’ a lāl thing mak’s it laugh.”—Proverb.
Yoad and Yad, S and C, a mare.
“Frae Tindal-fell twelve pecks she’d bring—She was ayadfit for a king.”
“Frae Tindal-fell twelve pecks she’d bring—She was ayadfit for a king.”
“Frae Tindal-fell twelve pecks she’d bring—She was ayadfit for a king.”
“Frae Tindal-fell twelve pecks she’d bring—
She was ayadfit for a king.”
Anderson.My bonnie black meer’s deed.
Yoke, S and C, to engage with, to set to, to put a horse to a vehicle, etc.
“At length we had a heartyyokinAt sang about.”
“At length we had a heartyyokinAt sang about.”
“At length we had a heartyyokinAt sang about.”
“At length we had a heartyyokin
At sang about.”
Burns.Ep. to Lapraik.
“An’ theyyoak’tit ageàn an’ laid at it wi’ t’ whup.”
Dickinson.The Ore Carter’s Wife.
Yowl, S and C, to howl.
“A dog winnayowlan’ ye hit him wi’ a bane.”—Proverb.
GEO: COWARD, PRINTER, 75, SCOTCH STREET, CARLISLE.