NOTES.

Page 5, line 11 from top; the reading in the text is:—

"She fled as frae a shellycoat or kow."This is the reading in the 8vo and 4to editions of 1721; (and also in the 12mo edition of 1761;) where was published thefirst sceneof the Pastoral, as a separate poem, under the title of "Patie and Roger." But, in all the editions of theGentle Shepherdthat we have seen, the reading stands thus:—"She fled as frae a shellycoated kow."We think the first reading is the true one; and that the second is, probably, a typographical error. We have come to this conclusion after an inquiry into the meaning of the words "Shellycoat" and "Kow." The definitions of these words, from the best authorities we know of, are subjoined; which will enable such of our readers as have any curiosity in the matter to judge for themselves."Shellycoat, a spirit, who resides in the waters, and has given his name to many a rock and stone upon the Scottish coast, belongs also to the class of bogles. When he appeared, he seemed to be decked with marine productions, and in particular withshells, whose clattering announced his approach. From this circumstance he derived his name.—Shellycoatmust not be confounded withKelpy, a water spirit also, but of a much more powerful and malignant nature."[Scott's Minstrelsy, vol. i., Introd. civ. cv."Shellycoat.One of those frightful spectres the ignorant people are terrified at, and tell us strange stories of; that they are clothed with a coat of shells, which make a horrid rattling; that they'll be sure to destroy one, if he gets not a running water between him and it: it dares not meddle with a woman with child, &c."[Ramsay's Poems.vol. i., 4to edition, 1721."KoworCow" a hobgoblin; also, a scarecrow, a bugbear.Cow-man, the devil."[Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary."Wirrikow," the devil.[Hogg's Mountain Bard.The above definitions ofShellycoat.are very precise: that ofKowis less so. Both are spirits, and frightful in character; yet apparently of distinct habits. Hence thefirstof the readings given above,—the oldest and that adopted in the text—"She fled as frae a shellycoat or kow,"is quite natural and proper: thesecond(though susceptible of explanation,) seems much less so.

"She fled as frae a shellycoat or kow."

This is the reading in the 8vo and 4to editions of 1721; (and also in the 12mo edition of 1761;) where was published thefirst sceneof the Pastoral, as a separate poem, under the title of "Patie and Roger." But, in all the editions of theGentle Shepherdthat we have seen, the reading stands thus:—

"She fled as frae a shellycoated kow."

We think the first reading is the true one; and that the second is, probably, a typographical error. We have come to this conclusion after an inquiry into the meaning of the words "Shellycoat" and "Kow." The definitions of these words, from the best authorities we know of, are subjoined; which will enable such of our readers as have any curiosity in the matter to judge for themselves.

"Shellycoat, a spirit, who resides in the waters, and has given his name to many a rock and stone upon the Scottish coast, belongs also to the class of bogles. When he appeared, he seemed to be decked with marine productions, and in particular withshells, whose clattering announced his approach. From this circumstance he derived his name.—Shellycoatmust not be confounded withKelpy, a water spirit also, but of a much more powerful and malignant nature."

[Scott's Minstrelsy, vol. i., Introd. civ. cv.

"Shellycoat.One of those frightful spectres the ignorant people are terrified at, and tell us strange stories of; that they are clothed with a coat of shells, which make a horrid rattling; that they'll be sure to destroy one, if he gets not a running water between him and it: it dares not meddle with a woman with child, &c."

[Ramsay's Poems.vol. i., 4to edition, 1721.

"KoworCow" a hobgoblin; also, a scarecrow, a bugbear.Cow-man, the devil."

[Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary.

"Wirrikow," the devil.

[Hogg's Mountain Bard.

The above definitions ofShellycoat.are very precise: that ofKowis less so. Both are spirits, and frightful in character; yet apparently of distinct habits. Hence thefirstof the readings given above,—the oldest and that adopted in the text—

"She fled as frae a shellycoat or kow,"

is quite natural and proper: thesecond(though susceptible of explanation,) seems much less so.

At page 57, a variation from the text given in the present edition, is found in nearly all the more modern editions: it is as follows:—

"EnterBauldy[singing].SANG XVI.Jockysaid toJenny, Jenny,wilt thou do't?Ne'er a fit, quothJenny,for my tocher-good;For my tocher-good, I winna marry thee:E'en's-ye-like, quoth,Jocky,I can let you be.Mause,[59]Well liltit, Bauldy, that's a dainty sang.Bauldy,I'se gie ye't a', it's better than it's lang.I have gowd and gear, I have land eneugh,I have sax good owsen ganging in a pleugh;Ganging in a pleugh, and linkan o'er the lee,And gin ye winna tak me, I can let ye be.I have a good ha' house, a barn, and a byre;A peat-stack 'fore the door, will mak a ranting fire;I'll mak a ranting fire, and merry shall we be,And gin ye winna tak me, I can let ye be.Jennysaid toJocky,gin ye winna tell,Ye shall be the lad, I'll be the lass mysell;Ye're a bonny lad, and I'm a lassie free;Y'ere welcomer to tak me than to let me be."

"EnterBauldy[singing].

SANG XVI.

Jockysaid toJenny, Jenny,wilt thou do't?Ne'er a fit, quothJenny,for my tocher-good;For my tocher-good, I winna marry thee:E'en's-ye-like, quoth,Jocky,I can let you be.Mause,[59]Well liltit, Bauldy, that's a dainty sang.Bauldy,I'se gie ye't a', it's better than it's lang.I have gowd and gear, I have land eneugh,I have sax good owsen ganging in a pleugh;Ganging in a pleugh, and linkan o'er the lee,And gin ye winna tak me, I can let ye be.I have a good ha' house, a barn, and a byre;A peat-stack 'fore the door, will mak a ranting fire;I'll mak a ranting fire, and merry shall we be,And gin ye winna tak me, I can let ye be.Jennysaid toJocky,gin ye winna tell,Ye shall be the lad, I'll be the lass mysell;Ye're a bonny lad, and I'm a lassie free;Y'ere welcomer to tak me than to let me be."

In "Ramsay's Poems," published in London, by Millar, Rivington & Co., 2 vols. 12mo, 1761; (three years after the author's death;) there occur several variations from the text of the present edition. As the more important of these changes, with one exception, have been adopted in the edition edited by George Chalmers, published by Cadell & Co., London, 2 vols. 8vo, 1800; (usually considered the "best edition" of Ramsay's collected works;) and as they have been again adopted in the recent reprint of Cadell's edition by Fullarton & Co., London, 3 vols. 12mo, 1850, it has been thought best to present them here in the form of notes. The following, therefore, are to be understood as the readings in the editions just referred to:—

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"'Till he yowl'd sair she strak the poor dumb tyke:"This is the reading in the 8vo and 4to editions of 1721, before referred to. In the 4to subscription edition of 1728, theauthor rejected the above reading, and substituted that given in the text. This would seem to be conclusive; and produces a considerable degree of suspicion as to the authority for the other alterations which we find in the editions of 1761 and 1800.

"'Till he yowl'd sair she strak the poor dumb tyke:"

This is the reading in the 8vo and 4to editions of 1721, before referred to. In the 4to subscription edition of 1728, theauthor rejected the above reading, and substituted that given in the text. This would seem to be conclusive; and produces a considerable degree of suspicion as to the authority for the other alterations which we find in the editions of 1761 and 1800.

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"We soon will hear what a poor feightan life"[Edition of1800.The editions of 1761 and 1850 give the reading in the text.

"We soon will hear what a poor feightan life"

[Edition of1800.

The editions of 1761 and 1850 give the reading in the text.

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"To shine, or set in glory with Montrose."

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"Bauldy.Well vers'd in herbs and seasons of the moon,By skilfu' charms 'tis kend what ye have done."[Edition of1761.The editions of 1800 and 1850 give the reading in the text.

"Bauldy.Well vers'd in herbs and seasons of the moon,By skilfu' charms 'tis kend what ye have done."

[Edition of1761.

The editions of 1800 and 1850 give the reading in the text.

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Mauseher lane."This fool imagines, as do mony sic,That I'm a witch in compact withAuld Nick,Because by education I was taughtTo speak and act aboon their common thought.Their gross mistake shall quickly now appear,Soon shall they ken what brought, what keeps me here.Now since the royalCharles, and right's restor'd,A shepherdess is daughter to a lord.Thebonny foundlingthat's brought up byGlaud,Wha has an uncle's care on her bestow'd,Her infant life I sav'd, when a false friendBow'd to th'Usurper, and her death design'd,To establish him and his in all these plainsThat by right heritage to her pertains.She's now in her sweet bloom, has blood and charmsOf too much value for a shepherd's arms:None knows't but me;—and if the morn were come,I'll tell them tales will gar them all sing dumb."

Mauseher lane.

"This fool imagines, as do mony sic,That I'm a witch in compact withAuld Nick,Because by education I was taughtTo speak and act aboon their common thought.Their gross mistake shall quickly now appear,Soon shall they ken what brought, what keeps me here.Now since the royalCharles, and right's restor'd,A shepherdess is daughter to a lord.Thebonny foundlingthat's brought up byGlaud,Wha has an uncle's care on her bestow'd,Her infant life I sav'd, when a false friendBow'd to th'Usurper, and her death design'd,To establish him and his in all these plainsThat by right heritage to her pertains.She's now in her sweet bloom, has blood and charmsOf too much value for a shepherd's arms:None knows't but me;—and if the morn were come,I'll tell them tales will gar them all sing dumb."

Page 29, line 7 from top:—

"I darna stay,—ye joker, let me gang,Or swear ye'll never tempt to do me wrang."

Page 29, line 15 from top:—

"Shall do thee wrang, I swear by all aboon."

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"NoJaccacinthsorEglantinesappear.Here fail'd and broke's the rising ample shade,Wherepeachandnect'rinetrees their branches spread,Basking in rays, and early did produceFruit fair to view, delightful in the use;All round in gaps, the walls in ruin lie,And from what stands the wither'd branches fly."

Page 47, line 10 from bottom:—

"With equal joy my safter heart does yield,To own thy well-try'd love has won the field."

Page 62, top line:—

"But love rebels against all bounding laws;Fixt in my soul the shepherdess excells,"

Page 63, line 15 from bottom:—

"Fine claiths, saft beds, sweet houses, sparkling wine,Rich fare, and witty friends, whene'er ye dine,Submissive servants, honour, wealth and ease,"

Page 64, line 14 from bottom:—

"Roger.And proud of being your secretary, ITo wyle it frae me a' the deels defy."

Page 67, line 10 from bottom:—

"Dream thro' that night, 'till my day-star appear;"

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"Peggy.Were ilka hair that appertains to meWorth an estate, they all belong to thee:My sheers are ready, take what you demand,And aught what love with virtue may command.Patie.Nae mair I'll ask; but since we've little time,"

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"What want ye, Bauldy, at this [early silent] hour,When nature nods beneath the drowsy pow'r:"

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"Lows'd down my breeks, while I like a great fool,"[Not in edition of 1850.

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"Patie.Good nurse, dispatch thy story wing'd with blisses,That I may give my cusin fifty kisses."

Besides the above, there occur, in the edition of 1761, about 50verbalalterations, additions, and omissions; and about 75 in the edition of 1800. In the edition of 1850 there are fewer changes, it having been partially corrected, probably from the 8vo edition of 1808. These verbal changes are rarely, if ever, improvements; frequently of little consequence, and sometimes they appear silly; for instance, towards the end of the Pastoral there is substituted, in two or three instances, Archbald instead of Bauldy! We have not, therefore, thought it worth while to note them here. We rather think that our readers, generally, will not consider the readings above given, as improvements on those in the text.

GLOSSARY;

OR,

AN EXPLANATION OF THE SCOTTISH WORDS

WHICH ARE USED IN

ALLAN RAMSAY'S "GENTLE SHEPHERD;"

AND WHICH ARE RARELY FOUND IN MODERN ENGLISH WRITINGS:

WITH ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS.

A', all.Abeit, albeit, although.Ablins, perhaps.Aboon, above.Ae, orane, one.Aff, off.Aften, often.Ain, orawn, own.Air, long since, early.Air up, soon up in the morning.Airth, quarter of the heaven.Alane, alone.Amaist, almost.Amang, among.Aneath, beneath.Anes, once.Anither, another.Asteer, stirring.Atanes, at once, at the same time.Attour, out-over.Auld, old.Awa, away.A-will, voluntarily.Awner, owner.

Ba', ball.Badrans, a cat.Bairns, children.Bair, bear, boar.Baith, both.To ban, to curse.Banefire, bonfire.Bannocks, a sort of unleavened bread, thicker than cakes, and round.Barlickhood, a fit of drunken angry passion.Bassend, seeBawsy.Baugh, sorry, indifferent.Bauk, balk.Bauld, bold.Bawk, a rafter, joist; likewise, the space between cornfields; to frustrate.Bawsy, bawsand-fac'd, is a cow, or horse, with a white face.Be, by.Bedeen, immediately, in haste.Begunk, a trick, a cheat.Beik, to bask.Beild, orbeil, a shelter.Bein, orbeen, wealthy, comfortable. Abeenhouse, a warm well-furnished one.Ben, the inner room of a house.Come farer ben, be better received.Bend, a pull of liquor.Bend the bicker, quaff out the cup.Bent, a coarse kind of grass growing on hilly ground; the open field, the plain.To the bent, fled out of reach.Betooch-us-to, Heaven preserve us.Beuk, baked.Bicker, a wooden dish.Bide, to await.Bigonet, a linen cap or coif.Billy, brother, a young man.Birks, birch-trees.Birky,—auld birky, old boy.Birn, a burnt mark.Birns, the stalks of burnt heath.Black-sole, a confidant in courtship.Blae, black and blue, the colour of the skin when bruised.Blaeberry, bilberry.Blashy, plashy, deluging.Blate, bashful.Blaw, blow; to boast.Bleech, to blanch or whiten.Bleer, to bedim with tears.Bleez, blaze.Blob, a drop.Bob, to move up and down as in dancing.Bobbit bands, tasselled bands (worn about the neck).Bode, to proffer.Bonny, beautiful.Bouk, bulk.Bourd, jest or dally.Bowt, bolt.Brae, the side of a hill, a steep bank.Braid, broad.Brankan, prancing, a capering.Brattle, to advance rapidly, making a noise with the feet.Brats, aprons of coarse linen.Braw, brave; fine in apparel.Breaks, becomes bankrupt.Brecken, fern.Briss, to press.Brock, a badger.Broe, broth.Brown cow, a ludicrous expression for ale or beer, as opposed to milk.Bught, the little fold where the ewes are inclosed at milking-time.Bumbazed, confused; made to stare and look like an idiot.Burn, orburnie, a brook.Busk, to deck, dress.Bustine, fustian (cloth.)But, often used forwithout; as "butfeed or favour."But a flaw, without a lie.But,—fetch but, bring into the outer apartment, or that used as a kitchen.By and attour, over and above.By,—flings by, throws aside.Byre, orbyar, a cow-house.

Ca, call.Cadgy, good-humoured, happy, fond.Canker'd, angry, passionately snarling.Canna, cannot.Canny, prudent. (SeeKanny.)Cantraips, incantations.Canty, cheerful and merry.Car, sledge.Carle, a word for an old man.Carna, care not.Cast up, to upbraid one with a thing.Cauld, cold.Cauldrife, spiritless; wanting cheerfulness in address.Cauler, cool or fresh.Cawf, orcaff, a calf; chaff.Cawk, chalk.Chiel, orchield, a general term like fellow; used sometimes with respect, as, "he's a very goodchiel;" and contemptuously, "thatchiel."Chirm, chirp and sing like a bird.Chitter, chatter.Chucky, a hen.Claith, cloth.Clatter, to chatter.Claw, scratch.Cleck, to hatch.Cleek, to catch as with a hook.Closs, close.Clute, or cloot, hoof of cows or sheep.Cockernony, the gathering of a woman's hair, when it is wrapt or snooded up with a band or snood.Coft, bought.Coof, a stupid fellow.Corby, a raven.Cottar, a cottager.Crack, to chat, to talk.Craig, a rock.Crap, crept.Croon, orcrune, to murmur or hum over a song.Crove, a cottage.Crummy, orcrummock, a cow's name.Cunzie, orcoonie, coin.Curn, a medium quantity.Cut and dry, a kind of tobacco.

Daffine, folly, waggery.Daft, foolish.Dainty, is used as an epithet of a fine man or woman.Dang,did ding, beat, thrust, drive.Darn, to hide.Darna, dare not.Dash, to put out of countenance.Dawty, a fondling, darling.To dawt, ordaut, to cocker and caress with tenderness.Decreet, award.Deil, ordeel, the devil.Dike, ordyke, a fence of stone or turf.To Ding, to drive down, to beat, to overcome.Dinna, do not.Disna, does not.Dit, to stop or close up a hole.Divot, thin turf.Doilt, confused and silly.Doof, a dull, heavy-headed fellow.Dool, pain, grief.Dorts, a proud pet.Dorty, proud; not to be spoken to; conceited; appearing as dis-obliged.Dosens, becomes torpid.Dow, to will, to incline, to thrive; to be able.Dowie, sickly, melancholy, doleful, sad.Downa,dow not, i. e., though one has the power, he wants the heart to do it.Dowp, the arse; the medium remains of a candle.Drap, drop.Dreery, wearisome, frightful.Drie, to suffer, endure.Drouth, drought, thirst.Dubs, mire, medium pools of water.Duds, rags.Duddy, ragged.Dung, driven down, overcome.Dunt, stroke or blow; to beat, to palpitate.Dyvour, a bankrupt, a debtor.

Eastlin, easterly, eastward.Een, eyes.Eild, old age.Eith, easy.Eithly, easily.Elf-shot, bewitched, shot by fairies.Elritch, wild, hideous, uninhabited except by imaginary ghosts.Elvand, the ell measure.Ergh, scrupulous; when one makes faint attempts to do a thing, without a steady resolution; to be timorous.Ether, an adder.Ethercap, orettercap, a venomous spiteful creature.Ettle, to aim, design.Even'd, compared.Evens, equals, compares, allies.

Fa, fall.Fae, foe.Fain, joyful, tickled with pleasure.Fairfa', when we wish well to one, that a good or fair fate may befall him.Fand, found.Farder, farther.Farer seen, more knowing.Fash,—never fash your thumb, be not the least vexed, be easy.Fash, to vex or trouble.Fasheous, troublesome.Fauld, fold.Fause, false.Faut, fault.Fawn, fallen.Feckless, feeble, little and weak.Feg, a fig.Fell, good, valuable, keen; a rocky, or wild, hill.Fere, sound, entire.Ferlie, wonder.Feu, tenure, a fief.Firlot, four pecks, the fourth part of a boll.Fit, the foot.Flaes, fleas.Flaw, lie or fib.Flawing, lying, fibbing.Fleetch, to coax or flatter.Fleg, fright.Flesh a' creep, a phrase which expresses shuddering.Flet, the preterit offlyte, did chide.Fley, orflie, to affright.Fleyt, orfleid, afraid or terrified.Flighter, flutter.Flit, to remove.Flite, orflyte, to scold or chide.Flet, did scold.Flyp, to turn inside out.Fog, moss.Forby, besides.Forgainst, opposite to.Forgather, to meet, encounter.Forrow cow, a cow that is not with calf, and therefore continues to give milk throughout the winter.Fou, orfu, full.Fouth, abundance, plenty.Fowk, folk.Fow-weel, full well.Frae, fro, or from.Fraise, to make a noise. We use to say "one makes afraise," when they boast, wonder, and talk more of a matter than it is worthy of, or will bear.Freath the graith, to froth the suds about the clothes in washing.Fundling, foundling.

Ga,gaw, gall.Gab, the mouth.To Gab, to prate.Gade, went, did go.To Gae, to go.Gait, a goat.Gane, gone.Gar, to cause, make, or force.Gat, got.Gate, orgait, way.Gaw, to take the pet, to be galled.Gawky, an idle, staring, idiotical person.Gawn, going.Gaws, galls.Gay and early, pretty early.To geck, to mock, to toss the head with disdain.Gett, a brat, a child, by way of contempt or derision.Ghaist, a ghost.Gif, if.Gin, if.Girn, to grin, snarl.Glen, a narrow valley between mountains.Gloom, to scowl or frown.Glowr, to stare.Gowans, daisies.Gowd, gold.Gowk, the cuckoo. In derision, we call a thoughtless fellow, and one who harps too long on one subject, agowk.Grace-drink, the drink taken by a company after the giving of thanks at the end of a meal.Graith, furniture, harness, armour.To Grane, to groan.Grany, grandmother, any old woman.Gree, prize, victory.Green, orgrien, to long for.Greet, to weep.Grat, wept.Grit, familiar.Grots, milled oats.Gusty, savoury.Gyte,gane gyte, acts extravagantly.

Ha, hall.Had, hold.Hae, have.Haff, half.Haffet, the cheek, side of the head.Haflen, partly, in part.Hagabag, coarse table-linen.Haggies, a kind of pudding made of the lungs and liver of a sheep, and boiled in the big bag.Hag-raid, witch-ridden, tormented by hags or phantoms.Hait, orhet, hot.Haith, (a minced oath,) faith.Hald, orhad, hold.Hale, whole.Halesome, wholesome.Hallen, a fence of turf, twigs, or stone, built at the side of a cottage door, to screen from the wind.Haly, holy.Haly band, kirk session.Hame, home.Hamely, friendly, frank, open, kind.Happing, hopping.Hapt, covered.Harigalds, the heart, liver, and lights of an animal.Hawky, a cow; a white-faced cow.Hawse, orhauss, the throat or gullet.Hawslock, the wool that grows on the hawse or throat.Heartsome, blythe and happy.Heeryestreen, the night before yesternight.Heffs, orhefts, dwells.Heghts, orhechts, promises, engagements, proffers.Het, hot.Hether-bells, the heath-blossom.Hiddils, orhidlings, lurking, hiding-places. To do a thing inhidlings, i. e., privately.Hinder, last.To Hing, to hang.Hinny, honey.Hissel-shaw, hazel-wood.Hobleshew, confused racket, uproar.Hodden-grey, coarse grey cloth.Hool, husk, shell.How, low ground, a hollow.Howdy, a midwife.Howk, to dig.Howms,holms, plains on river-sides.Howt!fy!

Ilk, each.Ilka, every.Of that ilk, of an estate having the same name as the owner.Ingan, onion.Ingle, fire.I'se, I shall; as,I'll, for I will.Ither, other.

Jaccacinths, hyacinths.Jaw, a wave or gush of water.Jee, to incline on one side.Jo, sweetheart.

Kaim, orkame, comb.Kale, orkail, colewort; and sometimes, broth.Kanny, orcanny, fortunate; also, wary, one who manages his affairs discreetly; cautious.Kedgy, orcadgie, jovial.Keep up, hide, or retain.Ken, to know.Kenna, know not.Kent, a long staff, such as shepherds use for leaping over ditches.Kilted, tucked up.Kirn, a churn; to churn.Kitted, kept in a medium wooden vessel.Kittle, difficult, mysterious, knotty (writings).Kittle, to tickle, ticklish; vexatious.Knit up themsells, hang up themselves.Know, a hillock, a knoll.Kow, goblin.See Notes, p. 89.Ky, kine or cows.

Lair, orlear, learning; to learn.Laith, loth.Lake, lack.Landwart, the country, or belonging to it; rustic.Lane, alone.Lang, long.Langsome, slow, tedious.Lang-syne, long ago; sometimes used as a substantive noun, auldlang-syne, old times by-past.Lap, leaped.Lave, the rest or remainder.Lavrock, the lark.Leal, orleel, true, upright, honest, faithful to trust, loyal; "alealheart never lied."Lee, untilled ground; also an open grassy plain.Leek,—clean's a leek, perfectly clever and right.Leen, cease, give up, yield.Leglen, a milking-pail with one lug or handle.Len, lend, loan.Let na on, do not divulge.Leugh, laughed.Lick, to whip or beat; a blow.Lied, ye lied, ye tell a lie.Lift, the sky or firmament.Lills, the holes of a wind instrument of music; hence, "liltup a spring."Lin, a waterfall.Linkan, walking speedily.Loan, orloaning, a passage for the cattle to go to pasture, left untilled; a little common, where the maids often assembled to milk the ewes.Loe, orloo, to love.Loof, the hollow of the hand.Lounder, a sound blow.Lout, to bow down, making courtesy; to stoop.Low, flame.Lowan, flaming.Lowp, to leap.Lowrie,lawrie, cunning; a designation given to the fox.Lucky, grandmother, or goody.Lug, ear; handle of a pot or vessel.Luggie, a dish of wood with a handle.Lug out, pull or draw out.Lyart, hoary or grey-haired.

Mae, more.Maik, ormake, to match, equal.Mailen, a farm.Main, ormane, moan.Mair, more.Maist, most.Mansworn, perjured.Mavis, a thrush.Maun, must.Mauna, must not, may not.Mawt, malt.Mear, mare.Meikle, much, big, great, large.Mennin, minnow.Merl, the blackbird.Midding, a dunghill.Milk-bowie, milking-pail.Mint, aim, endeavour, to attempt.Mirk, dark.Misca, to give names.Mither, mother.Mittons, woollen gloves.Mony, many.Mools, the earth of the grave.Motty, full of motes.Mou, ormow, mouth.Mows,nae mows, no jest.Muck, dung.Muckle, seeMeikle.

Na,nae, no, not.Nathing,naething,naithing, nothing.Nane, none.Near-hand, nearly, almost.Neist, next.Newcal, new calved (cows.)Newfangle, fond of a new thing.Nibour, neighbour.Nick,—auld Nick, the devil.Nive, the fist.Nocht, nought, not.Nor, than.Nowt, cows, kine.Nowther, neither.

Obeysant, obedient.O'ercome, surplus.O'erput,—ne'er o'erput it, never get over it.Onstead, the building on a farm, the farm-house.Ony, any.Or, sometimes used for ere, or before.Orday, i. e., before daybreak.Orp, to weep with a convulsive pant.Owk, week.Owrlay, a cravat.Owsen, oxen.Oxter, the armpit.

Pat, did put.Paughty, proud, haughty.Pawky, witty or sly in word or action, without any harm or bad designs.Peets, turf for fire.Pensy, finical, foppish, conceited.Pit, to put.Pith, strength, might, force.Plaiding, a coarse tweeled woollen cloth.Plet, plaited.Plotcock, the devil.Poinds your gear, distrains your effects.Poke, bag.Pople, orpaple, the bubbling, purling, or boiling up of water.Poortith, poverty.Pou, pull.Poutch, a pocket.Pow, the poll, the head.Prin, a pin.Propine, gift or present.Pu, pull.Pund, pound.Putt a stane, throw a big stone.

Quean, a young woman.Quey, a young cow.

Racket rent, rack-rent.Rae, a roe.Rair, orrare, roar.Rashes, rushes.Redd, to rid, unravel; to separate folks that are fighting. It also signifies clearing of any passage. "I amredd," I am apprehensive.Red up, to put in order.Reek, smoke.Reest, to rust, or dry in the smoke.Rever, a robber or pirate.Rife, orryfe, plenty.Rigsof corn, ridges.Rin, run.Rock, a distaff.Roose, orruse, to commend, extol.Roove, to rivet.Roudes, a wrinkled, ill-natured woman.Rousted, rusted.Row, roll.Rowan, rolling.Rowt, to roar, especially the lowing of bulls and cows.Rowth, plenty.Ruck, a rick or stack of hay or corn.Rumple, the Rump parliament.

Sae, so.Saebiens, seeing it is, since.Saft, soft.Sair, orsare, sore.Sakeless, orsaikless, guiltless, innocent, free.Sald, sold.Sall, shall; likesoudfor should.Samen, same.Sang, song.Sark, a shirt.Saugh, a willow or sallow tree.Saul, soul.Saw, an old saying, or proverbial expression.Sawn, sown.Sax, six.Scad, orscawd, scald.Scart, to scratch.Scrimp, narrow, straitened, little.Sell, self.Sey, to try.Shaw, a wood or forest.To Shaw, to show.Shellycoat, a goblin, a spirit who resides in the waters.Sheveling-gabit, having a distorted mouth.Shoon, shoes.Shore, to threaten.Sic, such.Siccan, such kind of.Siller, silver.Simmer, summer.Sindle, orsinle, seldom.Singand, singing.Sinsyne, since that time; langsinsyne, long ago.Skair, share.Skaith, hurt, damage, loss.Skelf, shelf.Skelp, to run; to flog the buttocks.Skiff, to move smoothly along.Slaw, slow.Sled, sledge, sleigh.Slee, sly.Slid, smooth, cunning, slippery; as, "he's aslidloun."Sma, medium.Smoor, to smother.Snaw, snow.Snood, the band for tying up a woman's hair.Snool, to dispirit by chiding, hard labour, and the like; also, a pitiful grovelling slave.Sonsy, happy, fortunate, lucky; sometimes used for large and lusty; plump, thriving.Sorn, to spunge, or hang on others for maintenance.Sough, the sound of wind among trees, or of one sleeping.Spae, to foretell or divine.Spaemenprophets, augurs.Spain, to wean from the breast.Spait, orspate, a torrent, flood, or inundation.Speer, to ask, inquire.Spill, to spoil, abuse.Spraings, stripes of different colours.Spring, a tune on a musical instrument.Sta, stall.Stane, stone; a weight of 16 lbs.Stang, did sting, to sting.Stap, stop.Starns, the stars.Staw, stole.Steek, to shut, close.Stegh, to cram.Stend, orsten, to move with a hasty long pace; to spring.Stent, to stretch or extend; to limit or stint.Stock-and-horn, a shepherd's pipe, made by inserting a reed pierced like a flute into a cow's horn; the mouth-piece is like that of a hautboy.Stown, stolen.Strae, straw.Strak, struck.Strapan, clever, tall, handsome.Sung, singed.Swat, did sweat.Swith, quickly.Syne, afterwards, then; since.

Taid, a toad.Tald, told.Tane, taken.Tarrow, to refuse what we love, from a cross humour.Tass, a little dram-cup.Tate, a medium lock of hair, or any little quantity of wool, cotton, &c.Taz, a whip or scourge.Tent, to attend, to take care of; to observe, to remark.Thack, thatch.Thae, those.Than, then.Thievless, wanting propriety, unmeaning.Thirle, to thrill.Thole, to endure, suffer.Thow, thaw.Thrang, throng.Thrawart, froward, cross, crabbed.Thrawin, stern and cross-grained.Thrawn-gabet, wry-mouthed.Tift, good order.In tift, in the mood.Till, to.Till't, to it.Timmer,—turn the timmer, put round the cup.Tine, ortyne, to lose.Tint, lost.Titty, sister.Tocher, portion, dowry.Tocher,—but tocher-good, without dowry.Tod, a fox.Tod Lawrie, a fox.Tooly, to fight; to scramble; to romp.Toom, empty, applied to a barrel, purse, house, &c.; also, to empty.Tot, a fondling name given to a child.Touse,tousle, ortowzle, to rumple, to handle roughly.Towin'd, tamed.Towmond, a year or twelvemonth.Towzle, to handle roughly.Trig, neat, handsome.Triste, ortryst, appointment.Tron, an instrument erected in every burgh in Scotland, for the weighing of wool and other heavy wares.Trow, to believe.Tulzie, a quarrel or broil.Twa three, two or three.Twitch, touch.Tyke, a dog of one of the larger and common breeds.

Uneith, not easy.Unfother'd, not foddered.Unko, orunco, unknown, strange; very.Unsonsy, unlucky, ugly.

Virle, a ferrule.Vissy, to view with care.

Wa, orwaw, wall.Wad, would.Wadna, would not.Wae, sorrowful; woe.Waefu', woeful.Waff, wandering by itself; worthless.Wale, to pick and choose; the best.Wame, womb, the belly.Wan, won.War, orwarse, worse.Ware, wares, merchandise; to expend.Wark, work.Warld, world.Warlock, wizard.Warst, worst.Wat, orwit, to know.Wather, a male sheep that has been gelded while a lamb.Watna-whats, know-not-whats.Wauk, orwawk, to walk; to watch.Wawking, watching.We'an, orwee ane, a child.Wear up, to drive off.Wee, little.Ween, thought, imagined, supposed.Weer, to stop or oppose.Westlin, westerly, westward.West-Port, the sheep market-place of Edinburgh.Wha, who.Whase, whose.Whilk, which.Whindging, whining, whimpering.Whins, furze.Whisht, hush, hold your peace.Whop, whip.Will-fire, wild fire.Wimpling, a turning backward and forward, winding like the meanders of a river.Win, orwon, to reside, dwell.Winna, will not.Winsom, gaining, desirable, agreeable, complete, large, handsome, charming.Withershins, motion against the sun.Wobster,—the deel gaes o'er John Wobster, the devil's to pay.To Won, to dry by exposing to the sun and air.Wond, wound, wrapped around.Woo, orw, wool.Wood, mad.Woody, the gallows: for, a withy was formerly used as a rope for hanging criminals.Wordy, worthy.Wow, wonderful, strange.Wrang, wrong.Wreathsof snow, when heaps of it are blown together by the wind.Wyle, orwile, to entice.Wyte, orwite, to blame, blame.

Yestreen, yesternight.Yont, beyond.Youdith, youthfulness.Youl, to yell.Yule, Christmas.

CATALOGUE

OF THE

SCOTTISH POETS,

FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD.

NEW YORK:

WILLIAM GOWANS.

1852.

CATALOGUE

OF THE

SCOTTISH POETS,

AND OF THE BEST EDITIONS OF THEIR WORKS.

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