Nicks, cuts; the rings on a cow’s horns. 
     Nieve, the fist. 
     Nieve-fu’, fistful. 
     Niffer, exchange. 
     Nit, a nut. 
     No, not. 
     Nocht, nothing. 
     Norland, northern. 
     Nowt, nowte, cattle.

     O’, of. 
     O’erword, the refrain; catchword. 
     Onie, any. 
     Or, ere, before. 
     Orra, extra. 
     O’t, of it. 
     Ought, aught. 
     Oughtlins, aughtlins, aught in the least; at all. 
     Ourie, shivering, drooping. 
     Outler, unhoused. 
     Owre, over, too. 
     Owsen, oxen. 
     Owthor, author. 
     Oxter’d, held up under the arms.

     Pack an’ thick, confidential. 
     Paidle, to paddle, to wade; to walk with a weak action. 
     Paidle, nail-bag. 
     Painch, the paunch. 
     Paitrick, a partridge; used equivocally of a wanton girl. 
     Pang, to cram. 
     Parishen, the parish. 
     Parritch, porridge. 
     Parritch-pats, porridge-pots. 
     Pat, pot. 
     Pat, put. 
     Pattle, pettle, a plow-staff. 
     Paughty, haughty. 
     Paukie, pauky, pawkie, artful, sly. 
     Pechan, the stomach. 
     Pechin, panting, blowing. 
     Penny-fee, wage in money. 
     Penny-wheep, small beer. 
     Pettle, v. pattle. 
     Philibeg, the Highlander’s kilt. 
     Phraisin, flattering, wheedling. 
     Phrase, to flatter, to wheedle. 
     Pickle, a few, a little. 
     Pint (Scots), three imperial pints. 
     Pit, put. 
     Placads, proclamations. 
     Plack, four pennies (Scots). 
     Plackless, penniless. 
     Plaiden, coarse woolen cloth. 
     Plaister, plaster. 
     Plenish’d, stocked. 
     Pleugh, plew, a plow. 
     Pliskie, a trick. 
     Pliver, a plover. 
     Pock, a poke, a bag, a wallet. 
     Poind, to seize, to distrain, to impound. 
     Poortith, poverty. 
     Pou, to pull. 
     Pouch, pocket. 
     Pouk, to poke. 
     Poupit, pulpit. 
     Pouse, a push. 
     Poussie, a hare (also a cat). 
     Pouther, powther, powder. 
     Pouts, chicks. 
     Pow, the poll, the head. 
     Pownie, a pony. 
     Pow’t, pulled. 
     Pree’d, pried (proved), tasted. 
     Preen, a pin. 
     Prent, print. 
     Prie, to taste. 
     Prief, proof. 
     Priggin, haggling. 
     Primsie, dim. of prim, precise. 
     Proveses, provosts. 
     Pu’, to pull. 
     Puddock-stools, toadstools, mushrooms. 
     Puir, poor. 
     Pun’, pund, pound. 
     Pursie, dim. of purse. 
     Pussie, a hare. 
     Pyet, a magpie. 
     Pyke, to pick. 
     Pyles, grains.

     Quat, quit, quitted. 
     Quean, a young woman, a lass. 
     Queir, choir. 
     Quey, a young cow. 
     Quietlin-wise, quietly. 
     Quo’, quod, quoth.