Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 214 pages of information about Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV..

Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 214 pages of information about Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV..

OUER, prep. over.

OULK, OWLK, s. a week.

OUR, OURE, OUER, OWRE, prep, over, beyond; denoting excess.

OURGAE, OURGANG, v. a. to overrun; exceed; to surpass.

OUR-RAUGHT, pret. overtook.

To OURSET, v. a. to overcome; to overpower.

OURTILL, prep, above; beyond.

OUSEN, s. oxen.

OUT-ABOUT, adv. out of doors.

OUTBREAKING, OUTBREKIN, s. eruption of the skin.

OUT-BY, adv. out of doors; abroad.

OUTFALL, s. a contention.

OUTGAIT, OUTGATE, s. a way of egress; escape from any kind of hardship.

OUTGANE, part. pa. elapsed.

OUTLAY, s. expenditure.

OUT-OUR, OUT-OWRE, adv. over.

OUTSHOT, s. a projection.

OUTSPECKLE, s. a laughing-stock.

OUTSPOKEN, s. free of speech; undisguised in conversation or opinion.

OUTSTRIKING, s. an eruption.

OUTWAILE, OUTWYLE, s. the refuse.

To OUTWAIR, v. a. to expend.

OUTWITH, prep, without; on the outer side or exterior; outwards; out from.

OVERLY, adj. careless.

OWKLY, adj. weekly.

OXTAR, OXTER, s. the armpit.

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PACKMAN, s. a pedlar.

PADDOCK-STOOL, s. a toad-stool; agaricus in general.

PAFFLE, s. a small landed estate.

PAFFLER, s. a farmer of a small estate.

To PAIK, v. a.. to beat; to drub.

PAIKER, s. a causey-paiker, a street-walker.

PAILIN, PAILING, s. a fence of stakes.

PAINCHES, s. tripe.

PALAVER, s. idle talk.

To PALE, v. a. to make an incision in cheese to try its quality.

PALLACH, s. a porpoise; a lusty person.

PAND, s. a pledge.

PAN-KAIL, s. broth made of cole-worts, thickened with oatmeal.

PANNEL, s. one brought to the bar of a court for trial.

PAP-O’-THE-HASS, s. uvula.

PAPE, PAIP, s. the pope.

PAPEJAY, PAPINGAY, s. a parrot.

PARITCH, PARRITCH, s. hasty-pudding; oatmeal and water boiled together.

PARROT-COAL, s. cannel coal which burns clearly.

PARTAN, s. the common edible crab.

PARTICATE, s. a rood of land.

PARTRICK, PATRICK, s. a partridge.

PAT, pret. of put.

To PATTER, s. to mutter uninterruptedly.

PATTLE, PETTLE, s. a stick wherewith a ploughman clears away the earth which adheres to his plough.

PAUK, s. art; wile.

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