To PUT-UPON, to impose upon; to take advantage of another’s weakness.

To PUT, v. n. to throw a heavy stone with the hand raised over the head.

PUTTING-STONE, s. a heavy stone used in the game of putting.

PYAT, PYOT, s. a magpie.

PYGS, s. pl. crockery ware; earthenware.

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QUAICH, QUEYCH, QUEGH, s. a small shallow drinking cup, made of wood or silver, with two ears.

QUEET, CUTE, s. the ankle.

QUEINT, QUENT, adj. curious; wonderful.

QUENT, AQUENT, adj. acquainted; familiar.

QUEY, s. a two-year-old cow.

QUEYN, QUEAN, QUINE, s. a young woman.

QUHAIP, QUHAUP, WHAAP, s. a curlew.

To QUHEMLE, WHUMMIL, v. a. to turn upside down.

To QUHID, WHEED, v. a. move quickly.

QUHILK, pron. which; who.

QUHIRR, v. n. to make a sound like the wings of a partridge or grouse in the act of flying.

QUHITRED, QUHITTRET, s. a weasel.

QUHYNE, QUHENE, WHEEN, adj. a few.

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RA, RAE, s. a roe deer.

RACHE, s. a lurcher, or dog that finds and pursues his prey by the scent.

RACK, s. a shelved frame fixed to the wall for holding plates.

RACKLE-HANDED, adj. careless; rash.

RADE, RAID, s. an invasion; a violent attack.

RAIK, s. a single carrying of a thing from one place to another.

To RAIL, v. n. to jest.

RAIP, s. a rope.

RAISED, adj. excited; maddened.

RAIVEL, s. a rail.

RAMFEEZLED, part. adj. exhausted, fatigued.

RAMMER, s. a ramrod.

To RAMPAGE, v. n. to prance about in a furious manner, as exemplified in passion.

RAM-STAM, adj. forward; rash; thoughtless.

RANDY, RANDIE-BEGGAR, s. a beggar who endeavours to obtain alms by means of threats; a female scold.

RANDY, adj. quarrelsome.

RANTLE-TREE, s. a tall raw-boned person.

RAPEGYRNE, s. the ancient name given to the little figure made of the last handful of grain in the harvest-field, now called the maiden.

RAPLACH, RAPLOCH, s. coarse, homespun, undyed woollen cloth.

RASCH, RASH, s. a rush.

RASHY, adj. beset with rushes.

RATH, adj. strange or savage in aspect.

RATTAN, ROTTEN, s. a rat.

RAUCHAN, s. a plaid worn by men, formerly made of grey undyed wool.

RAUN, RAWN, s. roe of a fish.

RAUCLE, adj. rash.

To RAVE, v. a. to plunder by violence.