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..

ROUNG, RUNG, s. a cudgel.

ROUP, ROOP, s. hoarseness.

To ROUP, to cry aloud; to shout; to sell by auction.

ROUSTY, ROOSTY, adj. rusty.

To ROUT, v. n. to bellow.

ROUTH, ROWTH, s. plenty.

To ROW, v. a. to roll.

ROYED, adj. wild.

ROYSTER, s. a freebooter.

RUCK, s. a heap of corn.

RUDE, adj. strong; stout.

To RUG, v. a. to tear.

RULLION, s. a shoe made of untanned leather; a coarse masculine female.

RUM, adj. excellent.

RUMGUMPTION, RUMMILGUMPTION, s. common sense.

To RUMMIL, v. n. to make a noise.

RUMPLE, RUMPILL, s. the rump; the tail.

RUND, ROON, s. a border; a selvage.

RUNT, s. the stalk of colewort or cabbage; term applied to an old disagreeable woman.

RUSKIE, s. a basket made of twigs.

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SAB, v. n. to sob.

SAD, adj. grave; heavy.

SAE, adv. so.

SAELIKE, SALIKE, adj. of the same kind, similar.

SAFT, adj. soft.

SAFTLY, adv. lightly; softly.

SAILYE, s. assault.

SAIP, s. soap.

SAIR, adj. sore; a sore; a wound.

To SAIR, v. a. to satisfy; to serve.

SAIRHEAD, s. a headache.

SAIRING, s. as much as satisfies one.

SAIRLY, adv. sorely.

SAL, v. defective, shall.

SAND-BLIND, adj. being very short-sighted, as is often the case with people with very fair hair.

SANDY, s. Alexander.

SANG, s. a song; also the past of sing.

SAP, s. liquid of any kind taken to solids.

SAPS, s. bread soaked or boiled in ale, or wine and water.

SARK, s. a shirt, frequently applied to the shift of a female.

SAUCH, SAUGH, s. the willow tree.

To SAUCH, SOAGH, v. n. to emit a rustling or whistling sound, like the wind in a narrow pass.

SAUL, SAWL, s. soul.

SAULLESS, adj. destitute of soul.

SAULLIE, SAULIE, s. a hired mourner, such as go in front of a hearse.

SAUT, s. salt.

SAUT-FOOT, s. a salt-cellar.

To SAW, v. a. to sow.

SCAIL, s. a kind of tub.

SCANT, s. scarce.

SCANTY, s. scarcity.

SCANTLINGS, s. pl. small pieces of wood tying the rafters together.

SCAMP, s. a cheat.

SCAPE, s. a bee-hive.

SCAR, SCAIR, SCAUR, s. a bare place on the side of a hill from which the soil has been washed off.

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