_Hobble_, to dandle on the knee, an awkward style of walking, a state of perplexity.
_Imock-powder_, powder made of the shells of ants’ eggs.
_Jamf_, _jamph_, to make sport of, to torment.
_Kil-logie_, an open space before a kiln fire.
_Knocking-stane_, a stone mortar, on which the hulls were broken off the barley with a mallet.
_Lang-gae_, the phrase, ‘before lang gae,’ signifies simply, before long.
_Libby_, properly _lippie_, a quarter of a peck.
_Lingle_, a shoemaker’s thread; also, a bandage.
_Lingle-tailed_, applied to a woman wearing misfitting clothes.
_Maeslie-shanket_, probably a reference to bowed legs.
_Maumier_, mellower, sweeter, pleasanter.
_Merk_, an old Scottish silver coin, equal to thirteenpence and one-third of a penny, sterling.
_Neb_, a beak; in a ludicrous sense, the nose.
_Nidity nod_, shaking, bobbing up and down.
_Peck_, a dry measure containing two gallons.
_Pillonian_, a kind of coarse blue cloth.
_Pirn_, a reel for winding thread or yarn.
_Plack_, a small copper coin, worth one-third of a penny, sterling.
_Plash_, to wet; ‘wet to plash,’ thoroughly drenched.
_Pownie_, a name given to a turkey-hen. See _note_ to p. 52, vol. ii.
_Pund_, a pound Scots, equivalent to one shilling and eightpence, sterling.
_Quean_, a young woman; sometimes used in a bad sense.
_Rake_ (of water, or coals), as much as can be carried at one time.
_Rattle-scul_, one who talks without thinking.
_Retour_, return, as the return journey of a coach.
_Rigging_, the roof of a house, the human head in a ludicrous sense.
_Ripples_, a weakness in the back and reins.
_Ruddoch_, a contemptuous name for an old woman.
_Runt_, the stalk of a vegetable, such as a cabbage.
_Sannock Garner_, probably a familiar name for the devil.
_Scride_, to scrape, as the bow on the strings of the violin.
_Sculls_, wicker baskets, such as are used by fishers.
_Sikes_, the phrase, ‘flay the sikes,’ means to give a good beating.
_Skellat_, a small bell used by town criers.
_Snoaking_, prying, smelling about like a dog.
_Souse_, _sosse_, the fall of a soft body, to throw one’s self into a seat.
_Sowens_, flummery, made of the dust oatmeal remaining among the seeds, steeped and soured.
_Spence_, a larder, the parlour of a country house.