Loan,  a  lane,  an  enclosed  road.
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GLOSSAEY.
Lock,  a  handful.
Iioo'ed,  loved.
Loom,  a  vessel.
Loon,  a  lad,  a  fellow.
Lowe,  a  flame.
Lug,  the  ear.
Lum,  a  chimney.
Mair,  more.
"  Mair    by   token,"   moreover,

especially.
Maist,  most.
Markal,  the  head  of  the  plough.
Maun,  must.
Mearns,  Kincardineshire.
Meltith,  food,  a  meal.
Manse,  manners.
"  Merk    of    land,"     oi'iginally

equal  to  1 600  square  fathoms.
"  Miehing    malicho,"    lurliing

mischief.
Mickle,  much.
Mill-eye,  the  eye  or  opening  in

the  hupes  or  cases  of  a  mill  at

which  the  meal  is  let  out.
Mind,  to  remember.
Mony,  many.
"  Morn,  the,"  to-morrow.
"  Mould    board,"  the   wooden

board    of    the    plough  which

turns  over  the  ground.
Muckle,  much,  big.
Multures,  dues  paid  for  grinding

corn.
"  My  certie  !  "  my  faith !

Wa,  nae,  no,  not.
Naoket,  a  portable  refreshment

or  luncheon.
Naig,  a  nag.
Nane,  none.
Wapery,  household  linen.
Natlieless,  nevertheless.
ITeist,  next.
Nievefu',  a  handful.
Noup,  a  headland  precipitous  to

the  sea  and  sloping  inland.
Nowt,  black  cattle.
Ony,  anj'.
Or,  before.
O't,  of  it.
Out-taken,  except.
Out-town,  land    at    a  distance

from  tlie  farmhouse.
Ower,  over.
Owerlay,  a  cravat.
Owsen,  oxen.
Parritch,  porridge.
Partan,  a  crab.
Pawky,  wily,  slyly.
Peat-moss,    the    place    whence

peats  are  dug.
Peltrie,  trash.
Pit,  put.
"  Plantie  cruive,"  a  kail-yard.
Pleugh,  a  plough.
Pouch,  a  pocket.
Puir,  poor.
Pund  Scots  =  Is.  8d.  sterling.
Quaigb,  a  small  wooden  cup.
Quean,  a  disrespectful  term  for

a  woman.
Quern,  a  hand-mill.
Kaddman,  a  councillor.
Randy,  riotous,  disorderly.
Ranzelman,  a  constable.
Eeddtng-kaim,   a  wide-toothed

comb  for  the  hair.
Keek,  smoke.
Reimkennar,   one    who    knows

mystic  rhyme.
Reset,  a  place  of  shelter.
Rigging,  a  ridge,  a  roof.
Ritt,  a  scratch  or  incision.
Riva,  a  cleft  in  a  rock.
Rook,  a  distaff.
