_Mae_, more. _Maik_, or _make_, to match, equal. _Mailen_, a farm. _Main_, or _mane_, moan. _Mair_, more. _Maist_, most. _Mansworn_, perjured. _Mavis_, a thrush. _Maun_, must. _Mauna_, must not, may not. _Mawt_, malt. _Mear_, mare. _Meikle_, much, big, great, large. _Mennin_, minnow. _Merl_, the blackbird. _Midding_, a dunghill. _Milk-bowie_, milking-pail. _Mint_, aim, endeavour, to attempt. _Mirk_, dark. _Misca_, to give names. _Mither_, mother. _Mittons_, woollen gloves. _Mony_, many. _Mools_, the earth of the grave. _Motty_, full of motes. _Mou_, or _mow_, mouth. _Mows_, _nae mows_, no jest. _Muck_, dung. _Muckle_, see _Meikle_. N. _Na_, _nae_, no, not. _Nathing_, _naething_, _naithing_, nothing. _Nane_, none. _Near-hand_, nearly, almost. _Neist_, next. _Newcal_, new calved (cows.) _Newfangle_, fond of a new thing. _Nibour_, neighbour. _Nick_,--_auld Nick_, the devil. _Nive_, the fist. _Nocht_, nought, not. _Nor_, than. _Nowt_, cows, kine. _Nowther_, neither. O. _Obeysant_, obedient. _O'ercome_, surplus. _O'erput_,--_ne'er o'erput it_, never get over it. _Onstead_, the building on a farm, the farm-house. _Ony_, any. _Or_, sometimes used for ere, or before. _Or_ day, i. e., before daybreak. _Orp_, to weep with a convulsive pant. _Owk_, week. _Owrlay_, a cravat. _Owsen_, oxen. _Oxter_, the armpit. P. _Pat_, did put. _Paughty_, proud, haughty. _Pawky_, witty or sly in word or action, without any harm or bad designs. _Peets_, turf for fire. _Pensy_, finical, foppish, conceited. _Pit_, to put. _Pith_, strength, might, force. _Plaiding_, a coarse tweeled woollen cloth. _Plet_, plaited. _Plotcock_, the devil. _Poinds your gear_, distrains your effects. _Poke_, bag. _Pople_, or _paple_, the bubbling, purling, or boiling up of water. _Poortith_, poverty. _Pou_, pull. _Poutch_, a pocket. _Pow_, the poll, the head. _Prin_, a pin. _Propine_, gift or present. _Pu_, pull. _Pund_, pound. _Putt a stane_, throw a big stone. Q. _Quean_, a young woman. _Quey_, a young cow. R. _Racket rent_, rack-rent. _Rae_, a roe. _Rair_, or _rare_, roar. _Rashes_, rushes. _Redd_, to rid, unravel; to separate folks that are fighting. It also signifies clearing of any passage. "I am _redd_," I am apprehensive. _Red up_, to put in order. _Reek_, smoke. _Reest_, to rust, or dry in the smoke. _Rever_, a robber or pirate. _Rife_, or _ryfe_, plenty. _Rigs_ of corn, ridges. _Rin_, run. _Rock_, a distaff. _Roose_, or _ruse_, to commend, extol. _Roove_, to rivet. _Roudes_, a wrinkled, ill-natured woman. _Rousted_, rusted. _Row_, roll. _Rowan_, rolling. _Rowt_, to roar, especially the lowing of bulls and cows. _Rowth_, plenty. _Ruck_, a rick or stack of hay or corn. _Rumple_, the Rump parliament. S.