Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 24
General
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 24
Scottish Borders (Scotland) -- Fiction
NEWFANGLED, fond of new things or persons.
_To_ NICHER, _v. n._ to neigh; a loud coarse laugh.
NICHT, _s._ night. _The nicht_, tonight.
NICHTFA, _s._ twilight.
NICK-NACK, _s._ a gim-crack; small wares.
NIP, _s._ a small bit of anything.
_To_ NIP, _v. a._ to carry off cleverly; to pinch.
NIPPIT, _adj._ niggardly
NO, _adv._ not.
NOB, _s._ a knob.
NOCHT, _s._ nothing.
NOLT, NOUT, _s._ black cattle; a stupid vulgar fellow.
NOO, _s._ now; at the present.
NOR, _conj_. than.
NORLAN, NORLAND, _adj._ belonging to the north country.
NORYSS, _s._ nurse.
NOUTHER, NOWTHIR, _conj_. neither.
NUIK, _s._ the corner.
--O--
OE, OYE, _s._ a grandson.
OERCOME, OURCOME, _s._ the overplus.
OHON! _interj_. alas!
OMNE-GATHERUM, _s._ a miscellaneous collection; an
incongruous mass.
ONCOME, _s._ a fall of rain or snow.
ONGOINGS, _s. pl._ procedure.
ONKEND, _part. adj_. unknown.
ONSTEAD, _s._ the building on a farm.
ONY, _adj._ any.
OO, _s._ wool.
OORIE, OURIE, OWRIE, _adj._ chill; bleak; having the
sensation of cold.
OR, _conj_. lest; than.
OR, _adv._ before, as _Or this_, before this time;
rather than, _Or than_, before then.
ORROW, ORA, _adj._ unmatched; not used.
ORROWS, _s. pl._ supernumerary articles.
OSTLEIR, OSTLER, _s._ an innkeeper.
OTHIR, OTHERE, ODYR, _adj._ other.
OUER, _prep._ over.
OULK, OWLK, _s._ a week.
OUR, OURE, OUER, OWRE, _prep_, over, beyond; denoting
excess.
OURGAE, OURGANG, _v. a._ to overrun; exceed; to surpass.
OUR-RAUGHT, _pret_. overtook.
_To_ OURSET, _v. a._ to overcome; to overpower.
OURTILL, _prep_, above; beyond.
OUSEN, _s._ oxen.
OUT-ABOUT, _adv._ out of doors.
OUTBREAKING, OUTBREKIN, _s._ eruption of the skin.
OUT-BY, _adv._ out of doors; abroad.
OUTFALL, _s._ a contention.
OUTGAIT, OUTGATE, _s._ a way of egress; escape from any
kind of hardship.
OUTGANE, _part. pa._ elapsed.
OUTLAY, _s._ expenditure.
OUT-OUR, OUT-OWRE, _adv._ over.
OUTSHOT, _s._ a projection.
OUTSPECKLE, _s._ a laughing-stock.
OUTSPOKEN, _s._ free of speech; undisguised in
conversation or opinion.
OUTSTRIKING, s. an eruption.
OUTWAILE, OUTWYLE, _s._ the refuse.
_To_ OUTWAIR, _v. a._ to expend.
OUTWITH, _prep_, without; on the outer side or exterior;
outwards; out from.
OVERLY, _adj._ careless.
OWKLY, _adj._ weekly.
OXTAR, OXTER, _s._ the armpit.
--P--
PACKMAN, _s._ a pedlar.
PADDOCK-STOOL, _s._ a toad-stool; agaricus in general.
PAFFLE, _s._ a small landed estate.
PAFFLER, _s._ a farmer of a small estate.
_To_ PAIK, _v. a._. to beat; to drub.
PAIKER, _s. a causey-paiker_, a street-walker.
PAILIN, PAILING, _s._ a fence of stakes.
PAINCHES, _s._ tripe.
PALAVER, _s._ idle talk.
_To_ PALE, _v. a._ to make an incision in cheese to
try its quality.
PALLACH, _s._ a porpoise; a lusty person.
PAND, _s._ a pledge.
PAN-KAIL, _s._ broth made of cole-worts, thickened with
oatmeal.
PANNEL, _s._ one brought to the bar of a court for trial.
PAP-O'-THE-HASS, s. uvula.
PAPE, PAIP, _s._ the pope.
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