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
RIPPLIN-CAME, _s._ a flax-comb.
RISE, RYSS, _s._ a small twig.
RIVE, _s._ rent; tear.
ROCKLAY, ROKELY, _s._ a short cloak worn by females.
RODEN, ROWEN, _s._ the fruit of the mountain ash.
RODEN-TREE, ROWAN-TREE, _s._ the mountain ash.
ROID, ROYD, _adj._ rude; severe.
ROLLOCHIN, _adj._ lively: free-spoken.
_To_ ROOSE, RUSE, _v. a._ to extol.
ROSET, _s._ rosin.
ROSIE, _s._ Rose--a Christian name.
ROSIGNELL, _s._ a nightingale.
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.
_To_ SCART, _v. a._ to scratch.
SCART, _s._ a scratch.
SCHACHLED, _adj._ crooked; unseemly.
SCHANK, _s._ the leg.
SCHAVE, SHEAVE, SHEEVE, _s._ a slice of anything, such as
bread, etc.
SCHAW, _s._ a grove or thicket; a shadowy place.
SCHEL, _s._ a shed for sheep.
_To_ SCHERE, _v. n._ to divide.
SCHILL, _adj._ shrill.
SCHOAG, SHOG, _v. a._ to move backwards and forwards.
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