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
IMMICK, _s._ an ant.
_To_ IMPLEMENT, _v. a._ to fulfil.
IN-BY, _adv._ the inner part of the house.
INCH, _s._ an island; a level plain.
INGAN, INGIN, _s._ onion.
INGLE, INGIL, _s._ fire.
INGLE-NOOK, _s._ the corner of the fireside.
INLYING, _s._ childbearing.
INTILL, _pret_. into; denoting entrance.
IRNE, AIRN, _s._ iron.
ISK! ISKIE! _interj_. a word used in calling a dog.
ITHER, _pron_. other.
IZIE, IZBEL, _s._ Isabella.
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_To_ JAG, _v. a._ to job.
JANET, _s._ Jess.
JANTY, _adj._ cheerful.
JAP, JAWP, _s._ a spot of mud.
JAPIT, _adj._ bespattered with mud.
JAW, JAWE, _s._ a wave; coarse raillery.
JEDDART, _s._ Jedburgh, a town of Roxburghshire.
JEDDART-JUSTICE, _s._ a legal trial after punishment has
been inflicted on the accused.
_To_ JEE, _v. n._ to move to one side.
_To_ JELOUSE, _v. n._ to suspect.
JENNY, _s._ Jess.
JIFFIE, _s._ a moment.
JILLET, _s._ a giddy girl.
JIMP, _s._ neat, slender.
JINK, _v. n._ the act of one eluding another.
JO, JOE, _s._ a sweetheart.
JOCK, JOCKIE, _s._ John.
JOCKTELEG, _s._ a clasp knife; a folding knife.
_To_ JOGILL, _v. n._ to jog; to move from side to
side.
JOG-TROT, _s._. to trot at a slow rate on horseback;
anything done in a slow manner.
_To_ JOUK, _v. n._ to bend down the body with a quick
motion so as either to elude the sight or a blow.
JOUKRY-PAWKRY, _s._ trickery; juggling.
JUGGS, JOUGS, JUGGES, _s. pl._ a kind of pillory, used on
the Borders, whereby criminals were fastened to a post on the
wall, with their necks enveloped in an iron collar.
JUPE, _s._ a kind of short mantle for a female.
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KAIL, KALE, _s._ common colewort.
KAIL-BROSE, _s._ raw meal placed in a basin with boiling
broth poured over it, and then stirred all together.
KAIL-RUNT, _s._ stem of colewort.
KAIM, _s._ a comb.
KAR-HANDED, _adj._ left-handed.
KAY, KA, KAE, _s._ a jack-daw.
KAYME, KAME, _s._ honeycomb.
KEBBUCK, CABBACK, _s._ a cheese.
KEGIE, _adj._ cheerful.
KEEK, KEIK, _v. n._ to look with a prying eye.
KEEK-BO, _s._ bo-peep.
KEEKING-GLASS, _s._ a mirror.
KEELIVINE, _s._ a blacklead pencil.
_To_ KEKKIL, KEKIL, _v. n._ to cackle; to laugh aloud.
KELL, KULL, _s._ a dress for a woman's head. _A caul_,
the hinder-part of a woman's cap.
KELPIE, WATER-KELPIE, _s._ the spirit of the waters, who,
as is vulgarly believed, gives warning of those who are to be
drowned within the precincts of his beat. This is indicated by
preternatural noises and lights. He is supposed to appear in the
form of a horse. Many wonderful exploits are attributed to the
kelpie.
KELT, _s._ a salmon that has just spawned; a foul fish that
has not been in salt water.
KEMP, _s._ a champion.
KEMPIN, _s._ the act of striving on the harvest field.
_To_ KEN, _v. n._ to know.
KENNED, _part. pa._ of to know.
KENSPECKLE, _adj._ having so remarkable an appearance as to
be easily known.
KEP, KEPP, _v. a._ to intercept.
KICK, _s._ a novelty. _Kickshaw_, a new piece of
finery.
KILL, _s._ a kiln.
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