[Weir of Hermiston by Robert Louis Stevenson]@TWC D-Link bookWeir of Hermiston CHAPTER IX--AT THE WEAVER'S STONE 37/53
diminutive of Grizel, here a playful nickname. Glaur, mud. Glint, glance, sparkle. Gloaming, twilight. Glower, to scowl. Gobbets, small lumps. Gowden, golden. Gowsty, gusty. Grat, wept. Grieve, land-steward. Guddle, to catch fish with the hands by groping under the stones or banks. Gumption, common sense, judgment. Guid, good. Gurley, stormy, surly. Gyte, beside itself. Hae, have, take. Haddit, held. Hale, whole. Heels-ower-hurdie, heels over head. Hinney, honey. Hirstle, to bustle. Hizzie, wench. Howe, hollow. Howl, hovel. Hunkered, crouched. Hypothec, lit.
in Scots law the furnishings of a house, and formerly the produce and stock of a farm hypothecated by law to the landlord as security for rent; colloquially "the whole structure," "the whole concern." Idleset, idleness. Infeftment, a term in Scots law originally synonymous with investiture. Jaud, jade. Jeely-piece, a slice of bread and jelly. Jennipers, juniper. Jo, sweetheart. Justifeed, executed, made the victim of justice. Jyle, jail Kebbuck, cheese. Ken, to know. Kenspeckle, conspicuous. Kilted, tucked up. Kyte, belly. Laigh, low. Laird, landed proprietor. Lane, alone. Lave, rest, remainder. Linking, tripping. Lown, lonely, still. Lynn, cataract. Lyon King of Arms, the chief of the Court of Heraldry in Scotland. Macers, offiers of the supreme court.
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Guy Mannering, last chapter.] Maun, must. Menseful, of good manners. Mirk, dark. Misbegowk, deception, disappointment. Mools, mould, earth. Muckle, much, great, big. My lane, by myself. Nowt, black cattle. Palmering, walking infirmly. Panel, in Scots law, the accused person in a criminal action, the prisoner. Peel, fortified watch-tower. Plew-stilts, plough-handles. Policy, ornamental grounds of a country mansion. Puddock, frog. Quean, wench. Rair, to roar. Riff-raff, rabble. Risping, grating. Rout, rowt, to roar, to rant. Rowth, abundance. Rudas, haggard old woman. Runt, an old cow past breeding; opprobriously, an old woman. Sab, sob. Sanguishes, sandwiches. Sasine, in Scots law, the act of giving legal possession of feudal property, or, colloquially, the deed by which that possession is proved. Sclamber, to scramble. Sculduddery, impropriety, grossness. Session, the Court of Session, the supreme court of Scotland. Shauchling, shuffling, slipshod. Shoo, to chase gently. Siller, money. Sinsyne, since then. Skailing, dispersing. Skelp, slap. Skirling, screaming. Skriegh-o'day, daybreak. Snash, abuse. Sneisty, supercilious. Sooth, to hum. Sough, sound, murmur. Spec, The Speculative Society, a debating Society connected with Edingburgh University. Speir, to ask. Speldering, sprawling. Splairge, to splash. Spunk, spirit, fire. Steik, to shut. Stockfish, hard, savourless. Suger-bool, suger-plum. Syne, since, then. Tawpie, a slow foolish slut, also used playfully = monkey. Telling you, a good thing for you. Thir, these. Thrawn, cross-grained. Toon, town. Two-names, local soubriquets in addition to patronymic. Tyke, dog. Unchancy, unlucky. Unco, strange, extraordinary, very. Upsitten, impertinent. Vennel, alley, lane.
The Vennel, a narrow lane in Edingburgh, running out of the Grassmarket. Vivers, victuals. Wae, sad, unhappy. Waling, choosing. Warrandise, warranty. Waur, worse. Weird, destiny. Whammle, to upset. Whaup, curlew. Whiles, sometimes. Windlestae, crested dog's-tail, grass. Wund, wind. Yin, one. ***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WEIR OF HERMISTON*** ******* This file should be named 380.txt or 380.zip ******* This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/3/8/380 Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will be renamed. Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without permission and without paying copyright royalties.
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