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sinister, left.
skelp, to gallop; to thrash.
skirling, screaming.
skirts, borders, boundaries.
sleuth-dog, a hound that tracks by scent.
slops, a sort of trousers.
slot, the track, footmarks.
snow-wreath, heap of snow.
sorner, sturdy beggar, a person who lives on his neighbours.
sort, manage, set to rights; to beat, to scold.
sough, sigh, a breath.
soupirail, small opening.
spauld, the shoulder.
spence, parlour, pantry.
splent, iron plates.
springaid, a youth, an active fellow.
spurtie, a stick for stirring porridge.
standing-cup, a large drinking-cup.
status, position, standing.
sleek, stitch.
steer, stir, molest.
sticking saumon, spearing salmon.
stoccata, imbrocata, punto-reverso, incartata, various terms used in fencing.
straik, stroke.
stramazoun, a sword-cut.
swankie, smart lad, active fellow.
swarf, faint.

taffetas, fine silk stuff.
tasker, a labourer who does piecework.
Te Deum laudamus, we praise
Thee, O God.
teind-sheaves, sheaves payable as tithes.
terra incognita, unknown land.
thraw, to thwart, to twist, to throw.
thrcep, persistent statement, accusation.
tilbury, a gig.
time about, alternately.
timeously, in good time.
tirl, to turn over, to tap, to strip.
tocher, dowry; tocherless, without a marriage-portion.
tod, a bush, a fox.
tolbooth, prison.
tour de force, forcible turn.
tout genre est permis, hors le genre ennuyeux, every kind is allowable, except the wearisome.
troggs, troth.
tuilzie, scuffle.
tup, a ram.
turn-broche, turn-spit.

umquhile, whilom, ci-devant, late.
unhouseled, unshriven, not having received the sacrament.
usquebaugh, whisky.
utinam hanc etiam viris impleam amicis, would that I could fill this also with my friends.

vassail, vessel.
veniae, favours.
venue, a turn at fencing.
vestiarius, master of the wardrobe.
Via! Away! Off!
viatoribus licitum est, it is permitted to wayfarers.'
vino gravatus, heavy with wine.
virtuoso, a man skilled in a fine art.

wassell-bread, wastel-cake, an oaten loaf baked in the oven, with carraway seeds in it.
waur, worse, to put to the worse.
wean, little one, child.
weary, vexatious, troublesome.
weel-scrapit tongue, well-watched tongue.
weights, instrument for winnowing corn.
weise, guide, direct.
welts, borders.
wem, a scar, mark.
whiffling, trifling, talking idly.
whinger, a knife, a short sword.
whirrie, whirl, go rapidly.
white-seam, underclothing in making.
winna, will not.

yammer, make an outcry.
yetts, gates.