Glossary(2/43)
auld, old.
auldfarran, auldfarrant, shrewd, old-fashioned, sagacious.
auld reekie, edinburgh.
auld-warld, old-world.
aumous, alms.
ava, at all.
awa, away.
awald, backways and doubled up.
awauk, awake.
awauken, awaken.
awe, owe.
awkart, awkward.
awnie, bearded.
ayont, beyond.
ba', a ball.
backet, bucket, box.
backit, backed.
backlins-comin, coming back.
back-yett, gate at the back.
bade, endured.
bade, asked.
baggie, stomach.
baig'nets, bayonets.
baillie, magistrate of a scots burgh.
bainie, bony.
bairn, child.
bairntime, brood.
baith, both.
bakes, biscuits.
ballats, ballads.
balou, lullaby.
ban, swear.
ban', band of the presbyterian clergyman.
bane, bone.
bang, an effort; a blow; a large number.
bang, to thump.
banie, v. bainie.
bannet, bonnet.
bannock, bonnock, a thick oatmeal cake.
bardie, dim. of bard.
barefit, barefooted.
barket, barked.
barley-brie, or bree, barley-brew-ale or whiskey.
barm, yeast.
barmie, yeasty.
barn-yard, stackyard.
bartie, the devil.
bashing, abashing.
batch, a number.
batts, the botts; the co