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1. † aforrow, adv. View full entry ?a1513
...Before, in the past....
2. † beˈgeck, v. View full entry a1586
...To befool, to gull; to jilt....
3. † beˈswak, v. View full entry ?a1513
...trans. To dash, strike....
4. billy | billie, n.1 View full entry a1568
...Fellow; companion, comrade, mate....
5. † ˈbooting, n.2 View full entry ?a1513
...‘A half-boot or leathern spatterdash’ (Jamieson); perh. collective for boots....
6. clash, v. View full entry ?a1513
...intr. To make the sound of collision described under clash1....
7. † collep | collop, n. View full entry 1568
8. coot, n.2 View full entry ?a1513
...The ankle-joint....
9. coven | covin, n. View full entry a1586
...An assembly, meeting, or company. Obs....
10. cow | cowe, v.2 View full entry ?1507
...trans. To poll (the head); to clip, cut short, top, prune....
11. crined, adj.1 View full entry 1568
...Shrunken; shrivelled....
12. crowdie | crowdy, n. View full entry a1586
...Meal and water stirred together so as to form a thick gruel. Frequently used as a designation for food of the brose or porridge kind in general. Jamieson. Now Obs....
13. ˈcurldoddy, n. View full entry 1568
...A popular name of various plants with rounded flower heads:...
14. † dain, adj. View full entry ?1507
...Haughty; reserved, distant; repellent. Sc....
15. ˈdandilly, adj. and n. View full entry 1568
...Petted, spoiled by being made too much of. Jamieson also gives the meaning ‘Celebrated’....
16. † deˈcore, adj. View full entry a1525
...Comely, beautiful....
17. dink, adj.1 View full entry ?1507
...Finely dressed, decked out; trim....
18. † diˈssimulance, n. View full entry 1508
...Dissembling, dissimulation....
19. dowie | dowy, adj. View full entry ?1507
...Dull and lonely, melancholy, dreary, dismal....
20. down, prep. View full entry ?a1513
...In a descending direction along, through, or into; from top to bottom of; from a higher to a lower part of....
