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1. birl, v.2 View full entry 1724
...intr. To move on with rotatory motion, as a rifle bullet; also fig....
2. bunker, n.1 View full entry a1758
...A seat or bench (‘serving also for a chest’ Jamieson). Sc....
3. ˈcadgy, adj. View full entry 1719
...Wanton, lustful: amorous....
4. cloot, n. View full entry 1725
...One of the divisions of the hoof, in the ox, sheep, swine, etc.; also, loosely, the hoof as a whole. to take their cloots: (of cattle) ‘to run off’ (Jamieson)....
5. † cockerˈnony, n. View full entry 1718
...‘The gathering of a young woman's hair, when it is wrapped up in a band or fillet, commonly called a snood’ (Jamieson). App. used at random in the last two...
6. donsie | donsy, adj. and n. View full entry 1717
...‘Affectedly neat and trim’ (Jamieson); nice; hence saucy, restive (as a horse). ? Obs....
7. drant | draunt, v. View full entry 1724
...intr. To drawl or drone in speech....
8. fissle | fistle, v. View full entry 1721
...intr. To make a slight continued noise; to rustle; to move with such a noise....
9. † gamp, adj. View full entry 1740
...App.: playful, sportive....
10. gawsy, adj. View full entry 1720
...Of persons: Well-dressed and jolly-looking. Of things: Large and handsome....
11. guffaw, n. View full entry 1720
...A burst of coarse laughter; a loud or boisterous laugh....
12. guffaw, v. View full entry 1721
...intr. To laugh loudly or boisterously; to laugh coarsely or harshly....
13. gyte, adj. View full entry 1725
...Mad, out of one's senses....
14. haft, v.3 View full entry 1725
...trans. To establish in a situation or place of residence, to locate, fix; spec. to accustom (sheep, cattle) to a pasturage....
15. hodden, n. View full entry 1724
...Woollen cloth of a coarse quality such as used to be made by country weavers on their hand-looms....
16. howdy | howdie, n. View full entry 1725
...A midwife....
17. howff, n. View full entry 1711
...A place of resort; a haunt, a resort....
18. hyte, adj. View full entry 1721
...Crazy; mad....
19. jee, v. View full entry 1722
...intr. To move, to stir; to move to one side; to move to and fro (quot. 1727)....
20. jink, v.1 View full entry 1718
...intr. To move with quick sudden action; to move or dart with sudden turns; to move jerkily to and fro. Now esp. in Rugby Football and Aeronaut.;...
