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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. † ˈbeggarty, n. View full entry ?a1513
...= beggary...
4. † beˈswak, v. View full entry ?a1513
...trans. To dash, strike....
5. billy | billie, n.1 View full entry ?a1513
...Fellow; companion, comrade, mate....
6. † ˈbooting, n.2 View full entry ?a1513
...‘A half-boot or leathern spatterdash’ (Jamieson); perh. collective for boots....
7. brattle, n. View full entry ?a1513
...A smart rattling sound, esp. of something breaking or bursting....
8. clash, v. View full entry ?a1513
...intr. To make the sound of collision described under clash1....
9. cloof | clufe, n. View full entry ?a1513
10. clype, n. View full entry ?a1513
...Jamieson has ‘An ugly, ill-shaped fellow’. Now gen. Sc. in sense ‘a telltale’....
11. † collep | collop, n. View full entry ?a1513
12. convoy, n. View full entry ?a1513
...Carriage (of oneself), deportment, demeanour, conduct. Sc.Obs....
13. coot, n.2 View full entry ?a1513
...The ankle-joint....
14. coven | covin, n. View full entry ?a1513
...An assembly, meeting, or company. Obs....
15. cow | cowe, v.2 View full entry ?1507
...trans. To poll (the head); to clip, cut short, top, prune....
16. † cow-ˈhuby, n. View full entry ?a1513
...App. = ‘calf’, used in endearment or ridicule. (The meaning cow-herd suggested by Jamieson does not appear in the quots.)...
17. crine, v. View full entry ?a1513
...trans.Sc. and Eng. regional (north.). To reduce in size or bulk, make smaller; to cause to shrink or shrivel, esp. with heat. Now rare....
18. crined, adj.1 View full entry ?a1513
...Shrunken; shrivelled....
19. crowdie | crowdy, n. View full entry ?a1513
...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....
20. ˈcurldoddy, n. View full entry ?a1513
...A popular name of various plants with rounded flower heads:...
