| abbey laird | An insolvent debtor taking sanctuary in the precincts of Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh. Cf. abbey n. 3. | 1700 | Go To Quotation |
| fecket | A woollen garment with sleeves and a buttoned front, worn as an undergarment beneath a… | 1755 | Go To Quotation |
| gum | Coal dust, fine coal; now esp. that produced by a coal-cutting machine. | 1790 | Go To Quotation |
| midgie | = midden n. 1b. | 1965 | Go To Quotation |
| minnie | trans. To mother or act as a mother towards (a lamb); to find the mother of (a… | 1772 | Go To Quotation |
| mirack | = miraculous adj. 4. | 1930 | Go To Quotation |
| moch | intr. To become moth-eaten. | 1920 | Go To Quotation |
| oose | Sc. Fluff from wool, cotton, etc. | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| pallall | Freq. in pl. with sing. concord. The game of hopscotch. Also: the stone used in the game. | 1799 | Go To Quotation |
| pap | intr. To make a popping or tapping noise; to fall, drop, etc., in such a way as to make a sound of this kind. | 1791 | Go To Quotation |
| papple | intr. To boil; to bubble; to emit a sound like that of boiling liquid or fast-flowing water. Chiefly fig. Cf. popple v. 1. | 1755 | Go To Quotation |
| pea-cod | The pod or shell of a pea; = peasecod n. | 1721 | Go To Quotation |
| plash-mill | A fulling-mill. | 1795 | Go To Quotation |
| posser | A stick used to beat or ‘poss’ clothes in a washing tub. | 1764 | Go To Quotation |
| raggle | A groove cut in stone, esp. on a wall to receive a sheet of glass, lead, the edge of a roof, etc. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| ree | Sc. Partially intoxicated; tipsy. | 1754 | Go To Quotation |
| ree-raw | A commotion, an uproar; a state of confused disorder; a noisy or drunken romp. | 1797 | Go To Quotation |
| roseager | Darnel, Lolium temulentum, a supposedly poisonous weed of wheat fields. | 1704 | Go To Quotation |
| rowan | A roll of wool, carded and ready for spinning; = roving n. 2a. | 1748 | Go To Quotation |
| rummlegumption | Good sense; shrewdness. Cf. rumgumption n. | 1751 | Go To Quotation |
| rumpy-pumpy | Sexual intercourse. | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| rybat | A polished stone reveal (side-piece) for windows, doors, etc. | 1720 | Go To Quotation |
| scotty | Particularly Scottish in temperament or manner. Also in early use: (of an animal) bred in Scotland. Obs. | 1751 | Go To Quotation |
