Glossary

glossary
  a', all.
  a-back, behind, away.
  abiegh, aloof, off.
  ablins, v. aiblins.
  aboon, above up.
  abread, abroad.
  abreed, in breadth.
  ae, one.
  aff, off.
  aff-hand, at once.
  aff-loof, offhand.
  a-fiel, afield.
  afore, before.
  aft, oft.
  aften, often.
  agley, awry.
  ahin, behind.
  aiblins, perhaps.
  aidle, foul water.
  aik, oak.
  aiken, oaken.
  ain, own.
  air, early.
  airle, earnest money.
  airn, iron.
  airt, direction.
  airt, to direct.
  aith, oath.
  aits, oats.
  aiver, an old horse.
  aizle, a cinder.
  a-jee, ajar; to one side.
  alake, alas.
  alane, alone.
  alang, along.
  amaist, almost.
  amang, among.
  an, if.
  an', and.
  ance, once.
  ane, one.
  aneath, beneath.
  anes, ones.
  anither, another.
  aqua-fontis, spring water.
  aqua-vitae, whiskey.
  arle, v. airle.
  ase, ashes.
  asklent, askew, askance.
  aspar, aspread.
  asteer, astir.
  a'thegither, altogether.
  athort, athwart.
  atweel, in truth.
  atween, between.
  aught, eight.
  aught, possessed of.
  aughten, eighteen.
  aughtlins, at all.
  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.
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