High white capped waves toss a pea green boat about on a wild and stormy night. It has torn sails and an owl in yellow oilskins is being sick in a bucket. But the pussycat at the tiller with waistcoat and sailor shirt points to the shore at a flickering bonfire in the distance.
The Scottish Word:

Airt.

C’mon hoolet get yer heid oot o that bucket an haul the rope tae hoist the jib.

I see a bleeze tae leeward tae airt us in an I can mak oot enough tae ken I ken thon shore.

Nae worries noo, we’ll soon be dry.

Translate:

Airt: to direct, guide a person to a place.

C’mon owl get your head out of that bucket and haul the rope to hoist the jib.

I see a beacon to leeward to guide us in an I can make out enough to know I know that distant shore.

No worries now, we’ll soon be dry.

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The Scottish Word: airt with its definition and its meaning illustrated and captioned with the word used in context in the Scots language and in English.

Inktober #22 Beacon.

The Inktober 2026 Prompt List: 1 Apple 2 Relic 3 Miniature 4 Cactus 5 Smack 6 Ogre 7 Panic 8 Stinky 9 Ram 10 Mystical 11 Rescue 12 Toss 13 Flimsy 14 Lady 15 Hooray 16 Gangly 17 Contraption 18 Flightless 19 Confused 20 Lounge 21 Hero 22 Beacon 23 Dapper 24 Bake 25 Fracture 26 Zip 27 Dumb 28 Trophy 29 Tusk 30 Cookie 31 Flex
Inktober 2026 prompt list used to backdate words not done since summer 2025.

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