Wee sleekit, cowrin, timrous beastie, O, whit a panic's in they breastie . . . THRUM THRUM THRUM THRUM THRUM . . .
The Scottish Word:

Hearst.

“WARNING. Dinna listen tae The Bard at full blaw set tae music in a barley field ower the hearst.”

Translate:

hearst, hairst: harvest.

“WARNING. Do not listen to poetry at full volume set to music in a barley field during the harvest.”

Wee sleekit, cow’rin, tim’rous beastie,
O, whit a panic’s in thy breastie

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

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