Pit the brick back – if you can keek oot the Ogre can keek in.

We dinni want him tae ken we’ve got a hidie-hole in his castle ahn him wi no kennin o a wey in.

If he discovers we’ve escaped thegither tae hidden sicker sae near he’ll brak the wa, brak oor banes, an pit us back in gaol.

Translate:

pit: put.

Put the brick back – if you can peek out the Ogre can peek in.

We don’t want him to know we’ve got a secret hiding place in his castle and that he has no knowledge of a way in.

If he discovers we’ve escaped together to hidden safety so close by he’ll break the wall, break our bones, and put us back in jail.

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