sab |
sab |
sob, sink, sag |
|
sae | sa | swa |
se |
so |
in context |
ilka sae lang |
|
every so often |
|
sae | sa |
se |
say |
|
sae awa |
|
go on, hold forth |
|
jist sain |
jɪstˈseən |
just saying |
|
saiz | sez |
|
says |
in context |
saft |
|
soft |
in context |
saftie |
saftɪ |
weak person |
|
saga |
|
a witch |
|
saidle |
sedl |
saddle |
|
saidler |
|
saddler |
|
saifgaird |
ˈsefˈgerd |
safeguard |
in context |
saikless | sakeless |
|
innocent, harmless |
in context |
saim | same | seam |
sem |
fat, grease, lard |
|
sain |
|
fond |
|
saip | sape |
|
soap |
|
sair | sare |
ser |
sore |
in context |
It’s a sair gait that’s no got a turnin |
|
it's a difficult road that's not got a turning |
|
it's a sair fecht |
ɪtsaˈserˈfɛxt |
it's a hard life, it's a difficult task |
in context |
sair hearted |
|
sad at heart |
|
sair awa wi't |
serawɑˈwiɪʔ |
near the end of a fatal illness, far gone |
|
wicked sair |
|
cruelly excellent |
in context |
sairgint |
|
sergeant |
|
sairie | sairry |
|
sorry |
in context |
saison |
ˈsezn |
season |
in context |
saithe | saith | seeth |
seð |
full grown coalfish |
|
sall | sal |
|
shall |
|
sam | samen |
|
same |
|
sang |
|
song |
in context |
sang buik |
|
song book |
|
sanna |
|
shan't |
|
sanshach |
ˈsanʄəx |
wily, shrewd |
|
sant |
sent |
disappear, vanish |
|
sap |
|
a sop consumed as food, a sop given as an alternative in lieu |
|
sappie |
|
juicy meat, plump, soggy, a person over unctuous and obsequious |
|
sapple |
|
soak with water |
|
sapples |
|
soapy lathers |
|
saps |
|
pieces of brad soaked in milk (as food for children) |
|
sapsie | sapsy |
|
soft, sloppy, weak willed individual |
in context |
sark | serk |
sark |
man's shirt, a woman's chemise, boards nailed onto the roof to which slates will be nailed |
|
sarkin |
|
roof boarding |
|
sassenach |
ˈsasənəx |
english speaking person, english person |
in context |
sassenger | sasser |
|
sausage |
|
sate | sait |
set |
seat |
|
sattle |
|
settle, a bench or ledge, the raised platform the cattle stand on in the byre so you can brush out their crap that they inevitably plop (pour) into the channel at the edge of it |
|
sattle bed |
|
a bed that you can fold up into a seat during the day |
|
sauch | saugh | saugh |
sɑx |
sallow, willow |
|
saucht |
sɑxt |
peace, at ease, quiet |
|
sauf |
sɑf |
safe, save |
in context |
saul | sawl | sowl |
|
soul (religious) |
|
saulie |
|
a hired mourner |
|
saumon |
ˈsɑmən |
salmon |
|
saumont |
|
sawmont |
|
saunt |
|
saint |
|
saur |
sɑr |
taste, savour, smell, slight breeze |
|
saurless |
|
tasteless, lacking in wit |
|
saut |
sɑt |
salt |
in context |
saut-backet |
|
salt box, normally with a rounded front and flat back suitable for hanging on a wall. |
in context |
nae sma saut |
|
it's no small beer, a serious matter |
|
savendie |
|
strong, secure, trustworthy |
|
saw |
|
to saw wood, a healing ointment |
|
saw | sawe | show | schew |
|
to sow, shed blood, throw out a fishing line |
|
sawings |
mɪlˈlid |
sawdust |
in context |
sawneb |
|
red-breasted merganser |
|
sax | sex |
|
numeral six |
in context |
saxpence |
|
sixpence |
|
saxt |
|
sixth |
|
saxteen |
|
sixteen |
|
saxteent |
|
sixteenth |
|
saxtie |
|
sixty |
|
saxeane |
|
made of stone |
|
scabbit | skabbit |
|
scabbed, bare infertile land |
|
scaddin |
|
poor thin turf parings from off the top of the peat bog, thatching turf |
|
scaddin |
|
worthless contemptible person or thing, rubbish |
|
scaff | skaff |
|
scrounge, gather what is |
|
scaffenger | skaffenger |
|
scavenger |
|
scaffie | skaffie |
|
street sweeper, refuse collector, bin man |
in context |
scag |
|
the deleterious effects of the sun on fish and on one's face through exposure |
|
scailie | scailyie | skeely |
ˈskelɪ |
slate, a slate pencil |
|
scailie brod |
|
a slate for writing on - my school, when I first went, it still had inkwells and slates hanging around, although no longer in use (quod in 2016) |
|
scallion | skallion |
|
a spring onion |
|
scalpit |
skalpɪt |
scalped, a severe haircut, shorn |
in context |
scam | scaum | skam |
skɑm |
burn, singe, mark, by heat or frost |
|
scance | skance |
|
scan, analyse, look critically |
|
scant | skant |
|
lack, scarcity |
|
scantlins | skantlins |
|
scarcely |
|
scar | scaur | sker | skair |
|
timid flighty animal or animals, fright, scare |
|
scarf |
|
the cormorant |
|
scarp |
|
bare barren piece of ground |
|
scarrow |
′skɑrə |
A faint light or reflection of light, - of the moon, - from a wall, etc. |
in context |
scart | skart |
|
scratch, scrape |
in context |
scartle |
|
hoe and or rake |
in context |
scash |
|
squabble |
in context |
scatter |
|
throw coins at a wedding for children to scranble |
|
scaud | skaud | scaul |
skɑd |
scald |
in context |
scauld |
|
to scold |
|
scaum | skaum |
skɑm |
scorch, singe |
|
scaup | skaup |
skɑp |
scalp, cranium, thin soil, stony ground |
|
scaur | skaur |
skɑr |
scar, steep rock, precipice |
|
scaw | skaw |
skɑ |
scaly skin disease, barnacles |
|
scawt | skawt |
|
having a skin disease |
|
skercraw |
skerˈkrɑ |
scarecrow |
|
scheme | skeme |
skim |
plan, housing estate |
|
schuil | skuil | scuil | scule | schule |
skøl |
school |
in context |
sclaff | sklaff |
sklaf |
strike obliquely with the open hand or with something flat, slap obliquely |
in context |
sclaff | sklaff |
|
to walk flat footed, shuffle with ill fitting footwear |
in context |
sclaffer | sklaffer |
|
clumsy flat footed person |
|
sclammer | sklammer |
|
clamber, clamour |
|
sclatch | sklatch |
sklatʃ |
smear or cover over with some wet messy substance, smudge, a heavy fall |
in context |
sclate | sklate |
|
slate |
|
sclave |
sklev |
work like a slave, spread malicious gossip |
in context |
scleff | skleff |
|
thin and flat, thin slice |
|
sclender | sklender |
ˈsklɛndər |
slender |
|
scliff | skliff |
|
shuffle, drag the feet, to rub against |
|
sclim | sklim |
|
climb |
|
sclinter | sklinter |
sklɪntər |
splinter, break off, a splinter |
in context |
sclithers |
|
loose stone on the hillside, scree |
|
sclore |
|
gossip at length |
|
sclunch |
sklʌnʃ |
walk with a slow heavy tread |
|
scly |
|
slide, skate as on ice |
|
sclyte | sklite |
|
fall, work clumsily |
|
scob | skob |
skob |
twig, rod or slat of wood used for stuff, i.e. a splint |
|
scob |
|
scoop out |
|
scodge | skodge |
|
a servant, do rough work |
|
scoff |
skof |
steal, plunder, drink or swallow food quickly, dodge, avoid |
|
sconce | skonce |
|
guard, screen or shelter, cheat |
|
scone |
skɑn |
to hit the surface with a flat object |
|
scone |
skɑn |
scone, flat round baked cake, - all sorts; plain, raisin, cherry, cheese, potato, treacle, etc. also a smack with the palm of the hand |
in context |
a scone on the lug |
|
a slap on the ear |
|
scoor | scour | skoor | skour |
skur |
scour, light shower, gusty with intermittent rain, scour, cleanse, purge |
in context |
scoor-oot |
skurˈut |
scatter coins for a scramble |
|
scoor the durk |
|
drive out the big clumsy person |
|
scoorie | scourie |
|
scruffy, shabby, disreputeable |
in context |
scoot | skoot | skout |
|
squirt, spout, hurry, scout |
in context |
score | skore |
skor |
scratch a mark, crevice |
|
scoskie |
|
starfish |
|
scotch mist |
skotʃˈmɪst |
light rain with droplets so fine it is almost a mist except that you can tell it's falling as opposed to walking into dense cloud when you're on the mountain - which is also a wetting experience |
|
scouk | skook | skouk |
skuk |
skulk, avoid, sneak |
|
scoul | skool |
skul |
scowl |
|
scoush | skoosh |
skuʃ |
spray, squirt, gush in spurts, lemonade or any fizzy drink |
in context |
scousher | skoosher |
|
a sprinkler device, water pistol |
|
scouth | skooth |
|
scope |
|
scouther |
skʌuθər |
burn, singe |
in context |
scowder | skowder |
ˈskʌudər |
burn, scorch, over toast |
in context |
scowe | skowe |
|
flat bottomed boat |
|
scowes | skowes |
|
barrel staves, splinters |
|
scowthe | skowthe |
skʌuθ |
freedom, scope |
|
scrae | skrae |
|
stunted, shrivelled |
|
scrab |
skrab |
scratch, scrape |
|
scraffle |
ˈskrafl |
claw about with the hands |
|
scraible | skraible | skraibil |
|
a wangle, obtain advantage by roundabout means |
|
scraichin |
|
calling hoarsely |
|
scrammle | skrammil |
|
scramble |
|
scran | skran |
skran |
scraps of food, beg |
|
scrat | skrat |
|
scratch, scrape with the nails, |
in context |
scratcher |
skratʃər |
one's bed |
in context |
scrauch | skrauch |
skrɑx |
to scream, shriek, shout |
in context |
scrauchle | skrauchil |
|
scramble with hands and feet |
|
scree | skree |
|
a large bank of loose stones on a steep mountainside, box shaped riddle |
|
screed | scried | skreid |
ˈskrid |
a long narrow strip, a rip, long speech or piece of writing |
|
screenge | screinge |
skrindʒ |
rub or scour, search |
|
screeve | screive | skreeve | scraive |
skriv |
graze the skin, make a scraping motion or sound |
in context |
screich | skreech | scriegh | skreik | skreegh | skreigh |
skrɛx |
a screech, high pitched scream or cry, the incredibly annoying banshee noise wee over-excited spoiled girls make |
in context |
screich |
|
break of the day, dawn |
|
scrieve | scrive |
skriv |
write, skate along smoothly, talk fluently and long |
in context |
scrivand | scriwand |
noxtɪ |
set down in writing, describe. |
in context |
scrievin |
|
writing |
in context |
scrimp | skrimp |
|
in short supply |
|
scrimpit |
|
scanty |
in context |
scrink | skrink |
|
shrivel, shrink |
|
scriptur | scripter |
|
scripture |
|
scroban |
ˈskroːbən |
chicken gizzard, human neck or chest |
in context |
scroch |
skrotʃ |
scorched by the weather |
|
scrocken | scrochen |
ˈskrokən |
dry out (peats), shrivel and shrink from drying out or heat |
in context |
scrogs | skrogs |
skrogs |
stunted bushes or trees |
in context |
scroggie |
|
ground covered in scraggy undergrowth |
|
scronach |
skronəx |
a loud lamentation |
|
scrump |
|
crunch, munch, chew, something crisp and hard |
|
scruif | skruif | scrufe | skrufe |
skrøf |
scruff, scurf, scab |
|
scrunkit | skrunkit |
skrʌnkət |
shrunken, shrivelled |
|
scrunt | skrunt |
skrʌnt |
something worn down by use or age |
|
scud | skud |
skʌd |
scud, a blow, smack |
|
scuddie | skuddie | scud |
skʌdɪ |
in the nude, naked |
in context |
scuddle |
|
mess about at chores |
|
scuddler |
|
skivvy, maid of all work |
in context |
scuddlin claes |
|
second or third best clothes - or work in the the scuddie and save on laundry |
|
scuff | skuff |
skʌf |
graze |
|
scug | skug |
skʌg |
hide, shelter |
|
scuip | scupe | skip |
skup |
scoop, brim of hat, cap peak |
|
scuipit bunnet | skippit bunnet |
skøpətˈbʌnət |
cloth cap with peak |
|
sculduddery | sculdudderie | skulldudderie |
skʌlˈdʌdərɪ |
bawdrieness, indecency |
|
scult | skult |
|
slap, smack |
|
scum |
|
a thin coating of ice |
|
scumfish | scomfish |
ˈskʌmfɪʃ |
suffocate, choke with heat smoke or bad smell |
|
scunge | squeenge |
skʌndʒ |
prowl about |
|
scunner | skunner |
ˈskʌnər |
disgust, cause revulsion |
in context |
scunneration |
|
the object causing disgust |
|
scunnersome |
|
disgusting |
|
scur | scurl | skurl |
|
scab |
|
scurr |
|
slither, slide, skate |
|
scurrivaig | skurrivaig |
ˈskʌrɪˈveg |
tramp, vagabond, aimlessly roam |
|
scush |
skʌʃ |
shuffle about |
|
scutter |
skʌtər |
make a slovenly bungling mess, busy at something unimportant, doing some needless pointless dawdling annoying thing |
in context |
scutterie |
|
troublesome |
|
sea maw |
|
sea gull |
|
sea pyot |
ˈsiˈpaɪət |
oyster catcher |
|
sech |
sɛx |
to sigh |
|
seck |
sɛk |
sack |
|
secretar |
|
secretary |
|
sederunt | sederount |
səˈderənt |
list of present at meeting |
|
see | sie | sei |
|
see |
|
seein gless |
|
mirror, telescope |
|
seek | seik | seeck |
|
fed up, sick, sickening, percolate, ooze |
in context |
seeken |
sikən |
sicken |
|
seel | seil | seyle |
|
happiness, bliss, prosperity |
|
seelfu | seilfu | seylfu |
|
pleasant, happy |
in context |
seendle | seindle |
|
rare, seldom |
|
seep | seerup | seirup |
sip |
syrup, lyles golden syrup in my experience, the lion with the bees on the tin - which I thought were flies in my childhood - well it's what the cattle had around them around me at the time |
|
seestem | seistem |
|
system |
|
seetiation | seitiation |
sitjuetʃən |
situation |
|
segs |
sɛgs |
sedge, yellow flag iris, metal studs to protect the soles of a boot, sag |
|
seggan |
|
a wild iris |
|
seicont | saicont | seecont | saicant |
|
second |
|
sel | sell |
|
self |
|
selkie |
ˈsɛlkɪ |
seal |
in context |
sell |
|
sell |
|
selt | sellt |
ˈsɛlt |
sold |
|
semmit |
|
woollen undershirt or vest |
in context |
semple |
|
simple |
|
sen |
sɛn |
send |
|
ser | sair | serr | serve |
|
serve |
|
serrin | sairin |
|
satisfied, been given enough |
|
set | sett | sit |
sɛt |
set, cause or make to sit |
|
sey |
səi |
test, try, trial piece of work |
in context |
shackle | sheckle |
|
shackle |
|
shae | scho |
ʃø |
shoe |
|
shaidae | shaida | shaddie |
ʃedə |
shadow |
|
shaird |
|
shred |
|
shairn | sharn |
ʃern |
excrement (cattle, sheep) |
in context |
shairny clarted loun |
ʃernɪˈklɛrtədˈlun |
farm worker covered in crap |
|
shairny flee |
|
dung fly |
|
shairp | sherp |
|
sharp |
in context |
shairpen |
ʃerpən |
sharpen |
in context |
shairpit |
ʃerpət |
sharpened |
|
shak |
ʃak |
shake |
in context |
shakit | shakkit |
ʃakət |
shaken, shook |
|
shaks |
ʃaks |
shakes |
|
the shakins o the poke |
|
last born of the family, the crumbs at the bottom of the crisp or biscuit packet |
|
shammle | shammil |
ˈʃaml |
shamble |
|
shammie leggit |
ˈʃamɪˈlɛgət |
bow legged |
|
shan |
|
of poor quality, pitiful, timid |
in context |
shanagan |
|
a stick cleft at one end |
|
shangie |
ˈʃaŋɪ |
a cleft stick, tin can etc, fixed to a dogs tail, a row, disturbance |
|
shangie |
|
washer around a bolt or bit to prevent leakage, handcuff, manacle |
|
shangie |
|
Thin, lean, scraggy, gaunt |
in context |
shank |
ˈʃank |
leg, leg of meat, shaft of an implement, downward spur of a hill |
in context |
shank's pony |
ˈʃanksˈponɪ |
walking, to walk, -"dae ye want a lift hame? Naw, nae worries, I'll tak the shank's pony" |
|
shankit |
ˈʃankət |
to have legs - in a specified way |
in context |
sair shank |
|
sore leg, hobbled |
in context |
shanna |
|
shall not |
|
shannack |
|
an outdoor fire |
|
shap |
ʃøp |
shape, set about, pattern |
in context |
share |
|
sheer, bright, separate the liquid from the dregs |
|
sharg |
|
small, stunted person |
|
sharrie |
|
a quarrel |
|
sharrow |
|
bitter to the taste |
in context |
shathmont |
|
the measure from the knuckle of the little finger in the clenched fist to the tip of the extended thumb, meant to be eight inches |
|
shauch |
ʃɑx |
awry, twisted |
|
shauchelt | shauchilt |
|
worn out, out of shape |
|
shauchle | scauchil |
ˈʃɑxl |
shuffle with no lifting of the feet |
|
shaul | shauld |
|
shallow |
|
shaver |
|
youngster, male youth just beginning to shave |
|
shavie |
|
trick |
|
shaw |
|
show, display |
|
shaw |
ʃɑ |
a copse, to cut the shaws from the plants |
in context |
shaws |
|
stalks and leaves of the potato, turnip etc. |
|
she | shae | sheu |
|
she |
|
shear | sheir |
ʃer |
shear, clip |
|
shear moose |
|
shrew |
|
shears | sheers |
|
scissors and sheep clippers |
|
sheave | sheaf |
|
a bundle of grain stalks cut, laid lengthwise and bound with binder twine then thrown off the binder - collected by labourers (you can hold three under each oxter) and usually stacked against each other in groups of 12 (stook) to dry - the harvesting practice before the combine harvester with it's rectangular bales and before the big cylindrical things that spew out wrapped in plastic - before all that it was a guy with a scythe or sickle followed by another who bound and stacked |
in context |
shed | shedd | shede |
ʃɛd |
separate, divide, sort out sheep |
|
sheel | schill |
ʃil |
shell, take out of the pod, husk |
|
sheeling-hill |
|
a piece of rising ground where grain was winnowed by the wind |
|
sheen | shein |
|
shine, gleam, glisten |
|
sheemach |
ˈʃiməx |
tangled or matted mass of hair etc. a puny person |
|
sheep | schip |
|
sheep |
|
sheep bucht |
ˈʃipˈbʌxt |
sheep pen |
|
sheep fank |
|
a stone enclosure where sheep are gathered for shelter, dipping etc. |
|
sheep-shank |
|
a sheep's leg; he's nae sheep-shank = a person of no small importance |
|
sheep troddles |
|
sheep droppings |
|
sheer dog |
|
the tope |
|
sheltie |
ˈʃɛltɪ |
Shetland pony |
|
shenachie | sennachie |
ˈʃɛnəxɪ |
a professional recorder of oral histories, story teller |
|
sherrack |
|
a noisy quarrel |
|
sheriff | shirra |
|
sheriff, judges in the sheriff court, county judge |
|
sheriff officer |
|
one who carries out the warrants of the sheriff |
|
sheuch |
ˈʃux |
a ditch, a trench, builders bum (the fold of the buttocks) |
in context |
sheugh |
|
ditch, to dig a ditch, lay, place a plant temporarily in a trench backfilling with the heel |
in context |
sheuk | shuik |
ˈʃuk |
shook |
|
shevel | showl |
|
twisted mouth, twist, bitter taste |
|
shew | sue |
ʃu |
sew, sewed |
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shide |
|
cleave |
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shiel | sheil |
ʃil |
temporary made rough hut, by shepherds, herdsmen and salmon fishermen usually, summer pasture with a hut to stay in |
|
shielin | shieling | sheilin |
|
high or remote summer pasture with huts to stay |
|
shift |
ʃɪft |
an order to move yourself out of the way, change one's clothes, making a living |
|
shilagie |
ʃəˈlagɪ |
coltsfoot (plant) |
|
shilfie | shillie | shilfa |
|
chaffinch |
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shill |
|
shrill, chill |
in context |
shilling |
|
The coin now worth five UK pence which was once worth 12 copper pennies - 20 of the shillings equalled one pound. Once was a value to the weight of 12 silver pennies, once used as a classification of beer based on price per barrel, you can still get beer labelled 80 shilling. |
in context |
shilp |
|
sour, bitter |
|
shilpie |
|
thin, puny |
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shilpit |
|
pale, sickly, weak, insipid, puny |
in context |
shin |
|
ridge or steep hill face, pair of shoes |
in context |
shinty |
ʃɪntɪ |
a highland game like hockey but essentially rougher than rugby, played with clubs and once used to train warriors, similar to the equally tough Irish game called hurling except the Irish are allowed to catch the ball (a hard rounded knot of wood) in the hand. |
in context |
shinin |
ˈʃəinən |
shining |
in context |
shirpit |
|
thin, shrunken |
in context |
shite |
|
defecate, excrement |
|
shither |
ˈʃɪðər |
shiver, shudder, natives of a district |
|
shiv |
ˈʃɪv |
knives, blades |
in context |
shive |
|
slice of bread |
|
shivereens |
ʃɪvəˈrinz |
small bits, fragments |
|
shockle |
|
an icicle |
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shog | shoug |
|
a shake |
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shoogle |
ʃugl |
shake, wobble, move from side to side |
in context |
anti-shoogle |
|
stabilizer |
in context |
shooglie |
ʃuglɪ |
shaky, unsteady |
|
shooin' |
|
being shod |
|
shore |
|
threaten, scold, use menaces |
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short syne |
ʃortˈsəin |
a little while ago |
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shot |
|
taking a turn at something, borrowing something to use for a very short period |
in context |
shot |
|
shot, discharge, get rid of |
in context |
shot window |
|
small opening in the wall of a house closed by shutters, sometimes with some small panes of glass above the shutter opening |
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should | shoud | shuid | shude | suld |
|
should, ought |
in context |
shouder | shooder | shoother |
ˈʃudər |
shoulder |
in context |
shouer | shooer |
ˈʃuər |
shower of rain, pang of pain (childbirth) |
|
shouldna | shouldni |
ˈʃudnə |
should not. |
in context |
shouther | showther | shouther |
ˈʃuðər |
shoulder |
|
showd |
ʃʌud |
rock, sway |
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shreed | shreid |
ʃrid |
shred |
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shrood |
ʃrud |
shroud |
|
shrunkelt |
|
shrunken, shrivelled |
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shue | shoo | shew |
|
swing, rock or sway |
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shuil | shule | shool |
ʃøl |
shovel |
in context |
shuin | shune | shoon |
ʃɪn |
shoes |
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shuir |
ʃur |
sure |
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shuit | shute |
ʃut |
shoot |
|
shuit the craw |
|
leave, abscond without paying |
|
shyve | shive |
|
throw a rope from a boat to the shore |
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sib |
|
related by blood |
|
sic | sich |
sɪk |
such |
in context |
siccan |
|
such |
|
siccar | sicker | sickar |
|
safe and free from danger, steady, stable, dependable |
in context |
sicht |
sɪxt |
sight |
in context |
siclike |
|
such like, of the same kind, |
|
sicwice | sicwyse |
|
thus |
|
sidelins |
ˈsəidlɪnz |
sideways |
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sieven | seeven | saiven | siven |
sivn |
seven |
|
sievent |
|
seventh |
|
sieventeent |
|
seventeenth |
|
sieventie |
|
seventy |
|
sile | syle |
|
cover, deceive, seive, newly hatched young fish |
|
sile |
|
soil |
in context |
sillar | siller |
ˈsɪlər |
silver, money, loose change |
in context |
siller-blind |
|
blinded by wealth to the suffering of others |
in context |
siller-dodge |
|
to cheat in money afairs, to not pay one's fair share |
in context |
white-siller |
|
silver coin |
in context |
yellow-siller |
|
gold coin |
|
simmen |
ˈsɪmən |
straw rope for thatch |
|
simmer |
|
summer |
in context |
simmer dim |
|
the twilight of a Shetland summer evening where the sun barely sets for more than an hour or two |
in context |
sin | sinn |
|
sun, son |
|
sin syne |
|
since then |
|
sinder | sinner |
ˈsɪndər |
part, separate, to part company from |
|
sindrins |
|
a fork in the road |
|
sindry |
|
sundry |
|
sirken |
|
fond of one's comforts |
|
sirple | sipple |
|
sip, drink continuously |
|
sithean |
ˈʃiən |
a natural or artificial mound, a fairy hill |
in context |
sitooterie |
ˈsɪtˈutərɪ |
conservatory |
in context |
skaich | scaich | skech | skeich |
|
sponge, obtain, wheedle, pilfer, scrounger |
|
skail |
skel |
fish/reptile scale |
in context |
skair |
|
a share, a bare part of a bank |
|
skarrach |
skarəx |
flying shower of rain or fleeting snow |
|
skaith | skeath |
skeð |
damage, harm, hurt |
in context |
skathie | scathie |
|
a rough shelter, a fence |
|
skave |
skev |
over to one side |
|
skean dhu | sgian dubh |
ˈskiən |
short bladed dagger - the one usually tucked into the sock when wearing a kilt |
|
skech | skaich |
skex |
get something by scrounging or wheedling |
|
skeeg |
skig |
the smallest amount of liquid, the least drop, spank |
|
skeel | skeel |
|
skill, experience, in the art of healing, expert |
|
skeer | skeir | skyre |
skir |
flighty animals, scare |
in context |
skeerie |
|
anxious, agitated, scared |
in context |
skeetch | skeitch |
|
ice-skate |
|
skeetcher | skeitcher |
|
stone for piever |
|
skeich | skeech | sceech |
skix |
frisky, restless, in high spirits - animals |
|
skeichen | skeechen |
ˈskixən |
an inebriating malt liquor produced in the latter stages of brewing |
|
skeigh | skiegh | skeg |
|
whip, slap |
|
skelf | scelf | skelb | skel |
skɛlf |
a flake, splinter, a sliver lodged in the skin |
in context |
skell | skail | scail |
skɛl |
spill, scatter, fish scale |
in context |
skellet |
ˈskɛlət |
A small bell for town cryers etc. also a tin water scoop; also a skillit. |
in context |
skellie | scellie |
skɛlɪ |
squinting, glance, exaggerate, low ridge of rock running out to sea |
in context |
skelloch | skelldock | skellie |
ˈskɛləx |
wild mustard, scream, shriek |
|
skellum |
skɛlʌm |
scamp, rogue, scoundrel |
in context |
skelp | scelp |
|
a slap, a big slice or lump, a large expanse |
in context |
skelp doon |
|
slap down, a heavy painful landing |
in context |
skelp o rain |
|
quick heavy downpour |
|
go at a skelp | skelp alang |
|
proceeding quickly, move at speed |
in context |
skelpie-limmer |
|
naughty mischevious girl |
in context |
skelter |
|
scurry, scamper, rush headlong, also: at full speed, precipitately |
in context |
skemmels |
|
slaughterhouse, meat or fish market |
|
skemmle |
ˈskɛml |
shamble |
|
skemp |
|
scamp |
|
skep |
ˈskɛp |
basket, wicker beehive |
|
skerrie | skerry |
|
ridge, precipice, rock in sea |
|
skew |
|
go off the straight, twist |
|
skew whiff |
skjuˈhwɪf |
awry, this way and that |
in context |
skewl | skyowl |
skjul |
turn aside, twist |
|
skey |
ski |
get clear |
|
skiddle |
skɪdl |
splash, spill, a mess, move quickly and lightly, small, insignificant |
|
skiddlin |
skɪdlɪn |
moving rapidly and lightly |
in context |
skiff |
|
skim, move lightly and superficially, skim a flat object along a surface |
|
skiffin |
|
slight fall of now, thin partition, |
|
skiffle | skiffil |
|
skip or skim across |
|
skiffs |
|
blows |
|
skift |
|
skip, skim, fall lightly |
|
skilt |
|
move about quickly and lightly, dart |
|
skime |
|
shine with reflected light |
|
skimmer |
|
twinkle, gleam, flicker, shimmer |
|
skink |
|
shin or knuckle of beef, pour out, drink weak thin booze |
|
skink |
|
squash by weight or pressure |
|
skinkle |
|
glitter, gleam, sparkle |
in context |
skinnymalinky |
skɪnɪˈməˈlɪŋkɪ |
thin person, bones and skin only |
in context |
skip |
|
(curling) captain of the team, directs play and usually throws last |
in context |
skirl |
|
to cry or sound shrilly in dreadful awful pain, also, but more so, it means the scream of the bagpipes at full throttle |
in context |
skirlie |
|
oatmeal cooked in a frying pan with onions and fat. I have a recipe for skirlie here. |
|
skirt |
|
run away, play truant |
|
skite | skeet |
|
dart through the air suddenly often obliquely, slip, slide abruptly on ice, also an objectional type of person |
in context |
skeeterin |
blɪn |
skating, skipping speedily over water or ice |
in context |
skitie |
skəitɪ |
slippery |
in context |
skitter | skit |
|
have diarrhoea |
in context |
skivet |
|
sharp hard blow |
|
sklent | sclent |
sklɛnt |
incline, a sloping surface, also; a slant, move obliquely, turn sideways, an opportunity |
in context |
skliff | skluif | skloof |
|
walk with heavy shuffling steps |
|
sklyte |
|
a heavy fall |
|
skouth | skoot |
|
scope, look about attentively |
|
skraich | skraik | skriech | skriegh |
skrɛx |
a screech, high pitched scream or cry, mainly referring to the noise of birds |
|
skyce | skice |
|
make a getaway fast |
|
skyme | skime |
|
glance or gleam |
|
skyre | skire |
skəir |
shine, glitter, clear, bright |
|
skyrin |
|
flaring |
|
slabber |
|
salivate, talk drivel, slobber |
|
slack |
|
a hollow between hills |
|
slade | slaid |
|
slid |
|
slae |
|
sloe, slow worm |
|
slag |
|
a big blob of a wet lump, to gobble up in wet messy spoonfuls |
|
slaiger |
|
smear |
in context |
slaik | slake |
slek |
lick, slobber over |
|
slair |
sler |
smear |
|
slairie |
|
a smear, daub, lick of paint |
|
slaister |
slestər |
make messy, smear, feed or work messily or awkwardly |
in context |
slaisterie |
|
wet and dirty, muddy |
|
slaisterin |
|
untidy, work carelessly and messilly |
|
slait | slate |
|
nasty person |
|
slaiter |
sletər |
wood louse |
|
slap | slop |
|
a narrow pass |
|
slap |
|
a breach or opening in a wall, a wound, a gap in the clouds |
|
slather |
ˈslaðər |
smear on heavily in quantity |
in context |
slattyvarrie |
|
edible seaweed |
|
slauchter |
ˈslɑxtər |
slaughter |
|
slaurie |
|
slurry, spread or splash with mud grease etc. |
in context |
slaw | slaa |
ˈslɑ |
slow, slowly |
|
slaver |
ˈslevər |
talk nonsense |
|
slavers |
|
excess saliva |
in context |
sled |
|
sledge |
in context |
slee |
sli |
sly, clever, skilled, go or come silently |
in context |
sleek | sleik |
slik |
smooth, deceitful, oily and cunning |
|
sleek | sleik |
slik |
mud or sludge deposited by sea or river |
in context |
sleekit | sleikit |
|
sly, smooth |
in context |
sleepit |
|
slept |
|
sleesh |
sliʃ |
a slice, a cutting stroke, lash |
|
slerp |
|
slobber, daub with something |
|
slewie |
|
one with a heavy swinging way of walking |
|
slicht |
slɪxt |
sleight, cunning |
|
slid |
|
slippery, smooth - surfaces |
|
slidden |
|
slid |
|
slidder |
|
slither |
in context |
slidderie | sliddery | slippie | slidie |
|
slippery, sly, not strictly honest, deceitful, unreliable, untrustworthy |
in context |
slidderie-stammakit |
|
indiscreet in one's talk, |
|
slink |
|
smooth crafty person |
|
slippit |
|
slipped |
|
slippit the timmers |
|
die |
|
slitter |
ˈslɪtər |
work or walk messily in water etc |
|
slitterie |
|
wet and messy, sloppy |
|
sloch | sluch |
slox |
slough, an outer skin, eat noisily |
|
slocherin |
|
eating noisily |
in context |
slocken | sloke |
|
quench thirst, slake, put out fire |
|
slock one's drouth |
|
slake one's thirst |
|
slockin |
|
a drink, enough drink |
|
slogger |
|
a dirty untidy person |
|
slogie riddle |
|
wide meshed riddle to sort vegetables |
|
sloonge | slounge |
slunŋʒ |
lounge, loaf about |
|
slootch |
|
slouch, crouch, cower |
|
slorach |
ˈslorəx |
slobber, consume vittles messily |
|
slork |
|
make a slobbering noise |
|
slorp |
|
slobber, squelch |
|
slorp an greet |
|
sob and cry intensively |
|
sloum | sloom |
slum |
in a daydream oblivious, slumber, a rumour |
|
sloush | sloosh |
|
sluice, splash |
|
slouster | slooster |
ˈslustər |
work untidily or messily |
|
sluch |
|
a slough, a soppy mess |
|
sludder | sluther |
|
To swallow noisily, to gulp down food; to do work messily and slovenly; a slovenly person |
|
sludder | sluther |
|
Any wet or slimy substance, mud, mire, filth |
in context |
slump |
|
a great number, lump together, a low boggy marsh, sink slowly |
|
slung |
|
a sling for slinging missiles such as ball bearings |
|
slunk |
ˈslʌnk |
wet and muddy hollow, ditch |
|
slunken |
|
weak- or starved looking |
|
slup |
slʌp |
slip |
|
sluppit |
|
slipped |
|
slush |
slʌʃ |
a wet marshy place, dirty churned up half melted snow |
|
slutter |
|
work in a dirty churned up messy half hearted way |
|
slype | sclipe |
sləip |
a hard slap or a smack onto the ground |
|
sma | smaa | smaw |
|
small |
in context |
sma boukit |
ˈsmɑˈbukɪʔ |
compact and tidy |
|
wee sma oors |
|
the very early hours of the day |
|
smad | smud |
|
a small stain, discolour |
|
smairg |
|
besmear with something oily |
|
smairt | smert |
smert |
smart |
in context |
smarrach |
ˈsmarəx |
a confused crowd |
|
smatter | smather |
|
smash, shatter |
|
smeddum |
|
a fine powder, the strength or essence of a substance, spirit, energy |
in context |
smeek | smeik |
smik |
fumes from burning, smoke, unpleasant smell, suffocate |
in context |
smiach | smeech |
ˈsmiəx |
a threat and command to be silent |
|
smick |
|
spot, trace |
|
smiddie | smiddy |
|
smithy, blacksmith |
|
smirk |
|
smile pleasantly |
|
smirl |
|
a mocking smile |
|
smirr |
|
a passing of fine rain - hardly worth puting any covering on in response to as you'll become dry as quickly as you became wet |
in context |
smirriken |
|
made damp, exchange wet kisses, canoodle |
in context |
smirtle |
|
a knowing snigger |
|
smit |
|
infect, attack, spot, stain, contaminate |
in context |
smizzle |
|
rain thinly and lightly |
|
smoch |
smox |
thick fog or smoke |
|
smool | smoul |
|
sneak about, slip away, petulant look |
|
smoor | smore | smoar | smuir |
smju:r |
smother, suffocate, choke on smoke |
in context |
smoort |
|
smothered |
|
smorin |
|
thick headcold, choking headcold |
|
smou | smoo |
|
smile |
|
smouder | smooder |
|
smoulder |
|
smourach | smoorach | smurach |
smurəx |
fine dust or powder |
|
smous | smoos |
|
smiles |
|
smoutie |
|
smutty |
|
smowt |
smʌut |
salmon fry, smolt |
|
smuchty |
smʌxtɪ |
smoky, smoggy |
|
smuchter |
smʌxtər |
smoulder with much reek |
|
smudge |
smʌdʒ |
smirk, half supressed laugh |
|
smue | smew |
smju |
smile |
|
smuirich | smourich |
ˈsmørəx |
canoodle, exchange long kisses |
in context |
smuist | smuste |
smøst |
smoulder, smoke with not much flames |
|
smush |
smʌʃ |
crush, smash into tiny fragments, thick cloud of smoke |
|
smyagger |
ˈsmjagər |
bespatter |
|
smytrie | smyte |
ˈsmɪtrɪ |
a small collection, a litter, group of kids (cheekily) |
in context |
snack |
|
snap, bite, quick, sharp, alert |
|
snagger |
|
snore loudly, growl |
in context |
snaik |
|
sneak |
|
snake |
|
a slug, the big grey and black ones - huge some years |
|
snakin |
|
sneering |
|
snap |
|
smart |
|
snapper |
|
to stumble |
|
snar |
|
severe, strict |
in context |
snarkie |
bɑd |
abrupt critical |
in context |
snarp |
bɑd |
sharp. keen |
|
snash |
|
snap, vituperate, sneer, verbal abuse |
in context |
snauchle |
ɑlɛ′gru:gs |
An insignificant, puny or feeble person – based on the notorious bitter poker playing pirate captain Alagrugous Wanworth Snauchle – a character invented by me only a few days ago (2020). |
in context |
snaw | sna | snaa |
|
snow |
in context |
snaw bree |
snɑˈbri |
melting snow |
|
like snaw aff a dyke |
|
very quickly |
|
sneck |
|
latch, snap, a notch, to catch |
in context |
sned |
|
prune branches, lop off tops and bottoms of turnips |
|
sneddins |
|
piles of pruned branches from the tree to make the trunk sawbench ready |
in context |
sneesh | sneesh | sneish |
|
snuff, take snuff, sneeze |
in context |
sneeshin |
|
something of little value, tiny amount of not very much |
in context |
sneeshin mill |
|
a snuff-box |
|
sneest | sneist |
snist |
behave contemptuously, a taunt |
in context |
sneestie |
|
cheeky |
|
sneevil | snievle |
ˈsnivl |
snivel, cringe, to act in a sycophantic, self-demeaning, or insincere manner |
|
sneiter | sneeter |
|
giggle, weep |
|
snell |
|
chilly, bitter, severe, sharp to taste, quick, nimble |
in context |
sneyster | sniester |
′snəistər |
to burn, grill, toast, roast, cauterise |
in context |
snib |
|
bolt, fasten, rebuke, rebuff, cut off, slice into |
in context |
snicher |
ˈsnɪxər |
snigger, tittle |
|
snifter |
|
sniff, snivel, snort, snore, a wee dram |
|
snig |
|
jerk, sudden pull |
|
snigger |
|
catch salmon illegally by dragging with hooks |
|
snippit |
|
abrupt in speech, tart, giving short measure, cutting, snipped |
in context |
snirlie |
|
gusty, biting wind |
|
snirt | snirl | snirk |
|
suppressed laughing, snigger |
|
snirtle |
|
sneer, to snigger |
|
snite |
snəit |
blow the nose with only a finger and thumb. Steam train railway workers were masters at it or they ended up with a useless soggy black hankie in no time, the smutty snochters fly out of the nose to the ground and are never on the fingers from what I've witnessed |
|
snochter |
ˈsnoxter |
nasal mucus |
|
snochter-dichter |
ˈsnoxterˈdixtər |
handkerchief |
|
snod |
|
smooth, level, neat, trim |
|
snodge |
|
pace, walk deliberately |
|
snoit |
|
snore |
|
snoods |
|
fillets worn by maids |
|
snoot | snowt |
|
snout |
|
snoozle | snozzle |
ˈsnozl |
snooze, short nap, in my family it's usually posed in a question from from my wife - if I've been through the hoose for a short spell unnacounted for (snozzling) - in my case a power nap of course |
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snork |
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snort, snuffle, snore |
in context |
snorl |
snorl |
knot, tangle, twist |
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snotter box |
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one's nose, particularly when one has the cold |
in context |
snowk | snoke | snook |
snʌuk |
sniff, smell, scent out |
in context |
snuid, snude |
snud |
part of a sea fishing line, ribbon bound round the forehead |
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snuil | snule | snool |
snøl |
submit tamely |
in context |
snuit | sneet |
snøt |
work in a listless lazy way |
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snuve | snuive | snoove |
snuv |
glide, spin, go slowly |
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socher |
ˈsɑxər |
pamper oneself |
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socht |
soxt |
sought |
in context |
sock |
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ploughshare |
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sodger | sojer |
sodʒər |
soldier |
in context |
some | sum |
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some |
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somebit |
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somewhere |
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some ither bodie |
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someone else |
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somebodie |
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someone |
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somegate |
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somewhere, somehow |
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somewey |
sʌmˈwɑɪ |
somehow or other, someway |
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sonse |
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abundance, prosperity, |
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sonsie | sonsy |
sonsɪ |
bringer of luck, buxom, comely, attractive, handsome, impressive |
in context |
sonsie fa ye |
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may you have good fortune |
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soom | sweem | swome | soum |
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to swim |
in context |
soo |
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sow - the pig, inflict pain on, throb, wind murmur, sigh |
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soond |
sund |
sound, noise, healthy |
in context |
soop |
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sweep |
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soopit |
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swept |
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soor |
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sour |
in context |
soor-douk | soor-dook |
surˈduk |
buttermilk, yoghurt |
in context |
soorldab |
surlˈdab |
to finish |
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gie yin their soorldab |
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put paid to, finish off |
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soorock |
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sorrel |
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soosh |
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punish severely, beat |
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soother |
ˈsuðər |
to sooth, to calm, flatter |
in context |
sorn |
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sponge or scrounge off by force or threat |
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soroner |
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one who sorns |
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sorrae | sorra |
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sorrow |
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sorple |
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make a sucking noise when drinking |
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sort |
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tidy, arrange, repair |
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soss |
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wet edible soggy mess, eat in a sloppy way, a wet thud, a heavy fall |
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sot |
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a fool, a simpleton, a stupid person |
in context |
sotter |
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simmer, work away ineffectively |
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sotter aboot |
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loaf, being idle |
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sou | soo |
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sow, pig |
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souch | sooch |
sux |
drawn out sound of the wind, a sigh, the breath in its various connotations |
in context |
soucye |
ˈsusɪ |
the marigold |
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souk | sook |
suk |
to suck, teachers pet |
in context |
grannie-sooker |
ˈgranɪˈsukr |
a peppermint, white round and hard sweetie that you suck |
in context |
soukie soorocks | sookie soorocks |
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wood sorrel |
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soukin teuchit | sookin teuchit |
ˈsukənˈtʃuxət |
tired turkey, foolish person |
in context |
soukit |
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drained dry, exhausted |
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soum |
sum |
how many animals a pasturage will support, a horseload, surmise |
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soup | soop | soupe | sowp |
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sup (ironic) a considerable amount (spirits), soup |
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souple | soople |
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supple |
in context |
souse | soose |
sus |
strike, a thump on the head, a thump, put a person in their place |
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souter |
ˈsutər |
shoemaker, cobbler |
in context |
sowans | sooans | sowens |
ˈsuənz |
a type of thin porridge - oat husks and fine meal are steeped (for a week or more) then a jelly like liquid is strained and squeezed off and then fermented for a time until the starchy solids settle out from a liquor, the removed solids have salt and water added and boiled to make a porridge - sour but nourishing apparently - and the fermented liquor left after the solids settled out is good for you too, called swats or sowan swats |
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drinking sowans |
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the liquid from the straining but before the fermenting - heated to thicken but not boiled |
in context |
sowd |
sʌud |
sold |
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sowff | sowth |
sʌuf |
hum or whistle softly, a polite snoring, snooze, a copious drink (spirits) |
in context |
sowk |
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soak, to drench, tipple, drink a lot |
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sowl |
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soul, person |
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sowther | souder |
ˈsʌuðər |
to solder |
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spae |
spe |
foretell, prophesize |
in context |
spaewife |
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female fortune teller |
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spail | spale |
spel |
splinter of wood, sliver, work |
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spails |
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wood chips |
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spairge |
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roughcast, scatter, sprinkle |
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spaiver |
spevər |
trousers' front opening, trouser fly |
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spake | spaik | spik |
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speak, spoke of wheel, perch |
in context |
spang |
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move with spring like swiftness, a sudden violent movement, vigorous strides |
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spank |
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to stride along quickly, run, to sparkle, spirit |
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spankie |
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nimble and quick |
in context |
sparkie |
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bright, sharp witted |
in context |
spart |
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scatter dung |
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spartle |
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a sprawling leap, spring wigglingly |
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spate | speat |
spet |
heavy downpour, sudden rise of waters, tears |
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spaul-bane |
spɑlˈben |
shoulder blade |
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spean | spein | spane |
spen |
to wean an animal, suckling animal |
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specht |
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the green woodpecker |
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speeder | speider |
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spider |
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speel, speil |
spil |
spell of time to rest or take a turn to relieve someone |
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speel, speil |
spil |
to climb, clamber |
in context |
speerit | speirit | spreet |
ˈspirɪt |
spirit |
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speir | speer | spier |
spir |
inquire, ask |
in context |
a fuil can spier mair questions than a wice man can answer |
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a fool can ask more questions than a wise man can answer - there is no answer to a fool |
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speirins |
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information, news |
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speirt |
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inquired |
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speld | spel |
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split open, spread out and flatten, cut, sprawl |
in context |
spelder |
ˈspɛldər |
one who splits fish for curing |
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spelk | spelch |
spɛlk |
sharp splinter, splint |
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spence | spense |
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inner room of house, the parlor |
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sperfle | sperfil |
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scatter, spread about |
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speug | spug | sparrae | sparra |
spʌg |
house-sparrow |
in context |
spew | speu | spue |
spju |
flow, pour out of a mealie pudding, be sick, spew |
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spicket | spigot | spriggit |
ˈspɪgət |
outdoor tap |
in context |
spiel |
spil |
any kind of game or play |
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spilk |
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shell peas |
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spin |
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progress favourably, journey in a vehicle, to roll |
in context |
spindrift |
ˈspɪndrɪft |
spray whipped up by wind of water or snow |
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spink |
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young, attractive, a chaffinch |
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spinkie |
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looking young smart and attractive |
in context |
spinner |
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spider, daddy-longlegs |
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spinnin jenny |
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daddy-longlegs |
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spirl |
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a small slender shoot |
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spirlie |
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skinny, scraggie |
in context |
spit |
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a spot of rain, |
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the spit o |
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an amazing likeness of |
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splairge |
splerdʒ |
smatter, besmear |
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splatter |
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sprinkle about |
in context |
spleuchan |
ˈspluxən |
leather pouch |
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split |
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split, separate two previously played stones that are lying close together by striking them with a third one (curling) |
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split new |
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absolutely new just out of the wrapping |
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sploosh |
spluʃ |
a messy splash |
in context |
splore |
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frolic, escapade, spree, commotion |
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splurt |
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squirt |
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splyce | splice |
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a sliver of wood, splinter |
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spoot | spout |
sput |
end of a pipe, water from the end of such with force, outside tap |
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spoots |
sputs |
razor clams, at this time in our denatured world spoots are such a rare and monetised Scottish commodity that criminal gangs are poaching them - or should that be - spoot rustling |
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spounge | spoonge |
spundʒ |
ooze, sponge, sponge after food |
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sprat |
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reedy rush or grass suitable for ropes |
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sprattle |
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scramble, struggle, sprawl |
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sprauchle |
ˈsprɑxl |
climb laboriously, struggle, flounder |
in context |
spreckle |
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speckle |
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spreid | spred |
sprid |
spread |
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springheid |
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source, fountain head |
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sprittie |
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full of tough roots (from a kind of rush) |
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sprog | sprug |
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a child, a sparrow |
in context |
sproot | spruit | sprut |
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sprout, germinate |
in context |
sprose |
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To boast, brag, make a great show, swagger |
in context |
sprot | sprote |
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jointed leave rush, plant refuse collected for fuel |
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sprush | sproush | sproosh |
spruʃ |
to tidy or spruce up, brisk, spruce-tree |
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spuin | spune |
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spoon |
in context |
spulyie |
ˈspuljɪ |
plunder, spoil |
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spung |
ˈspʌŋ |
purse, pouch for money - with a clasp |
in context |
spunk |
spʌŋk |
fiery spark, poor small fire, a match |
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spunkie |
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will of the wisp, jack-o'-lantern, full of spirit |
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spurtle | spurtil |
ˈspʌrtl |
round porridge stick, also metal or wood paddle for turning baking items in the oven |
in context |
spurtle-blade |
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the end that turns the bread or oatcakes |
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spyle | spile |
ˈspəil |
spoil |
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spyog |
spjog |
paw, hand, foot or bare stumpy branch |
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squatter |
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to flap about in water |
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squeegee | squeegie |
ˈskwiˈdʒɪ |
at wrong angle, out of shape, askew |
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squeeter |
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spatter, cause liquid to fly about |
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squint |
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set at a slant, off the straight, missaligned. |
in context |
squische |
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crush, squash at once to a pulp |
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squyle | squoile |
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squeal |
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staa | staw |
stɑ |
stall, accomodation in poorhouse, queasy feeling from too much |
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stacher |
ˈstaxər |
stagger, stumble |
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stack |
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stack, column of rock in the sea separate from the cliffs |
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staig |
steg |
a young stallion |
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staik |
stek |
take slow stately steps |
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stainch | stench |
stenʃ |
stanch, cease flowing, satisfy with food |
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stainchel | stainshell |
ˈstenʃəl |
iron bar, grating |
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stairch | sterch |
sterʃ |
starch |
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stairheid |
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top landing |
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staive | stave |
stev |
sprain |
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staiver |
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saunter, easy going |
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stale | stail |
stel |
foundation of haystack |
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stamack |
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stomach |
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stammer |
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stumble, falter, blunder about |
in context |
stammle |
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stumble, stagger |
in context |
stammygaster | stamagast |
staməˈgastər |
a great and sudden disappointment, a shock, an unpleasant surprise |
in context |
stance |
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station, site, bus stop platform |
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stane |
sten |
stone |
in context |
stane chackart |
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stonechat |
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stane chipper |
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wheatear |
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stang |
staŋ |
sting, stung, a pole or wooden bar on which you the offender of whatever convention is paraded mounted astride it in public to be shamed |
in context |
stank |
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a moat, a pond, a semi stagnant body of water, a slow moving drain |
in context |
stankie |
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water hen |
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stap |
stap |
a step |
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stap |
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to stop, to stuff |
in context |
stappit |
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stepped, stuffed |
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stapple |
ˈstapl |
a stopper |
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stapt | stapit fu |
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filled to bursting |
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stark |
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strong, sturdy |
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starn |
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a star |
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starnie |
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starry |
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stashie | stushie | stishie | stoushie |
stuʃɪ |
an uproar |
in context |
staumrel |
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half-witted |
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staun | staund | stan |
stɑn |
stand |
in context |
staundart | standart |
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standard, upright pole, pillar |
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stavel | staver |
stevl |
walk in an uncertain way, stumble |
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steal | steil | staw | stale |
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steal |
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steamie |
stimɪ |
communal public wash-house, both for laundry and for getting a hot bath. Which we as students used a lot back in the day since we had flats that had just a toilets and many of us often shared one outside on the stairwell landing. At the steamies we all developed the art of making a spout from our hands to squirt water over the steamie cubicle walls to splash our bathing neighbours. |
in context |
stech |
stɛx |
stuff oneself, cram |
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stechie |
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one with stiff joints, not fit to move easily |
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steek |
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butt, to shut out, to close up, to stitch, to sew |
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steek one's lugs |
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refuse to listen |
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steepend | steipend | stipend |
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stipend, clergy's salary |
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steer | steir |
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stir |
in context |
steeve | stieve | steave | steive |
stiv |
of food; firm, thick, substantial: of persons; rigid, resolute, true |
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steg |
stɛg |
cause a hold up of work, stride, a gander |
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steid | steed |
stid |
place, situation, foundation, base |
in context |
steidin |
ˈstɛdɪn |
steading, farm buildings |
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steirs |
sters |
stairs |
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stell |
stɛl |
prop, support, place in position, stride |
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stell | still |
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whisky still |
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stend | sten | steen |
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to stride, to march forward in a purposeful manner, leap, spring, rear up |
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stend |
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extent of something, area, erect something i.e. tent |
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stent |
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to supply an ungenerous or inadequate amount, also to stretch to the limit of how far something or oneself is able to go |
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stent |
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annual fee |
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stere |
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harsh, austere, stern, rigorous |
in context |
stert | stairt |
stert |
start |
in context |
stertit | stairtit |
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started |
in context |
sterve | stairve |
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starve |
in context |
stervin | stairvin |
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starving |
in context |
steuch | stew | stue |
stjux |
cloud of dust, uproar, stink |
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stevel |
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stumble |
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stey |
stəi |
incline difficult to climb, haughty person, reside, support |
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stey band |
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metal bar across the inside of a double door entrance |
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steys |
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corset, whalebone girdle and other such devices |
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stibble |
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stubble |
in context |
stibble-rig |
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chief reaper |
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stick |
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stick, stab |
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stick-an-stowe |
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completely |
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stickers | stickie willies |
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goose-grass, cleavers |
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stiddie | studdie | stithie |
ˈstɪðɪ |
anvil |
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stieve | steeve | stievel |
ˈstivl |
stable, rigid, strong, reliable |
in context |
still an on |
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nevertheless |
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stilp |
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walk with long stiff steps |
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stint |
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stop, desist, to restrict |
in context |
stint |
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limit, wither, droop |
in context |
stimpart |
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a quarter of a peck |
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stinkin Billie |
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sweet William |
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stinkin Willie |
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ragwort |
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stirk |
ˈstɪrk |
a young castrated bullock after weaning louping about in the grass chasing dogs up until its second or third year when it becomes steak pie, a stupid oafish fellow (as opposed to heifer) |
in context |
there's aye water where a stirk droons |
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there's no smoke without fire |
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stob |
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stake, fence post, a thorn, stab |
in context |
stock |
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hard plant stalk, block of wood, tree stump, become stiff or unwieldy with cold |
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stoddert |
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the area of green grass on a rough hill where a spring is |
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stoom |
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frown, look sulky |
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stoap |
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stop |
in context |
stoond | stound | stoun |
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slice of time, sudden heartache ,throb, tingle, astound, stun |
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stooshie | stouchie |
stuʃɪ |
outraged commotion, up to high doh, squabble, stout built |
in context |
stoot |
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stout, in good health |
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storm cock |
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missle thrush |
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stot |
stot |
a young castrated ox in its first year |
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stot | stoit | styte |
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bounce, rebound, a blow, a clumsy person, |
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stottin |
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rebounding, bouncing, stunning, |
in context |
put off one's stot |
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to lose the momentum, get distracted from a task going well, or from a problem in the process of being solved |
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stotter | stoater |
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stunningly attractive person or object or act of its type, stagger, stumble, a rebound |
in context |
stottin fou |
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legless as in inebriated, extremely drunk |
in context |
stouk | stook |
ˈstuk |
shock of corn, cut sheaves set up in the field to dry usually ten or twelve sheaves per stook, I lived near a convent farm where they did that right up into the 1970's and I fed the sheaves into the threshing drum at the age of 15 with nothing between me and it except my knees on the open hatch lid, fields of stooks or bales were great summer places to play |
in context |
stoukie | stookie |
ˈstukɪ |
stucco, plaster on broken limb, slow witted |
in context |
stoup | stowp |
stʌup |
wooden post, deep narrow type of bucket or container for holding water |
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stoure | stour | stoor |
stur |
dust, also; to stir, strife, move quickly, raise a dust, a bustle |
in context |
stoure-sooker | stour-sooker | stoor-sooker |
stur |
vacuum cleaner, hoover |
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stourie | stoorie | stoory |
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dusty, also; bustle, battling, restless - stooryduster translates to dusty duster or the moving duster, one meaning of which could be the never ending hoovering or stirring up of stuff. In this case Scottish words and stories. |
in context |
Stourie, stouchie, gaudie brierie! Dinging a' things tapsalteerie |
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bustling, fussing, prankish, prickly! Knocking all things up and over |
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bide the stour |
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bear the struggle |
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stovies |
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stewed potatoes with onions and left over scraps of meat if you can afford meat - well... it's treated too cheaply now, beasts are treated appallingly |
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stowe, stow |
stʌu |
fill with food |
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stowed oot |
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full, packed |
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stowan |
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stolen, tender sprout of cabbage |
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stowenlins |
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stealthily |
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stoy |
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saunter |
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strae |
stre |
straw |
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strae death |
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death in bed |
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strag |
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thin growing |
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straidle |
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straddle |
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strainin |
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straining |
in context |
strake | straik |
strek |
spread, stroke, stone for sharpening scythes, a blow, spear |
in context |
stramash | strabash |
straˈmaʃ |
uproar, in a state of ruin |
in context |
stramlach |
ˈstramləx |
anything long and trailing |
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stramp |
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tramp, walk |
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strang |
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strong |
in context |
strange | streenge | stringe |
strendʒ |
strange |
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strap |
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a strip of leather |
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strath |
straθ |
a river valley when broad and flat |
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strathspey reel |
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one of the slower safer Scottish dances |
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strauchle |
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struggle to move or work effectively |
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straucht | straught | straicht |
strɑxt |
straight |
in context |
straun |
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street gutter, little stream |
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stravaig |
straˈveg |
wander about aimlessly or casually, roam |
in context |
straw |
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strew |
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streek | streek | straught | streetch |
strik |
stretch oneself |
in context |
streen |
strin |
strain |
in context |
streetch |
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stretch |
in context |
strekit | streikit | streetched |
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extended, thrust up or forward (out/down) |
in context |
strenth |
strɛnθ |
strength |
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stribbly |
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straggly loose hair, trailing |
in context |
strick, strik |
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swift flowing - in a stream |
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striddle |
ˈstrɪdl |
to straddle |
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strind |
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very thin run or trickle of water |
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strinkle |
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besprinkle |
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strip |
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stripe, long thin strip |
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strip o a laddie/lassie |
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a youth |
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strone |
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walk about in a sulky mood, urinate |
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strother |
ˈstrʌðər |
a marsh |
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strounge | stroonge |
strundʒ |
bitter, harsh, gruff, sullen |
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stroup | stroop |
strup |
spout or mouth of a kettle or jug, faucet |
in context |
strowe | strow |
strʌu |
struggle, quarrel |
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strunt |
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in a huff, affront, strut and swagger, liquor (whisky) |
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stuckie | stushie |
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the starling |
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stuil | stule |
støl |
stool, bench, counter |
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cutty stuil |
kʌtɪˈstøl |
the stool of repentance in a church |
in context |
stuit | stute |
støt |
prop, support |
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stummle |
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stumble |
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stumpie |
stʌmpɪ |
a worn down quill - never mind quill, when did you last have a stump of a pencil? |
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stunkard |
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one sulky sullenly obstinate bugger |
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the stunkles |
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the sulks |
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stunt |
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bound along |
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stupit |
ˈstjupɪt |
stupid |
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sturt |
størt |
worry, strife |
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styme | stime |
stəim |
glimpse, particle, the faintest trace |
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stymie | stimey |
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not able to see well |
in context |
styte | stite |
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nonsense |
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subscrieve | subscreive |
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sign up as a supporter |
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sud |
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should |
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suddle |
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dirty, soil |
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suidna |
ˈʃudˈnɪ |
should not, ought not |
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suin | sune |
sun |
soon |
in context |
suiner |
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sooner, rather |
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soot | sute | |
søt |
suit, soot |
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sumf | sumph |
sʌmf |
stupid, sullen, sulky person, slow witted |
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sune | suin | soun | sin |
sun |
soon |
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sunk | sonk |
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turf seat built against a wall (in the sun) |
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supper | sipper |
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last meal of the day given to an animal - us too! |
in context |
fish-supper |
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fish and chips - used to be served in grease proof paper wrapped in newsprint - much more environmentally friendly than the styrofoam ugly taste causing containers we get now |
in context |
puddin-supper |
pudnˈsʌpər |
oatmeal pudding (black or white) battered and deep fried served with chips - oatmeal is good for you but to our national shame we're also known to batter and deep fry a Mars Bar - and eat it |
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surprise | surpreese |
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surprise |
in context |
susteenable |
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sustainable |
in context |
swabble |
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thrash with a belt |
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swack |
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a sudden sodden heavy blow |
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swack |
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soft, moist and easily mouldable, pliant, cheeses soft and non crumbly |
in context |
swadge | swage |
swadʒ |
subside, relax |
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swaible |
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mop up thoroughly |
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swail |
swel |
boggy hollow |
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swaird |
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sward |
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swallae | swalla | swallie | swolly |
ˈswɑlɪ |
a session of drinking alchohol, to swallow food, swallow - as in the birds Hirundinidae |
in context |
swalt |
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swollen |
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swank |
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agile, strong, smart and dressed up to impress |
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swankies |
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strapping fellows, seagulls |
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swap |
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hit, brandish a weapon, exchange blows |
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swarf |
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faint |
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swarrach |
ˈswarəx |
a swarm, swarm of young children in a family |
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swarth |
swarθ |
the cut made by one sweep of the scythe - a scything man am I, I didn't realise at the time but a local farmer supported my education by giving me a regulat student summer job scything the edges of all his fields in the hills - it was great - had to help dip sheep too, that was a bit harder and messier |
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swash |
ˈswaʃ |
cast against the ground |
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swat |
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sweated |
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swatch |
swatʃ |
take a quick look at, sample bit cloth, appraise by looking |
in context |
swatch |
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one's face |
in context |
swats |
swats |
newly-brewed weak beer, also the liquor resulting from the making of sowans |
in context |
swattle |
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splash about in water or something wet |
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swaver |
ˈswevər |
oscilate between two choices, move unsteadily |
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swaw |
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gently undulating waves |
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sweamish |
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squeamish |
in context |
sweech |
swix |
swipe |
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sweel | swiel | sweil |
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swivel, a swell, swaddle |
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sweeng | sweing |
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swing |
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sweep | soop | swoop | swype |
swip |
(curling) the command that is shouted to brush the ice, or the act of when one brushes the ice, in the path of the stone to aid its passage. if you are getting that word frantically screamed loudly and unintelligibly at you then you are expected to sweep hard like a madman to make sure the stone travels straight and true to it's destination, especially if someone is screaming HARD - and often in the middle of all that effort the skip will abrubtly roar UP and then you're meant to stop sweeping instantly. |
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sweer | swoor |
swir |
swear |
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sweet | sweit | swat | swait | swite |
swit |
sweat |
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sweetie |
switɪ |
a sweet, a term of endearment |
in context |
sweetie-boulie |
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hard boiled sweet, gobstopper |
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sweetie poke |
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a bag for holding sweets |
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Aberdeen sweetie |
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a hard tap on the head delivered by a flick of the thumb |
in context |
sweevel | sweil | swievel | |
swivəl |
swivel |
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sweir | sweer |
swir |
sad, lazy slothful, reluctant |
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sweirie well |
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a well that is only certain after rain |
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sweir-erse |
swirˈɛrs |
game: two persons sitting on the ground holding a stick between them who vie to pull the other up |
in context |
swelch |
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a whirlpool |
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sweltrie |
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hot, sultry |
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swey |
swəi |
sway, swerve |
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swick |
swɪk |
deceive, swindle, cheat |
in context |
swiff | swuff |
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the motion or the hissing, whishing sound of an object flying through the air |
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swing |
swɪŋ |
swing, play equipment in a playground, move like a pendulum as a weight on the end of a rope, hang as in the death penalty |
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swinge |
swindʒ |
beat, drive with heavy blows, |
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swing for ye |
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willing to risk the death penalty for someone - not in a loving way |
in context |
swingin dunt |
swindʒənˈdʌnt |
a lot of speed energy and force in the impetus of the blow |
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swingle |
swɪŋl |
swing from side to side |
in context |
swink |
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toil, struggle hard |
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swipper | swyper |
ˈswɪpər |
quick, nimble |
in context |
swirl | swurl |
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twist, twirl, coil, swirling movement of water, smoke, etc. |
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swirlie |
swɪrlɪ |
twisted, curly |
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swith |
swɪθ |
quickly, at once, swiftly |
in context |
swither |
ˈswɪðər |
be uncertain, hesitate, indecision |
in context |
switter |
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splash or flounder about, look like you're drowning |
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swyre | swire | sware |
swəir |
flat hollow between hills with a path |
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sybow | sybae | sybie | syboe |
ˈsəibə |
spring onion |
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sye | sey | sie |
saɪ |
strain liquid |
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sye cloot |
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gauze used for straining liquid |
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syke | sike |
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small stream in boggy land on the flat, often dry in the summer |
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synd | syne | syn |
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rinse, wash out, swill |
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syne | sin | sen | sene |
səin |
thereupon, since that time, next |
in context |
syne last a seen ye |
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since that time from when I last saw you |
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synod |
sɪnod |
a court of the church |
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sype | sipe |
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drip, leak, soak out, ooze, small trickle |
in context |
sypins |
saɪpəns |
leakings, last drops |
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syte | site | sytt |
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suffering, sorrow |
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syth | cythe |
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give satisfation or be satified |
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sythe | syth |
saɪð |
strain milk (mainly) through a seive, milk seive |
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syver | syre |
ˈsaɪvər |
a covered stone lined field drain, a ditch, water channel, |
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