Scottish Words tagged with: doctor - 9 posts.

Joseph Lister at one of his earliest operations using anti bacterial methods while his colleague waits in a blood and meat splattered frock coat, cuffs and even hands.

Scottish Word: Scutter.

Joseph Lister at one of his earliest operations using anti bacterial methods while his colleague waits in a blood and meat splattered frock coat, cuffs and even hands.

“Get a move on Lister, this scuttering aboot swoppin aprons, washing, scrubbing an pentin between operations is going tae mak me late for ma supper.” Translate: scutter: hinder with something unimportant, delay detain through some needless … Continue reading Scutter.

Doc shining lamplight through the bullet hole onto the wall to ascertain no fragments remain of the bullet or bone.

Scottish Word: Straucht.

Doc shining lamplight through the bullet hole onto the wall to ascertain no fragments remain of the bullet or bone.

“Aye yer fine sheriff, I can see that the bullet wheecht straucht through.” Translate: straicht, straucht: straight. “Don’t worry you are fine sheriff, I can see that the bullet moved speedily straight through.” strɑxt The Scottish … Continue reading Straucht.