Cadi, a judge.
Callant, a lad.
Cantrip, a piece of mischief.
Capernoity, crabbed, irritable.
Carline, a witch.
Cheeny, china.
Clachan, a hamlet.
Claise, clothes.
Cleugh, a rugged ascent.
Corbie, a raven. “Corbie messenger,” a messenger who either returns not at all, or too late.
Cull, a fool.
Daffing, frolicking.
Deil, the devil.
Diddled, beaten, got the better of.
Dinna, don't.
Div, do.
Dorts, in a sullen humour.
Douce, quiet, sensible.
Dub-skelper – used contemptuously for a rambling fellow, an idle vagabond.
Dwam, a stupor.
Encognure, a corner table.
Eneugh, enough.
Fand, found.
Faughta, a sort of pigeon sacred amongst the Hindoos.
Feir, with good countenance.
Fend, defence.
Feuar, one who holds lands in feu —i. e., on lease.
Fit, foot.
Flisk-ma-hoy, new-fangled.
Forby, besides.
Frae, from.
Fule, a fool.
“Fusionless skink,” tasteless stuff.
Gae, go; gaen, gone.
Gait, gate, way, direction.
Galopin, a scullion or errand-boy.
Ganging, going.
Gar, to force, to make. “Gars me grue,” gives me the creeps.
Gard, made.
Gay, very.
Geeing, giving.
“Gentlemen of the fancy,” prize-fighters.
Gin, if.
Girn, to grin.
Girning, whining.
Glenlivat, a celebrated whisky distillery.
Gowk, a fool.
Grue, to shiver. The flesh is said to grue when a chilly sensation passes over the surface of the body.
Gude, good. Gudewife, a landlady.
Gusing-iron, a smoothing iron.