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_jo_, sweetheart.
_jow_, _v._ toll.
_Kail_, cabbage; soup made with the same.
_kell_, scurf on a child's head (Jamieson).
_kep_, catch.
_kist_, chest.
_kithe_, show, appear.
_Laigh_, low.
_lair_, lore.
_lanerly_, _alanerly_, alone, lonely.
_laverock_, lark.
_lawing_, reckoning.
_lift_, firmament.
_limmer_, "baggage" (term of depreciation).
_linn_, waterfall.
_lippy_, a b.u.mper.
_litherly_, lazily.
_lone_, _loaning_, lane.
_loun_, serene.
_lounder_, swinging stroke (Jamieson).
_low_, _n._ flame.
_lum_, chimney.
_lug_, ear.
_luggie_, a small wooden vessel made of staves.
_Mailing_, farm.
_manse_, residence of a minister of the Gospel.
_midden_, refuse-heap.
_morphosings_, metamorphoses.
_moss_, a place where peat may be dug (Jamieson).
_mutchkin_, a measure equal to a pint.
_Napery_, household linen.
_neb_, beak of a bird.
_nieve_, fist.
_notour_, notorious.
_O'ercome_, burden of a song or discourse.
_outstropolous_, obstreperous.
_oxter_, arm-pit, also arm.
_Pawkie_, sly; _pawkrie_, slyness.
_peeseweep_, lapwing.
_pen-gun_, pop-gun; _a pen-gun at a crack_, a "wunner to talk."
_pet-day_, term applied to a fair day when the weather is generally foul.
_pig_, earthenware vessel.
_plack_, small copper coin.
_play-marrow_, playmate.
_prin_, pin.
_puddock_, toad; _puddock-stool bonnet_, toadstool or Tam o' Shanter cap.
