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SLEEVELESS, thriftless. SMAIK, mean, paltry fellow. SNAP-HAUNCHES, firelocks. SPANG, spring. SPEER, ask. SPEERINGS, information, inquiries. SPRAIKLE, to get on with difficulty. SPUNK, slip. SPUNKIES, will-o'-the-wisps. STEEKING, closing. STEEKIT, shut. STONERN, stone. STOT, a bullock between two and three years old. STRAND-SCOURING, gutter-raking. STURDIED, afflicted with the sturdy, a sheep disease. STYPIC, astringent, something to arrest haemorrhage. SUCCORY-WATER, sugar water. SUNDOWN, sunset. SUNER, sooner. SUMPTER HORSE, pack-horse. SWITH, begone! be off! SYNE, ago. TAIT, lock. TANE, the one. TAWSE, leather strap used for chastisement. TEINDS, tithes. THROUGH-STANES, gravestones. TIKE v. TYKE. TINT, lost. TITHER, the other. TOCHER, dowry. TOOM, empty. TOUR, see. TOUT, blast on the horn. TOYS, goods. TREEN, wooden. TROTH, truth. TROW, believe, guess. TRYSTE, appointment. TURN-BROCHE, turn-spit. TYKE, TIKE, dog, cur. TWA, two. TWIRING, coquetting, making eyes at. UMQUHILE, late, deceased. VIVERS, victuals. WAD, pledge. WADNA, would not. WADSET, mortgage. WANION, misfortune. WARE, spend. WARLOCKS, wizards. WASTRIFE, waste, extravagance. WAUR, worse. WEEL KEND, well known. WHA, who. WHEEN, few, a number of. WHIGMALEERY, trinkets, nicknacks. WHILK, which. WHINGER, cutlass, long knife. WHINYARD, sword. WHOMBLE, upset. WIMPLED, wrapped up. WINNA, will not. WITHY, gallows rope. WOO', wool. WYLIE-COAT, under-petticoat. WYND, street, alley. WYTE, blame. YESTREEN, last night.






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