| On'ts—on its |
Pu's—pulls |
| O't—of it |
Punds—pounds |
| Ouk—week |
Pussy—a hare, a cat |
| Owre, ower—over |
Putten—put, forced |
| Oxtering—bearing something under the arm-pits |
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Quat—quit |
| Packs (in)—flocks |
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| Painches—bowels, entrails |
Rade—rode |
| Paper-spot—name of a kind of cloth |
Raise—rose |
| Paritch—a very common dish in Scotland, made of
oatmeal boiled in water or milk |
Ram't—thrust |
| Pash—the head |
Raps—knocks, blows |
| Pass—state |
Rake—an indefinite quantity of water, as much as is carried away at one time |
| Pate—the head |
Raw—row |
| Paughty—haughty, proud |
Ranket—in rows |
| Pawky—sly, artful, cunning |
Rax—to reach, to stretch |
| Pawkly, paukly—slyly |
Ree—half drunk, stupified from excess of joy |
| Pechim—panting |
Reek—smoke |
| Petticoats—name of a kind of cloth |
Reekt—reached |
| Pich—pitch, black |
Reekie—Edinburgh |
| Pin, pooking-pin, pluck-stick—a short, round,
smooth piece of wood with which the weaver plys
the shuttle |
Reekin—smoking |
| Pirn—the reed or quill within a weaver's shuttle
round which the yam or weft is wound |
Rigging—the ridge of a house |
| Pith—strength |
Ringe—a quick fall , a rattling noise |
| Plackless—without money |
Ribs—bars of a fire-grate |
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Plainstones—a pavement |
Rin—to run |
| Planting—a wood, plantation |
Rinnin—running |
| Plash—to wade with a plunging noise |
Rink—the course of the stone in curling |
| Pleugh—plough |
Rock, roke—the distaff |
| Peerie—a child's plaything, a kind of top |
Roun'—round |
| Peepet—peeped |
Rowe—to roll, to wrap |
| Pocks—bags |
Rowes—rolls |
| Pouch—a pocket |
Rowan—rolling |
| Poucht—pocketed |
Rown—mountain-ash berry |
| Pow, powe—the head |
Rowet—rolled, wrapped |
| Poortith—poverty |
Rumle—to rumble |
| Poon, poind—distrain for debt |
Rumlin—rumbling |
| Prent, print—printed |
Rumple—the rump |
| Prest—urged |
Rung—a stick, a cudgel |
| Pricket—marked |
Runkly—wrinkly, wrinkled |
| Prins—pins |
Run—a rivulet |
| Puir—poor |
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