GLOSSARY
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- Precentor, 73, leader of singing in church
- Pree, 97, 171, to try by tasting; var. of preive, by-form of prove—"The proof o' the puddin's the preein' o't."—Prov.
- Prepositions, use of, 89, 91
- Preses, 72, president, Sc. law term
- Preterite or past time, 35, 37
- Pretty, 93, O.E. praettig, crafty, Ic. prett-r; trick, Du. pret, joke, pratte, cunning. Sense development active after 15th c. Gael. prattick in text for protaig, and prob. a borrowed word
- Prigging, 154, higgling over a bargain; or. obsc.
- Primitive relative, 39
- Probationer, 75, 76, preacher licensed but not ordained to a benefice
- Process, 72, Sc. law
- †Prochen, 160, Gael. brochan; not conn. with E. broth
- Proheebit, 88, prohibited
- Pronominal particle, 39
- Prooie! 148, call to a cow. Jam. ptru, ptroo, pru. Cf. trooie, and its var. treesh, Ab.
- Protticks, 93
- Proudflesh, 139, inflamed flesh on a cut, likely to become gangrenous
- Prove, 73, put to proof
- Proverbial sayings, 67
- Publict, witht, 12, 194
- Pucklie, 138, 145, a grain of corn, a small quantity; var. of pickle
"There was an auld wife hed a wee pickle tow."
"Old Song."
- Puddocks, 121, frogs; E. paddock, a toad, M.E. padde, Du. padde, pad; "root spad, to jerk, the one that moves by jerks."—Sk.
"There dwelt a paddie in a well."
"Folk Rhymes."
- Puggie, 66, 70, applied to a tipsy man,—"a bonnie-like puggie he made o' himsel'." (J. B. F.) In my native village "Pug" Mailin (Melville), a pensioned soldier, got his nickname from his favourite expression for a dram
- Pumfle, 65, penfold
- Puny, 133, Fr. puis né, puîné, Lat. post natus, born after
- Pussy bawdrons, 135. See bawdrons
- Putten, 36, for put
Q
- Quaich, 68, Gael cog
- Quantity, 94, Sc. for ———
- Quarrel, 92, idiom
- Quean, 16, 18, young woman, Go. qwen-s, qwein-s, a woman, A.S. cwén, Gr. γυνή, queen, "quinon widuwon," Go. a widow woman
- Queet, 152, Ab. cüte, ankle. This is the pron. of the N.E. proverb, "Better be oot o' the queets than oot o' the fashion." See cüte
- Quern, 160, 253, Go. kwairnus, a meal-mill, E. cor-n, ker-nel, churn, Sc. kirn, Ic. kirna; or. to curdle or form into curds (cf. Sc. curn, corn), Du. kern, grain. See asila-quairnus
- Quhway, 78, quey, heifer
- Quickens, 145, 182, couch-grass; from quick, living
R
- R, 80, effect on contiguous vowels
- Raaga, 133, Orc. youngest of a litter, Gael, ruig, ruige, a wrigling. See wrig
- Racial heredity, 103
- Rackon, 169, Cu. reckon
- Raenen, reen, 136, 140, noise. Jam. has rane, reane, tedious, idle talk, to rane or cry the same thing over and over again. Conn. are Sc. roun, to whisper, E. round, Ger. raunen—all from AS. rún, a mystery
- Rag-wort, 123, 148. See bun-weed, weebie
- Raid, redd, reddin' up, 62, 68, 180, 198, separate, "redd a pley," settle a broil: or. sense, to put in order, make ready
- Rain, 2.3, rign. Go.; rain, Du. and Ger. Regen
- Ramsch, 136, to eat voraciously, with noise; Ic. hramms-a, to snatch violently, prob. onomat.; Shet. rampse, disagreeable to taste. Da. ram, rank, harsh
