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Leighton, Revised by Alexander

"Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV."

_ a ram; a foolish, stupid fellow.
TUTTIE-TUTTIE, _interj_. pshaw!
TWAL, _adj._ twelve.
TWA-TIIREE, _s. pl._ a few in number.
_To_ TWIN, TWYNE, _v. n._ to separate.
TWOPENNY, _s._ small beer.
TYDY, TYDIE, _adj._ neat; clean in person or house.
TYRE-CAP, _s. a hat of tyre_; part of the dress of Bruce
at Bannockburn.

--U--

UNCANNY, _adj._ unsafe; as having supernatural powers.
UNCHANCY, _adj._ unlucky.
UNCO, _adj._ strange; unknown; very much.
UNCOFT, _adj._ unbought.
ULIE, _s._ oil.
UMAN, _pron_. woman.
UMBRE, _s._ shade.
UNREASON, _adj._ disorder.
UNRYCHT, _s._ injustice; iniquity.
UNSICKKIR, UNSICKER, _adj._ not secure.
UNTILL, _prep._ unto.
UPPISH, _adj._ aspiring; ambitious.
UPTAK, _s._ uptaking; apprehension.

--V--

_To_ VAIG, _v. n._ to wander; to roam.
VALISES, _s. pl_ saddlebags.
VARLOT, VERLOT, _s._ an inferior servant.
VAUNTY, _adj._ boastful.
VENT, _s._ a chimney.
VIRLE, _s._ a ferule.
VOGIE, VOKIE, _adj._ merry; cheerful.
VOUT, _s._ a vault.
VOW, WOU! _interj_. expressive of admiration, somewhat
equivalent to Oh!

--W--

WA, WAY, WAE, _s._ wo; grief.
_To_ WACHLE, _v. n._ to move backwards and forwards.
WADDS, _s. pl._ pledges used in youthful amusement.
WADSETTER, _s.


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