The Pirate

Chapter 32

Deil, the devil.

Ding, to knock.

Dinna, do not.

Dirk, a dagger.

Doited, stupid.

Doun, down.

Dour, sullen, hard, stubborn.

Dowlas, a strong linen cloth.

Drammock, raw meal and water.

Drouth, thirst.

Duds, clothes.

Een, eyes.

Embaye, to enclose.

Equals-aquals, in the way of division strictly equal.

Fa", fall.

Factor, a land steward.

"Farcie on his face!" a malediction.

Fash, fashery, trouble.

Ferlies, unusual events or things.

"Ferlies make fools fain," wonders make fools eager.

Fey, fated, or predestined to speedy death.

Fifish, crazy, eccentric.

Fir-clog, a small log of fir.

Flang, flung.

Flichter, to flutter or tremble.

"Flinching a whale," slicing the blubber from the bones.

"Floatsome and jetsome," articles floated or cast away on the sea.

"Fool carle," a clown, a stupid fellow.

Forby, besides.

Forpit, a measure = the fourth part of a peck.

Fowd, the chief judge or magistrate.

Frae, from.

Freit, a charm or superst.i.tion.

Fule, a fool.

Gaberlunzie, a tinker or beggar.

Gaed, went.

Gait, gate, way, direction.

Gane, gone.

Gang, go.

Ganging, going.

Gangrel, vagrant.

Gar, to oblige, to force.

Gascromh, an instrument for trenching ground, shaped like a currier"s knife with a crooked handle.

"Gay mony," a good many.

Gear, property.

Gie, give.

Gills, the jaws.

Gin, if.

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