In-town, land adjacent to the farmhouse.
Isna, is not.
Jagger, a pedlar.
Jaud, a jade.
Jougs, the pillory.
Kail-pot, a large pot for boiling broth.
Kain--"to pay the kain," to suffer severely.
Ken, to know.
"Ken"dfolks," "ken"dfreend," well-known people, a well-known friend.
Kiempe, a Norse champion.
Kist, a chest.
Kittle, difficult, ticklish.
Kittywake, a kind of sea-gull.
"Knapped Latin," spoke Latin.
Knave, a miller"s boy.
Knaveship, a small due of meal paid to the miller.
Kraken, a fabulous sea-monster.
Kyloes, small black cattle.
Lad-bairn, a male child.
Lair, learning.
Lang, long.
Langspiel, an obsolete musical instrument.
Lave, the rest.
Lawright-man, an officer whose chief duty was the regulation of weights and measures.
_Lawting_, a court of law.
_Limmer_, a woman of loose character.
Lispund, the fifteenth part of a barrel, a weight used in Orkney and Shetland.
List, to wish, to choose.
Loan, a lane, an enclosed road.
Lock, a handful.
Loo"ed, loved.
Loom, a vessel.
Loon, a lad, a fellow.
Lowe, a flame.
Lug, the ear.
Lum, a chimney.
Mair, more.
"Mair by token," moreover, especially.
Maist, most.
Markal, the head of the plough.
Maun, must.
Mearns, Kincardineshire.
Melt.i.th, food, a meal.
Mense, manners.
"Merk of land," originally equal to 1600 square fathoms.
"Miching malicho," lurking mischief.
Mickle, much.
Mill-eye, the eye or opening in the _hupes_ or cases of a mill at which the meal is let out.