The Pirate

Chapter 35

Mind, to remember.

Mony, many.

"Morn, the," to-morrow.

"Mould board," the wooden board of the plough which turns over the ground.

Muckle, much, big.

Multures, dues paid for grinding corn.

"My certie!" my faith!

Na, nae, no, not.

Nacket, a portable refreshment or luncheon.

Naig, a nag.

Nane, none.

Napery, household linen.

Natheless, nevertheless.

Neist, next.

Nievefu", a handful.

Noup, a headland precipitous to the sea and sloping inland.

Nowt, black cattle.

Ony, any.

Or, before.

O"t, of it.

Out-taken, except.

Out-town, land at a distance from the farmhouse.

Ower, over.

Owerlay, a cravat.

Owsen, oxen.

Parritch, porridge.

Partan, a crab.

Pawky, wily, slyly.

Peat-moss, the place whence peats are dug.

Peltrie, trash.

Pit, put.

"Plantie cruive," a kail-yard.

Pleugh, a plough.

Pouch, a pocket.

Puir, poor.

Pund Scots = 1_s._ 8_d._ sterling.

Quaigh, a small wooden cup.

Quean, a disrespectful term for a woman.

Quern, a hand-mill.

Raddman, a councillor.

Randy, riotous, disorderly.

Ranzelman, a constable.

Redding-kaim, a wide-toothed comb for the hair.

Reek, smoke.

Reimkennar, one who knows mystic rhyme.

Reset, a place of shelter.

Rigging, a ridge, a roof.

Ritt, a scratch or incision.

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