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Common terms and phrases
A.Bor Aberd Acts Cha Add to etymon ancient appearance applied auld Ayrs Belg Blackw Bride of Lammermoor called Cange Clydes Conc corr Cotgr Davidson's Seasons denominated denote Dict Du Cange Dumfr Edin Encycl Ettr etymon expl Fife frae Gael Gall Galloway Germ gude gutt Guy Mannering Haldorson haue Hence Herd's Coll horse ibid Inventories Keith's Hist Kilian Kirk Lanarks land landis lord lordis Loth mair Mearns metaph Nicol Burne nocht O.Fr one's origin Orkn Palsgr Parv perhaps person phrase Picken's Poems Prompt pron Prov quhilk Roquefort Ross's Helenore Roxb saidis sall Scotland Scots Scott's Poems seems sense sheep Shetl signifies Spalding stones Su.G Surv synon Tarras's Poems term Teut Teviotd thai thair thame thing tion tyme viewed vther weel whence Wideg word
Popular passages
Page 1 - When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind...
Page 160 - And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
Page 274 - At night, in the time of popery, when folks went to bed, they believed the repetition of this following prayer was effectual to preserve them from danger, and the house too.
Page 60 - And see ye not that braid braid road, That lies across that lily leven? That is the path of wickedness, Tho some call it the road to heaven.
Page 186 - We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet, For auld lang syne. We twa hae run about the braes, And pu'd the gowans fine ; But we've wander'd mony a weary foot Sin auld lang syne. For auld, &c. We twa hae paidl't i' the burn, From mornin sun till dine ; But seas between us braid hae roar'd Sin auld lang syne.
Page 199 - I dinna ken muckle about the law," answered Mrs. Howden; "but I ken, when we had a king, and a chancellor, and parliament-men o' our ain, we could aye peeble them wi' stanes when they werena gude bairns - But naebody's nails can reach the length o
Page 447 - ... made into dough with warm water, and laid up in a vessel to ferment. Being brought to a proper degree of fermentation and consistency, it is rolled up into balls, proportionable to the intended largeness of the cakes. With the dough is commonly mixed a small quantity of sugar, and a little aniseed or cinnamon.
Page 3 - ... and a boiling cauldron, into which they plunged the unlucky sheriff. After he was sodden (as the king termed it) for a sufficient time, the savages, that they might literally observe the royal mandate, concluded the scene of abomination by actually partaking of the hell-broth. The three lairds were outlawed for this offence ; and Barclay, one of their number, to screen himself from justice, erected the kaim (ie, the camp, or fortress) of Mathers, which stands upon a rocky and almost inaccessible...
Page 459 - ... ie soul), when required to make asseverations in matters which they think of consequence. In combinations of the colliers, &c., about Newcastle-uponTyne, for the purpose of raising their wages, they are said to spit upon a stone together, by way of cementing their confederacy. Hence the popular saying, when persons are of the same party, or agree in sentiments, that "they spit upon the same stone.
Page 151 - ... with new fire, which is no sooner kindled than a pot full of water is quickly set on it, and afterwards sprinkled upon the people infected with the plague, or upon the cattle that have the murrain.