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Scots Dictionary

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tow
hemp fibre; string; rope
 

towmond
year
 

tozie
muddles; half-drunk; tipsy; drowsily warm/snug
 

Tramcaur
Tramcar
 

trauchle
trouble
 

trews
tartan trousers, more like a pair ofheavy tights with foot stirrups, worn for riding horseback.
 

trews
close fitting tartan trousers
 

trig
tidy up; neat; smart; attractive
 

Troopettes
A group of female friends
 

Troops
Group of friends
 

trowe
roll; spin/cause to spin; trundle
 

tryst
an appointment to meet, arendevous, a cattle market or fair, an engagement or betrothal.
 

Tube
Idiot
 

tummle
tumble
 

Tumshie
Turnip (Also used as derogatory term eg Ya big tumshie.
 

tung-tackit
tongue-tied
 

Turn
Criminal act / Providing sex
 

twa
two
 

twa
two
 

twae
two
 

twa-thrie
a few
 

tyauve
struggle
 

tyauve-throu
survive
 

tyke
dog; cur; mongrel; rustic fellow
 

tyne
lose; miss a target; forfeit; perish
 

uisge beatha
water of life, Scotch whiskey
 

Um
Am
 

unce
ounce
 

unco
strange
 

unicorn
a mythical animal, held in great reverence by the Celts, depicted with the body and head of a horse, hind legs of a stag, tail of a lion, and a single horn in the middle of the forehead.
 

unkent
unfamiliar
 

unnerstaun
understand
 

unsiccar
unsafe; undependable
 

unsocht
uninvited
 

unwycelike
indiscreet
 

unyirdlie
unearthly; supernatural
 

upby
up the road; up yonder
 

uptak
preoccupy; understand; intelligence
 

Ur
Are
 

Urnae
Aren't
 

usquebae
whisky
 

vacancy
holiday
 

vauntie
conceited; jaunty; showy
 

veesion
vision
 

veesit
visit
 

vennel
passage/ lane between houses
 

verra
very
 

virr
energy; force; industry; vigour
 

vizzy-hole
peep-hole
 

vocable
word
 

vogie
boastful; elated; imposing
 

vratch
wretch
 

vrocht
worked hard
 

Wa'
Wall
 

wabbit
exhausted
 

wabbit
pale and weak (as after illness or exertion)
 

wabsteid
website
 

wabster
weaver
 

waddin'
wedding
 

wae
woe
 

Wae
With
 

waefu/ waesome
woeful
 

wag-at-the-wa / waggettie-wa
wall-clock (with uncased pendulum)
 

Wagon
Large Police van
 

wain
child
 

wal
spa; well; water tap
 

wale
choose; select
 

wallie-dug
china dog
 

Wallies
False teeth
 

Wally Close
A tenement close with tiled walls
 

Walopper
Penis
 

wan
one
 

Wan
One
 

Wance
Once
 

wanchancie
ill-fated ; risky
 

wanhope
dispair
 

wanluck
misfortune
 

wanpeace
strife
 

warld
world
 

warld's gear
wordly wealth
 

warsle throu
overcome adversity
 

washbacks
heather branches used to clean the fermentation stills. In a new still, bundles of heather would be boiled in water in the still to sweeten it before distillation began.
 

watergaw
indistinct rainbow
 

wather
weather
 

Watter
Water
 

wauchle
shamble; stagger; tire; perplex; laborious effort
 

wauken
arose; awake
 

waukrife
sleepless; vigilent
 

waur
defeat; worst; parry
 

wean
child
 

wean
child; infant
 

wean
child
 

Wean
Baby / child
 

weary
tired or exhausted
 

weary on
desire; long for
 

wee
little
 

wee
small; young; mean
 

wee
small
 

Wee
Small/Short
 

Wee donner
To take a walk