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