Scottish Words Illustrated

25 Years of Scottish Words illustrated.

Skip to content
  • Scottish-Words
  • Quizzes
  • Glossary
  • Stoory-Blog
  • Home↓
    • Shop
    • Archive
    • Phonetic guide
    • Why Use RSS?
    • Why Scottish Words
    • About me
    • Contact
    • Site Map
    • Links

Search Results for: tuith tooth - 4 Scottish word posts.

Dental practice in the days of clubs, caves and fur where a thump on the back of one's skull is considered a reasonable way to knock a loose tooth out.

Scottish Word: Tuith.

Tags: ancestors, bump, cavemen, club, loincloth, naked, tooth, toothache

Dental practice in the days of clubs, caves and fur where a thump on the back of one's skull is considered a reasonable way to knock a loose tooth out.

“There ye go Tarkus, nae mair tuith pain jist a bit o ah sair heid fur a wee while.” Translate: tuith: tooth. “There you go Tarkus, no more tooth pain, just a slight sore head for … Continue reading Tuith. →

ancestors, bump, cavemen, club, loincloth, naked, tooth, toothache
Leave a comment
Multi limbed small face climbing alien dentists from space answer the NHS dental practitioner shortfall.

Scottish Word: Aisle-tuith.

Tags: alien, dentist, gums, mirror, mouth, teeth, tooth

Multi limbed small face climbing alien dentists from space answer the NHS dental practitioner shortfall.

“Aye… it’s one o yir aisle-teeth, it’s needin a pou.” Translate: aisle-tuith: a biscupid tooth, a molar. “Yes… it’s one of your bicuspid teeth, it is needing pulled out.” The Scottish Word: aisle tuith with its … Continue reading Aisle-tuith. →

alien, dentist, gums, mirror, mouth, teeth, tooth
Leave a comment
A seated Laird roped by the waist to a free-standing wicker chair is gesticulating at his worried looking manservant who is standing by holding a cord, the other end of which is attached to a big bag of bricks teetering on the edge of a low wall overlooking a sheer drop of great distance.

Scottish Word: Thole.

Tags: bricks, butler, chair, cliff, crows, rope, toothache

A seated Laird roped by the waist to a free-standing wicker chair is gesticulating at his worried looking manservant who is standing by holding a cord, the other end of which is attached to a big bag of bricks teetering on the edge of a low wall overlooking a sheer drop of great distance.

Ah canni thole this torture onie longer John. Dae yer duty. Tie yer unbrakable cord fast tae this damned tuith ahn kick the bricks oer the cliff. Dinni look sae worried MAN! Ahm no goin anywhere … Continue reading Thole. →

bricks, butler, chair, cliff, crows, rope, toothache
Leave a comment
Cutaway drawing showing small figures busy operating treadmill level technology inside a head.

Scottish Word: Chaft.

Tags: dungarees, loudspeaker, mince, peas, spoon, teeth

Cutaway drawing showing small figures busy operating treadmill level technology inside a head.

Staun bye chiels, I see the spune oan its wye. Get ready tae pit yer backs intae it eneuch tae strain them tuith bandits. Mak that fitwhirlie dirl tae clap the chafts richt weel. Translate: chaft: … Continue reading Chaft. →

dungarees, loudspeaker, mince, peas, spoon, teeth
One comment so far

Translate Scottish Words:

Select a Word Category

Latest Words

Girl with a handful of botanical posters of clover, devils bit scabious, and narrow leaved plantain yelling at her brother who is lying in the grass among daisies and buttercups admiring the seed heads of rib-wort plantain (scabiosa lanceolata). All on a sunny day.
Curl-doddy
Two women in protective head scarfs and greatcoats with a gas powered heater emitting steam strapped to their backs stroll in front of two brutalist style apartment blocks where a couple with a fire burning in the hallway peer out. Meanwhile ash and dust fall like snow from a blackened sky.
Fliskie.
A dolphin on the surface of a calm sea and has red a contraption fitted to its back with wires running from a steering wheel to suckers attached to its flippers. Sitting in the open cockpit of the contraption sits a man with goggles and a snorkel listening to a mermaid that only has her head above the translucent waters.
Piece-time.
A male and female dwarf with red pointy hats, blue aprons and gardening implements are harvesting large red berries from a large leafy fruitful plant that is watching them from eyes in its root below ground. The view below ground shows the large gnarled root clutching the bones of previous burials in amongst the earth and stones.
Vivre.

If you like my work, please support me by clicking on the Ko-fi icon and ‘throw a few coins in my cap’ for a coffee.

If you like my work, please support me by clicking on the Ko-fi icon and 'throw a few coins in my cap' for a coffee.

And/or Follow me on Mastodon:

Mastodon Logotype (Full Reversed)
Follow @stooryduster
 Image showing some stuff from the shop - a T-shirt with colourful typographic letters of the alphabet each with a matching scots word with additional text below showing the words and translation and T shirt showing a grinning sporran with text 'Hoo's it Hingin.

Your options: Below the illustration of each Scottish word you can choose Previous or Next or Random for a word. You also have the options to go directly to the very First word or very Last word. You can look up words and meaning in the Scottish Words Glossary section, many are linked to illustrations. You can Search the site at the top right. You can subscribe to the RSS feed here. You can view the words words grouped by year in the Archives section. or select from this collection of thumbnails of words done for Illustration Friday. There is a pull down Category list where you can view word thumbnails, caption excerpts and meanings under a Category. You can do the same by clicking on any Tags.Why Scottish Words gives an overview of this site's purpose, its beginning and why Scottish words were chosen as a topic to illustrate define and translate. There you can also access some information About Me and information in using the Phonetic Alphabet to help with pronouncing the words. There is a Site Map here. If you like a challenge you can try the Scottish word quizzes. You can also view websites I like or my collection of visual links on Pinterest - which are mainly for illustrators, designers, animators and artists. The Stooryduster-Blog area is for writing about this and that but mostly about dog walking, design and art. It is slightly separate from the Stooryduster illustrated Scottish Words.

If you have any suggestions for anything you think I should add to the stooryduster site you can leave a Comment or Contact me directly through my Contact me Page. Naturally all the cartoons are copyright. But it's surprising how accommodating us artists are with the use of low resolution versions of our work providing you ask permission and are not making money or other capital out of us and you credit the artist concerned. Enjoy and thanks for visiting. Cheers Alan. 

Many ways to explore the site.
| © Stooryduster.co.uk | Proudly powered by WordPress | with ComicEasel | Back to Top ↑ |