| e | ee |
i |
ye or thou |
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| ee's |
|
he is |
in context |
| e'en |
|
evening |
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| ear' | earlie |
|
early |
|
| earl o hell |
|
the devil |
|
| earn |
ɛrn |
eagle |
in context |
| earn-bleater |
|
the common snipe |
|
| earock |
ˈirək |
young hen |
|
| easedom |
|
Comfort, leisure, relief from anxiety, pain, etc. |
in context |
| easins |
ˈezınz |
the eaves of a building |
|
| easwas |
ˈizwaz |
top of the walls of a house on which the rafters rest |
|
| easy-ozy |
|
an easy going task or person |
|
| ebb |
|
foreshore, shallow |
|
| ech |
ɛx |
expressing disgust |
in context |
| eddir | edder | ether | etter |
|
adder, straw rope |
in context |
| ee |
|
eye |
in context |
| een |
|
eyes |
in context |
| eebroo |
ibru |
eyebrow |
|
| eechie ochie |
ˈixɪˈoxɪ |
neither one nor the other (always in the negative) |
in context |
| eedle-doddle |
|
easy going, lacking initiative |
|
| eehole |
|
eye-socket |
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| eejit | eijit |
ˈidʒət |
idiot |
in context |
| eeksie-peeksie |
|
much alike, six and half a dozen |
|
| eelid |
|
eyelid |
|
| eemock | eimock |
ˈimək |
ant, a tiny person |
in context |
| een |
ˈin |
eyes |
in context |
| eendy | eenty |
|
numeral one from a counting rhyme |
|
| eenil |
|
jealous, become jealous |
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| eenin |
|
evening |
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| eenou | eenoo |
iˈnu |
just now, in a moment, soon |
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| eerant | eirant |
|
errand |
|
| eerie |
|
apprehensive; inspiring ghostly fear |
|
| eeriorums |
′i:riorʌms |
particulars, details, fancy work, fuss |
in context |
| eetch | eitch | eche |
ɛdʃ |
an adze |
|
| effeck |
|
effect |
in context |
| effin |
|
euphemism for a swearword |
in context |
| efter |
ˈɛftər |
after |
in context |
| be efter daen |
|
having just done |
|
| efternuin | efternune |
|
afternoon |
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| efter the heid |
|
headfirst |
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| eggle |
|
urge on, incite |
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| eik | eke |
|
natural grease in sheeps wool, sweat, an addition, urge on |
|
| eident | ithant |
ˈəidənt |
diligent, persistent |
|
| eild | |
i:ld |
the age of a person, old age |
|
| eild | elde |
i:ld |
barren: of an animal that doesn't produce young for whatever reason, animal not able to produce milk |
in context |
| eilie | ely | eely | eelie |
|
disappear gradually |
|
| eith | eath | eeth |
iθ |
easy |
|
| elba |
|
elbow |
|
| elder |
|
persons elected to govern the church |
|
| eldritch | elriche | eildrich |
|
belongs to or resembles the elves, ghostly, weird |
in context |
| eleeven | elieven | ellevin |
əˈlivn |
numeral eleven |
|
| eleveent | elievent | elie'nt |
|
eleventh |
|
| elekit |
|
elected |
|
| elfin |
|
fairyland |
|
| elfin mill |
|
death watch beetle |
|
| ell |
|
thirty-seven inches - a Scots measure of length |
|
| ell-braid |
|
a coal seam averaging an ell in width |
|
| ellwan |
|
an ell-measuring wand, Orions Belt (stars) |
|
| eller |
|
elder tree |
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| em |
ɛm |
aim |
|
| eme |
|
maternal uncle |
|
| emerant |
ˈɛmərant |
green, lush, an emerald |
|
| empie |
|
empty |
|
| en |
|
end |
|
| en-rig |
|
land at the end of the furrows where the plough is turned |
|
| single-end |
|
one roomed house or flat |
|
| encoonter |
|
encounter |
|
| endaivour |
ɪnˈdevər |
endeavour |
|
| endlang | enlang |
|
along, by the side of, right along |
|
| endweys |
|
straight on |
|
| enwye |
|
progress |
|
| enel-sheet |
|
shroud |
|
| eneuch | ineuch | eneugh |
ɪnˈjux |
enough, quite, sufficient |
in context |
| enfauld |
|
infold |
|
| engreve | ingreve |
|
do hurt or harm to |
|
| enjose |
ɛnˈdʒoz |
enjoy |
in context |
| enlichten |
ɛnˈlɪxtən |
enlighten |
|
| enow |
|
enough - of quantity |
|
| ens | ense |
|
else, otherwise |
|
| entechment |
ɛnˈtitʃmɛnt |
instruction |
in context |
| enteece |
|
entice |
|
| envyfu |
|
full of malice, envious |
|
| epple |
|
apple |
in context |
| equal-aqual |
|
equally balanced, similar |
|
| erar |
|
sooner |
|
| erast |
|
earliest, first |
|
| erd | eird | eard | erthe |
ird |
earth |
|
| let the erd big the dike |
|
let the cost of something come from the profit that it yields later |
|
| erethestreen |
|
night before last |
|
| ergh | erch |
ɛrx |
timorous |
|
| ern |
|
irritate, pain |
in context |
| erse |
ers |
arse, the hinterland |
in context |
| aa erse an pooches |
|
description of a back view of a stout stumpy person |
|
| erselins |
|
backwards |
|
| ert |
|
art |
in context |
| ertist |
|
artist |
in context |
| esh | aish |
|
ash-tree |
|
| esk |
ˈɛsk |
newt |
|
| esp | aisp |
|
aspen-tree |
|
| ess | ass | ais |
|
ash(es) |
|
| ett | et | etten |
|
eat |
|
| etter |
ˈɛtɪr |
fester, seep |
|
| ettercap |
|
iritable spider or ant |
|
| ettin |
|
ogre, giant |
|
| ettle |
ˈɛtl |
intend to, plan, aim at, venture, direct |
in context |
| ettle at |
|
make directly towards or at |
|
| in ettle earnest |
|
dead serious |
|
| ev'n down |
|
downright |
|
| e'enlikly |
|
exactly straight, perpendicular etc |
|
| e'ermair |
ˈirmer |
evermore |
|
| ewest |
ˈjuɪst |
right next to |
|
| excaise | excuise |
ˈɛkˈskiz |
excuse |
|
| exerceese | exerceise |
ɛksrˈsiz |
exercise |
|
| exle |
ɛksl |
axle |
|
| explore |
|
an exploration |
|
| expone |
|
explain, expose |
|
| expoond |
ɛˈspund |
expound |
in context |
| exposeetion |
ɛkspoˈziʃn |
exposition |
|
| extraordinar |
|
extraordinary |
|
| eye |
|
they |
|
| eyland |
|
island |
|
| eyntment | intment |
|
ointment |
|
Scottish Words Glossary: E from A-Z