| I |
əi |
me, myself |
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| Ise |
əiz |
I shall |
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| iceshoggle |
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icicle |
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| Icker |
ıkər |
an ear of corn |
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| idilset | idleset | idleseat |
ˈəidlsɛt |
shy of hard work, lazyness, idleness, unemployment |
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| ieroe | eroy |
ˈiroi |
a great-grandchild |
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| ile |
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isle, oil |
in context |
| ilk |
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of the same kind as (person, thing etc - already mentioned), family, kindred |
in context |
| ilka | ilkie |
ˈɪlka |
each, every, of two or more |
in context |
| ilka bodie |
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everyone |
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| ilka hilt an hair |
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every particle |
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| ilkagate |
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everywhere |
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| ilkane |
ˈɪlkˈen |
each one of two or more |
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| ilkawey |
ɪlkɪˈwəi |
every way |
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| ill | ull |
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bad, evil |
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| illhertit |
ɪlˈhərtət |
mallevolent |
in context |
| Ill o't |
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bad at it. |
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| ill-ee |
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evil eye |
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| ill-mou'd |
ɪlˈmud |
abusive |
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| ill-muggent |
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malicious |
in context |
| Ill-taen |
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ill-taken |
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| Ill-thief |
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the Devil |
in context |
| ill-thriven |
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scraggy, stunted |
in context |
| ill-trickit |
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mischievous |
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| ill-uise |
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ill-use |
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| Ill-willie |
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ill-natured |
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| immer |
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the great northern diver |
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| impident |
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impudent |
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| in |
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in |
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| in a wee while |
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shortly, soon |
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| in the road |
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in the way, being an obstruction |
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| inbring |
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import |
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| inby |
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further inside, nearer, enclosed |
in context |
| incast |
ˈɪnˈkast |
extra thrown in by the seller in addition to what was agreed |
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| inch |
ɪnʄ |
a small island - two parks just to the north and south of Perth city centre - making it the smallest city in Scotland fitting into two inches |
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| income |
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to make an entrance, illness |
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| incre |
ˈɪŋkər |
earnest, ardent |
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| indentin |
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indenturing |
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| indigent |
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a pauper |
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| indwell | indwaller |
ɪnˈdwɛl |
resident, occupier |
in context |
| infa |
ˈɪnˈfɑ |
inflow of a river, raid |
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| infield |
ˈɪnˈfild |
best land near the farm cropped and manured continually |
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| ingaither |
ˈɪnˈgeðər |
collect, gather in |
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| ingan | ingin |
ˈɪŋən |
onion |
in context |
| ingang |
ˈɪnˈgaŋ |
an entrance, a shortage, lack |
in context |
| ingle |
ˈɪnŋəl |
fire on a hearth |
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| ingle-cheek |
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a chimney corner to sit near an open fireplace (properly the jamb of the fireplace). |
in context |
| ingle-gleed |
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the blaze of the fire |
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| ingle-lowe |
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firelight |
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| ingyne | ingine |
ˈɪndʒɪn |
an engine - also -genius, natural cleverness, sense |
in context |
| ingyneer | ingineer |
ˈɪndʒɪn |
engineer |
in context |
| inkfish |
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squid |
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| inkie-pinkie |
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weak beer |
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| inklin |
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small amount, inclination |
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| inlat |
ˈɪnlat |
inlet |
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| innerlie |
ˈɪnərlɪ |
neighbourly |
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| innin |
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introduction |
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| inower |
ɪnˈʌuər |
within |
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| insteid |
ɪnˈstid |
instead |
in context |
| intae |
ˈɪnte |
into |
in context |
| intil |
ˈɪntɪl |
into, inside, a part of |
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| intil anesel |
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under one's breath |
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| intimmers |
ˈɪnˈtɪmərs |
internal organs, inner workings |
in context |
| intoun |
ˈɪnˈtun |
the land ajacent to the farmhouse |
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| inver |
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a confluence of streams, mouth of a river |
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| inweys |
ˈɪnwəiz |
inwards |
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| inwick | inring |
ˈɪnˈwɪk |
(curling) a stone in play comes in and glances off another stone, which had been previously played and was stationary, causing the stone in play to now head in towards the tee - the opposite of outwick |
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| Irn-Bru |
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Scotland's other national drink made from a secret recipe to the bright orange colour of diluted rust - Barr's the makers ran an ad campaign where the slogan was "made in Scotland from girders". It famously outsells the usual American brands in Scotland and only equalled in that respect in the world by Inka Cola in Peru. |
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| isna | isnae | isnie |
ɪsne |
isn't |
in context |
| itchy-coo |
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anything causing a tickling |
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| ither | ithir |
ˈɪðər |
other, each other, |
in context |
| ithergates | ither-roads | itherwayis |
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elsewhere, other ways |
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| itherwyse | itherwise |
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or else, otherwise |
in context |
| itsel |
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itself |
in context |
| iver | ivir | ivver |
ˈɪver |
ever, upper or higher of the same place names |
in context |
| iviry |
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every |
in context |
| iveriehott |
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everything |
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| ivermair |
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ever more |
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| izel | izle |
əizl |
a flake or smut of soot from the chimney |
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Scottish Words Glossary: I from A-Z