| kabbelow |
ˈkabɪlʌu |
potatoes and cabbages mashed with butter, my granny a great cook used a lot of butter and made a mean mustard sauce that prepared me for any curry I would ever eat. |
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| kail | kale |
kel |
a broth usually of curly kale (a hardy type from the cabbage family), a soup but the term often means one's main meal as a whole |
in context |
| pea-kail | nettle-kail |
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as a broth it is often prefixed by whatever other alternative main ingredient is used |
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| kail-bell |
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dinner bell |
in context |
| kail-blade |
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the leaf of the colewort (kale) |
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| kail-runt |
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the stem of the colewort (kale) |
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| kail-whittle | kail-gullie |
kel ˈhwıtl |
a cabbage knife |
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| kail-yard | kailyaird |
keljerd |
a kitchen garden |
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| kailwirm |
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caterpillar |
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| earn the salt fur yer kail |
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make a living |
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| scaud yer tongue in ither folk's kail |
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meddle, interfere when not welcome |
in context |
| kaim | kame |
ˈkem |
a comb, a long narrow steep sided ridge |
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| kain | kane |
ken |
a portion of produce given as rent, a quantity of cheese |
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| kaip | kep |
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cap |
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| kaitie beardie |
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woman with hairy lip or chin, playfully giving a child a scratchy stubbly cuddle, a loach |
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| katie-beardie |
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from a very old Scots song; katie-beardie had a coo, black and white aboot the moo, wasni that a dainty coo, dance katie-beardy etc. replacing the animal to alter each verse. I remember my granny singing it to my younger sibblings |
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| kauch | kiauch |
kɑx |
care, worry, anxiety |
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| kebars |
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rafters |
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| kebbock | kebbuck |
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a whole cheese |
in context |
| kebbuck heel |
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the last crust or end crust of a cheese |
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| keck |
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a sharp noise made by the jackdaw, to draw back from a bargain, flinch |
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| kecks | keks |
kɛks |
trousers |
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| keckle |
kɛkl |
cackle |
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| keech | keich | kich |
ˈkix |
excrement, defecate |
in context |
| keechle |
ˈkixl |
giggle |
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| ked | keb |
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a sheep tick |
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| kedge |
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stuff |
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| keek |
kik |
peep |
in context |
| keek o' day |
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crack of dawn |
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| keeker |
kikər |
eye, a black eye |
in context |
| keekin gless |
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mirror, a spy-glass. |
in context |
| keekit |
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peeped |
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| keel |
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red ochre soft chalk to mark sheep |
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| keelie | keilie |
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tough male city dweller |
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| keelin | keilin |
ˈkilɪn |
a cod |
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| keelivine | keilivine |
ˈkilɪvəin |
a lead pencil |
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| keepie-in |
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pupil kept in for detention |
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| keeroch |
ˈk(w)irəx |
a term for a horrible or strange mixture |
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| keest |
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sap, pith, substance |
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| keetchin | keitchin |
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kitchen |
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| keevie | keivee | kievie |
ˈkiˈvi |
on the alert, in high spirits |
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| keinin | keenin |
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wailing |
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| kell |
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spring, fountain |
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| kellach |
ˈkɛləx |
big conical basket that you can drop stuff out of the base usually for carrying dung |
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| kelp |
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mischevious young person |
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| kelpie |
ˈkɛlpɪ |
water demon (in the form of a horse usually) lure the unsuspecting to their deaths |
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| kelt |
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spawned salmon |
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| kelter |
ˈkjɛlər |
tumble headlong |
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| kelterin |
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undulating |
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| kemp |
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contend, competition, a champion fighter |
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| ken |
kɛn |
know |
in context |
| kenmerk | kenmark |
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distinguishing mark, mark of ownership, |
in context |
| kenna |
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know not |
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| kennin |
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trace |
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| kenspeckle |
ˈkɛnˈspɛkl |
conspicuous, freckles |
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| kent |
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knew, known |
in context |
| a kent face |
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an aquaintance re-met |
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| a freend's never kent till he's needed |
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you find you're true friends when you are in need of real help |
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| kennle | kinnle |
ˈkɛnl |
kindle |
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| kep |
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catch, a cap |
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| kepper |
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a good catcher, keeper |
in context |
| kerds |
kɛrds |
cards |
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| kerry | cairrie | cairry |
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carry |
in context |
| kerry-oot, cairry-oot |
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collection of drinks being taken to a party, a collection of drink from a visit to an off-license |
in context |
| kert | cairt | cart |
kɛrt |
a cart, to carry, to convey something |
in context |
| ket |
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the fleece on a sheep's body, carrion |
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| ketach |
ˈkitəx |
the left hand |
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| kettle | kettil |
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large cooking pot |
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| keuch |
kjʌx |
cough persistently from a tickle in the throat |
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| kevel |
ˈkɛvl |
hold oneself awkwardly, scold, a big hammer |
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| kekx |
kɛks |
the cow parsnip |
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| key |
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quay |
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| kibble |
ˈkɪbl |
well built, active |
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| kibbling |
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a big stout stick for thumping |
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| kickmaleerie |
kɪkməˈlirɪ |
flimsy trifling thing |
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| kicher |
kɪxər |
cough, titter |
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| kiggle |
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to wobble |
in context |
| kiggle-kaggle |
ˈkɪglˈkagl |
(curling) - stone zig zags off several other stones to reach its objective |
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| kil | kill |
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kiln, a lime kiln |
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| kilfuddoch |
kɪlˈfʌdox |
a huddle and discussion |
in context |
| kill |
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beat soundly, hurt badly, be exhausted - it's killin me |
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| killiecoup |
kɪlɪˈkʌup |
tumble head over heels |
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| killieleepie |
kɪlɪˈlipɪ |
common sandpiper |
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| kilt | killt |
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killed |
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| kilt |
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to overturn, to allow run off (stone), tuck up one's skirts, roll up one's sleeves, to string up, the proper way of doing something - the 'trick' |
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| kilt |
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a garment like a skirt made of yards and yards of woolen tartan fabric, doubled and unpleated at the front where the hem just touches the ground if you kneel while keeping the thighs and torso upright. It's heavily pleated at the back (for men) worn with a belt and sporran - a womens kilt is a much more simple pleated skirt and definitely no sporran. A multi accessory garment for all ocassions, it can be worn at weddings, funerals (with black cover), barbecues, posh black tie do's and for hillwalking - even in winter. Ladies don't care for Scotsmen to be rock or tree climbing in it though. |
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| high-kilted |
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having the skirts well tucked up - imodest |
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| kilter |
ˈkɪltər |
good spirits, balance and harmony |
in context |
| kilmarnock bonnet |
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a flat broad woolen bonnet of blue, red or green |
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| kimmer |
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a wench |
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| kimmers |
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young women |
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| kin | kyn |
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related, relation, same kind, same sort |
in context |
| kinch |
ˈkɪntʃ |
twist in rope, fall of the dice, opportunity |
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| king's-hood |
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the 2nd stomach in a ruminant |
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| kink |
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gasp spasmodically, choke with laughter |
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| kink-hoast |
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whooping cough |
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| kinsch bar |
kɪnʃˈbar |
a lever used for quarrying stone |
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| kip | kype |
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play truant, a peak of or on a hill, hurry |
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| kippage |
′kɪpədʒ |
Disorder, confusion, fuss, predicament also pre 1700 the crew of a vessel |
in context |
| kirdandy |
kɪrˈdandɪ |
uproar |
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| kirk |
kɪrk |
church |
in context |
| kirkyaird |
kɪrkyerd |
churchyard |
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| kirkyaird deserter |
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not looking in good health, coffin dodger |
in context |
| come awa intae the body of the kirk |
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inviting a person to come and join the company or to move further in and commit to the comfort of one's home |
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| mak a kirk or a still |
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do what the hell you like, good or bad, it's of no concern to me |
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| kirn | curn |
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churn |
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| kirn |
noxtɪ |
A celebration with feasting and dancing, to mark the conclusion of cutting the corn or the end of harvest. A private celebration. |
in context |
| kirnel |
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kernel, swollen gland |
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| kirstenin |
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christening |
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| kirtle |
kɪrtt |
to clothe, dress |
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| kist |
kɪst |
chest |
in context |
| kist fu o whistles |
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having a wheezy chest, church organ |
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| kith |
kɪθ |
relations, neighbours |
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| kithan |
ˈkɪθən |
rascal, blackguard |
in context |
| kittle |
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tickle, stimulate, promote, (curling) give speed to the stone by sweeping the ice in front of it |
in context |
| kittle |
ˈkɪtl |
give birth (small animals) |
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| kittlie |
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itchy, ticklish, intricate, |
in context |
| kittlin |
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tickling |
in context |
| kittlin |
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kitten |
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| kiver | keever | cuiver | kivver | cuver |
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cover |
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| knackered |
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exhausted, worn out |
in context |
| knackie | nacky | knacketie |
ˈknakı |
clever, ingenious, adroit, skillful |
in context |
| Klingoan |
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Klingon |
in context |
| knag, knab, nabb, nag |
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a knot or spur projecting from a tree, a person of importance, snob, nob, pine knot or root |
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| at the knag an the widdie |
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at loggerheads |
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| knaggie |
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knobby |
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| knap | nap |
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A lump, bump, any rounded knob; a knot or protuberance, as of wood, rock, etc; kneecap, knock, knob, a strong sturdy boy |
in context |
| knapdarloch |
knapˈdɑrləx |
a knot of crap and dirt hanging from the coat or tail of an animal, term of contempt for a person |
in context |
| knappin-hammers |
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hammers for breaking stones. |
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| knapscap | knapskall |
ˈknapskap |
a metal shell worn defensively as a scullcap under a hat or bonnet |
in context |
| knar |
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a knot in wood, a burly hardy person |
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| kned |
nɛd |
knead |
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| knee | kne | knie |
ˈni |
knee, a bend in the plough, a knee shaped angle in an implement |
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| kneevle | knievle | kneevil |
ˈknivl |
a bit, lump |
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| kneggum |
ˈknɛgəm |
disagreeable taste |
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| knewel |
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a cross bar or toggle |
in context |
| knibloch |
ˈknıbləx |
small round stone |
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| knick | nick |
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click, tick, break, snap |
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| knidge |
knɪdʒ |
rub, squeeze, press (with the knees) |
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| knip |
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break off, snap, crop grass, mischevious little boy - nipper |
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| knitch |
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a bundle, trussed up stuff |
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| knock | nock |
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clock, nock-hoose - a steeple with a clock |
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| knock |
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hillock |
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| knockle |
ˈknokl |
knuckle, any rounded lump of bone under the skin |
in context |
| knoit, noit |
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a large lump, bunion, a sharp blow,a knock |
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| knot |
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a knot, a lump |
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| affen the knot |
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foolish, mad |
in context |
| a knotless threid, knotless |
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futile, aimless, ineffective (the thread aye slips out of the needle) |
in context |
| knotty |
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a name for shinty |
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| a knardy knotty |
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a term for a tough resilient person |
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| knoud |
nʌud |
the grey grunyard |
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| knowe |
kno |
knoll, hillock |
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| knowpert |
ˈknʌupərt |
crowberry |
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| knurl |
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a bump, lump |
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| knuse | knoose | noose | noozle |
nuz |
squeeze, press down, cuddle |
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| knype | knyp |
knəip |
nock, strike sharply, tie boats together in harbour as more secure than single mooring rope |
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| kosch |
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hollow, full of holes |
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| kyauve |
kyɑv |
toil, wrestle laboriously, or toss restlessly |
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| kyaw | kae |
kjɑ |
jackdaw, its call |
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| kye |
kəi |
cows, cattle |
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| kyle |
kaɪl |
a narrrow strait or arm of the sea, or narrow part of a river, ninepin or skittle or the game, chance |
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| kype, kipe |
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shallow scooped hollow for marbles |
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| kyte | kite |
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belly, stomach |
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| kythe | kithe |
kaıð |
appear, show, display, reveal by words |
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| kythin |
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manifestation, a brightening sky |
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Scottish Words Glossary: K from A-Z