| o |
|
of, on, as far as concerns, |
in context |
| oanshach | oashach |
|
a sorry fool, an idiot |
in context |
| oam |
om |
steam, vapour |
|
| oatcakes |
|
Delicious with a good cheese and a drink of whisky. Made from oats (pinhead oats for me), butter or lard, water, and salt to taste. My grannie made them on a griddle as large thin triangular shapes and leant them upright around a Lyles golden syrup tin to cool and harden. They were only about 3mm thick and marvelously didn't break under their own weight. She was a great cook and baker and I've never met anyone since that can make any nearly as good that don't fall to bits. |
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| oberin | obran |
|
odds and ends, trivial work or favour |
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| obeyand |
oˈbiand |
submitting to |
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| obleege | obleige | oblis | oblish | oblych |
oˈblidʒ |
oblige |
in context |
| obleegation | obleigation | oblychation |
|
obligation |
in context |
| observatioun |
|
observation |
in context |
| obstant |
|
opposing, adverse |
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| obteen | obtene |
əbˈtin |
obtain |
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| obtend |
obˈtɛnd |
put forward as an argument |
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| och | ach |
ox |
expressing sorrow, pain, regret, weariness or exasperation - it's all in the tone and attitude |
in context |
| ochone |
oˈxon |
woe is me! - how woe is the same as above - double it up, ochone ochone, and get double the effect |
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| ocht |
oxt |
anything, nothing, aught |
in context |
| oer |
ˈoər |
over |
in context |
| offie |
ˈofɪ |
privy, a dry closet, a crapper - where you sawdust the poo wait a year then put it on the tatties to make them grow to get lots and lots of bigger tatties - rather than flush the poo away |
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| offisher |
|
officer - one might say it's pronounced that way because we're generally inebriated when an officer is called upon |
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| ogart |
ˈogərt |
pride |
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| omnigaddrum |
|
a miscellanious collection |
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| on | oan |
|
on |
in context |
| on the bash |
|
on a drinking spree |
in context |
| oncairie | oncairrie | onkerry | oncairry |
ˈonˈkerɪ |
a fuss, a carry-on |
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| oncome | oncum |
|
the beginning, |
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| ondag |
|
a heavy shower - rain or snow |
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| onding |
|
a heavy continuous downpour - rain or snow |
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| onfaa | onfaw |
ˈonfa |
rain, snow, attack, beginning |
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| ongae | ongaun |
|
progress, start of movement |
|
| ongauns |
onˈgɑns |
goings on |
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| ongang |
onˈgaŋ |
the starting of machinery |
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| onie | ony |
ˈonɪ |
any |
in context |
| on'ie | on'y |
|
only |
in context |
| onie ither bodie |
|
anyone else |
|
| onybody | oniebody |
ˈonəˈbʌdɪ |
anyone |
in context |
| oniegate |
ˈonəˈget |
anyway |
in context |
| oniemair |
|
anymore |
in context |
| oniething | onythin |
|
anything |
in context |
| oniewey | onieway | onywye | ony-way |
ˈonɪˈwəi |
anyway, at least, at any rate, anyhow |
in context |
| onie ither wey |
|
anywhere else |
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| onykin | oniekyn | onykyn |
|
of any kind |
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| ontynt |
onˈtɪnt |
not lost |
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| oo, ou |
|
wool |
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| oof |
uf |
wolf |
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| ool | oul |
ul |
owl, to bully |
|
| oor | hoor |
|
hour |
in context |
| the wee oors |
|
the early hours of the morning |
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| oor |
ˈur |
our, also shiver with cold, huddle |
in context |
| oorie | oorich | ourich | ourie |
ˈurɪ |
dismal, sad, - of persons or things |
|
| oorit | ourit |
|
cold, shivery tired |
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| oorlich | oorit |
ˈurləx |
miserable looking from chill and hunger |
|
| oors |
|
ours |
|
| oorsels | oursels |
ˈurˈsɛls |
ourselves |
in context |
| oose | ooze | oos | ouse | ouze | ous |
uz |
woollen fluff, dust |
|
| oot |
ˈut |
out |
in context |
| oot o |
|
out of |
in context |
| it's a sair time when the moose leuks oot o the meal barrel wi a teir in its ee |
|
it's a severe time when the mouse looks out of the grain barrel with a tear in its eye |
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| oot o the road |
|
out of the way |
in context |
| ootring | outring |
|
(curling) the side of the curling stone away from the tee |
|
| oot-stair |
|
oustside staircase |
|
| ootby |
ˈutˈbəi |
outside, outlying, distant |
|
| ootcast |
|
a quarrel |
|
| ootcome |
|
result, effect, profit |
|
| ootfa |
|
quarrel |
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| ooten | ooton |
|
out of |
|
| ootfield | outfield |
|
further out and less fertile parts of the farm |
in context |
| ootgane |
ˈutˈgeɪn |
past time, fully |
|
| ootgang |
ˈutˈgaŋ |
an outgoing, departure, expense |
|
| ootgate |
|
exit |
|
| ootgaun |
ˈutˈgɑn |
outgoing, removing, leaving, |
|
| oother | outher |
ˈuðər |
fluff from frayed wool |
|
| oothoose |
|
outhouse, privvy |
in context |
| ootland | ootlan |
|
a stranger, outcast |
|
| ootler | outler | outlier |
|
farm animal that is OK being out in winter, a person from a remore district |
|
| ootlin |
|
alien, outsider |
|
| ootmaist |
ˈutˈmest |
outermost |
|
| ootower | atour |
ˈutˈʌuər |
beyond, across, outside |
|
| ootpassin |
|
termination |
|
| ootreik | ootreke | outreik | outreke |
|
to outfit, supply |
|
| ootrel | ooteral | outrel |
ˈutrəl |
a stranger, person from a different family, clan or country |
|
| ootset |
|
an ornament |
|
| ootunner |
|
from under |
|
| ootwick | outwick |
ˈutˈwɪk |
curling - a shot that strikes a previouly already played stone of one's own side and drives that stone towards the tee - opposite of inwick - also in bowls |
|
| ootwitten | outwitten |
ˈutˈwɪtən |
unknown to |
|
| ootwye | outwye |
ˈutˈwaɪ |
outweigh |
|
| ooyah! |
|
ouch! |
in context |
| oozlie |
ˈuzlɪ |
slovenly, unkempt |
|
| opeenion |
ˈuzlɪ |
opinion |
in context |
| or |
|
ere, before, till, early |
|
| ordein, ordeen |
orˈdin |
ordain |
|
| ordinar | ordnar | ornar |
ˈordnər |
ordinary |
|
| orp | orpe |
|
grumble, complain |
|
| orpit |
|
peevish |
in context |
| orra |
ˈorə |
spare, unnocupied, extra or odd and occasional - from time to time |
in context |
| orral |
|
a scrap, fragment |
|
| orrals |
|
bits and pieces, odds and ends |
|
| orraman |
ˈorəman |
handyman or extra man on a farm (person) my granny worked full time as a female orraman in the 50's and 60's |
|
| orrasters |
|
casual labourers, workers |
in context |
| ort |
|
waste |
|
| otherwyse | otherwayis | orderwas |
|
or else, otherwise |
in context |
| oubit | oobit |
ˈubət |
caterpillar |
|
| ouf | oof |
uf |
small unimportant, a fool |
|
| ouglie | oogly |
ˈugli |
ugly |
|
| oulet | oolet |
ˈulət |
an owl |
|
| over |
|
number from a childrens sheep counting rhyme; probably numeral eight |
|
| ower | owre | over |
ʌur |
above, over, across, farther off, excessively, too |
in context |
| owerance |
|
mastery |
|
| owerblaw |
ʌurˈblɑ |
overblow with sand snow etc |
|
| owerby | owerbye |
ʌurˈbaɪ |
over the way from, at or to a place understood from the context |
in context |
| owercoup |
ʌurˈkʌup |
overturn |
|
| owerend | oweren | owerset |
ʌurˈɛnd |
turn up, set on end, overset, overturn |
|
| owergae |
ʌurˈge |
pass through or over, surpass, overflow |
|
| owergaen |
ʌurˈgen |
surpassing |
in context |
| owergaeit |
|
overcome, smothered in weeds, vanquished |
in context |
| owergang |
ʌurˈgaŋ |
oppress, dominate |
|
| owerhail, owertak |
ʌurˈhel |
overtake |
|
| owerharle |
ʌurˈharl |
tyrannize |
|
| owerhing |
ʌurˈ |
overhang |
|
| owerleuk |
ʌurˈluk |
overlook |
in context |
| owermare |
ʌurˈmer |
farther over |
|
| owermaist |
ʌurˈmest |
uppermost |
|
| owrins, overins |
ʌurˈrɪn |
odds and ends |
|
| ower-rax |
ʌurˈraks |
stretch, over reach |
|
| ower-sair |
ʌurˈser |
excessively painful |
in context |
| owersee |
ʌurˈsi |
oversee |
|
| owertaen |
ʌurˈten |
made helpless, overcome, |
|
| owerthraw |
ʌurˈθrɑ |
overthrow |
|
| owerturn |
ʌurˈtʌrn |
repeat a song, story, turnover |
|
| owerwird | owerword |
ˈʌurwʌrd |
chorus of poem or song |
|
| owsen |
|
oxen |
|
| owthor | owther |
ˈʌurðər |
author |
|
| owya |
ˈʌuja |
exclamation of pain or insult directed at someone, ouch you |
in context |
| oxter | oxster |
okstər |
armpit |
in context |
| oxterat |
|
hugged |
|
| oxter-cog |
|
help one walk by supporting under the arms |
|
| oxter-pooch |
okstərputʃ |
breast pocket |
|
| oxter-stick |
|
crutch |
in context |
| oxter'd |
|
lifted up by under the arms |
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Scottish Words Glossary: O from A-Z