Muckles of words in the Scots lied;
Auld Lang Syne ~ "Old Long Since"
Aye ~ Yes
Ba-Heids ~ A pompous ass (pronounced "baw-heed")
Bairns ~ Young children of either gender
Bampot ~ A crazy person
Bannock ~ A flat cake made of oats, barley or pease meal.
Bauchle ~ Originally a scuffed old shoe, later a slovenly person (pronounced "bawkhle")
Bawbee ~ Originally a Scottish coin worth six pence, now used to refer to any small change
Bidie-in ~ An unmarried live-in boy or girlfriend
Bing ~ A large mound formed by the slag waste from a nine or quarry
Blather-skate ~ Someone who rambles on at great length without saying anything of meaning
Bothy ~ A small hut
Brownie ~ In Scottish mythology a fairy, usually of a helpful nature to good hardworking people, especially farmers
Burn ~ A river or stream (from the gealic)
Canna ~ Can not or can't
Champit ~ Something that has been mashed, usually food, ie; Potatoes or yams
Cludgie ~ A washroom
Corrie-Fisted ~ A left handed person (from the gealic "cearr")
Coup ~ As a verb; to topple, or turn over. As a noun a mess or a rubbish heap (pronounced "kowp")
Dinna ~ Did not or Didn't
Dreekit ~ Drenched or soaked
Dreeth ~ Parched, thirsty
Dumfoonert ~ Stunned speechless
Eeksie-Peeksie ~ Equal or level, also used to describe a tied game
Feesty ~ Damp or mouldy, usually for food
Fouter ~ To dither, stall or procrastinate (pronounced "footer")
Gaishon ~ An extreamly thin person
Gies ~ A contraction for "Give us" which can be both singular or plural
Gill ~ A liquid measure equal to a quarter pint, usually used for liquor
Girdle ~ A cooking griddle
Guttered ~ Falling down, passed out drunk, ie: In the gutter
Haiver ~ To talk nonsense
High heid yin ~ A boss or supervisor, or someone with a bossy high-handed manner
Hive ~ Hunger
Howff ~ A low class bar or dive
Howtowdie ~ A chick, can be used to refer to a bird or a young girl
Huckle ~ To shove, tackle or manhandle
Jaggy ~ Originally a stinging nettle, later anything prickly or jagged, can also be a person with a prickly temper
Jock Tamsen's bairns ~ A phrase used to mean "We are all related", as in "We are all Jock Tamsen's bairns"
Kelpie ~ In Scottish mythology a magical horse-like creature who lives in running streams
Ken ~ Knowledge or understanding
Law ~ A round, man-made hill or mound
Leid ~ Language
Loch ~ Lake
Lum ~ A chimney
Muckle ~ Used to describe any large amount, number or size
Nae ~ No (pronounced "Nay")
Neuk ~ A strip of land jutting into the sea
Peely-Wally ~ Pale looking
Pibroch ~ A mournful air played on a bagpipe (pronunced "pibrokh")
Quaich ~ A shallow two handed drinking cup
Red-Cap ~ In Scottish mythology an evil goblin who's cap is died in the blood of it's victims
Scunnered ~ To be fed up of something
Shieling ~ A temporary hut or lean-to, used in remote areas
Skean-dhu ~ A samall dagger worn in the top of a stocking with a kilt (from the gealic)
Skew-whiff ~ To be lopsided or askew
Sonsie ~ A plump healthy child
Tam ~ AKA Tam O' Shanter; a flat round cap somewhat resembling a beret, sometimes with a pompom and/or a tassel
Tatties ~ Potatoes
Trews ~ Originally any trousers, now specifically those of a tartan design
Wabbit ~ To be tired or rundown
Wean ~ A baby
