GABERLUNZIE, a professional or licensed beggar (blue-gown), who carried a wallet GAMBADOES, gaiters, Jeggings GARDEZ L'EAU, a cry to warn passers-by when water was thrown from the windows, the customary method of getting rid of dirty water in Edinburgh houses in those days GARRING, making, cáúsing GATES, OTHER, in a different fashion, direction GAUDET EQUIS ET CANIBUS, fond of horses and dogs GAY, or GEY, very GENERAL (drums beating the), the morning signal to prepare for the march GIGLET, a giddy, thoughtless girl GILLFLIRT, a lightheaded or sportive girl GILLIE WET FOOT, a HACK, a cattle-rack HADDO'S HOLE, a chapel in St. Giles' Cathedral, 80 called Sir because John Gordon of Haddo was confined in it previous to his trial and execution (1644) for his pronounced hostility to the Scottish Estates HAE TIBI ERUNT ARTES, etc. (p. 458), These shall be your alms-to impose behavior good during peace, to spare the conquered, and to wage war upon such as are proud HAG, a felling of copsewood; a coppice HAGGIS, a Scotch pudding, consisting of minced meat, with oatmeal, beefsuet, onions, etc., boiled in a skin bag HALLAN, a wall screening the door inside a cottage, a partition wall HANTLE, much, a large quantity HARDYKNUTE, a ballad composed by Lady Wardlaw of Pitreavie in Fifeshire, and published in 1719, which made a very strong impression upon Scott, when a boy. It was," he said, "the first poem I ever learned, the last I shall ever forget." HARROW, an old cry for help, an exclamation of distress HECK AND MANGER, AT, in -great abundance, prodigally HERSHIP, plundering, dev astation HET GAD, a hot bar, rod HILDING, a sorry, COW ardly fellow HILLFOLK, the Camer onians (a religious sect) HIRST, a shallow place in driver HOULETTE, LA, ET LE CHALUMEAU, the shepherd's crook and pipe (flute) HOUND'S-FOOT TRICKS. rascally, villanous tricks HOWE O' THE MEARNS, the plain of Kincardineshire HUMANA PERPESSI SU MUS, we have endured the common lot of men HURDIES, buttocks, hips HURLEY-HOUSE, a large house in a bad condition, almost ruinous HYLAX IN LIMINE LATRAT (Varg.. Ecl.. vill.. 107), the dog Hylax at the threshold begins to bark in 1726 (1754) LETTERS OF SLAINS, letters acknowledging that the penalty (fine) for manslaughter has been pa'd LIBER PATER. Father Dionysus or Bacchus LIE (pit and gallows; boots). The word "ie" is thus used in some old Scottish legal documents to call attention to & word or phrase that follows immediately after in the vernacular LIGHTLY, or LICHTLIE, to undervalue, d spise LIGONIER, COUNT an English cavalry officer, of Huguenot descent, served under Marlborough and was captured by the French at the battle of Lawfeldt (1747) LIMMER, a worthless person, male or female LINDOR, the literary type of the amorous Spaniard, with his guitar, s.renades, and sighings the window of his innamorata. Of. The Barber of Beville at LOON, a term of contempt or scorn, meaning "fellow" LUCKENBOOTHS, a block of houses and shops in the High Street of Edinburg, alongside of S. Giles' Cathedral, removed in 1817-18 LUNZIE or LUNYIE, STRING, a sort of belt round the loins or wa.st MAINS, the home-farm and farmstead, usu lly in the hands of the proprie or MAIST EWEST, almost contiguous MAIST FECK, the greater part MALVAISE, malmsey wine MARCHEZ DONC, etc. (p. 344), March then, for God's sake, for I have forgotten the English word; but you are fine fellows, and understand me well enough MARO, the cognomen or nickname of Virgil MARR AND WILLIAMSON A family pamed Merr were all assassinate at Ratcliffe Highway, London, on 8th December, 1811. The Williamson GOGGLED, blundered, spoiled MISTER WIGHT, an oddity, queer fellow MON COEUR VOLAGE, etc (p. 59). My fickle heart, she said, is not for you, young man; it's for a soldier with a beard on his chin, Lon, Lon Laridon. Who wears a plume In his hat, red heels to his shoes, who plays on the flute, also the violin, Lon, etc. MONK, a grew some romance (1795) by Matthew (Monk") Lewis MONOMACHIA, a single combat MOOR IN THE FOREST OF BOHEMIA. Cf. Schi ler's Robbers, of which Carl Moor is the hero' MORE, a customary reply to a toast in some parts of Scotland; ejuivalent to "Let's have it again" MORITUR, ET MORIENS, etc. (p. 415), He is dying and in his death thinks upon his beloved Argos MORNING, an early gram MORT, a flourish of the bugle in imating the death of the game MOUSTED, or MUSTED, powdered MUNGO IN THE PADLOCK, a negro character in Isaac Bickerstaffe's musical comedy The Padlock, first produced at Drury Lane on 3d October, 1768" MUTEMUS CLYPEOS, etc. (p. 56), Let us exchange shields and Adapt the Greeks' insignia for ourselves NASO, the cognomen or nickname of Ovid chaplet of grass conferred by the ancient Romans upon a sold er who raised a siege or successfully maintained one OLD PALACE YARD, at Westminster, in which the pillory stood ORGOGLIO. See Spencer's Faerie Queene, Book I., Canto viii. DRRA-TIME, occasionally. OUTFIELD, land which, though not manured. is cropped year after year until exhausted OUTRECUIDANCE, overweening pride or presumption OUTSIGHT AND INSIGHT PLENISHING, goods that belong to the outside and the inside of the house. respectively OVOUS, QUI BUVEZ. etc. (p. 138), O ye who drink in full cups at this happy source, on whose margin there is nothing to see save some wretched docks, followed by village nymphs, who barefoot drive them on before them OYER AND TERMINER, COMMISSION OF, a court of judges and assize, with ass.stant commissione s and a grand jury, appointed to inquire into, to hear (oyer) and determine (terminer), through a petty jury, all cases of treason, felony, and misdeme a n or within the jurisdiction prescribed by the commission PA, paw; presumably for sword PAITRICK, a partridge PALINODE, in Scots law, a solemn recantation or withdrawal PANGED, crammed, filled PARMI LES AVEUGLES, &c. (p. 339), a one-eyed man is a king among the blind PARTRIDGE, THE SAPIENT, servant to Tom Jones in Fielding's novel of that name PIAFFED, strutted PINGLED, to be caused anxiety, care, labor PINNERS, a head-dress for women, with lappets pinned to the breast PIS-ALLER, last resource, makeshift PIT. Female criminals were not hanged in Scotland in early days, but were drowned in a p.t. PLACK, a Scotch copper. coin, worth one-third of a penny English PLOUGH-SOCK, a ploughshare PLOY, feast, sport, frolic, entertainment POCULUM POTATORIUM, a drinking-cup POTTINGAR, a cook POWTERING, postering, groping, rummaging PROCUL Α PATRIAE FINIBUS, at a great distance from his native country PRONER, to praise or extol in an extravagant manner PROSAPIA, a race, lineage PUER (OR RATHER JUVENIS), &c. (p. 72), a boy (or rather youth) of promise and of parts. QUE DIABLE, &c. (p. 333), What on earth was he doing in that galley at all? See Moliere, Fourberies de Scapin QU'EST CE QUE VOUS APPELLEZ VISAGE, MONSIEUR? What is the word for visage, sir QUINTAIN, RUNNING AT THE, tilting on foot at a square board RECEPTO AMICO, after greeting or receiving a friend RECHEAT, in hunting, the signal of recall from the chase RECTUS IN CURIA, acquitted by the court REDDING, parting combatants the RINTHEREOUTS, vaga bonds, vagrants RISU SOLVUNTUR TABULAE, the whole thing ended in a laugh RITE ET SOLENNITER ACTA ET PERACTA, performed with all due and fitting ceremonies ROKELAY, a short cloak RORY DALL, or Röderick Morison, was harper and bard to the family of Macleod of Macleod In Queen Anne's reign ROW'D, rolled, wrapped ROWT. cried out loud ROYNISH, or ROINISH, mean, paltry RUDAS LOON, & rude, bold fellow RUNT, an old dow bump, wound, indenta- SALVATOR, 1. e., the centio Saviola was an authority on the management of weapons in the duel, as laid down in a book (Eng. trans.) entitled V Saviolo, his Practice (Lond., 1595) SAY (of the deer), a sample, taste SCHELLUM, a low, worthless fellow SCHMIRSCHITZ'S PANDOURS, The Pandours were irregular Hungarian soldiers who made their name notorious by their rapine and cruelty in Bavaria during the war of the Austrian Succession SCOUPING, running, leaping smacks for a long time or what it has contained SHANGS A BROGS, (put) shackles round the feet SHILPIT, weak, insipid SIDIER ROY, red soldiers, Government troops SIKE, a brook, riil SKIG, nothing at all SLIVER, to siice, cut in long thin pieces SMEARING-HOUSE, a hut in which sheep were smeared or salved, or rubbed with a liquid dressing SMOKY, suspicious of a trick SOPITE, to set at rest, settle, a Scots law term SORNAR, OR SORNER, a sturdy beggar; one who exac s lodgings and victuals almost by force SORTED, agreed, put in proper order or condition SOWENS, a kind of gruel made from the soured siftings of oatmeal SPEIRINGS, information SPRACK, lively, anımated 1 SPRE HERY, Insignificant movables, /supposed LO have been collected in a raid SPULZIE, or SPULVIE, snoil, booty SPUNG'D, picked, Spung -to pick a man's pocket STAGSHAWBANK, a Border fair and merry-making STIEVE, inflexible, obstinate STIRK, а steer, young bullock STOOR CARLE, a strong, robust fellow STOT, a bullock or ΟΙ three years old STOUP, or STOOP, a sup port STOUTREIF, theft by violence STRECK DOON, to stretch one's self SWALLOW THE ATTORNEY. See Crabbe's Borough (1810), chap. vi. SY BOES, young onions WANCHANCY, unlucky, dangerous WEISING, guiding, directing, inclining WELLAWAY, an old cry for help, an exclamation of distress WESTMORELAND STATESMAN, a yeoman of Westmoreland WHIN BITS O' SCARTED PAPER, a few pieces of scribbled paper WHINGEING, whining WHITE'S, a London club, in St. James's Street, noted for high play WHITSON-TRYST, a Border fair and merry-mak-, ing, held on a hill two miles from Wooler in Northumberland WILL WIMBLE, a personage in The Spectator > WISKE, to make a quick stroke, brandish WI' THE MALT ABUNE THE MEAL, half-seas ver WUDE WILLIE GRIME, having. it is said, shot a trespasser cn his land, was acquitted by the jury on the ground of maduess YATE, gate U. ABEROROMBY, Mr., 459 INDEX Alexander the Corrector, vill Amhurst, Nicholas, 454 And did you not hear, 450 Arthur's Seat, 268; Scott's youthful Authorship of Waverley, xv. See Wav- Awake on your hills, 137 BALL at Holyrood, 260 Balmawhapple, Laird of, 53; quarrel at Bard of Glennaquoich, 124 Bean Lean, Alice, 106; in the hut, 227; Bear, the Blessed, 56; restored, 429; Beaujeu, Count de, 344 Bickers, 452 Bodach Glas, 350, 414 Black-mail, Highland, 86, 89, 458 Cave of Donald Bean Lean, 101, 104 Clans, Highland, encamped at Edin Creagh on Tully-Veolan, 85 DARK hag, 51 Deasil, 146 Boots, service of, by Bradwardine, 291, Dirk, oath upon, 471 303 Bradshaigh legend, 454 Bradwardine, Baron, 31, 51: receives Donald Bean Lean. See Bean Lean, Doune Castle, 234, 462 Drumming the 119th Psalm, 215 EMBLEM of England's ancient faith, 18 |