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Collie, shepherd's dog.— y. In Brockett's Glossary of N. English 



Words, 1825. 

 Daft. In Langland's " Piers the riowmaii," it means a stupid, a 

 dolt. 



" Thou flobert, daffe, quo she, dull are thy wits." 

 Deck. In Moniaive old jieople talked of a deck of cards, meaning 



a pack. This meaning is not noticed by Jamieson. 

 Dwined, wasted. — J. Chaucer's " Eomaunt of the Rose." 

 Dool, grief.—/. 



And I alone left all sole, 

 Full of complaint and of dole. 



— Chaucer's " Romaunt of the Hose." 

 To Dric or Drc, to suffer ; to endure. Chaucer, ibid. — J. 

 Dicht.—J., and in Dumfriesshire to clean, to wipe. 

 Bight, to order, prepare, dress, adorn. — Spenser. 

 Eild, Eld, advanced age, old people.— y. 



" And doth beg the alms of palsied eld." 



Sh. Meamire for Measure. 

 Eyen. Thir. plural, and also shoon for shoes, are found in all three 



authors. 

 Foisonkss. \Ye have this adjective meaning dry, sapless, without 

 pith. — J. The word Foysons, for abundance, is found in 

 Spenser and Shakespeare. 

 Feat. In the ballad of Aiken Drum, by a Galloway man, we are 

 told of a wife " fond of a' things feat." Shakespeare uses 

 feat in the sense of nice, exact. In " The Tempest " we have 

 the comparative degree. 



" Look how my garments sit upon me, much f eater than before." 

 Fern, Fer7ie, before. — Ch. In J. Fern year, the preceding year. 

 Mr Baird of Sanquhar has heard the word so used in South 

 Ayj'shire, 

 Frush, Frusch, brittle ; dry ; cruml^ling. — -J. Shakespeare uses it 

 as a verb, meaning to break. 



" I'll frush it, and unlock the rivets all." — Tro'dus and Crennida. 

 Gab, to talk idly. In Chaucer it means to lie. 



" Gab I of this ?" i.e., " Do I lie concerning this ?" 

 Gipe, Gipon, Jupe, upper frock or cassock ; a word known to 

 country lasses of the old school. In Chaucer's " Romaunt of 

 the Rose " and 75th line Canterbury Tales. 

 " Of fustian he wered a gipon. — /. 

 Glcde, a burning coal. — Ch. In Captain Dennistoun's Battle of 

 Craigneddin, published in Galloway about the beginning of 

 the century. I don't recollect hearing the word. — [. 



