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afool; afowl. Thus Provoft Wilfcn, 
of Edinburgh, when examined at the 
bar of the houfe of lords, refpeéting the 
celebrated Porteous-mob, was aiked by 
the then minifer, the duke of New- 
caftle, what kind of fhot captain Por- 
teous’s foldiers fired among the people: 
He anfwered, ‘* what we shoot at dewkes 
and fools’*---an expreffion which his 
Grace did not feem to relifh. 
AA garden is termed a yard---a yard a clafs 
---clofs is alfo ufed tor a narrow court 
or lane---wynd, for a lane fomewhat 
wider. 
Every field is called aperk---a wall (often 
built of a few loofe ftones, placed as it 
were by chance one upon another) 1s 
denominated a dyke. 
Pleaiure grounds, a policy. 
‘To take {nuff, they call to fruf. 
I have nothing ado; to do. 
I would die before I would break my pro- 
mife---rather than break. 
Brew/jicr and Baxter ; brewer, baker. 
Black fugar, liquorice. 
Coufin g-rmans ; coufins germain---court- 
mariials; courts-martial, This inac- 
curacy occurs alfo in England. . 
To draw the table---to take away; to 
clear the table. A drawer; a waiter. 
Admirality, admiralty. 
He left hhis fortun: to his brother, and 
failing him and his beirs to his coufn. 
In defztlt—in deteét of---on failure of 
him ana his heirs. 
Indeed 20; no indeed, 
To look ower aletier; to infpe& it, to 
read it. 
Give me a clean plate. This vulgari{m 
is to be heard at an Englith table ; but, 
in Scotland it is much more common. 
weer 3 means in Englifh odd, particular; 
“in Scotland, it fignifies comical, hu- 
morous. 
Spice 5 pepper. 
Sweet buiter ; fyeth butter. - 
Rizerd haddocks ; dvied haddocks. 
So foon as 1 receive your letter ¥ fhall 
fend an anfwer.. Asfoon as. 
Timeous, timeau/y---timely. : 
I turned fick ; became fick, grew fick. 
To take om for a foldier; to init. This 
word has the authority of Smollet. 
I weary when I am alone; I become 
weary. 
My whcle friends are again mes all my 
friends. 
To week fiockings ; to knit ftockings. 
To adduce evidence ; to bring evidence. 
A by-iable ya fide-table. 
A. big coat, a great coat. 
Lift of Scottici/ms. 
[Dec.. 
A. pair of blankets ; this is ufed not only 
for adoudrle blanket, but often for 4 
fingle one. - 
Your fon is turning wery lig; grewi 
Y 2 ig; grewing 
very tall. 
Stour; dul inmotion. The Scots pride 
themfelves much upon this werd, as 
having no fynonym in the Englith lan- 
sthrang ; crowded, 
appetized for my dinner ; Y have 
gota good appetite for dinner. 
Servet (Servicite, Fr.), 1s uled for anap- ° 
kin—zeplin agai fer a handkerchiet. 
Ajset (Afeite, Fr.), adifh. 
Covert, (Fr.) a counterpane. 
7 ig 
odcizg.all uahinifelf, with aivers eafe~ 
gcais, to fet; 1s the common file of a 
There is n0 matter: no matter. 
The xeck of a coat or fhirt, for the cape 
or collar. 
Monday frft: Monday next. 
He is much diffrefed with an inward 
trouble. Difordered in his inward parts. 
A tooth-fick; a pick-tooth. ; 
To beat butter ; to melt butter, 
Hard fib; dry, or falt fith. 
After the exfivy of a year ; expiration. 
A faint; a tainting fit. 
He fevered, or he took the fewer. He 
caught a fever; or was feized with a 
fever. dee 
A tea kitchen; a tea urn. 
To walk a minuet; to dance a minuet. 
To follow out a plan ; to execute. 
To find a paiz, and to feel a fmell, are 
common Scotticifms. The poet THOM- 
SON, who was a Scotchman, goes ftill 
farther when he fays, to tafle the fmell 
of dairy. 
He took on for a feldier ; lifted fora fol- 
dier. This has the authority of SMOL- 
Bea. 
Annual rcnt ; intereft of money. 
How foca I got heme ; as {oon as. 
A fore bead; ahead ach—a fore belly; 
cholic. 
Scots is continually ufed for Scotch, or 
rather Scottith. Thus a new{paper ts 
now publifhed at Edinburgh, called the 
Scots Clronicle. This wold properly 
mean, the Chroniele of the Scots; tor 
Scots is good word, as the plural of 
Scot. 
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