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maiden names, with an alas. Thus 
Lapy Watuacer would be termed 
Dame FEglantine Maxwell, alias Wal- 
gee. , 
Reh 3 widow—and widow is often uled 
for widower. 
To tramp clothes; a mode of wafhing pe- 
culiar to North Britain. The Scotch 
Jafs, without-ceremony, fits (tucks) her 
petticoats above her knees and tramples 
erdances upon the linen, in a tub, re- 
gardlefs of the obfervations of the {pec- 
tators. Thiscuftom is congenial to the 
difpofition of Scots, from its economy, 
both in refpeét of foap and labour, but 
it cannot be altogether defended on the 
fcore of decorum. It, however, certainly 
indicates primeval innocence and fim- 
plicity. * They are naked and are not 
_ afhamed.” 
Frefes; prefident, or chairman. 
I reckon it will be rain—I think it will 
rain. 
Both the Irifh and Scots mifapply /bcll 
and «will, as well as /hould and would, 
A celebrated grammarian has advifed a 
Simple and never failing method in 
this refpeét. Let (fays Mr. Horne 
Tooke) a Scotchman or Irifhman, 
write on as it comes naturally, to him; 
then go over what he has written, and 
wherever he finds will fubftitute fhall ; 
and where there is /ball correct it to 
ewilj. . Ludicrous as this may appear, 
it perhaps might be practically ufeful. 
‘The Scots, however, are not io apt to 
 miftake fhall for will as the contrary. 
‘You will jome day repent it; you will one 
day repent it. 
‘Twenty years or thereby ; or thereabouts. 
He fubjifts bis mother ; Supports his mother. 
A ftair is ufed for a flight of fairs; and 
a winding ftair-cafe is called a turnpike. 
Up the ftair---up the fireet; up fairs; up 
ftreets. 
Troufe are pantaloons, and fuppofed to be 
the ancient Scottifh drefs. ‘The flabeg 
or kilt,.a mere modern fafhion, is the 
Sittle petticoat worn by the Highlanders. 
Brogues are a particular kind of thoes, 
the fole and upper leathers of which, 
are nearly of the fame confiftence. 
A tender woman ; a weakly woman. 
I flipped a foot; my foot flipped. 
Speak to me---tell my fervant to fpeak ta 
me ; let me fpeak to you---tell my fer- 
vant I want hin, or I want to {peak to 
hin. 
¥ think I hear his word; I think, ¥ hear 
his voice. 
Y never witneffed any thing fo difagreea- 
ote Tnever faw any thing {0 difagrees 
able. 
Lift of § cotticifins. 
[Dec. 
‘The Scots are fo fond of tranf{portations 
that a_perfon tranflated from one parifh 
to another, is faid to be tran/fported. 
The diminutives in the Scottifh tongue 
give it confiderable beauty, as doggy, 
catty, manny, &c. AA double diminutive 
is fometimes formed, as mannikin; but 
they are not fatisfied even with this, ¥ 
have repeatedly heard of a very litile 
mannikin. 
‘It is fmply impofibie; abfolutely impof- 
fible. 
He would not fuftazz my excufe; admit. 
my excufe. 
Vacance; vacation. 
Where ave you going; whither. This 
error is common in England, 
He walks through his fleep ; he walks in his 
fleep. 
Superplus; furplus. 
Sparfe writing ; \loofe writing. 
A fcroll; a dratt of a writing, 
A brander 5 a gridiron. 
A griddle, on which the Scotch baznocky 
- (cakes). are baked, 1s univerfally pro- 
nounced girdle. 
For my oven foare; for my own part. 
On Sunday's moriung ; Sanday morning, . 
She is fome better; f{omewhat better. 
It anfwered to awifh; as I wifhed. 
/ 
t 
Wrongous imprifonment; talfe imprifoa- - 
ment. : 
A tenement; a houfe---thus in a legal 
conveyance we find this defcription ; 
‘© All aud haill (whole) that tenement of 
land, back and fore, high and laigh 
(low) under and above, fiuate, Se.” 
To want; to require. 
I wrate him on Sunday; I wrote to him. 
I caufed makeatable; I ordered a table 
to be made, or had a table made. 
A timber leg; a wooden leg—a timbex 
land; a wood heule. . 
Tam iz ufe to ride; accuftomed to ride. 
In moft countries the names of places are — 
apt to be corrupted. This is remark- — 
ably the cafe in Scotland; of which I 
fhall fatisfy myfelf with a few ftriking 
exainples, Goodtrees and Fountain 
bridge are pronounced Gulters and Foul- 
briggs, (not remarkably defcriptive of 
their cleanlinefs). Reltelridge is Laj- 
ferric, and Ulyffes-haven, Ufan. Where 
a foreign name has been unfortunately 
given to a place, it is fure to he man— 
gled. Thus a village in the vicinity 
of Edinburgh, originally called Bour- 
deaux, is known only by the name o 
Burdiehoufe---Bella-Retira foon became 
Bell Rattray, and L’Eglife de Marie is 
Ligfmaleery. 
i fhall only add to what I have aid, the 
following 
