Peltrie, trash. Pit, put. “Plantie cruive,” a kail-yard. Pleugh, a plough. Pouch, a pocket. Puir, poor. Pund Scots = 1s. 8d. sterling. Quaigh, a small wooden cup. Quean, a disrespectful term for a woman. Quern, a hand-mill. Raddman, a councillor. Randy, riotous, disorderly. Ranzelman, a constable. Redding-kaim, a wide-toothed comb for the hair. Reek, smoke. Reimkennar, one who knows mystic rhyme. Reset, a place of shelter. Rigging, a ridge, a roof. Ritt, a scratch or incision. Riva, a cleft in a rock. Rock, a distaff. Rokelay, a short cloak. “Roose the ford,” judge of the ford. Roost, a strong and boisterous current. Rotton, a rat. Sackless, innocent. Sae, so. Sain, to bless. Sair, sore. Sall, shall. Sandie-lavrock, a sand-lark. Sang, a song. Saul, the soul.
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