Chapter 1411 of 1414 · 434 words · ~2 min read

I.

_Icker_, an ear of corn.

_Ieroe_, a great grandchild.

_Ilk_, or _ilka_, each, every.

_Ill-deedie_, mischievous.

_Ill-willie_, ill-natured, malicious, niggardly.

_Ingine_, genius, ingenuity.

_Ingle_, fire, fire-place.

_Ingle-low_, light from the fire, flame from the hearth.

_I rede ye_, I advise ye, I warn ye.

_I'se_, I shall or will.

_Ither_, other, one another.

J.

_Jad_, jade; also a familiar term among country folks for a giddy young girl.

_Jauk_, to dally, to trifle.

_Jaukin'_, trifling, dallying.

_Jauner_, talking, and not always to the purpose.

_Jaup_, a jerk of water; to jerk, as agitated water.

_Jaw_, coarse raillery, to pour out, to shut, to jerk as water.

_Jillet_, a jilt, a giddy girl.

_Jimp_, to jump, slender in the waist, handsome.

_Jink_, to dodge, to turn a corner; a sudden turning, a corner.

_Jink an' diddle_, moving to music, motion of a fiddler's elbow. Starting here and there with a tremulous movement.

_Jinker_, that turns quickly, a gay sprightly girl.

_Jinkin'_, dodging, the quick motion of the bow on the fiddle.

_Jirt_, a jerk, the emission of water, to squirt.

_Jocteleg_, a kind of knife.

_Jouk_, to stoop, to bow the head, to conceal.

_Jow_, to _jow_, a verb, which includes both the swinging motion and pealing sound of a large bell; also the undulation of water.

_Jundie_, to justle, a push with the elbow.

K.

_Kae_, a daw.

_Kail_, colewort, a kind of broth.

_Kailrunt_, the stem of colewort.

_Kain_, fowls, &c., paid as rent by a farmer.

_Kebars_, rafters.

_Kebbuck_, a cheese.

_Keckle_, joyous cry; to cackle as a hen.

_Keek_, a keek, to peep.

_Kelpies_, a sort of mischievous water-spirit, said to haunt fords and ferries at night, especially in storms.

_Ken_, to know; _ken'd_ or _ken't_, knew.

_Kennin_, a small matter.

_Ket-Ketty_, matted, a fleece of wool.

_Kiaught_, carking, anxiety, to be in a flutter.

_Kilt_, to truss up the clothes.

_Kimmer_, a young girl, a gossip.

_Kin'_, kindred.

_Kin'_, kind.

_King's-hood_, a certain part of the entrails of an ox.

_Kintra_, _kintrie_, country.

_Kirn_, the harvest supper, a churn.

_Kirsen_, to christen, to baptize.

_Kist_, a shop-counter.

_Kitchen_, anything that eats with bread, to serve for soup, gravy.

_Kittle_, to tickle, ticklish.

_Kittling_, a young cat. The ace of diamonds is called among rustics the kittlin's e'e.

_Knaggie_, like knags, or points of rocks.

_Knappin-hammer_, a hammer for breaking stones; _knap_, to strike or break.

_Knurlin_, crooked but strong, knotty.

_Knowe_, a small, round hillock, a knoll.

_Kuittle_, to cuddle; _kuitlin_, cuddling, fondling.

_Kye_, cows.

_Kyle_, a district in Ayrshire.

_Kyte_, the belly.

_Kythe_, to discover, to show one's self.