(_The Figures refer to the Letters._)
_Abjects_; persons in the lowest grade of society. 291.
_Accidents_; incidental accompaniments, not essential. 293.
_Account-book_; journal of translations. 122, 124.
_Acquaint_; personally known.
_Ado_; Adjective, in the sense of _a-stir_. 97, 99, 181. Noun; occupation,[533] trouble, concerns. 97, 99, 181, 184, 226, 250.
_Affect_; to love, have affection to. 4, 67, 174, 274, etc.--So in Gal. iv. 17, etc.
_After-supper_; latest part of the day, between supper and bed-time. 82.
_Agent_; advocate. 86.
_Airt_, or _airth_; quarter of the heavens, direction. 41, 167, 229, etc.
_All_; "to all power," to the utmost of my power.
_Allow_; to give an allowance. 105, 242, 287.
_Alone_; for only. 231, etc.
_Alongst_; along, side by side with. 363.
_Always_; although, notwithstanding. (Fr., _toute-fois_.) 249, 336, 337.
_Anchor-tow_; the cable. 107.
_And_, or _an_; the conjunction "_if_." (Gr., ἐαν.)
_Anent_; concerning, over-against. 110, 234, etc.
_Annual_; yearly rent, quit-rent. 119.
_Annuity_; quit-rent. 70.
_As_; than. 306. --It is the German "_als_," and is still a common word in the south of Scotland.
_A-swoon_; in a swoon, or faint. 110, 186, 249.
_Athort_; athwart, across. 243.
_Aught_; to own. The Noun; possession, property. 247, 293. So used by Gavin Douglas.
_Awsome_; fitted to overawe. 190, 219, 281, 317.
_Back._ The Verb intr. means: "to be unfortunate." 62. The Verb trans.: "to help on." 128, 149, 200, 229, etc. In a sermon on Zech. xi. 9, "The Godhead _backed_ him, and convoyed him to the bar of God's justice."
_Back-bond_; a bond given after a former bond, declaring the person who gave the first bond free. 118, 265, 291.
_Back-burden_; laid on a person's back. 288.
_Back-entry_; back-door. 277.
_Back-friend_; friend to back you or help. 199. So in a sermon on Rev. xix.
_Back-over_; backward, quite in the other direction. 276.
_Back-set_; a thrust back. 167.
_Bailie_; magistrate. 138, etc.
_Bairns_; children. 18, 20, 106, 293, etc.
_Bairnteme_; family of children by one mother. 105, 106. Peden speaks of the Church "with her bonny bairn-teme." In Norse, "toma" signifies to bring forth.
_Balk_; beam for suspending scales. 225, 261.
_Band_; a bond, engagement. 18.--"_To take band with_" is to unite, _q.d._, bind together. 46, 189, 292, 358. "_Keep band_," the same. 42.
_Bankful_; full like a river up to the top of its bank. 169, 257.
_Bann_; to curse in the form of a minced oath. 147.
_Beguile_, Noun; deception, trick, disappointment. 176, 205, 353.
_Behind with one_; coming short of his due. 152, 157.
_Being-place_; may be a misprint for "_bigging_," _i.e._ building. 192.
_Bemist_; involved in mist, like _benight_. 118, 169, 176. --See also "_misted_." 59, 223.
_Ben_; (_q.d._ being in), in the inner chamber, within. 20.
_Beside_; apart from, contrary to. 266, 271.
_Better cheap._--See _Cheap_.
_Bidding_; command. "_To sit a b._," to fail in prompt obedience. 43.
_Bide_; stand, wait for, endure. 23, etc. --"_Law-biding_," ready to meet the law, instead of fleeing. 106, 107, 222, 302. Knox's Work, vi. 593, etc.
_Bide out_; hold out. 85.
_Big_, Verb; to build.
_Binding._ The phrase, "to take binding," is the same as to "take band." 20, 43.
_Binks_; benches. 285.
_Bird-mouthed_; mealy-mouthed. 181. In this phrase _bird_ is the _young_, or _chicken_; hence, the sense of softness.
_Bite upon_; leave the mark of their teeth. 84.
_Black-shame_; utter shame; so very dark. 130. So in 272 he writes, "black nothing."
_Blae_; pale, unsatisfactory hue. 262. As in the phrase, "to look blue."
_Blaflume_, or _blayflume_, or _bleflume_; a mere sham, air-bubble; from _blaw_, or blow. 225, 249. Same as "blellum," one good for nothing.
_Bleeze_; a sudden flaming up. 82.
_Blench_; a piece of white money; a mere peppercorn or nominal rent. 254. (Fr., "_blanc_.")
_Blenk_, or _blink_; a gleam, slight glance. 50, 57, etc.
_Blind_; a cheat, disappointment. 212.
_Block_; a bargain. The Verb; to bargain, plan, scheme. 20, 100, 106, 163, 200.
_Bloom_; blossom. 90, 93, 184, 185, 193.
_Bludder_, or _bluther_; to bleer, disfigure the face with weeping, or the like. 105, 138.
_Board_; table. "Boardhead," head of the dinner-table. 30, 104, 107, 177, 249. _Over the board_, 190. The seller, when he handed the goods to the buyer, "over the board," drank good luck to him. And so this came to be a phrase for _formally giving up_ or renouncing.
_Bode_; to offer with view to a bargain. 177, 186. It is allied in sense to "_bait_." Sibbs uses "_bawd_" (on 2 Cor. i. 3).
_Boist_, or _bost_, and sometimes written _boasts_; to threaten with a blow. 101, 211, 226, 291. It is connected with "boisterous."
_Borne in_; forcibly brought into the mind. 249.
_Borrow and lend_; to have dealings with. 98, 109.
_Borrows_; security in law, an Anglo-Saxon word. "_To die in borrows_," to fail in security.--See _Burrows_.