The Pirate Part 37

Sough, a sigh; to emit a rushing or whistling sound.

Spreacherie, movables.

s.p.u.n.k, a match.

Stack, an insulated precipitous rock.

"Stilts of plough," handles.

St.i.thy, an anvil.

Stot, a bullock.

Streek, to stretch.

Striddle, to straddle.

Sucken, mill dues.

Suld, should.

Sumph, a lubberly fellow.

Sune, soon.

Swalled, swollen.

Swap, to exchange.

Syne, since, ago.

Syver, a sewer.

Tacksman, a tenant of the higher cla.s.s.

Taen, taken.

Tane, the one.

Tangs, tongs.

Thae, these, those.

Theekit, thatched.

Thegither, together.

Thigger, a beggar.

Thigging, begging.

Thirl, the obligation on a tenant to have his flour ground at a certain mill.

Thirled, bound to.

Thole, to endure.

Thrawart, forward, perverse.

t.i.ther, the other.

t.i.ttie, a little sister.

Tocher, dowry, estate.

Toom, empty.

Tows, ropes.

Toy, a linen or woollen headdress hanging down over the shoulders.

"Tree and tow," the gallows.

Trindle, to trundle.

Trock, to barter.

Trow, to believe, to think, to guess.

Trow or Drow, a spirit or elf believed in by the Norse.

Twa, two.

Twal, twelve.

Twiscar, tuskar, a spade for cutting peats.

Udaller, a freehold proprietor.

Ultima Thule, farthest Thule.

Ulzie, oil.

Umquhile, the late.

Uncanny, dangerous; supposed to possess supernatural powers.