/>   aught, eight.

  aught, possessed of.

  aughten, eighteen.

  aughtlins, at all.

  auld, old.

  auldfarran, auldfarrant, shrewd, old-fashioned, sagacious.

  auld reekie, edinburgh.

  auld-warld, old-world.

  aumous, alms.

  ava, at all.

  awa, away.

  awald, backways and doubled up.

  awauk, awake.

  awauken, awaken.

  awe, owe.

  awkart, awkward.

  awnie, bearded.

  ayont, beyond.

  ba', a ball.

  backet, bucket, box.

  backit, backed.

  backlinsin,ing back.

  back-yett, gate at the back.

  bade, endured.

  bade, asked.

  baggie, stomach.

  baig'nets, bayonets.

  baillie, magistrate of a scots burgh.

  bainie, bony.

  bairn, child.

  bairntime, brood.

  baith, both.

  bakes, biscuits.

  ballats, ballads.

  balou, lullaby.

  ban, swear.

  ban', band (of the presbyterian clergyman).

  bane, bone.

  bang, an effort; a blow; a large number.

  bang, to thump.

  banie, v. bainie.

  bannet, bonnet.

  bannock, bonnock, a thick oatmeal cake.

  bardie, dim. of bard.

  barefit, barefooted.

  barket, barked.

  barley-brie, or bree, barley-brew-ale or whiskey.

  barm, yeast.

  barmie, yeasty.

  barn-yard, stackyard.

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