Definitions
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gwynhefarfrid: (n) Supernatural creature or fairy of Scottish Highland folklore who lives in or under rocks and devours all spilled milk or crumbs.
korrigan: (n) The name of a fairy or witch in Breton folklore, noted especially for stealing children.
peerie: (adj) In Scots: Small, diminutive, tiny.
lunder/lunda: (n) A Scandinavian name for the puffin.
lug: (n) 1. A long stick or pole; the branch or limb of a tree.
2. A measure of length: a pole or perch, varying according to local custom; usually of 16 feet, sometimes of 15, 18, 20, or 21 feet
3. One of the flaps or lappets of a cap or bonnet, covering the ears.
4. In Scots: an ear; in other areas the lobe of the ear or a large ugly ear.
5. An object resembling the external ear.
6. The handle of a pitcher, etc. Also technically in various uses, denoting an appendage by which an object may be lifted or suspended
7. The side-wall (of a fire-place or other recess); a (chimney) corner.
8. A demand for borrowed or exacted money.
9. A lower quality of tobacco leaf.
10. Used contemptuously of a person: a lout, a sponger.
11. Something heavy and clumsy.
12. A large marine worm (Arenicola marina) which burrows in the sands of our coasts and is much used for bait.
13. A four-cornered sail, bent upon a yard which is slung at about one-third or one-fourth of its length from one end, and so hangs obliquely.
14. The action of lugging; a rough pull.
sheil: (v) To shell; to take off the husk or outer covering of.
mavis: (n) 1. The song thrush, Turdus philomelos.
2. The brown thrasher, Toxostoma rufum (family Mimidae), a thrush-like songbird of North America.
3. A kind of tobacco.
smoor: (v) 1. To undergo smothering.
2. To conceal or hide; to suppress; to deaden, stupefy, etc.
3. To smother, stifle, suffocate; especially to deprive of life by suffocation.
4. To put out or extinguish (a light or fire). Also in figurative context.
trow: (n) 1. Belief; faith, trust.
2. Fancy, supposition.
3. Faith as pledged, covenant.
4. A name for various kinds of boats or barges: specifically, formerly, on the Severn, a large flat-bottomed sailing barge; in the south of Scotland and north of England, a double canoe or boat used in spearing salmon by torch-light; on the south coast of England, a small flat-bottomed boat used in herring-fishing.
5. Toll, custom; payment for some privilege.
6. A type of troll in Orkney and Shetland.
corrie/corry: (n) The name given in the Scottish Highlands to a more or less circular hollow on a mountain side, surrounded with steep slopes or precipices except at the lowest part, whence a stream usually flows.
sturk: (n) 1. A young bullock or heifer, usually between one and two years old.
2. Used as a term of abuse: a foolish person.
cluricaun: (n) In Irish mythology, an elf having the appearance of a tiny old man.
korrigan: (n) The name of a fairy or witch in Breton folklore, noted especially for stealing children.
peerie: (adj) In Scots: Small, diminutive, tiny.
lunder/lunda: (n) A Scandinavian name for the puffin.
lug: (n) 1. A long stick or pole; the branch or limb of a tree.
2. A measure of length: a pole or perch, varying according to local custom; usually of 16 feet, sometimes of 15, 18, 20, or 21 feet
3. One of the flaps or lappets of a cap or bonnet, covering the ears.
4. In Scots: an ear; in other areas the lobe of the ear or a large ugly ear.
5. An object resembling the external ear.
6. The handle of a pitcher, etc. Also technically in various uses, denoting an appendage by which an object may be lifted or suspended
7. The side-wall (of a fire-place or other recess); a (chimney) corner.
8. A demand for borrowed or exacted money.
9. A lower quality of tobacco leaf.
10. Used contemptuously of a person: a lout, a sponger.
11. Something heavy and clumsy.
12. A large marine worm (Arenicola marina) which burrows in the sands of our coasts and is much used for bait.
13. A four-cornered sail, bent upon a yard which is slung at about one-third or one-fourth of its length from one end, and so hangs obliquely.
14. The action of lugging; a rough pull.
sheil: (v) To shell; to take off the husk or outer covering of.
mavis: (n) 1. The song thrush, Turdus philomelos.
2. The brown thrasher, Toxostoma rufum (family Mimidae), a thrush-like songbird of North America.
3. A kind of tobacco.
smoor: (v) 1. To undergo smothering.
2. To conceal or hide; to suppress; to deaden, stupefy, etc.
3. To smother, stifle, suffocate; especially to deprive of life by suffocation.
4. To put out or extinguish (a light or fire). Also in figurative context.
trow: (n) 1. Belief; faith, trust.
2. Fancy, supposition.
3. Faith as pledged, covenant.
4. A name for various kinds of boats or barges: specifically, formerly, on the Severn, a large flat-bottomed sailing barge; in the south of Scotland and north of England, a double canoe or boat used in spearing salmon by torch-light; on the south coast of England, a small flat-bottomed boat used in herring-fishing.
5. Toll, custom; payment for some privilege.
6. A type of troll in Orkney and Shetland.
corrie/corry: (n) The name given in the Scottish Highlands to a more or less circular hollow on a mountain side, surrounded with steep slopes or precipices except at the lowest part, whence a stream usually flows.
sturk: (n) 1. A young bullock or heifer, usually between one and two years old.
2. Used as a term of abuse: a foolish person.
cluricaun: (n) In Irish mythology, an elf having the appearance of a tiny old man.
