Munro
a Scottish peak of 3000 feet or over
all the big Munros
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The Professor’s Word of the Day
A Scots word, its meaning and a wee example. A new entry every morning.
Suggest a word →Laddie
a boy or youth
a wee laddie
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Sporran
leather pouch worn by Highlander
money in his sporran
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Lass
a girl or young woman
bonnie lass
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Craze
to render infirm through injury or age
sair-craist banes
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Straw
straw, or something made of straw
strae cloaths
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Thrawn
Twisted, crooked, distorted, misshapen, deformed
thrawn leg
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Guddle
to catch fish by groping with hands under stones or stream banks
guddling trout
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Rampage
to rage furiously, rave, or play roughly
he rampaged in her choler
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Scunner
to feel disgust or nausea
I scunner at the smell
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Wean
A child, especially a young child before their teens
The wean is greetin'
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Scone
a large round cake of wheat or barley flour
a currant scone
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Tattie
a potato
tawties
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Michty
Stately, haughty, or disgraceful
It's most michty
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Scran
Food, especially in odd or miscellaneous pieces
a cutty, To prie' gin aunty's scran was lucky
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Clarty
Dirty, muddy, or sticky
clartie oven
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Sassenach
English, English-speaking, or an English person
The Sassenach laird
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Braw
fine, splendid, or excellent
That's braw stuff!
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Ken
to know or be aware of something
I ken
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Crivvens
an expression of surprise or shock
Crivvens, that's a shock!
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Blether
to talk nonsense
He's bletherin'
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Bairn
A child, male or female; offspring of any age
oor bairn
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