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| '''A'''
| '''A'''
| '''A'''
| '''A'''
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| Aberdonian
| to do with Aberdeen
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| ae
| "A" (indefinite article), occasionally "of"
|-
|-
| afore/afoir  
| afore/afoir  
| before
| before
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| airt
| direction (Gaelic: àird)
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| aith  
| aith  
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| baptist  
| baptist  
| baptized
| baptized
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| bard
| poet (Gaelic: bàrd)
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| bastle, bastill house
| a fortified house in the Borders (from French bastille)
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|-
| beand  
| beand  
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| befeir  
| befeir  
| before
| before
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| Borderer
| someone living near the border with England.
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| brither
| brother
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|-
| burgh  
| burgh  
| borough, town
| borough, town with special status
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| burn
| small river or large stream (common in place names)
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|-
| by  
| by  
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| '''C'''  
| '''C'''  
| '''C'''
| '''C'''
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| caird
| a member of the Scottish travelling folk (Gaelic ceàrd meaning artisan)
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|-
| callit  
| callit  
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| calps  
| calps  
| rents (Gaelic: calpa)
| rents (Gaelic: calpa)
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| cateran
| a Highland raider (Gaelic: ceatharnach)
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| clachan
| village (usually with a church; Gaelic: clachan)
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|-
| clan  
| clan  
| A family or kinship group. Mostly in the Highlands and Border area. (Gaelic: clann, meaning children)
| A family or kinship group. Mostly in the Highlands and Border area. (Gaelic: clann, meaning children)
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| Clearances, the Clearances
| Forced eviction from homes. The Highland Clearances are the best known.
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| close
| a collection of apartments
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|-
| compear  
| compear  
| appeared
| appeared
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| cott
| cottage or hut
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| cottar
| tenant farmer
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| Covenanter
| Signatory of the Scottish Covenant, a religious protest against the king. Mostly found in southern Scotland.
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|-
| croft  
| croft  
| small agricultural holding
| small agricultural holding worked by crofters.
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|-
| '''D'''  
| '''D'''  
| '''D'''
| '''D'''
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| dale
| valley in southern Scotland. Dalesmen is an old name for Borderers.
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|-
| defunct  
| defunct  
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| deponed (witness)
| deponed (witness)
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|-
| do  
| do.
| ditto
| abbreviation for ditto
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|-
| dochter  
| dochter  
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| doits  
| doits  
| money (coins)
| money (coins)
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| Dundonian
| of Dundee
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|-
| '''E'''  
| '''E'''  
| '''E'''
| '''E'''
|-
| Episcopalian
| Member of the Scottish Episcopal Church (Anglican). Nickname "Pisky" (sometimes seen as offensive)
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|-
| Erse, Erisch  
| Erse, Erisch  
| meaning Irish, referring to Gaelic culture or language. Often considered offensive.
| meaning Irish, referring to Gaelic culture or language. Often considered offensive. Erischry is equivalent to "Irishry"
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|-
| executor  
| executor  
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| '''F'''
| '''F'''
|-
|-
| fay, fayr  
| fae
| from
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| fay, fayr, faither
| father
| father
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|-
| forby (e)  
| fermtoun
| "farm town", small village often without a church.
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| Fifer
| Someone from Fife
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| firth
| a sea inlet, fjord, estuary
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| forby(e)  
| besides, beyond, in addition
| besides, beyond, in addition
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|-
| fower  
| fower  
| four
| four
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| fra, frae
| from
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| Free Church, Free Kirk
| One of several Presbyterian groups which broke from the Church of Scotland over landlord control.
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| furth
| beyond (often "furth of")
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|-
| '''G'''  
| '''G'''  
| '''G'''
| '''G'''
|-
| Gallovidian, Galwegian
| of Galloway in South West Scotland. Not to be confused with Galway in Ireland.
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| Glaswegian
| of Glasgow
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| glen
| valley (Gaelic: gleann; the Great Glen is the area stretching from Inverness to Fort William)
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|-
| grayne  
| grayne  
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| '''J'''  
| '''J'''  
| '''J'''
| '''J'''
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| Jacobite
| Supporter of the Stuart succession to the throne, especially Charles Edward Stuart (aka Bonnie Prince Charlie). Named for his father James Stuart.
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|-
| jeroy  
| jeroy  
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|-
|-
| kirk, kyrk  
| kirk, kyrk  
| church
| church, capitalised as "the Kirk" is somwtimes a reference to the Church of Scotland, the legally established Presbyterian church.
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|-
| kirkyird  
| kirkton, kirktoun
| "church town", a village with a church
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| kirkyird, kirkyard, kirkyaird
| churchyard, graveyard
| churchyard, graveyard
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| Kist
| coffin or casket (Gaelic: ciste); also a box or chest. Someone who is "kistit" has been put in their coffin.
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|-
| '''L'''  
| '''L'''  
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| title of landholder; related to, but not equivalent to lord
| title of landholder; related to, but not equivalent to lord
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|-
| lammas, lammastide
| Lammas, Lammastide
| formerly 1st August, now the 28th August, corresponding to Celtic festival of Lughnasa
| formerly 1st August, now the 28th August, corresponding to Celtic festival of Lughnasa
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| lass, lassie
| girl
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|-
| lawful  
| lawful  
| legitimate offspring
| legitimate offspring
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|-
| Legitim  
| Legitim, legitimum
| The right of the issue (offspring - including adult issue) to not less than a defined share of the value of the moveable estate of the deceased.
| The right of the issue (offspring - including adult issue) to not less than a defined share of the value of the moveable estate of the deceased.
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| loch
| Usually a lake or a pond, but also a sea inlet (Gaelic: loch). A small one is known as a lochan. Very common in place names.
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| loon, loun
| lad or boy (north east)
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|-
| '''M'''  
| '''M'''  
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| M'  
| M'  
| An archaic form of Mc, found in surnames, from the Gaelic Mac meaning son. "Mc, Mc, M'c, and Mic".
| An archaic form of Mc, found in surnames, from the Gaelic Mac meaning son. "Mc, Mc, M'c, and Mic".
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| mairrit, marriet
| married
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| March
| A border area with England. The West March was an area in Dumfriesshire for example.
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|-
| miln, myln  
| miln, myln  
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| manrent  
| manrent  
| a type of contract, usually military in nature and involving Scottish clans
| a type of contract, usually military in nature and involving Scottish clans
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| mither
| mother
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|-
| mortcloth  
| mortcloth  
| cloth covering body during burial ceremony
| cloth covering body during burial ceremony
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| mortsafe
| a building in a graveyard for locking up bodies to preserve them from graverobbers prior to burial.
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|-
| moy, moyr  
| moy, moyr  
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| often refers to illegitimate off-spring but could be used for legitimate offspring as well
| often refers to illegitimate off-spring but could be used for legitimate offspring as well
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|-
| nevoy  
| nevoy, nephoy
| nephew
| nephew
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| '''O'''  
| '''O'''  
| '''O'''
| '''O'''
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| o, o'
| of, more often to do with a location rather than a grandson as in Ireland.
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|-
| oe, oy  
| oe, oy  
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| '''P'''  
| '''P'''  
| '''P'''
| '''P'''
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| Papist, Pape
| Roman Catholic (note that this term is considered offensive, but does turn up in some old documents)
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|-
| per stipes  
| per stipes  
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| presented
| presented
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|-
| pwir  
| puir, pwir  
| poor
| poor
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| quairfoir  
| quairfoir  
| wherefore
| wherefore
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|  quine
| girl (esp in north east)
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|-
| '''R'''  
| '''R'''  
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| raiefeit  
| raiefeit  
| ratified
| ratified
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| reiver
| Border raider.
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|-
| relict  
| relict  
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| A Scots law term for the delivery of feudal property, typically land. The Register of Sasines is a government office.
| A Scots law term for the delivery of feudal property, typically land. The Register of Sasines is a government office.
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|-
| schew  
| schew, schaw, shaw
| show
| show
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|-
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| sept  
| sept  
| a dependent family within a clan
| a dependent family within a clan
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| shennachie, shenchie
| an oral historian, often a traditional genealogist (Gaelic: seanchaidh). The "ch" is guttural.
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| sic  
| sic  
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| stillborn  
| stillborn  
| born and died same day
| born and died same day, born dead
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| strath
| wide river valley (often found in place names; Gaelic: srath)
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|-
| '''T'''  
| '''T'''  
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| tacksman  
| tacksman  
| member of the Highland middle class, paying a tack to the laird, and often subletting
| member of the Highland middle class, paying a tack to the laird, and often subletting
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| tenement
| a type of flat or apartment found in large Scottish cities
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| Tinker, Tink
| A member of tbe Scottish Travellers (distinct from the Romany). This name is seen as offensive nowadays.
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|-
| tocher  
| tocher  
| dowry (Gaelic: "tachartas")
| dowry (Gaelic: "tachartas")
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| toun, toon
| town
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|-
| twa  
| twa  
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| '''W'''  
| '''W'''  
| '''W'''
| '''W'''
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| water, watter
| a medium sized river (common in place names) or just water
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| wha
| who
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| whilk
| which
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|-
| wreitting  
| wreitting  
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