CRABBIT
(cra-bit) Dialect, chiefly Scot. ~adj. 1. ill-tempered, grumpy, curt, disagreeable; in a bad mood [esp. in the morning]. ( often used in " ken this, yer a crabbit get, so you are") ~n. by their nature or temperament conveys an aura of irritability.

EEJIT
(ee-jit) Dialect, chiefly Scot. ~n. 1. idiot, simpleton, one not possessed of all their mental faculties; one who is unable to properly conduct their own affairs ( as in " Yer aff yer heid, ya eejit. That's no' a real dug" ). [ See also bawheid, dunderhead]

FOUTER
(foo-tir) Dialect, chiefly Scot, ~n. 1.one who muddles through; aimless, exasperating person ("Yer a fouter, gie it tae me, ah'll dae it"). 2. a fiddly or troublesome job (" This is a right fouter, this"). ~adv. foutering ( "Yer foutering aboot. Stope it!") [Similar to gitter]

GLAIKIT
('glai-kit) Dialect, chiefly Scot. ~adj. 1. (intr.) stupid: senseless, silly. ( often in"he stood there wi' a glaikit look oan his fizzog") 2. (tr.) giddy, thoughtless. 3. affected 4. petty.

SKIVER
(sky-ver) Dialect, chiefly Scot. ~ n. 1. one who avoids tasks or work in general; a shirker. [also sloper]. ~ v. skive ("Ah cannae be arsed wi' this - ah'm away fur a skive") 2. splinter of wood embedded in the skin (also skelf)

BESOM
(biz-um) bisom Dialect, chiefly Scot. ~n. 1. obstreperous girl or woman; female upstart [as in "Dinnae pou' yer brither's hair, ya wee besom"]. 2. woman of low moral standing; a hussy ( "Thon yin's a right mucky besom"). 3. broomstick or scourge; any broom made from loose twigs. 4. a comet or its tail.

CANNY
(can-y) Dialect, chiefly Scot. ~adj. 1. cautious, careful, hesitant; unwilling to rush into things. 2. frugal, prudent (esp. with money) [a canny scot- one who has an aversion to separating money from his pocket] ( as in " He's that canny he aye pays for his round wi' empty lemonade bottles").

FANKLE
(fan-kle) Dialect, chiefly Scot. ~v. 1. to entangle, twist. 2.to knot. 3. to coil, wind. 4. to disorder, complicate. ~n. 5. an entanglement (used in "Dinnae get yersel' in a fankle").

GALLUS
(ga-luss) Dialect, chiefly Scot. ~adj. 1, self-confident, daring; cheeky. 2. stylish, impressive (" See him, he's pure gallus, by the way") 3. Orig. derogatory, meaning wild; a rascal; deserving to be hanged ( from the gallows).

SCUNNER
('scun-ner) Dialect, chiefly Scot. ~vb. 1.(intr.) to feel aversion. 2. (tr.) to produce a feeling of aversion in. ~n 3. a strong feeling of aversion ( often in take a scunner, or " git oot o' ma face ya wee scunner" ) 4. an object of dislike; nuisance, [c] 4: from Scot. skunner, from ?]

STEAMIN'
(stee-min) Slang, chiefly Scot. ~adj. drunk, inebriated, the state of having consumed too much bevy. ( see also "guttered,fu', pissed, gassed, blootered, stoned, miraculous, legless, smashed, minced, wrecked, mingin', welly'd, mortal, arsed, blitzed, blazin', hingin', buckled)

FITBA'
(fit-baw) Dialect, chiefly Scot. ~n. 1. (m) the beautiful game 2. (f) stupid game involving 22 grown men (and 3 officials of dubious parentage and eyesight) kicking a lump of leather around a field, often sparking irrational behaviour, bad language and blind devotion to a team or player, to the detriment of normal marital relations. ( see fitba' widow)

SASSENACH
(sass-y-nak) sic. Dialect, chiefly Scot. ~n. 1. an Englishman or -woman 2. used by highlanders to describe non-Gaelic-speaking Lowlander [from the Gaelic sasunnach, meaning Saxon ] 3. someone who actually understands the rules of cricket and mentions 1966 every bloody chance they get (see Jimmy Hill).

TEUCHTER
(choo-chter) Dialect, chiefly Scot. ~n. 1. (trad.) one who derives from the Highlands of Scotland ( a Hielander); more commonly used by city folk to describe rural dwellers. 2. Gaelic-speaker (mostly to each other) esp. at strange gatherings known as Mods. [definitely not Rockers]. Occassionally partakes of a wee dram. ( also heuchter teuchter).

BRAW
(br-aww) Dialect, chiefly Scot. ~adj. 1. fine, pleasant esp. weather. ("It's a braw day the day" or "It's a braw, bricht, moonlicht night the nicht.") 2. attractive, pretty, often in "You're really braw, hen. Fancy a Ruby Murray?"

GALOOT
(gah-loot) Dialect, chiefly Scot. ~n. 1. (trad.) bumbling fool; slow witted person (as in "Och that's no a tour guide. It's a naked rambler, ya daft goloot!"). 2. awkward, clumsy or gangly.

GOWF
(gow-ff) Dialect, chiefly Scot. ~n. 1. 1. golf; sport involving hitting a little white ball with a club until it goes into a little hole in the ground, all the while attempting to avoid long grass, sand, water hazards, various widlife and losing your balls. 2. an excuse to get away from one's life partner for a while for just a wee bit of peace and quiet.  (freq. "Ach, you're dae'in ma heid in. Ah'm awa' tae the gowf")

MAUCHIT
(maw-kit) Dialect, chiefly Scot. ~adj. 1. dirty, filthy, sticky, muddy.cf. mauchy, mochy, maukie, Mawkit, (see also Manky, Clarty) (often used in "Lookit the colour o' ye, ya mauchit we to'rag")

WABBIT
(wah-bit) Dialect, chiefly Scot. ~adj. 1. exhausted, out of breath; unable to function due to extreme tiredness (as in "Playin' wi' thae weans has gote me wabbit") [similar to puggled]