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dominie n. a schoolmaster, teacher

on 29th Oct 2007

Dominie is a word that can still be found in modern Scots, though at the present time it is often used in reference to educators from a bygone era. In Kate Atkinson's novel, Emotionally Weird (2...

scribe n. a crab-apple

on 22nd Oct 2007

Scribe recently came to my attention thanks to some interesting correspondence on the subject of Ayrshire words. Although this word is still in use, it is a comparatively rare visitor to publish...

tume adj. empty; unoccupied, vacant, etc.

on 16th Oct 2007

Tume is derived from two closely-related Old Norse and Old English words of similar form and meaning. It was in use in England until about the fifteenth century, but has since become restricted ...

kythe v. show, reveal, become manifest; take after, resemble

on 16th Oct 2007

Kythe appeared to be a word on the decline when the Concise Scots Dictionary was produced in the mid-1980s, but since then it has put in an appearance in a variety of literary texts. In Simon Ta...

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