emsp;nick, to sever; to slit; to nail, to seize away.

  nickie-ben, v. nick.

  nick-nackets, curiosities.

  nicks, cuts; the rings on a cow's horns.

  nieve, the fist.

  nieve-fu', fistful.

  niffer, exchange.

  nit, a nut.

  no, not.

  nocht, nothing.

  norland, northern.

  nowt, nowte, cattle.

  o', of.

  o'erword, the refrain; catchword.

  onie, any.

  or, ere, before.

  orra, extra.

  o't, of it.

  ought, aught.

  oughtlins, aughtlins, aught in the least; at all.

  ourie, shivering, drooping.

  outler, unhoused.

  owre, over, too.

  owsen, oxen.

  owthor, author.

  oxter'd, held up under the arms.

  pack an' thick, confidential.

  paidle, to paddle, to wade; to walk with a weak action.

  paidle, nail-bag.

  painch, the paunch.

  paitrick, a partridge; used equivocally of a wanton girl.

  pang, to cram.

  parishen, the parish.

  parritch, porridge.

  parritch-pats, porridge-pots.

  pat, pot.

  pat, put.

  pattle, pettle, a plow-staff.

  paughty, haughty.

  paukie, pauky, pawkie, artful, sly.

  pechan, the stomach.

  pechin, panting, blowing.

  penny-fee, wage in money.

  penny-wheep, small beer.

  pettle, v. pattle.

  philibeg, the highlander's kilt.

  phraisin, flattering, wheedling.