Word origins

• marTo spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage.
• loanAn act or instance of lending, an act or instance of granting something for temporary use.
• grantTo give (permission or wish).
• IanA male given name from Scottish Gaelic Eòin, equivalent to English John.
• modAn unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in England in the 1960s, characterized by ankle-length black trenchcoats and sunglasses.
• CampbellA British breed of domestic duck developed at Uley, in Gloucestershire, England, at the turn of the 20th century.
• DonaldA male given name from Scottish Gaelic.
• CameronA Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
• RonaldA male given name from the Germanic languages.
• FalklandA village and former royal burgh in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO2507).
• DundeeA city in Scotland.
• KnoxA Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
• albaA type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn.
• McCartneyAn Irish surname from Scottish Gaelic, notably of Sir Paul McCartney (b. 1942), one of the Beatles.
• gallowayOne of a breed of beef-producing cattle, originating in Galloway, Scotland.
• cummingA surname.
• fifeA small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music
• CummingsA surname.
• GilmoreA Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
• monaCercopithecus mona, a West African monkey.
• sloganA distinctive phrase of a person or group of people (such as a movement or political party); a motto.
• McIntoshThe fruit of this cultivar.
• MontroseA surname from Scottish Gaelic.
• DunedinAn anglicisation of the Gaelic name for Edinburgh.
• McleodSynonym of rakehoe.
• MckinleyA United States five-hundred-dollar bill.
• KenmoreA small village on Loch Tay, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN7745).
• EwanA male given name from Scottish Gaelic.
• argyllA former county of Scotland, now incorporated into Argyll and Bute.
• MacleodA surname from Irish, A surname from Scottish Gaelic, A surname from Cree
• keelA large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern.
• AlistairA male given name from Scottish Gaelic.
• MacGregorA surname.
• GlencoeA village in Glen Coe, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN0958).
• AlastairA male given name from Scottish Gaelic.
• StrathclydeA former local government region in the west of Scotland, created in 1975, abolished in 1996.
• mullTo work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate.
• barraA barrow; a hand-pushed cart of the type commonly used in markets.
• GilmourA Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
• kiddieA child.
• googAn egg.
• JuraA mountain range on the border of France and Switzerland, extending into Germany; in full, Jura Mountains.
• McKinnonA surname from Scottish Gaelic.
• obanA town in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NM8530).
• MacKinnonA surname from Scottish Gaelic.
• SheenaA female given name from Scottish Gaelic.
• FinlayA Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
• corrieA bowl-shaped geographical feature formed by glaciation.
• CanmoreA town in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada.
• TaggartA surname.
• kiddyA small kid (young goat).
• McCloudA patrilineal surname.
• glengarryA brimless cap, longer than it is wide, and creased lengthwise across the top, often with ribbons trailing behind, and frequently worn with the Scottish kilt.
• cumingA surname.
• claymoreA large two-handed sword historically used by the Scottish Highlanders.
• CalumA male given name from Scottish Gaelic.
• mungoA material of short fiber and inferior quality obtained by deviling woollen rags or the remnants of woollen goods, specifically those of felted, milled, or hard-spun woollen cloth, as distinguished from shoddy, or the deviled product of loose-textured woollen goods or worsted.
• keirA surname.
• StornowayA town on the Isle of Lewis in Western Isles council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NB4232).
• MacDowellA surname.
• StranraerA town in western Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland.
• ceilidhAn informal social gathering, especially one where traditional Irish or Scottish folk music is played, with dancing and storytelling.
• duanA division of a poem, especially an epic poem or a Scottish poem; a canto.
• RutherglenA town in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6161).
• ptarmiganAny of three species of small grouse in the genus Lagopus found in subarctic tundra areas of North America and Eurasia.
• McNaughtA surname.
• skedA schedule.
• sporranA small pouch, usually made of either fur or plain or fur-trimmed leather, which is worn, suspended from a belt or chain, on the front of a kilt and used to hold various items normally carried in trouser pockets.
• strathspeyA Scottish dance with gliding steps, slower than a reel.
• BlantyreA town and civil parish in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6857).
• UistAn archipelago of the Western Isles council area, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, consisting of North Uist, Benbecula, South Uist and several smaller islands.
• TobermoryA village, the main settlement on the island of Mull in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NM5055).
• TireeAn island in the Inner Hebrides, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid refs NL94, NM04).
• PortreeThe largest town on the Isle of Skye, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NG4843).
• GairlochA coastal village on Loch Gairloch in Wester Ross, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NG8076).
• pillionA pad behind the saddle of a horse for a second rider.
• hethThe eighth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
• trewsTrousers, especially if close-fitting and tartan.
• BallachulishA village in Lochaber, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN0858).
• caberA long, thick log held upright at one end and tossed in the Highland games.
• KeddyA surname from Scottish Gaelic.
• MackillopA surname from Scottish Gaelic.
• MacAlpineA surname from Scottish Gaelic
• MacNairA surname.
• laithshed, barn
• SeumasA male given name from Scottish Gaelic, equivalent to English James.
• sgurrA rocky peak in Scotland.
• CumingsA surname.
• KeddieA surname from Scottish Gaelic.
• alastorAn avenging spirit or deity, variously associated with the Erinyes, Nemesis, and more.
• FenellaA female given name from Scottish Gaelic.
• DurnessA coastal village in north Sutherland, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NC4067).
• EriskayAn island and community council area in Western Isles council area, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, between South Uist and Barra.
• McCartanAn Irish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
• birlinnA type of boat used especially in the Hebrides and West Highlands of Scotland in the Middle Ages.
• RaasayAn island in the Inner Hebrides between the Isle of Skye and the mainland, in Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid refs NG53, NG54, NG55, NG65).
• clachanA small village or hamlet, especially in the Highlands or Western Scotland.
• garronA small and usually disdained type of horse, typically bred in Scotland and Ireland.
• InvergarryA village in the Great Glen, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH3001).
• lochanA small loch (lake)