Word origins

• flatHaving no variations in height.
• petAn animal kept as a companion or otherwise for pleasure, rather than for some practical benefit or use.
• relevantRelated, connected, or pertinent to a topic.
• inchAn English unit of length equal to 1/12 of a foot or 2.54 cm.
• capA close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked.
• benA prayer; a petition.
• SwedenA country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe. Official name: Kingdom of Sweden. Capital: Stockholm.
• buddyA friend or casual acquaintance.
• teeThe name of the Latin script letter T/t.
• raidA quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.
• dodsulk, huff
• weedAny plant unwanted at the place where and at the time when it is growing.
• botherTo annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
• totA small child.
• glamourOriginally, enchantment; magic charm; especially, the effect of a spell that causes one to see objects in a form that differs from reality, typically to make filthy, ugly, or repulsive things seem beauteous.
• cairnsA surname from Scots or Irish; variant forms Carnes, Carns.
• MackenzieA kind of cocktail made with gin and fruit juices.
• dirkA long Scottish dagger with a straight blade.
• plaidA type of twilled woollen cloth, often with a tartan or chequered pattern.
• yellTo shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice, especially to express intense emotions such as anger or excitement.
• tweedA coarse woolen fabric used for clothing.
• bunA small bread roll that is sweetened or spiced.
• rampageA course of violent, frenzied action.
• wickA braid or bundle of fibre or other porous material (now generally twisted or woven cotton) in a candle, kerosene heater, oil lamp, etc., that draws up a liquid fuel (such as melted tallow or wax, or oil) at one end, to be ignited at the other end to produce a flame.
• aitAn island in a river, especially the River Thames in England.
• waffleA flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern, often eaten hot with butter and/or honey or syrup.
• tartanWoven woollen fabric with a distinctive pattern of coloured stripes intersecting at right angles originally associated with Scottish Highlanders, now with different clans (though this only dates from the late 18th century) and some Scottish families and institutions having their own patterns; (countable) a particular type of such fabric.
• dandyA man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of self.
• hoyA small coaster vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in conveying passengers and goods, or as a tender to larger vessels in port.
• eidAny of various Muslim religious festivals.
• firthAn arm or inlet of the sea; a river estuary.
• puttThe act of tapping a golf ball lightly on a putting green.
• lairdA feudal lord in Scottish contexts.
• buntingStrips of material used as festive decoration, especially in the colours of the national flag.
• cairnA rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.
• doitA small Dutch coin, equivalent to one-eighth of a stiver.
• cannaAny member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.
• dredgeA dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds.
• whitherTo what place; where.
• lumA chimney; also, the top part of a chimney.
• jukeA roadside cafe or bar, especially one with dancing and sometimes prostitution.
• auldOld.
• brashOverly bold or self-assertive to the point of being insensitive, tactless or impudent; shameless.
• PeeblesA town (royal burgh) in Tweeddale, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, United Kingdom, and the former county town of Peeblesshire (OS grid ref NT2540).
• heftThe feel of the weight of something; heaviness.
• stalwartFirmly or solidly built.
• hodTo bob up and down on horseback, as an inexperienced rider may do; to jog.
• polisA Greek city-state.
• glintA short flash of light, usually when reflected off a shiny surface.
• weanTo cease giving breast milk to an offspring; to accustom and reconcile (a child or young animal) to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder.
• dreeTo bear or endure (something); to put up with, to suffer, to undergo.
• fouDrunk.
• bandyTo give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.
• caddieSynonym of cadet (“a gentleman (often a younger son from a noble family) who joined the military without a commission as a career”).
• scuffTo scrape the feet while walking.
• sconeA small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle.
• dourStern, harsh and forbidding.
• KirkwallA town in and the administrative centre of the Orkney Islands council area, Scotland.
• leetA portion or list, especially a list of candidates for an office; also the candidates themselves.
• croupThe top of the rump of a horse or other quadruped.
• kepA traditional Fair Isle fisherman's cap.
• CruickshankA surname transferred from the nickname.
• DunsmuirA city in Siskiyou County, California, United States.
• DalzielA surname from Scottish Gaelic.
• HogmanayNew Year's Eve.
• hooleyA noisy celebration or party; also, an evening of traditional music and dance.
• CowdenbeathA town and burgh in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1691).
• haverTo hem and haw.
• gumptionCommon sense, initiative, resourcefulness.
• brochA type of Iron Age stone tower with hollow double-layered walls found on Orkney, Shetland, in the Hebrides and parts of the Scottish mainland.
• fecklessLacking purpose.
• haughA low-lying meadow by the side of a river.
• fogeyA dull person (especially an old man) who is behind the times, holding antiquated, over-conservative views.
• peeryThat tends to peer; prying, inquisitive, curious.
• croonTo hum or sing (a song or tune), or to speak (words), softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; specifically, to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice.
• spindriftSea spray (clouds of water droplets) blown from the tops of waves by the wind and whipped along the surface of the sea.
• makarA poet writing in Scots.
• beezernose
• capercaillieA large, black grouse of the genus Tetrao in the bird family Phasianidae, especially the western capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus.
• pechAn indigenous ethnic group of north-eastern Honduras.
• bonspielA tournament in the sport of curling.
• bokeTo thrust or push out; butt; poke.
• NornAny of the three goddesses of fate or destiny.
• bairnA child or baby.
• cackA squawk.
• selkieA seal which can magically transform into a human by shedding its skin.
• claverFrivolous or nonsensical talk; prattle; chatter.
• earlesdeposit (on a purchase, etc.)
• CardronaA village east of Peebles, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3038).
• cleekA large hook.
• scrimpA pinching miser; a niggard.
• coomsoot, smut
• unseelieA malevolent or malicious fairy.
• baffTo bark; yelp.
• birsebristle
• ropyResembling rope in appearance or texture, used especially of muscles that are thick or hard to the touch.
• skulduggeryA devious device or trick.
• SeelieA benevolent or beneficially-inclined fairy.
• edgiequick-tempered
• didnadid not