She followed him, prepar'd to view The terrible behests of law; And the last scene of Jemmy's woes Distorted was that blooming face, Which the had fondly lov'd fo long: And ftifled was that tuneful breath, Which in her praife had fweetly fang: 50 55 And fever'd was that beauteous neck, Round which her arms had fondly clos'd: And mangled was that beauteous breast, On which her love-fick head repos'd : 60 And ravish'd was that conftant heart, Amid thofe unrelenting flames She bore this conftant heart to fee; But when 'twas moulder'd into duft, My death, my death alone can show 65 70 The difmal scene was o'er and past, The lover's mournful hearse retir'd; The maid drew back her languid head, And fighing forth his name, expir'd. 75 Tho' juftice ever muft prevail, The tear my Kitty fheds is due ; THE END OF THE THIRD BOOK. 80 A GLO S 385 A GLOSSARY OF THE OBSOLETE AND SCOTTISH WORDS IN VOLUME THE SECOND. Such words, as the reader cannot find here, he is defired to look for in the Gloffaries to the other volumes. out at. Attowre. s. out over, over and Azein, agein. againft. B. Bairded. s. bearded. Bale. evil, mifchief, mifery. Battes. heavy flicks, clubs. In the west of Scotland, at this prefent time, in many cottages they pile their peats and turfs upon ftones in the middle of the room. There is a hole above the fire in the ridge of the house to let the smoke In fome places are cottage-houses, from the front of which a very wide chimney projects like a bow window: the fire is in a grate like a malt-kiln grate, round which the people fit: fometimes they draw this grate into the middle of the room. (Mr. Lambe.) Bede. p. 17. offer, engage. Belive. immediately, prefently.. Ben. p. 11. be, are. Bene. p. 12. bean, an expreffion of contempt. Beoth. p. 7. be, are. Bot. s. but: fometimes it feems used for both, or ‹ befides, moreover. Bot. s. without. Bot dreid. without dread, i. e. cer tainly. Bougils. s. bugle horns. Braes of Yarrow. s. the billy Ber the prys. p. 7. bare the Brede. breadth, So Chauc. prize. Berys. beareth. Befprent. befprinkled. Birk. s. birch-tree. Brenand drake. p. 19. may perhaps be the fame as a firedrake, or fiery serpent, a meteor or fire-work fo called: Here it feems to fignify "burning embers or firebrands." Brimme. public, univerfally known. A. S. bryme. idem. Brouk her with winne.enjoy her with pleasure. A. S. brok. Brouch. an ornamental trinket: a flone buckle for a woman's breaft. &c. Vid. Brooche, Gloff. vol. 3. Brozt. p. brought. Buen, bueth. been, he, are. Buik. s. book. Burgens. buds, young foots. Bufk "BUT o' houfe" means the outer part of the house, outer-room; viz. that part of the house into which you first enter, fuppofe, from the Atreet. BEN o' house," is the inner room, or more retired part of the houfe. The daughter did not lie out of doors.-The cottagers often defire their landlords to build them a BUT, and a BEN. (Vid. Gloff. to Vol. III.) Mr. LAMBE. Bulk ye. s. dress ye. But. without. but let. without bindrance. Bute. s. boot, advantage, good. Butt. s. out, the outer room. C. Cadgily. s. merrily, chearfully. Caliver, a kind of mufket. Can curtefye, know, underftand good manners. Cannes. p. 21. wooden cups, bowls. Cantabanqui. Ital. ballad fing Carpe. to speak, recite: also, Chylder. children, children's. Cohorted, incited, exhorted. Cokeney. p. 24. Seems to be a diminutive for Cook; from the Latin Coquinator, or Coquinarius. The meaning feems to be, that "Every Five and Five had a Cook Cotydyallye. daily, every day. Could creip. s. crept. Could fay. faid. Could weip. s.. wept. Could his good. p. 255. Knew what was good for him; Or perhaps, Could live upon his own. Couthen. p. 9. knew. Crook my knee. p. 64. make lame my knee. They fay in the north." The horse is crookit," i. e. lame. "The horfe crooks." i. e. goes lame. Crouneth. p. 8. crown ye. Crumpling.crooked; or perhaps with crooked knotty horns. Cule. s. cool. Cummer. s. goffip, friend, fr. Dale |