rantle-tree

 

rantle-tree (plural rantle-trees)

1. (Scotland) A beam built into the gable of a cottage.
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yeuk

 

yeuk (plural yeuks)

1. (Scotland) itch, a prickly feeling

shan

 

shan (comparative more shan, superlative most shan)

1. (Tyneside) unfair, harsh

   Here man! that's pure shan that like

2. (Scotland, Hartlepool) poor, low-quality

blunk

 

blunk (third-person singular simple present blunks, present participle blunking, simple past and past participle blunked)

1. (intransitive) To blench, blink; turn aside.
2. (transitive, Scotland) To spoil, mismanage.

Dreich

 Dreich - tedious; damp and wet

outwith

 

• outwith - outside or beyond

usquabae

usquabae / usquebaugh

An Irish or Scottish term for whiskey.

Farl

A farl (reduced form of the Scots fardel) is a term used in Northern Ireland and Scotland for some roughly triangular flat breads and cakes, traditionally made by cutting a round into four pieces.

In Northern Ireland it generally refers to soda bread and potato bread or cakes (potato farls). While soda bread can be made like normal breads, it is made into farls for use in the Ulster fry. A farl is a flat piece of bread about 3/4 inch thick with a rough quarter circle shape.

Broch

A Broch is an Iron Age drystone hollow-walled structure of a type found only in Scotland. Brochs include some of the most sophisticated examples of drystone architecture ever created, and belong to the classification "complex Atlantic Roundhouse" devised by Scottish archaeologists in the 1980s. Their origin is a matter of some controversy: the theory that they were essentially defensive military structures is not accepted by many modern archaeologists, and the notion that they were farmhouses is ridiculed by some others. They were almost certainly originally roofed and although most stand alone in the landscape, some examples exist of brochs surrounded by clusters of smaller dwellings.

Macadam

Macadam is a type of road construction pioneered by the Scotsman John Loudon McAdam in around 1820. The method simplified what had been considered state-of-the-art at that point.

He found that soil alone would support the road and traffic upon it, as long as it was covered by a road crust that would protect the soil underneath from water and wear. He used 2-inch broken stones in a layer 6-10 inches deep and depended on the road traffic to pack it into a dense mass, although for quicker compacting, a cast-iron roller could be used.

With the advent of motor vehicles, dust became a serious problem on macadam roads. The vacuum created under fast-moving vehicles sucks dust from the road surface, creating dust clouds and a gradual raveling (pulling apart) of the road material. This problem was later rectified by spraying tar on the surface to create tar-bound macadam, more commonly known as tarmac.

Keening

Keening is a form of vocal lament associated with mourning that is traditional in Scotland and Ireland.

Thraw

1. To Twist or Turn
2. Ill humour

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Pibroch

A type of music native to the Scottish Highlands and performed on the Great Highland Bagpipe. wiki