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Witchcraft and Superstitious Record in the South-Western District of Scotland · J. Maxwell Wood — chapter 51 of 74 · ~105 words · public domain

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KNAG, keg, or wooden vessel.

"KNOCK THE BIG," to hull the barley.

KOW, a goblin.

KYE, cows or oxen.

LAIR, quagmire, to entice into a quagmire.

LAMMASTIDE, August, beginning of.

LAVE, remainder.

LIFT, vault of the heavens.

LINGLE, leather-thong.

LOCHEN, small loch or tarn.

LOOFIE, fingerless glove.

LOUPES, jumps.

LOURING, lowering of clouds.

LOUTHE, abundance.

LOWNE, silent, still.

LOWSE, loosen.

LUGS, ears.

MALEFICES, offences.

MALISON, prognostication for evil.

MART, a fattened ox (killed at Martinmas for winter use).

MAUN, must.

MAUT, meal.

MEAL-ARK, meal chest.

MEALL, male.

MEIKLE, much.

MEIL, meal.

METTLE, with spirit.

"MILKED THE TETHER," extracted the milk by witchcraft through the halter.

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