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sae nane may lippen ont.Cai.1992James MillerA Fine White Stoor 186: On either side the tunnel walls lower and glower, and he keeks up, but there is no top to the door. It soars up and up, oot o sicht intil the black lift.Lnk.1997Duncan GlenFrom Upland Man 3: And heicher up the fauldin land mair trees agin the luift.Abd.2000The Singing Bird 2: Dreich clouds, a flicht o greylags ben the Atween the big blads o‘ rain an‘ ither henders we got, it was a dreich hairst till’s, an‘ we were clean guddled wi’d. Lnk. 1880 „G. Short“ Clydesdale Readings 110: They never get abune a meeserably hashy, nondescrip‘, guddlin‘ sort o‘ existence. Ags.10 1925: His claes were a‘ guddled up i‘ his drawer. Gsw. 1950 H. W. Pryde McFlannel Family Wow! but oor hinmaist days are dreich.Cai.1992James Miller 93: Set a stout heart tae a stey brae, as the locals say, and keep right on to the end of the road where ceud mile failte, a hundred thousand welcomes in the ancient tongue of the Gael, awaits on the lips of the friendly people. 2. Physically upright, standing firm and erect. Arch. Gsw

About this entry: First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 1976 and 2005 supplements. This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

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Dreich clouds, a flicht o greylags ben the lift, Drookit biggins squar on tae the caal, Driftwid duntin tarry at the quay, Dreary a skiffie trauchles hame twa Spite o its dreich mindins, the Muster Cairn bi the Piper’s Roadie wis a bonnie airt, ringed aboot wi sweyin laricks, an bairnies lued tae play aroon it, nearhaun the Dubh itsel. em.Sc. 2000 James Robertson The Fanatic 124: ‚James Graham’s heid was prickit on the Tolbooth eleven years, and a cross-pick pit in it so his freens couldna steal it awa. About this entry: First published 1960 (SND Vol. V). Includes material from the 2005 supplement. This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Dictionaries of the Scots Language:: SND :: dree v1 n1

E fairies Knowe wis an oot-o-e-wye, flat tappit hillockie; a dreich place, wie e sidelings sair owergrown wi scrog it raxed fir e sky wi scruntit beuchs an twistit cleuks. Uls. 2005: He was looking for his ball in amang the scrogs. The online Dictionary of the Scots Language records usage of dreich from as early as 1420, revealing the word has survived – and indeed thrives – in the vocabulary of Scots in Scotland and around the globe. Abd. 2000 Sheena Blackhall The Singing Bird 7: The teem ee sockets glower at sichtless vistas, An anatomical sculpture, dreich an deid. Combs.: (1) tume-brained, empty-headed, foolish (Sh. 1973); (2) tume-clung, empty, shrunken from lack of food. See Clung; ¶ (3) tume-eared, of corn: without grain in the ear; (4) tume-hinging, id.;

I. v. 1. To stare, gaze; to stare stupidly or vacantly (Rxb. 1825 Jam.; Uls. 1880 Patterson Gl. (with about or round); Ayr. 1923 Wilson Dial. Burns 166; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.; Cai., Abd., Per., Edb., sm. and s.Sc. 1955); to gaze with fear (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 233); to wander aimlessly about (Kcb. 4 1900; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B., Rxb. 4 1955). Also ppl.adj. About this entry: First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII). This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

A heavy fall of rain is called „a blad of weet.“Ags.1874Kirriemuir Observer (6 Nov.) 4/2:Atween the big blads o‘ rain an‘ ither henders we got, it was a dreich hairst till’s.Ags.21934Per.1857J.

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I stood on many a dreich night at the corner of that street . . . and all the time the shrewd blasts cutting through my thin trails of claithes.Edb.1995Irvine WelshMarabou Stork Nightmares (1996) 24: Somewhair ah kin git tae dry clathes they Pearsons eywis in the dryin green (2) Bed-clothes (Fif. 10 1940). Sc.1724–1727RamsayT. T. 4 meanings: Scottish dialect dreary → 1. sad or dull; dismal 2. wearying; boring 3. archaic miserable. Click for more definitions. E fairies Knowe wis an oot-o-e-wye, flat tappit hillockie; a dreich place, wie e sidelings sair owergrown wi scrog it raxed fir e sky wi scruntit beuchs an twistit cleuks. [O.Sc. sidelangis, -lingis, sideways, c.1460, sidlens, a steep slope, 1666.]

About this entry: First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI). Includes material from the 1976 and 2005 supplements. This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions. What does dreich mean? The most common usage of dreich in modern Scotland, as defined by the Cambridge dictionary, is simply to describe “wet, dark, unpleasant, weather”. Welcome This Essential English-Scots Dictionary is published by Dictionaries of the Scots Language SCIO, the nation’s authority on Scots. It provides Scots equivalents for over 4,000 English words and phrases selected from our Concise English-Scots Dictionary and published in our Scots School Dictionary and Essential Scots Dictionary.

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For in Thine angir ilka day O‘ oors drees dreich alang. Lnk. 1919 G. Rae ‚Tween Clyde and Tweed 90: Ablow yon simmer sky, That hauds the hame where love for ever drees. Wgt. 1804 R. Couper Poems II. 228: For days and ouks ha’e I to drie, Nae glass, nae sang. II. n. 1. Trouble, misfortune, suffering; a struggle, hard task.

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About this entry: First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI). Includes material from the 2005 supplement. This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions. About this entry: First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 1976 supplement. This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

but gantan nicht I canna thole – Lang, dreich tyauvan wi a festert saul. Ags. 1993 Mary McIntosh in Joy Hendry Chapman 74-5 112: He mynded thir faces whan he had heichted the gun, het atween his fingirs, an the tyauvin whan the bullets skelpit intae thaim. He gleyed roon the stanes, heid sweyin bak an forrit, dreid wumplin ower the bak o his 2. To set, congeal, become firm, esp. of jam or jelly; of stock, etc. (Cai. 1900 E.D.D.), of pig’s blood after slaughter (Cai. 7 1952). Gen.Sc. Sc.1736Mrs McLintockReceipts 32: To every Mutchkin of the Juice of Rasps, take half a Mutchkin of the Juice of red Rizers to make it geil.Per.1896I. MaclarenKate Carnegie 204: Might be seen setting saucers of black jam upon

Sally’s tongue’s baith dreich an‘ fell. Sc. 1819 Scott Bride of Lamm. xxiv.: The fell auld lord took the whig such a swank wi‘ his broadsword that he made twa pieces of his head. Lth. 1894 P. H. Hunter J. Inwick 119: CAUL, CAULD, Call, n. 1 and v. Also caal (Dmf. 1812 W. Singer Agric. Dmf. 492). [kɑ (:)l (d)] 1. n. A weir or dam on a river to divert the water into the mill-lade (Tweeddale 1935 (per Lnk. 3), caut; Kcb. 1 1938; Rxb. 1845 Stat. Acc. 2 III. 160, call). „Applied to a dam on the River Ardle in Perthshire at Kirkmichael“ (Fif. 1 1938). Abd. 2000 Sheena Blackhall The Singing Bird 2: Dreich

The hauns o the classroom wag-at-the-wa creepit roon frae hauf een tae hauf twa, syne tae the back o fower, an Neil Rannoch trauchled hame wi the dreich prospect o a hale evenin feedin an muckin oot chuckens an futterats afore him. Ags. 1889 J. M. Barrie W. in Thrums vi.: Syne he creepit oot o‘ the bed, an‘ got the staff, and gaed ben for Leeby. An anatomical sculpture, dreich an deid. The wame wi wachts o snaw is cauldly fillin, Thon laired loins far wummlin maggots feed (i) Sh. 1836 Gentleman’s Mag. II. 593: Ill sycht bee seen apo dat fes. Sh. 1900 Shetland News (3 March): Ill sight be seen apo‘ der sanitary laws. (ii) Slk. 1914 H. J. C. Clippings from Clayboddie (1921) 93: Lang, dreich tyauvan wi a festert saul. Dmf. 1979 Ron Butlin in Joy Hendry Chapman 23-4 (1985) 35: But shaw’s insteid the mirror o yer saul that yet can haud the haill warld an mair in image o yer love fer ither men fair ootbleezin thon electric glare. m.Sc. 1991 Tom Scott in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 37: Whit’s aa your Art but a vaigin in the

Hie wins, gey snell, dreich rain anaa an saun fae Africa can blaw. II. adv. 1. Quickly, keenly, eagerly (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928)). Abd. 1739 Caled. Mag. (1788) 498: [They] drank till the niest day’s dawing, Sae snell, that some tint baith their e’en. Kcb. 1896 Crockett Grey Man xlii.: Going straight and snell for my Lord Earl’s house of Cassillis. 2. This dictionary is a fascinating and up-to-date guide to the language that developed alongside English in the northern parts of the British Isles. As well as including such well-known words as dreich, sassenach, kirk and kittle, it contains thousands of About this entry: First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI). This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

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Erfahren Sie mehr über großartige schottische Wörter wie „dreich“ und „shoogle“ und sprechen Sie wie ein echter Schotte! Scottish National Dictionary (1700–) Hide Quotations Hide Etymology Abbreviations Cite this entry About this entry: First published 1960 (SND Vol. V). Includes material from the 1976 and 2005 supplements. This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions. LANE, adj. Also lain; leen (ne.Sc.). Sc. forms and usages of Eng. lone, which is

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