The Fickle fix'd. I. My love was fickle once and changing, Nor e'er would settle in my heart; From beauty ftill to beauty ranging, II. 'Twas first a charming shape enflav'd me, III. But now a long and lasting anguish, Hourly I figh, and hourly languish, IV. For here the false unconstant lover, Explanation of the Scots Words. A', all. Aften, often. Aik, oak. Ain, own. Aith, oath. Air, early. Ajee, afide. Alane, alone. Ambry, cupboard. Ba', ball. Bane, bone. Bannocks, oat bread. Bawm, balm. Bewith, fomewhat in the mean time. Birks, birch. Billy, brother. Binging, becking, bending. Blate, bashful. Blaw, blow. Bleeze, blaze. Blink, glance of the eye. Bodin, ftored. Bot or But, without. Brachen, a fort of broth. Brandir, a gridiron. Brack, broken parts, or refufe. Brow, the forehead. But and Ben, be out and Crummy, a cow's name. Drant, to fpeak flow. Dramock, cold gruel. Clag, failing or imper- Dowy, weary, lonely. Drap, drop. Dwining, decaying. Dunting, beating. the hair Dulce and tangle, fea Cod, a pillow. Coft, bought. Cogg, a wooden dish. plants. Durk, a dagger. Eard, earth. Coof, a blockhead. Coots, joint of the ancle. Courchea, or Curtchea, a handkerchief. Crack, to boast. Creel, basket or hamper. Crocks, lean sheep. Croft, corn-land. Croufe, brifk, bold. Crowdy-moudy, a fort of Fadge, a coarfe fort of gruel. roll-bread. |