The Broad Scots Dictionary

O

O' - "of"
O haith - "O faith! an oath"
Ony or onie - "any"
Or - "is often used for ere, before"
Ora or Orra - "supernumerary, that can be spared"
Orra-duddies - "superfluous rags"
O't - "of it"
Ourie - "shivering, drooping"
Oursel or oursels - "ourselves"
Outlers - "cattle not housed"
Oure-hip - "a way of fetching a blow with the hammmer over the arm"
Owsen - "oxen"
Oxtered - "taken under the arm"

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