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Old; as, Auld Reekie (old smoky), i. e., Edinburgh. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

A Scottish phrase used in recalling recollections of times long since past. "The days of auld lang syne."

A member of the conservative party in the Church of Scotland in the latter part of the 18th century.

e disease. "What signs avail " Milton. Words avail very little with me, young man. Sir W. Scott.

mind; fixed dislike; antipathy; disinclination; reluctance. Mutual aversion of races. Prescott. His rapacity had made him an object of general aversion. Macaulay.

Missing; wanting. [Prov. Scot. & Eng.] Sir W. Hamilton.

Expressive of awe or terror. An awesome glance up at the auld castle. Sir W. Scott.

Beyond. [Scot.]

One of a superior breed of cattle from Ayrshire, Scotland. Ayrshires are notable for the quantity and quality of their milk.

ich brings misfortune upon one, or causes failure in an effort or enterprise; a reverse. [Scot.]

iety; the badge of a policeman. "Tax gatherers, recognized by their official badges. " Prescott.

A blow; a stroke. [Scot.] H. Miller.

as to have baffled, until within a . . . recent period, the most enlightened nations. Prescott. The mere intricacy of a question should not baffle us. Locke. Baffling wind (Naut.), one that frequently shifts from one point to another.

A musical wind instrument, now used chiefly in the Highlands of Scotland.

An officer in Scotland, whose office formerly corresponded to that of sheriff, but now corresponds to that of an English alderman.

Same as Bailie. [Scot.]

A child. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Has he not well provided for the bairn ! Beau. & Fl.

alarm fire. Sweet Teviot! on thy silver tide The glaring balefires blaze no more. Sir W. Scott.

To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles. [Obs.] Ten thousand bold Scots, two and twenty knights, Balk'd in their own blood did Sir Walter see. Shak.

To curse; to invoke evil upon. Sir W. Scott.