Seaton 01 - The Redemption of Alexander Seaton

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by S. G. MacLean


  haar sea mist

  iron gad iron bar to which prisoners’ feet were shackled

  kirk session governing body of a parish, consisting of minister and elders, with spiritual authority, disciplinary powers and social welfare responsibilities

  kist chest

  links sandy, grassy ground near the shoreline

  litster dyer

  lykewake gathering at the night watch over someone who has died

  mortcloth cloth used to cover the bodies of the dead before burial

  pend an arched passageway

  precentor person who leads the congregation in psalm-singing

  presbytery church court/gathering made up of ministers from each parish in its area (superior to kirk session)

  provost civic head of burgh – equivalent to mayor

  rebec lute-shaped, violin-like instrument

  regent university teacher who took one class through the entire four years of their master of arts (philosophy) course. [verb: to regent]

  tabor small drum

  tack lease

  toft site of house; homestead

  trials a series of active tests for aspirants for the ministry

  uisge beatha whisky [Gaelic]

  vague to roam, wander

  vennel narrow alleyway or lane

  wynd narrow, winding alley

  Note: ‘Mistress Youngson’; ‘Geleis Guild’ etc. – Scottish women of the period did not take their husband’s name on marriage, but kept their own.

 

 

 


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