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SCOTSMEN |
Highlanders |
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HIGHLANDRY |
Highlanders, collectively. |
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TREWS |
Trowsers; especially, those of the Scotch Highlanders. |
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CLAYMORE |
A large two-handed sword used formerly by the Scottish
Highlanders. |
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SKEAN |
A knife or short dagger, esp. that in use among the
Highlanders of Scotland. [Variously spelt.] |
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GAELIC |
Of or pertaining to the Gael, esp. to the Celtic
Highlanders of Scotland; as, the Gaelic language. |
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REEL |
A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the
music to the dance; -- often called Scotch reel. |
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SEANNACHIE |
A bard among the Highlanders of Scotland, who preserved
and repeated the traditions of the tribes; also, a genealogist. |
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REDSHANK |
A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation
formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to their bare
legs. |
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LOCHABER AXE |
A weapon of war, consisting of a pole armed with an
axhead at its end, formerly used by the Scotch Highlanders. |
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ERSE |
A name sometimes given to that dialect of the Celtic which is
spoken in the Highlands of Scotland; -- called, by the Highlanders,
Gaelic. |
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SPORRAN |
A large purse or pouch made of skin with the hair or fur
on, worn in front of the kilt by Highlanders when in full dress. |
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PIBROCH |
A Highland air, suited to the particular passion which the
musician would either excite or assuage; generally applied to those
airs that are pl... |