>From Collins pocket scots dictionary CROFT A small enclosed plot of land adjoining a house worked by the crofter and his family. Crofting in Scotland is r4estricted to the Highlands and Islands where it originated during as period of agricultural improvement in thelate 18th Century. A crofter isd an owner or tenant of a croft COTTAR or COTTER is an old fashioned word meaning a tenant occupying a cottage and a small acreage of land. A cotter is also a married farm labourer whose employer provides him with a cottage (a cottar house). The word is from cot a shortenend form of cottage. A BOTHY has a variety of meanings all of which have to do with it being a hut used bor shelter. Historically a bothy is a building on a farm providing eating and dormitory facilities for unmarried farm workers, most common in the North east. Nowadays it has come to mean a hut or cabin where workers, for instance on a building site , can go to shelter or for tea break or to eat A bothy is also a sparsely furnished hut or cottage which hillwalkers can use for shelter or overnight accommodation. The plural is bothies. -----Original Message----- From: sct-isleofmull-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sct-isleofmull-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of roger&karenReede Sent: Tuesday, 28 August 2007 3:34 AM To: sct-isleofmull@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLEOFMULL] Seeking word definitions Could someone clarify the meanings of these commonly used Scottish words for me? 1) Crofter (a person living in a certain type of dwelling, I believe...) 2) Cotter ( how it differs from "crofter") 3) Bothie ( a building?). Thanks - Karen

Thanks Jean for defining Crofter, Cottar and Bothy. -Karen