"Then, in the "winnock cupboard" at the turn of the stair-head, were all the necessaries for a noble blaze -- dry wood properly cut, tow, tar, and a firkin of spirit, with some rancid butter in a brown jar."
"The whilk, no doobt, represents a body that hings aboot yer winnock, like a drap hangin 'ower abune it frae the eaves -- therefore called an eaves drapper."
"The snaw was driftin 'a wee aboot the bit winnock, an' his auld een was fixed upo't; an 'a' 'at he said, takin' no notice"