CA, CAW, s. A walk for cattle, a particular district, S. B.
V. Call, Caw, v.
Ross.

CA, s. A pass or defile between hills, Sutherl.
Statist. Acc.

To CAB, v. a. To pilfer, Loth.

CABARR, s. A lighter.
V. Gabert.
Spalding.

CABBACK, s. A cheese.
V. Kebbuck.

CABBIE, KEBBIE, s. A box, made of laths, narrow at the top, used as a pannier for carrying grain on horseback; one being carried on each side of the horse; Sutherl.
Statist. Acc.

CABBRACH, adj. Rapacious, laying hold of every thing, S. B.
Ross.

CABELD, adj. Reined, bridled.
Dunbar.

Teut. kebel, a rope.

CABIR, KABAR, KEBBRE, s.
1. A rafter, S.
Douglas.
2. The same term is used to denote the transverse beams in a kiln, on which grain is laid for being dried, S.

C. B. keibr, Corn. keber, a rafter; Ir. cabar, a coupling; Teut. keper, a beam, a brace.

CABROCH, adj. Lean, meagre; skeebroch, Galloway.
Evergreen.

Ir. Gael. scabar, thin.

CACE, CAIS, s. Chance, accident. On cace, by chance.
Douglas.

Fr. cas, id.

To CACHE, CAICH, CADGE, v. a. To toss, to drive, to shog, S.
Douglas.

Belg. kaats-en, to toss, Ital. cacc-iare, to drive.

CACHE-KOW, s. A cow-catcher, a cow-stealer.
Douglas.

CADDIS, s. Lint for dressing a wound, S.

Gael. cadas, a pledget.

To CADGE.
V. Cache.

CADGELL, s. A wanton fellow.
V. Caigie.

CADIE, s.
1. One who gains a livelihood by running of errands, or delivering messages; a member of a society in Edinburgh, instituted for this purpose, S.
Ferguson.
2. A boy; especially as employed in running of errands, or in any inferior sort of work, S.
3. A young fellow; used in a ludicrous sense, S.
Burns.

Fr. cadet, a younger brother.

CADGY, CADY, adj.
V. Caigie.

CADUC, adj. Frail, fleeting.
Complaynt S.

Fr. caduque, Lat. caduc-us, id.

CAFF, s. Chaff, S.
Ramsay.

A. S. ceaf, Germ, kaf, id. palea.

CAFLIS, pl. Lots.
V. Cavel.

CAHUTE, s.
1. The cabin of a ship.
Evergreen.
2. A small or private apartment of any kind.
Douglas.

Germ. kaiute, koiute, Su. G. kaijuta. id.

CAIB, s. The iron employed in making a spade, or any such instrument; Sutherl.

Gael. ceibe, a spade.

Statist. Acc.

CAIF, KAIF, adj. Tame, South of S.

Sw. kufw-a, to tame.

Gl. Sibb.

To CAIGE, CAIDGE, v. n. To wanton, to wax wanton.
Philotus.

Su. G. kaett-jas, lascivire.

Caigie, Caidgy, Cady, Keady, adj.
1. Wanton, S. Kiddy, Ang.
Lyndsay.
2. Cheerful, sportive; having the idea of innocence conjoined, S.
Ramsay.

Dan. kaad, Su. G. kaat, salax, lascivus; Isl. kaat-ur, hilaris.

Cadgily, adv. Cheerfully, S.
Ferguson.

CAIK, s. A stitch, a sharp pain in the side, South of S.
Gl. Sibb.

Teut. koeck, obstructio hepatis.

CAIK, s. A cake of oat-meal, S.
Knox.Caik-Fumler, s. A parasite, a toad-eater; or perhaps, a covetous wretch.
Douglas.

CAIL, s. Colewort, S.
V. Kail.

CAYNE, s. An opprobrious term.
Kennedy.

CAIP, CAPE, s. The highest part of any thing, S.
Hence, caip-stane, the cope-stone, S.

Teut. kappe, culmen.

CAIP, s. A coffin.
Henrysone.

A. S. cofe, cavea.

To CAIR, KAIR, v. a. To drive backwards and forwards, S. Care, Gl. Sibb.

Isl. keir-a, Su. G. koer-a, vi pellere.

To CAIR, CAYR, v. n. To return to a place where one has been before.
Wallace.

A. S. cerr-an, to return, Belg. keer-en, Germ. ker-en, to turn.

CAIR, CAAR, CARRY, KER, adj. Left. Hence, cair-handit, carry-handit, left-handed, S.
V. Ker.

CAIRD, CARD, KAIRD, s.
1. A gipsy, one who lives by stealing, S.
Ross.
2. A travelling tinker, S.
Burns.
3. A sturdy beggar, S.; synon. with Sornar.
4. A scold, S. B.

Ir. ceard, ceird, a tinker.

CAIRN, s.
1. A heap of stones thrown together in a conical form, S.
Pennant.
2. A building of any kind in a ruined state, a heap of rubbish, S.
Burns.

Gael. Ir. carne, C. B. carneddaw, id.

CAIRT, s. A chart or map.
Burel.

Teut. karte, Fr. carte, id.

CAIRTS, s. pl. Cards, as used in play, S.

Fr. carte, id.

Cairtaris, s. pl. Players at cards.
Knox.

CAIR-WEEDS, s. pl. Mourning weeds, q. "weeds of care."
Dunbar.

To CAIT, v. n.
V. Cate.

CAITCHE, CAICHE, s. A kind of game.
Lyndsay.

Teut. ketsc, ictus pilae, kaets-en, ludere pila.

CALCHEN, s. (gutt.) A square frame of wood, with ribs across it, in the form of a gridiron, on which candle-fir is dried in the chimney, S. B.

Isl. kialke, a sledge, sperru-kialki, rafters.

CALD, CAULD, adj.
1. Cold, S.
Popular Ball.
2. Cool, deliberate, not rash in judgment.
Douglas.

Moes. G. kalds, A. S. ceald, Alem. chalt, Isl. kalt, frigidus.

Cald, Cauld, s.
1. Cold, the privation of heat, S.
Wyntown.
2. The disease caused by cold, S.

Cauld Coal. He has a cauld coal to blaw at, "He is engaged in work that promises no success," S. Prov.

Caldrife, Cauldrife, adj.
1. Causing the sensation of cold, S.
Ross.
2. Very susceptible of cold, S.
3. Indifferent, cool, not manifesting regard or interest, S.
Ferguson.

Cald, and rife, q. "abounding in cold."

Cauldrifeness, Coldrifeness, s.
1. Susceptibility of cold, chilness, S.
2. Coolness, want of ardour, S.
Baillie.

Cauld Steer, Sour milk and meal stirred together in a cold state, S. B.

CALFLEA, s. Infield ground, one year under natural grass; probably thus denominated from the calves being fed on it, Ang.

CALFING, s. Wadding.
V. Colf.

CALICRAT, s. Apparently an emmet or ant.
Burel.

To CALKIL, v. a. To calculate.

Fr. calcul-er, id.

Complaynt S.

To CALL, CA', CAA, CAW, v. a.
1. To drive, to impel in any direction, S.
Barbour.
2. To strike, with the prep. at, S.
Sir Egeir.

Dan. kage, leviter verberare.

To Call, Ca', v. n.
1. To move quickly, S.
Ross.
2. To go in, or enter, in consequence of being driven, S.
Bord. Minstrelsy.

Call, Caw of the water, the motion of it in consequence of the action of the wind, S.

Caller, s. One who drives horses or cattle under the yoke.
Barry.

CALLAN, CALLAND, CALLANT, s.
1. A stripling, a lad; "a young calland," a boy, S.
Baillie.
2. Applied to a young man, as a term expressive of affection, S.
Waverley.
3. Often used as a familiar term, expressive of affection to one considerably advanced in life, S.
Ramsay.

Fr. gallant, Douglas uses gallandis for juvenes.

CALLOT, s. A mutch or cap for a woman's head, without a border, Ang.

Fr. calotte, a coif.

CALLOUR, CALLER, CAULER, adj.
1. Cool, refreshing; "a callour day," a cool day, S.
Douglas.
2. Fresh, not in a state of putridity, S., as callour meat, callour fish, &c.
Bellenden.
3. Having the plump and rosy appearance of health, as opposed to a sickly look, S. Isl. kalldur, frigidus.

CALOO, CALLOW, CALAW, s. The pintail duck, Anas acuta, Linn. Orkn.
Barry.

CALSAY, s. Causeway, street.
Acts Ja. VI.

CALSHIE, CALSHAGH, adj. Crabbed, ill humoured, S.
Morison.

Isl. kals-a, irridere, kalzug-ur, derisor.

CALMES, CAUMS, s. pl.
1. A mould, a frame, S.
Acts Ja. VI.
2. The small cords through which the warp is passed in the loom, S., synon. heddles.
3. In the caulms, in the state of being framed or modelled, metaph.
Baillie.

Germ. quem-en, quadrare; Su.G. bequaem, Belg. bequaam, fit, meet.

CALSUTER'D, adj. Apparently for calfuter'd, caulked.
Chron. S. Poet.

Fr. calfeutrer, Dan. kalfatre, to caulk.

CALVER, s. A cow with calf, S.

Teut. kalver-koe, id.

CAMBIE-LEAF, s. The water-lily, Nymphaea alba et lutea, Linn. S. B.

CAMDUI, s. A species of trout.
Sibbald.

Gael. cam, crooked, and dubh, black.

CAMY, CAMOK, adj.
1. Crooked.
Maitland Poems.
2. Metaph. used to denote what is rugged and unequal.
Douglas.

Ir. Gael. cam, C. B. kam, L. B. cam-us.

CAMLA-LIKE, adj. Sullen, surly; Aberd.
Journ. Lond.

Isl. kamleit-r, id., tetricus.

CAMMERAIGE, CAMROCHE, s. Cambric.
Acts Ja. VI.

Named from Cambray, in Lat. Camerac-um, in Teut. Camerijk.

CAMMON, CAMMOCK, s.
1. A crooked stick, S.
2. The game also called Shinty, Perths.

Celt. cambaca, id. Bullet. Gael. caman, a hurling-club.

CAM-NOSED, CAMOW-NOSED, adj. Hook-nosed.
V. Camy.
Polwart.

CAMOVYNE, CAMOWYNE, s. Camomile, S.
Ross.

To CAMP, v. n.
1. To contend.
V. Kemp.
Melvill's MS.
2. To romp, Loth.

Germ. kamp-en, certare.

CAMPERLECKS, s. pl. Magical tricks, Buchan; synon. Cantraips.

Perhaps Teut. kaemper, a wrestler, and lek, play, q. jousts, tournaments.

CAMPY, adj.
1. Bold, brave, heroical; Gl. Sibb.
2. Ill-natured, contentious, Loth.
V. Camp, v.

CAMPIOUN, s. A champion.
Bellenden.

Ital. campione, id.

CAMPRULY, adj. Contentious, S. A.

Isl. kempa, pugil, and rugla, turbare.

CAMSCHO, CAMSCHOL, adj.
1. Crooked.
Douglas.
2. Denoting a stern, grim, or distorted countenance.
Ramsay.
3. Ill-humoured, contentious, crabbed; Ang.
V. Camy.

CAMSHAUCHEL'D, part. adj.
1. Distorted, awry, S.
Nicol.
2. Angry, cross, quarrelsome, S.

Cam, crooked, and shachle, q. v.

CAMSTERIE, CAMSTAIRIE, adj. Froward, perverse, unmanageable, S.

Germ. kamp, battle, and starrig, stiff, q. obstinate in fight.

CAMSTONE, s.
1. Common compact limestone, S.
2. White clay, indurated; Loth.

Teut. kalmey-steen.

CAMSTRUDGEOUS, adj. The same with Camsterie; Fife.

Isl. kaempe, miles, and striug, animus infensus.

To CAN, v. a. To know.
Henrysone.

Teut. konn-en, noscere; posse.

Can, Cann, s.
1. Skill, knowledge, S. B.
Ross.
2. Ability, S. B.
Ross.

CAN, pret. for Gan, began.
Wallace.

CANALYIE, CANNAILYIE, The rabble, S. Fr. canaille, id.
J. Nicol.

CANDAVAIG, s.
1. A foul salmon, that has lien in fresh water till summer, without migrating to the sea; Ang.
2. Used as denoting a peculiar species of salmon, Aberd.
Statist. Acc.

Gael. ceann, head, and dubhach, a black dye.

CANDLEMAS CROWN, A badge of distinction conferred, at some grammar schools, on him who gives the highest gratuity to the rector, at the term of Candlemas, S.
Statist. Acc.

CANE, KAIN, CANAGE, s. A duty paid by a tenant to his landlord in kind; as "cane cheese;" "cane fowls," &c. S.
Ramsay.

L. B. can-um, can-a, tribute, from Gael. ceann, the head.

To Pay the Cain, To suffer severely in any cause, S.
Ritson.

To CANGLE, v. n. To quarrel, to be in a state of altercation, S.
Ramsay.

Isl. kiaenk-a, arridere.

Cangling, s. Altercation, S.
Z. Boyd.

Cangler, s. A jangler, S.
Ramsay.

CANKERT, CANKERRIT, adj. Cross, ill-conditioned, S.
Douglas.

CANNA DOWN, CANNACH, s. Cotton grass, Eriophorum vaginatum, Linn. S.

Gael. cannach, id.

Grant.

CANNA, CANNAE, cannot; compounded of can, v., and na or nae, not, S.
Percy.

CANNAS, CANNES, s.
1. Any coarse cloth, like that of which sails are made, S. B.

Fr. cannevas, E. canvas.

2. A coarse sheet used for keeping grain from falling to the ground when it is winnowed by means of a wecht, S. B.

Hence,

Cannes-braid, s. The breadth of such a sheet, S. B.
Ross.
3. Metaph. the sails of a ship, S. B.
Poems Buchan Dial.

CANNEL, s. Cinnamon.
Statist. Acc.

Fr. cannelle, Teut. Dan. kaneel, Isl. kanal.

Hence,

Cannel-waters, s. pl. Cinnamon waters, S.

CANNELL BAYNE, The collar-bone.
Wallace.

Fr. canneau du col, the nape of the neck.

To CANNEL, v. a. To channel, to chamfer, S.

Fr. cannel-er, id.

CANNIE, KANNIE, adj.
1. Cautious, prudent, S.
Baillie.
2. Artful, crafty, S.
Rutherford.
3. Attentive, wary, watchful, S.
Ramsay.
4. Frugal, not given to expence, S.
Burns.
5. Moderate in charges, S.
6. Useful, beneficial, S.
Ross.
7. Handy, expert at any business; often used in relation to midwifery, S.
Forbes.
8. Gentle, so as not to hurt a sore, S.
9. Soft, easy, as applied to a state of rest, S.
Ramsay.
10. Slow in motion. "To gang canny," to move slowly; "to caw canny," to drive softly; also, to manage with frugality, S.
Burns.
11. Soft and easy in motion, S.
12. Safe, not dangerous. "A canny horse," one that may be rode with safety, S.
Burns.
No canny, not safe, dangerous, S.
Popul. Ball.
13. Composed, deliberate; as opposed to flochtry, throwther, S.
14. Not hard, not difficult of execution, S.
Burns.
15. Easy in situation, snug, comfortable; as "He sits very canny." "He has a braw canny seat," S.
Ramsay.
16. Fortunate, lucky, S.
Pennecuik.
17. Fortunate, used in a superstitious sense, S.
R. Galloway.
No canny, not fortunate, applied both to things and to persons.
Ramsay.
18. Endowed with knowledge, supposed by the vulgar to proceed from a preternatural origin; possessing magical skill, South of S.
Tales Landl.
19. Good, worthy, "A braw canny man," a pleasant, good-conditioned, or worthy man, S.
Statist. Acc.
20. Applied to any instrument, it signifies well-fitted, convenient, S. B.
Survey Nairn.

Isl. kiaen, sciens, prudens; callidus, astutus; kaeni, fortis et prudens; from kenn-a, noscere.

Cannie Wife, a midwife, South of S.
Cromek.

Cannily, adv.
1. Cautiously, prudently, S.
Baillie.
2. Moderately, not violently, S.
Baillie.
3. Easily, so as not to hurt or gall, S.
Rutherford.
4. Gently, applied to a horse obeying the rein, S.
Waverley.

Canniness, s.
1. Caution, forbearance, moderation in conduct, S.
Baillie.
2. Crafty management.
Baillie.

CANOIS, CANOS, CANOUS, adj. Gray, hoary. Lat. can-us.
Douglas.

To CANT, v. n. To sing in speaking, to repeat after the manner of recitation, S.

Lat. cant-are, to sing.

To CANT, v. a. To set a stone on its edge, a term used in masonry, S.

Germ. kant-en, id.

To CANT, v. n. To ride at a hand-gallop, S. B. Canter, S.

CANT, adj. Lively, merry, brisk.
Barbour.

Canty, adj. Lively, cheerful; applied both to persons and to things, S.
Burns.

Ir. cainteach, talkative, prattling; Su. G. gant-a, ludificare.

CANTEL, CANTIL, s. A fragment.
Sir Egeir.

Teut. kanteel, pinna, mina, Fr. chantel, a piece broken off from the corner or edge of a thing.

CANTEL, s. The crown of the head, Loth. Teut kanteel, a battlement.

CANTEL, s. A juggling trick.
Houlate.

L. B. cantell-ator, praestigiator, magus.

Cantelein, s. Properly an incantation, used to denote a trick.
Lyndsay.

Lat. cantilen-a, a song.

CANTRAIP, CANTRAP, s.
1. A charm, a spell, an incantation, S.
Ramsay.
2. A trick, a piece of mischief artfully or adroitly performed, S.
Waverley.

Isl. gan, gand, witchcraft, or kiaen, applied to magical arts, and trapp, calcatio.

To CAP, v. n. To uncover the head, in token of obeisance; q. to take off one's cap.
Baillie.

To CAP, v. a. To excel, Loth.

Teut. kappe, the summit.

CAP, s. A wooden bowl for containing meat or drink, S.
Ramsay.

Su. G. koppa, cyaphus; Arab. kab, a cup.

Hence, perhaps,

Caps, s. pl. The combs of wild bees, S.

To CAP, v. a.
1. To seize by violence, to lay hold of what is not one's own, S.
2. To seize vessels in a privateering way.
Fountainhall.
3. To entrap, to ensnare.
K. Ja. VI.

Lat. cap-ere, Su. G. kipp-a, rapere.

Caper, s. A pirate; or one who seizes vessels under a letter of marque.
Colvil.

Belg. Su. G. Dan. kapare, a pirate.

To CAP, v. a. To direct one's course at sea.
Douglas.

Teut. kape, signum littorale.

CAPER, KAPER, s. A piece of oatcake and butter, with a slice of cheese on it, Perths.

Gael. ceapaire, id.

CAPERCAILYE, CAPERCALYEANE, s. The mountain cock, Tetrao urogallus, Linn. S.
Bellenden.

Gael. capullecoille, id.

CAPERNOITIE, CAPERNOITED, adj. Crabbed, irritable, peevish, S.
Hamilton.

Isl. kappe, certamen, and nyt-a uti, q. "one who invites strife."

CAPES, s. pl.
1. The grain which retains the shell, before it is milled, Loth.
2. The grain which is not sufficiently ground; especially where the shell remains with part of the grain, Loth.
3. Flakes of meal which come from the mill, when the grain has not been thoroughly dried, S. B.
Morison.

CAPYL, CAPUL, s. A horse or mare.
Douglas.

Gael. capull, Ir. kabbal, C. B. keffyl, Hisp. cavallo, id.

CAPITANE, s. Caption, captivity.
Bellenden.

CAPLEYNE, s. "A steylle capleine," a small helmet.
Wallace.

Germ. kaeplein, from kappe, tegumentum capitis.

To CAPPER, v. a.
1. To seize ships, to go a-privateering, Ang.
2. To catch, to seize, violently to lay hold of; used in a general sense, Ang.

Dan. kapre, to exercise piracy.

CAPPIT, adj. Crabbed, ill-humoured, peevish, S.
Philotus.

Isl. kapp, contention, or Flandr. koppe, a spider; as we call an ill-humoured person an ettercap, S.

CAPREL, s. A caper, as in dancing.

Fr. capriole, id.

Polwart.

CAPROWSY, s. A short cloak furnished with a hood.
Evergreen.

Fr. cappe-rosin, a red coloured cloak.

To CAPSTRIDE, v. a. To drink in place of another, to whom it belongs, when the vessel is going round a company, S.

E. cap and stride.

CAPUL, s. A horse.
V. Capyl.

CAR, adj. Left, left-handed.
V. Ker.

CAR, CAAR, s. A sledge, a hurdle, S.

Ir. carr, id.

Wallace.

CARAGE, s.
V. Arage.

CARALYNGIS, s. pl. Dancing.
Houlate.

Fr. caroll-er, to dance, to revel.

CARAMEILE, s. An edible root.
V. Carmele.

CARCAT, CARKAT, CARCANT, s.
1. A necklace, E. carcanet.
Maitland P.
2. A pendant ornament of the head.
Watson's Coll.

CARDINAL, s. A long cloak, or mantle, worn by women, S.
Statist. Acc.

To CARE, v. a. To drive.
V. Cair.

CARE-BED LAIR, A disconsolate situation; q. "lying in the bed of care," S. B.
Ross.

CARECAKE, KERCAIK, s. A small cake, baked with eggs, and eaten on Yule-day, in the north of S.
V. Next term.

CARE SONDAY, according to some, that immediately preceding Good Friday, but generally used to signify the fifth in Lent, S.
V. Carlings.
Bellenden.

Germ. kar, satisfactio, from karr-en, ker-en, emendare; or Su. G. kaer-a, to complain.

CARGE, To carge, in charge.
Wallace.

O. Fr. carguer, used as charger.

CARIE, adj. Soft, pliable.
Kelly.

CARYBALD, s.
Maitland Poems.

Perhaps from Fr. charaveau, a beetle.

CARKINING, s. A collar.
V. Carcat.
Houlate.

CARL, CAIRLE, CARLE, CARLL, s.
1. A man, S. B.

A. S. carl, Isl. karl, O. Teut. kaerla, masculus.

2. Man, as distinguished from a boy.
Wyntown.
3. A clown, a boor, S. A. Bor.
Wyntown.

A. S. ceorl, Isl. karl, Belg. kaerle, rusticus.

4. One who has the manners of a boor.
Kelly.
5. A strong man.
Wallace.

Germ. kerl, fortis, corpore robusto praeditus.

6. An old man, S. A. Bor.
Wyntown.

Su. G. Isl. karl, id.

Carl-crab, s. The male of the black-clawed crab, Cancer pagurus, Linn. S.
Sibbald.

Carl-hemp, s.
1. The largest stalk of hemp, S. A. Bor.
2. Used metaph. to denote firmness of mind.
Burns.

Carl-again, To play carl-again, to return a blow, to give as much as one receives, Ang.

Carl and Cavel,
V. Kavel.

Carl-doddie, s. A stalk of rib-grass, S. Plantago lanceolata, Linn.

Doddie, bald.

Carlie, s. A little man, a dimin. from carl, S.
Cleland.

Carlish, Carlitch, adj.
1. Coarse, vulgar.

A. S. ceorlic, vulgaris.

Dunbar.

2. Rude, harsh in manners.
Popul. Ball.

Carlin, s.
1. An old woman, S.
Philotus.
2. A contemptuous term for a woman, although not far advanced in life, S.
Douglas.
3. A witch, Loth. Twedd.
Pennecuik.
4. The last handful of corn cut down in harvest-field, when it is not shorn before Hallowmas, S. B. If before this, it is called the Maiden.

Su. G. kaering, kaerling, anus.

Carlin-heather, s. Fine-leaved heath, Erica cinerea, Linn. S. also called Bell-heather.

Carlin-spurs, s. pl. Needle furze or petty whin, Genista Anglica, Linn., S. B. q. "the spurs of an old woman."

Carlin-teuch, adj. (gutt.) As hardy as an old woman, S. B.

Teuch, S., tough.

CARLING, s. The name of a fish, Fife.; supposed to be the Pogge, Cottus cataphractus, Linn.

CARLINGS, s. pl. Pease birsled or broiled, Ang. according to Sibb. "pease broiled on Care-Sunday."
Ritson.

CARMELE, CARMYLIE, CARAMEIL, s. Heath pease, a root, S. Orobus tuberosus, Linn.
Pennant.

Gael. cairmeal, id.

CARNAIL, adj. Putrid.
Wallace.

Fr. charogneux, putrified, full of carrion, Cotgr.

CARNELL, s. A heap, a dimin. from cairn.
Bellenden.

To CARP, CARPE, v. a.
1. To speak, to talk, to relate, whether verbally, or in writing.
Wyntown.

O. E. id.

P. Ploughman.
2. To sing.
Minstrelsy Border.

Lat. carpo, -ere, to cull.

Carping, s. Narration.

O. E. id.

V. the v.

CARRALLES, s. pl. Carols, or songs, sung within and about kirks, on certain days; prohibited by act of Parliament.
V. Caralyngis and Gysar.
Acts Ja. VI.

Carol-ewyn, s. The name given, Perths. to the last night of the year; because young people go from door to door singing carols, for which they get small cakes in return.

CARRITCH, CARITCH, s. The vulgar name for a catechism; more commonly in pl. caritches, S.
Magopico.
2. Used somewhat metaph.
Ferguson.

CARRY, s. A term used to express the motion of the clouds before the wind, S. B.

CARSE, KERSS, s. Low and fertile land, generally, that which is adjacent to a river, as the Carse of Gowrie, the Carse of Stirling, &c. S.
Barbour.

Su. G. kaerr and Isl. kiar, kaer, both signify a marsh.

Carse is sometimes used as an adj.
Lord Hailes.

CARTAGE, s. Apparently for carcase.
Douglas.

CARTE, s. A chariot, especially one used in war.

Chaucer, carte, id. Ir. cairt, C. B. kertuyn, A. S. craet, id.

CARTIL, s. A cart-load, Ang.; perhaps contr. from cart and fill or full.

CARTOW, s. A great cannon, a battering piece.
Spalding.

Teut. kartouwe, id.

CARUEL, KERVEL, s. A kind of ship.
Douglas.

Fr. caravelle, id. Teut. kareveel. Hisp. caravela, Isl. karf.

CASCHET, CASHET, s. The fac simile of the king's superscription.
Acts Ja. VI.

From Fr. cachet, a seal. This term has the same signification with caschet, S.

CASEABLE, adj. Naturally belonging to a particular situation or case.
Baillie.

To CASS, v. a. To make void, to annul.
Acts Ja. IV.

Fr. cass-er, id. L. B. cass-are, irritum reddere.

CASS, s.
1. Chance, accident, O. E. id.
Wallace.
2. Work, business.
Barbour.

Fr. cas, matter, fact, deed.

CASSIE, CAZZIE, s.
1. A sort of basket made of straw, S. B.
Brand.
It is also written cosie.
2. Used in Orkney instead of a corn riddle.
Statist. Acc.

Teut. kasse, capsa, cista, Fr. casse, Ital. cassa, L. B. cassa, id. Su. G. kasse, reticulum, in quo pisces portantur, &c.

CAST, s.
1. A twist, a contortion, as, His neck has gotten a cast, or a wrang cast, S.
2. Opportunity, chance, S.
3. A turn, an event of any kind, S.
Ross.
4. Lot, fate.
Hamilton.
5. Aim, object in view.
Douglas.
6. Subtle contrivance, wile, stratagem.
Wyntown.
7. Facility in performing any manual work, such especially as requires ingenuity or expertness, S.
Douglas.
8. Legerdemain, sleight of hand.
Houlate.
9. The effect of ingenuity, as manifested in literary works.
Douglas.

C. B. cast signifies a trick, techna; Su. G. kost, modus agendi.

CAST, s.
1. A district, a tract of country, S.
2. That particular course in which one travels, S.
Ross.

CAST, s. A cast of herrings, haddocks, oysters, &c., four in number, S.

Su. G. kast-a, to cast, to throw. Ett kast sill, quaternio halecum.

To CAST, v. a. To use, to propose, to bring forth. "To cast essonyies," LL. S. to exhibit excuses.

Su. G. kast-a, mittere.

To CAST a clod between persons, to widen the breach between them, S. B.
Ross.

To CAST a stone at one, to renounce all connexion with one, S.

To CAST out, v. n. To quarrel, S.
Ramsay.

To CAST up, v. a. To throw any thing in one's teeth, to upbraid one with a thing, S.
Ross.

To CAST up, v. n.
V. Upcasting.

To CAST Words, to quarrel, S. B.
Wyntown.

Su. G. ordkasta, to quarrel.

CASTELWART, s. The keeper of a castle.
Wyntown.

From castle and ward.

CASTOCK, CASTACK, CUSTOC, s. The core or pith of a stalk of colewort or cabbage; often kail-castock, S.
Journal Lond.

Belg. keest, medulla, cor, matrix arboris, the pith.

CAT and CLAY, the materials of which a mud-wall is constructed, in many parts of S. Straw and clay are well wrought together, and being formed into pretty large rolls, are laid between the different wooden posts by means of which the wall is formed, and carefully pressed down so as to incorporate with each other, or with the twigs that are sometimes plaited from one post to another, S.

CAT and DOG, the name of an ancient sport, S.

It seems to be an early form of Cricket.

CATBAND, s. The name given to the strong hook used on the inside of a door or gate, which being fixed to the wall, keeps it shut.
Act Sedt.

Germ. kette, a chain, and band.

CATCHY, adj. Disposed to take the advantage of another, S. from the E. v. catch.

CATCHROGUE, s. Cleavers or goose-grass, an herb, S. Galiam aparine, Linn.

CATCLUKE, CATLUKE, s. Trefoil; an herb, S. Lotus corniculatus, Linn.
Douglas.

"Named from some fanciful resemblance it has to a cat (cat's) or a bird's foot;" Rudd. Dan. katte-cloe, a cat's claw or clutch.

To CATE, CAIT, v. n. To desire the male or female; a term strictly applied to cats only.
V. Caige, Caigie.
Colvil.

Su. G. kaat, salax, lascivus, kaett-ias, lascivire.

CATECHIS, s. A catechism.
Abp. Hamiltoun.

CATER, s. Money, S. B. q. what is catered.
V. Catour.
Shirrefs.

CATERANES, KATHERANES, s. pl. Bands of robbers, especially such as came down from the Highlands to the low country, and carried off cattle, corn, or whatever pleased them, from those who were not able to make resistance, S. Kaitrine, Kettrin.
Stat. Rob. II.

Ir. ceatharnach, a soldier, ceatharb, a troop.

CAT-FISH, SEA-CAT, s. The Sea-wolf, S. Anarhicas lupus, Linn.

Sw. haf-kat, i. e. sea-cat.

Sibbald.

CAT-GUT, s. Fucus filum, Orkn.
Neill.

CAT-HARROW, s. "They draw the Cat Harrow; that is, they thwart one another."
Lyndsay.

CATHEL-NAIL, s. The nail by which the body of a cart is fastened to the axle-tree, Fife.

CATINE, s.
Polwart.

CATMAW, s. "To tumble the catmaw," to go topsy-turvy, to tumble, S. B.

CATOUR, s. A caterer, a provider.
Wallace.

O. Teut. kater, oeconomus.

V. Katouris.

CAT-SILLER, s. The mica of mineralogists, S.; the katzen silber of the vulgar in Germany.

CATTER, CATERR, s. Catarrh.
Bellenden.

CATTLE-RAIK, s. A common, or extensive pasture, where cattle feed at large, S.
V. Raik.

From cattle, and raik, to range.

CATWITTIT, adj. Harebrained, unsettled, q. having the wits of a cat, S.

To CAUCHT, v. a. To catch, to grasp.
Douglas.

Formed from the pret. of catch.

To CAVE, KEVE, v. a.
1. To push, to drive backward and forward, S.
2. To toss. "To cave the head," to toss it in a haughty or awkward way, S.
Cleland.

To Cave over, v. n. To fall over suddenly, S.
Melvill's MS.

Cave, s.
1. A stroke, a push, S.
2. A toss.

Isl. akafr, cum impetu, vehementer.

To Cave, v. a.
1. To separate grain from the broken straw, after threshing, S. B.
2. To separate corn from the chaff, S. A.

Teut. kav-en, eventilare paleas; or the v. both as signifying to toss, and to separate, may be viewed as the same with Isl. kaf-a volutare; kafa i heya, to toss, ted, or cave hay.

CAVEL, CAUIL, CAFLE, KAVEL, KEVIL, s.
1. Expl. "a rod, a pole, a long staff."
Chr. Kirk.

Su. G. kafle, pertica, bacillus; Germ. keule, a club.

2. A lot, S. keul, S. A.

Hence, "to cast cavels," to cast lots. Cavel, id. Northumb.
Wallace.
3. By Rudd. cavillis is not only translated lots, but "responses of oracles."
Douglas.
4. State appointed, allotment in Providence, S. B.
Ross.
5. A division or share of property, as being originally determined by lot, S. B.
Law Case.

Su. G. Isl. kafle, which primarily means a rod, is transferred to a lot in general. Teut. kavel, a lot, kavel-en, to cast lots.

To Cavell, v. a. To divide by lot, S. B.
Law Case.

CAVIE, s. A hencoop, S.
J. Nicol.

Teut. kevie, id. aviarium, Lat. cavea.

CAUIS, 3. p. sing. Falls suddenly over.
V. Cave over, v.
Douglas.

CAUITS, s. pl. Apparently, cat-calls. From S. caw, to call.
Henrysone.

CAULD, s. A dam-head, S. A.
Lay Last Minstrel.

Teut. kade, a small bank.

CAULD BARK, "To lie in the cauld bark," to be dead, S. B.
Ross.

Perhaps a corr. of A. S. beorg, sepulchre, q. cold grave.

CAULER, adj. Cool.
V. Callour.

CAULMES.
V. Calmes.

CAUPE, CAUPIS, CAULPES, CALPEIS, s. An exaction made by a superior, especially by the Head of a clan, on his tenants and other dependants, for maintenance and protection, under the name of a benevolence. This was generally the best horse, ox or cow the retainer had in his possession.
Acts Ja. IV.

Isl. kaup denotes a gift; Su. G. koep-a, dare.

CAUPONA, Expl. "a sailor's cheer in heaving the anchor."
Complaynt S.

Fr. À un coup, at once, altogether.

CAUSEY, CAUSAY, s. A street, S.

Teut. kautsije, id.

Douglas.
To keep the causey, or, the crown of the causey, to appear openly, to appear with credit and respectability.
Rutherford.

Causey-Cloaths, s. pl. Dress in which one may appear in public, S.
Baillie.

Causey-Faced, adj. One who may appear in public without blushing, S. B.

Calsay-Paiker, s. A street walker.
V. Paiker.

Causey-Tales, s. pl. Common news, q. street news, S.

CAURE, Calves; the pl. of cauf, a calf. It is commonly used in the West of S.
Popular Ball.

I am assured that the word is the same in Norway. A. S. cealfru, id.

CAUTIONER, s. A surety, a sponsor, S. a forensic term.
Acts Ja. V.

To CAW, v. a. To drive.
V. Call.

CAWK, s. Chalk, S. Caulk, A. Bor.
Wallace.

A. S. cealc, Alem. calc, Dan. Belg. kalck, Isl. kalk, C. B. calch, Lat. calx, id.

CAWKER, s.
1. The hinder part of a horse's shoe sharpened, and pointed downwards, to prevent the horse from sliding, S.
2. Metaph. a dram, a glass of ardent spirits, S.

Isl. keikr, recurvus, keik-a, recurvi; as referring to the form of the caulker.

CAWLIE, s. A contemptuous name for a man, S.; pron. like E. cowl.
Cleland.

CAZARD, s. Apparently, an emperor, or Caesar; as the latter is sometimes written Caser.
Chron. S. Poet.

CAZZIE, s. A sort of sack or net made of straw, S. B.
V. Cassie.

To CEIRS, SERS, v. a. To search.
Douglas.

Fr. cherch-er, Ital. cerc-are, id.

CELICALL, adj. Heavenly, celestial.
Douglas.

CENCRASTUS, s. A serpent of a greenish colour, having its speckled belly covered with spots resembling millet-seeds.
Watson's Coll.

Fr. cenchrite, Lat. cenchrus, id.

CEST, CESSIT, pret. Seized.
Wallace.

CH.

Words, of Goth. origin, whether S or E., beginning with ch, sounded hard, are to be traced to those in the Germ. or Northern languages that have k, and in A. S. c, which has the same power with k.

To CHACK, v. n. To clack, to make a clinking noise, S.
Cleland.

To CHACK, v. a. To cut or bruise any part of the body by a sudden stroke; as when the sash of a window falls on the fingers, S.

E. check. Teut. kack-en, kek-en, increpare; synon. S. B. Chat, q. v.

CHACK, CHATT, s. A slight repast, taken hastily, S.

Q. a check for hunger.

CHACK, CHECK, s. The Wheat-ear, a bird, Orkn. Motacilla oenanthe, Linn.
V. Stane-Chacker.
Barry.

Nearly the same with the last part of its Germ. name, stein schwaker.

CHACKARALLY, s. Apparently some kind of checkered or variegated cloth.
Watson's Coll.

CHACKE-BLYND-MAN, s. Blind man's buff.
Bp. Forbes.

Jockie-blind-man, Angus, id.

CHACKLOWRIE, s. Mashed cabbage, mixed amongst barley-broth, Aberd.

CHAD, s. Gravel, such small stones as form the bed of a river, S. B.

Teut. kade, litus, ora.

Chaddy, adj. Gravelly; as, chaddy ground, that which chiefly consists of gravel, S.

To CHAFF, v. n. To chatter, to be loquacious, Loth.

Teut. keff-en, gannire, latrare.

CHAFTIS, CHAFTS, s. pl. Chops, S.A. Bor. chafts.
Peblis to the Play.

Su. G. kiaeft, kaeft, Isl. kiaft-ur, the jaw-bone. A. Bor. chafts, chefts, id. Hence also E. chops.

Chaft-Blade, s. The jaw-bone, S.

Chaft-Talk, s. Talking, prattling, Aberd. from chaft and talk.
Poems Buchan Dial.

To CHAIPE, v. n. To escape.
Wallace.

Fr. eschapp-er, Ital. scapp-are, id.

CHAIPES, CHAPIS, s. pl. Price, rate, established value of goods.
Acts Ja. I.

A. S. ceap, price; from ceap-an, to buy.

To CHAISTIFIE, v. a. To chastise.
Bellenden.

To CHAK, v. a. To check.
Wallace.

Chak, s. The act of checking, stop.
V. Char.

To CHAK, v. n.
1. To gnash, to snatch at an object with the chops, as a dog does, S.
Douglas.
2. It expresses the sharp sound made by any iron substance, when entering into its socket; to click, S.
3. To chak to, to shut with a sharp sound.
Bellenden.

CHAKIL, s. The wrist.
V. Shackle-Bane.
Watson's Coll.

CHALANDRIE, s. Probably, imitations of singing birds.
Burel.

Fr. calandre, a species of lark.

CHALDRICK, CHALDER, s. The name given in the Orkney Islands to the Sea-pie, Hoematopus ostralegus, Linn.
Statist. Acc.

Isl. tialldur, id. Pennant's Zool.

CHALMER, s. Chamber.
Douglas.

Chalmer-Glew, s. "Chambering, secret wantonness," Gl. Sibb.
V. Glew.

CHALOUS, Sir Gawan and Sir Gal. i. 11.
V. Cholle.

CHAMBERERE, s. A chamberlain.

Fr. chambrier, id.

King's Quair.

CHAMBRADEESE, s. A parlour; a name still used by some old people, Fife.
V. Deis.

Fr. chambre au dais, a chamber with a canopy.

To CHAMP, v. a. To chop, to mash, S. Chomp, Lancash., to cut things small.

Germ. Belg. kapp-en, id.

Godscroft.

CHAMPIT, adj. Having raised figures, imbossed, diapered.
Palice of Honour.

Teut. schamp-en, radere, scalpere.

CHANCY, adj.
1. Fortunate, happy, S.
Douglas.

Fr. chanceaux, id.

2. Foreboding good fortune, S. Any person or thing viewed as inauspicious, is said to be no chancy, S.
Ross.

CHANDLER, CHANLER, s. A candlestick, S.
Ramsay.

Fr. chandelier, a branch for holding candles, used obliquely. Grose mentions chaundler.

Chanler-Chafted, adj. Lantern-jawed; having chops like a chandler or candlestick, S. B.
Journal Lond.

CHANNEL, s. Gravel, S. (synon. chad) perhaps from channel, the bed of a river.
V. Chingle.

Channelly, adj. Gravelly, S.
Statist. Acc.

To CHANNER, v. n. To fret, to be in a chiding humour, S.
Minstrelsy Border.

CHANOS, adj. Gray.
V. Canois.
Douglas.

CHANTERIS, s. pl. Laics endowed with ecclesiastical benefices.
Bannatyne Poems.

CHAP, s.
1. A fellow; a contemptuous term; sometimes chappie, or "little chap," S.
Burns.
2. Like chield, it is also applied to a female, S. B.
Ross.

Su. G. kaeps, keips, kaebs, homo servilis conditionis.

To CHAP, v. a.
1. To strike with a hammer, or any instrument of similar use, S.

Teut. kapp-en, incidere; Belg. schopp-en, to strike, Sewel.

To Chap hands, to strike hands, especially in concluding a bargain, S.

2. To chop, to cut into small pieces, S.

Teut. kapp-en, conscindere minutim.

To Chap aff, to strike off.

Su. G. kapp-a, to amputate.

To Chap, v. n.
1. To strike: "the knock's chappin," the clock strikes, S.
2. To chap at a door, to knock, to rap, S.
Sir Egeir.

Chap, Chaup, Choppe, s.
1. A stroke of any kind, a blow, S.
Burns.

Teut. kip, ictus; Moes. G. kaupat-jan, colaphos ingerere.

2. A tap or rap, S.
Minstrelsy Border.
Z. Boyd uses choppe in the same sense.

Chapping-Sticks, s. Any instrument which one uses for striking with, S.
Kelly.

To CHAP, CHAUP out, CHAUPS, v. a.
1. To fix upon any person or thing by selection, S. Hence the phrase, Chap ye, chuse ye.
Ramsay.
2. Suddenly to embrace a proposal made in order to a bargain; to hold one at the terms mentioned, S.

Belg. kipp-en, to choose; which seems only a secondary sense of the v. in Teut. as signifying to lay hold of.

Chap, s. The act of choosing; Chap and choice, great variety, S. B.
Ross.

CHAP, s. A shop.
Many.

CHAPIN, s. Chopin, a quart, S.
Shirrefs.

CHAPYT,
V. Chaipe.

CHAPMAN, s. A pedlar, a hawker, S., a merchant, O. E.
Statist. Acc.

A. S. ceapman, Sw. koepman, a merchant.

CHAR, s. Carriages.
Barbour.

Fr. char, a waggon, a car.

To CHAR, v. a.
1. To stop.
Douglas.
2. To char by, to turn aside.
Douglas.

A. S. cerr-an, to turn, to turn from, divertere.

CHAR. On char, to a side.
Douglas.

A. S. cerre, turning, bending, winding.

To CHAR, Char doute. Perhaps, "murmur distrust."
Barbour.

A. S. cear-ian, to complain, to murmur.

CHARBUKILL, s.
1. A carbuncle.
Douglas.
2. An ulcer.
Polwart.

Fr. escarboucle, carboucle, the pestilent botch or sore, termed a carbuncle.

CHARD, pret.
V. Chier.

CHARE, s. A chariot.
Douglas.

Fr. char, id.

CHARE, s. Care, charge.
Ross.

Like E. charie, from A. S. car, cura, or cearig, solicitus.

CHARGES, s. pl. Rents.
Buik of Discipline.

Fr. charge, pension, rente.

CHARLEWAN, CHARLEWAYNE, s. The constellation Ursa Major, also called the Plough, S.
Douglas.

A. S. carleaswagn, Su. G. karlwagn, Dan. karlvogn.

CHARNAILL BANDIS, s. pl. Strong hinges used for massy doors or gates, riveted, and often having a plate, on each side of the gate, S. centre-hinges, E.
Wallace.

Fr. charniere, a hinge, a turning joint.

CHARRIS.
V. Char, v.

CHASBOL, CHESBOL, CHESBOWE, s. Poppy.
Complaynt S. Douglas.

CHASE, s. Brak a chase, perhaps, begun a pursuit.
Knox.

CHASS, s. Case, condition.
Wallace.

To CHASTY, v. a. To chastise, to correct.
Barbour.

Fr. chasti-er, id.

To CHAT, v. a. To bruise slightly, S.; synon. chack.

CHAT THE, "Hang thyself;" Rudd.
Douglas.

CHAUDMELLÉEacute;, s. A sudden broil or quarrel.
Skene.

Fr. chaude, hot, and meslÉe, melÉe, broil.

CHAUD-PEECE, s. Gonorrhoea.

Fr. chaude-pisse, id.

Polwart.

To CHAW, v. a.
1. To fret, to gnaw.
Douglas.
2. To provoke, to vex, S.

O. F. chaloir, to put in pain.

CHEATS, CHITS, s. The sweet-bread. Chits and nears, a common dish in S. i. e. kidneys and sweet-breads.
Watson's Coll.

CHECK, s. A bird.
V. Chack.

CHEEK-BLADE, s. The cheek-bone. S.
Cleland.

CHEESE-HAKE, s. A frame for drying cheeses when newly made, S.
V. Hake.

CHEESE-RACK, s. The same with Cheese-hake, S.
Ferguson.

To CHEIM, v. a. To divide equally; especially in cutting down the backbone of an animal, S. B.

Apparently corr. from the E. v. chine, used in the same sense, from chine, the backbone. Fr. eschin-er, id.

To CHEIP, CHEPE, v. n.
1. To peep, to chirp, as young birds in the nest, S. Cheepe, O. E.
Complaynt S.
2. To squeak with a shrill and feeble voice, S.
Godscroft.
3. To mutter; applied metaph. to man, S.
Bannatyne Poems.
4. To creak, S.

Isl. keyp-a, vagire puerorum; keipar, puerorum vagitus.

Cheip, s. This admits of the same various significations as the v. S.

Cheiper, s. The cricket, an insect; denominated from the noise it makes, Loth.

To CHEIPS, v. a. To buy or sell.
Maitland Poems.

A. S. ceap-an, emere, vendere.

To CHEIS, CHEISS, CHES, CHESE,
1. To choose.
Fordun.
2. To appoint; used in an oblique sense.
Sir Tristrem.

Moes. G. kes-an, A. S. ceos-an, Belg. kies-en, Su. G. kes-a, id. Chauc. chese.

CHEITRES, Dunbar, Maitland Poems, p. 48. read chekis.

CHEK, s.
1. Cheek.
Douglas.
2. The post of a gate.
Douglas.

CHEKER, CHECKER, s. The exchequer.
Stat. Rob. III.

CHELIDERECT, s. A kind of serpent.
Burel.

Fr. chelydre, Lat. chelydrus, id.

CHEMAGÉ.
V. Chemys.
Wallace.

Chemes hie, i. e. high dwelling, seems the true reading.

CHEMER, s. A loose upper garment.
V. Chymour.
Barbour.

CHEMYS, CHYMES, CHYMMES, CHYMIS, s. A chief dwelling; as the manor-house of a landed proprietor, or the palace of a prince.
Baron Courts.

O. Fr. chefmez, chefmois, the chief mansion-house on an estate; L. B. caput mansi.

CHENYIE, CHENYÉ, s. A chain.
Complaynt S.

CHENNONIS, s. pl. Canons belonging to a cathedral.
Houlate.

To CHEPE, v. n. To chirp.
V. Cheip.

CHESBOW, s. The poppy.
V. Chasbol.

To CHESE, v. a. To choose.
V. Cheis.

CHESYBIL, s. An ecclesiastical dress, O. E. chesuble, a short vestment without sleeves.
Wyntown.

L. B. casubla, Fr. casuble, id. a little cope.

CHESS, s. The frame of wood for a window, a sash, S.

Fr. chassis, id.

To CHESSOUN, v. a. To subject to blame, to accuse.
Priests of Peblis.

Fr. achoisonn-er, id.

CHESSOUN, CHESOWNE, s. Blame, accusation, exception.
Priests of Peblis.

Fr. achoison, accusation.

CHESTER, s. The name given to a circular fortification in some parts of S.
Statist. Acc.

Lat. castra, adopted into A. S. in the form of ceaster, a fort, a castle.

CHESWELL, s. A cheese-vat.
Kelly.

CHEVERON, s. Armour for a horse's head.
Sir Gawan and Sir Gal.

L. B. chamfrenum, Du Cange; Fr. chanfrain, chanfrein.

CHEVIN, part. pa. Succeeded, prospered.
Maitland Poems.

Fr. chevir, to obtain, also to make an end.

CHEWAL, adj. Distorted.
V. Shevel and Showl.
Dunbar.

CHEWALRY, s.
1. Men in arms, of whatever rank.
Barbour.
2. Courage, prowess in arms.
Barbour.

Fr. chevalerie, knighthood, transferred to armed men without distinction. It also signifies prowess.

Chewalrous, adj. Brave, gallant.
Barbour.

O. Fr. chevaleureux, illustris, nobilis.

Chewalrusly, adv. Bravely, gallantly.
Barbour.

To CHEWYS, v. a. To compass, to achieve, to accomplish.
Barbour.

Chewysance, Chewysans, s. Acquirement, provision, means of sustenance.
Wallace.

To CHICK, v. n. To make a clicking noise, as a watch does, S.

Teut. kick-en, mutire, minimam vocem edere.

CHICKENWORT, s. Chickweed, S. Alsine media, Linn.

From chicken and wort, an herb.

CHIEL, CHIELD, s.
1. A servant.
Chamber-cheil, a servant who waits in a gentleman's chamber, a valet.
Pitscottie.

Su. G. kullt, a boy, kulla, a girl, kulle, offspring. Or Child, q. v. corr. from O. E. pronounced by the common people in E. Cheild or Cheeld.

2. A fellow, used either in a good or bad sense, although more commonly as expressive of disrespect, S.
Ramsay.
3. A stripling, a young man, S. It is applied indifferently to a young man or woman, S. B.
Ross.
4. An appellation expressive of fondness, S. B.
Ross.

To CHIER, CHEIR, v. a. To cut, to wound.
Chr. Kirk.

A. S. scear-an, scer-an, tondere. Cheard, which occurs in the same stanza, seems to be the pret. of the v.

CHIERE, s. Chair.
King's Quair.

CHILD, CHYLD, s. A servant, a page.
Wallace.
In O. E., a youth, especially one of high birth, before he was advanced to the honour of knighthood.

A. S. cild; like L. infans, Fr. enfant, Hisp. infant, transferred to the heir apparent of a sovereign.

Childer, pl. Children, S. Lancash.

A. S. cildru, pueri.

Wallace.

CHILD-ILL, s. Labour, pains of child-bearing.
Barbour.

CHYMES, s. A chief dwelling.
V. Chemys.

CHYMOUR, Chymer, s. A light gown, E. cymar.
Maitland Poems.

Fr. chamarre, a loose and light gown. Ital. ciamare, Belg. samare.

CHIMNEY, CHIMLEY, s. A grate, S.
Burrow Lawes.

Corn. tschimbla, a chimney.

Chimley-brace, s. The mantle-piece, S.

Chimla-lug, s. The fire-side, S.

CHINE, s. The end of a barrel, or that part of the staves which projects beyond the head, S.
Acts Cha. I.

Isl. kani, prominula pars rei, that part of a thing that projects, also rostrum, Haldorson. Chine, however, may be corr. from E. chime, chimb, id., especially as Teut. kieme, and kimme, signify margo vasis; and Su. G. kim, extremum dolii.

CHINGLE, s. Gravel, S.
V. Channel.
Statist. Acc.

Chingily, adj. Gravelly, S.
Statist. Acc.

To CHIP, CHYP, v. n.
1. A bird is said to be chipping, when it cracks the shell. A. Bor. id.
2. To break forth from a shell or calix, applied to flowers, also to grain when it begins to germinate, S.
Douglas.
3. Metaph. applied to the preparation necessary to the flight of a person.
Minstrelsy Border.
4. Transferred to a woman who is in the early state of pregnancy, S.
5. It is applied to ale when it begins to ferment in the working vat, S. O.

Belg. kipp-en, to hatch, to disclose.

CHYRE, s. Cheer, entertainment.
Dunbar.

To CHIRK, JIRK, JIRG, CHORK, v. n.
1. To make a grating noise, S.
Popular Ball.
To chirk with the teeth, also actively, to chirk the teeth, to rub them against each other, S.
2. Used to denote "the noise made by the feet when the shoes are full of water," S.
Ramsay.

A. S. cearc-ian, crepitare, stridere, to gnash, to creak; Chaucer, to chirke.

To CHIRME, v. n.
1. Used to denote the mournful sound emitted by birds, especially when collected together before a storm, S.
Douglas.
2. To chirp, without necessarily implying the idea of a melancholy note, S.
Ferguson.
3. To be peevish, to be habitually complaining, S.

Belg. kerm-en, lamentari, quiritari, Isl. jarmr, vox avium, garritus.

Chyrme, s. Note, applied to birds.
Douglas.

To CHIRT, v. a.
1. To squeeze, to press out, S.
Douglas.
2. To act in a griping manner; also, to squeeze or practise extortion, S.

CHIT, s. A small bit of bread, or of any kind of food, S.

To CHITTER, v. n.
1. To shiver, to tremble, S.
Ramsay.
2. To chatter. The teeth are said to chitter, when they strike against each other, S.

Teut. tsitter-en, Germ. schutt-ern, to quiver.

CHITTER-LILLING, s. An opprobrious term.
Dunbar.

Perhaps the same as E. chitterlin, the intestines.

To CHIZZEL, v. a. To cheat, to act deceitfully, S. B. Chouse, E.

Belg. kweezel-en, to act hypocritically.

CHIZZARD.
V. Kaisart.

CHOKKEIS, pronounced chouks, s. pl. The jaws, properly the glandular parts under the jaw-bones, S.
V. Chukis.
Wallace.

Isl. kalke, kialke, maxilla, the jaws, kuok, gula, faux bruti.

Chok-band, s. The small strip of leather by which a bridle is fastened around the jaws of a horse, S.

CHOL, CHOW, s. The jole or jowl.
Evergreen.

A. S. ceole, faucis, ceolas, fauces, the jaws.

Cheek for chow, S. cheek by jole.
Ramsay.

CHOLER, CHULLER, CHURL, s. A double-chin, S.
Journal Lond.

CHOLLE, s. Perhaps the chough.
Sir Gawan and Sir Gal.

To CHORK.
V. Chirk.

To CHORP, v. n. To emit a creaking sound, Loth.

CHOSS, s. Choice.
Barbour.

CHOUKS.
V. Chokkis.

CHOW, s. The jowl.
V. Chol.

CHOWPIS, pret. v. Chops about.
Douglas.

CHOWS, s. pl. A smaller kind of coal, much used in forges, S.; perhaps from Fr. chou, the general name of coal.
Statist. Acc.

To CHOWTLE, CHUTTLE, v. n. To chew feebly, as a child, or an old person does, S.

Isl. jodla, infirmiter mandere.

CHRYSTISMESS, s. Christmas.
Wallace.

CHUCKIE, s. A low or cant term for a hen, S.

Belg. kuyken, a chicken.

Chuckie-Stane, s.
1. A small pebble, S.

Teut. keyken, a small flint; if not from the circumstance of such stones being swallowed by domestic fowls.

2. A game, used by girls, in tossing up, and catching pebbles as they fall, is called the Chuckie-stanes.

CHUF, s. Clown.
Maitland Poems.

Evidently the same with Cufe, q. v.

CHUK, s. Asellus marinus.
Sibbald.

CHUKIS, s. pl. Apparently, a swelling of the jaws.
Gl. Complaynt.

A. S. ceacena swyle, faucium tumor.

CHUM, s. Food, provision for the belly, Clydes. Scaff, synon.

CIETEZOUR, s. A citizen.
Bellenden.

CYGONIE, s. The stork.
Burel.

Fr. cicogne, id.

CYNDIRE, s. A term denoting ten swine.
Forrest Lawe.

To CIRCUMJACK, v. n. To correspond with, W. Loth.

CYSTEWS, s. pl. Cistertian monks; Fr. Cistaws.
Wyntown.

CITHARIST, s. The harp.
Houlate.

CITHOLIS, s. A musical instrument.
Houlate.

L. B. citola, Fr. citole, an instrument with cords.

CLAAICK, CLAWICK, s. The autumnal feast, or harvest-home, Aberd.; synon. Maiden. When the harvest is early finished, it is called the Maiden Claaick; when late, the Carlin Claaick.

CLACHAN, CLAUCHANNE, s. A small village, bordering on the Highlands, in which there is a parish-church, S. Elsewhere, it is called the kirk-town.
Acts Ja. VI.

From Gael. clachan, "a circle of stones;" as churches were erected in the same places, which, in times of heathenism, had been consecrated to Druidical worship.

CLACK, s. The clapper of a mill, S.

Teut. klack, sonora percussio.

CLAES, pl. Clothes.
V. Claith.

CLAG, CLAGG, s.
1. An incumbrance, a burden lying on property; a forensic term, S.
Dallas.
2. Charge, impeachment of character; fault, or imputation of one, S.
Ritson.

Teut. klaghe, accusatio; Dan. klage, a complaint, a grievance. Or perhaps rather from the same origin with E. clog; q. what lies as a clog on an estate.

To CLAG, v. a. To clog by adhesion, S.
Wallace.

Dan. klaeg, viscous, glutinous, sticky; Isl. kleggi, massa compacta.

Claggy, adj. Unctuous, adhesive, bespotted with mire, S.
V. the v.

Claggock, s. "A dirty wench," Gl. Sibb.
Lyndsay.

CLAHYNNHÉ, CLACHIN. s. Clan or tribe of people living in the same district.
Wyntown.

Gael., Ir. clan, id. Moes. G. klahaim, children.

CLAYIS, s. pl. Clothes, S.
V. Claith.

To CLAIK, v. n.
1. To make a clucking noise, as a hen does, especially when provoked, S.
2. To cry incessantly, and impatiently, for any thing, S.
3. To talk a great deal in a trivial way, S.; to clack, E.
4. To tattle, to report silly stories, S.

Isl. klak-a, clango, avium vox propria; klack-a, to prattle; Su. G. klaek, reproach.

Claik, s.
1. The noise made by a hen, S.

Isl. klak, vox avium.

2. An idle or false report; S.
Morison.

CLAIK, CLAKE, s. The bernacle; Anas erythropus (mas) Linn.
Bellenden.

It seems to have been supposed, that this goose received its name from its claik, or the noise which it makes.

CLAIR, adj.
1. Distinct, exact, S. B.
Ross.

Fr. clair, evident, manifest, Lat. clarus.

2. Ready, prepared, S. B. clar, Orkn.

Dan. klar, id.

Pennecuik.

To CLAIR, v. a. To beat, to maltreat.
Polwart.
Clearings is used metaph. both for scolding, and for beating, Clydes.

CLAISE, Clothes.
V. Claith.

CLAITH, CLAYTH, s. Cloth, S., Westmorel.
Abp. Hamiltoun.
Clais, claise, claes, S. pl. Westmorel., also Cumb.

A. S. clath, cloth; clatha, Isl. Su. G. klaede, clothes.

To CLAIVER, v. n. To talk idly or foolishly.
V. Claver.

CLAM, adj.
1. Clammy, S. Belg. klam, id.
2. Smooth; as "clam ice," S. B.

CLAM, CLAM-SHELL, s. A scallop shell, S. Ostrea opercularis, Linn.
Sibbald.

Probably from O. Fr. clame, a pilgrim's mantle; as these shells were worn on the cape of their mantles, or on their hats, by those who had made a pilgrimage to Palestine, as a symbol of their having crossed the sea.

CLAMS, s. pl.
1. Strong pincers used by ship-wrights, for drawing large nails, S. B.
2. A vice, generally made of wood; used by artificers for holding any thing fast, S.
3. The instrument, resembling a forceps, employed in weighing gold.
Shirrefs.

Belg. klemm-en, arctare; to pinch.

CLAMEHEWIT, CLAW-MY-HEWIT, s.
1. A stroke, a drubbing, S.
Ferguson.
2. A misfortune, Ang.

Qu. claw my heved, or head, scratch my head; an ironical expression.

To CLAMP UP, CLAMPER, v. a. To patch, to make or mend in a clumsy manner, S.
Chron. S. Poet.

Germ. klempern, metallum malleo tundere; klempener, one who patches up toys for children.

To CLAMP, CLAMPER, v. n. To make a noise with the shoes in walking, S.

Clamp, s. A heavy footstep or tread.
Ferguson.

CLANK, s. A sharp blow that causes a noise, S.
Ramsay.

Teut. klanck, clangor.

To Clank, v. a. To give a sharp stroke, S.
Minstrelsy Border.

To Clank down, v. a. To throw down with a shrill sharp noise.
Melvill's MS.

CLANK, s. A catch, a hasty hold taken of any object, S. Claught, synon.
Ross.

To CLAP the HEAD, To commend; conveying the idea of flattery, S.
Ramsay.

CLAP, s. A stroke; Dedis clap, the stroke of death.
Douglas.

Belg. klap, a slap, a box on the ear.

CLAP, s. A moment; in a clap, instantaneously.
Baillie.

The idea is, a clap of the hand; for handclap is used, S. B.

CLAP of the hass, the vulgar designation for the uvula, S.; synon. pap of the hass.

CLAP, s. A flat instrument of iron, resembling a box, with a tongue and handle, used for making proclamations through a town, instead of a drum or hand-bell, S.
Chron. S. Poet.

Teut. klepp-en, pulsare, sonare; Belg. klep, a clapper.

Clapman, s. A public crier, S.

Belg. klapperman, a watchman with a clapper.

CLAPPERS, s. pl. Holes intentionally made for rabbits to burrow in, either in an open warren, or within an inclosure.

Fr. clapier, id. Su. G. klapper, lapides minuti et rotundi.

CLARCHE PIPE.
Watson's Coll.

CLARE, adv. Wholly, entirely, S.
Douglas.

CLAREMETHEN. According to the law of claremethen, any person who claims stolen cattle or goods is required to appear at certain places particularly appointed for this purpose, and prove his right to them, S.
Skene.

From clare, clear, and meith, a mark.

CLARGIE, CLERGY, s. Erudition.
Priests Peblis.

Fr. clergie, id. from Lat. clericus.

To CLARK, v. a. To act as amanuensis, S.

To CLART, v. a. To dirty, to foul, S. Clort, Perths.

Clarts, s. pl. Dirt, mire, any thing that defiles, S.

Hence,

Clarty, adj. Dirty, nasty, S. Clorty, Perths.
Maitland Poems.
Clart. To spread or smear. Clarty; smear'd; A. Bor.

To CLASH, v. n.
1. To talk idly, S.
Cleland.
2. To tittle-tattle, to tell tales, S.

Germ. klatschen, id.; klatcherey, idle talk.

Clash, s.
1. Tittle-tattle, prattle, S.
Satan's Invis. World.
2. Vulgar fame, the story of the day, S.
Burns.

To CLASH, v. a. To pelt, to throw dirt, S.
Dunbar.

Teut. klets-en, resono ictu verberare; Dan. klatsk-er, to flap.

Clash, s. A blow, a stroke, S.

Germ. klatch, id.

CLASH, s. A heap of any heterogeneous substances, S.

Isl. klase, rudis nexura, quasi congelatio.

CLASH, s. A cavity of considerable extent in the acclivity of a hill, S.

CLASPS, s. pl. An inflammation of the termination of the sublingual gland, a disease of horses, Border.
Watson.

CLAT, s. Used as synon. with clod.
Z. Boyd.

Teut. klotte, kluyte, id. gleba, massa.

To CLAT, CLAUT, v. a.
1. To rake together dirt or mire, S.
2. To rake together, in a general sense, S.

Su. G. kladd, filth.

3. To scrape, to scratch any thing together.
Burns.

Clat, Claut, s.
1. An instrument for raking together dirt or mire, S.
2. A hoe, as employed in the labours of husbandry, S.
3. The act of raking together, as applied to property.
4. What is scraped together by niggardliness, S.
Burns.

To CLATCH, v. a.
1. To daub with lime, S.; harle, synon.
2. To close up with any adhesive substance.

Isl. kleose, kleste, lino, oblino.

Clatch, s. Any thing thrown for the purpose of daubing.

Isl. klessa, any thing that bedaubs.

To CLATCH, SKLATCH, v. a. To finish any piece of workmanship in a careless and hurried way, without regard to the rules of art, S.

Clatch, s. Any piece of mechanical work done in a careless way, S.

CLATH, CLAITH, s. Cloth, S.
V. Claith.

To CLATT, v. a. To bedaub, to dirty, S. Clate, to daub, A. Bor.

Clattie, adj. Nasty, dirty, S. Claity, id., Cumb.
Z. Boyd.

Su. G. kladd, sordes, kladd-a sig ned, se vestesque suas inquinare; Belg. kladd-en, to daub, kladdig, dirty.

To CLATTER, v. a.
1. To prattle, to act as a tell-tale, S.
Dunbar.
2. To chat, to talk familiarly, S.

Teut. kletter-n, concrepare.

Clatter, s.
1. An idle or vague rumour, S.
Hudson.
2. Idle talk, frivolous loquacity, S.
J. Nicol.
3. Free and familiar conversation, S.
Shirrefs.

Clatterer, s. A tale-bearer, S.
Lyndsay.

Clattern, s. A tattler, a babbler, Loth.
Ramsay.

CLAUCHANNE, s. A village in which there is a church.
V. Clachan.

CLAUCHT, pret. Snatched, laid hold of eagerly and suddenly.
Douglas.

Su. G. klaa, unguibus veluti fixis prehendere. This may be viewed as the pret. of the v. Cleik, q. v.

Claucht, Claught, s. A catch or seizure of any thing in a sudden and forcible way, S.
Ross.

To CLAVER, v. a.
1. To talk idly, or in a nonsensical manner, S. pron. claiver.
Ramsay.
2. To chat, to gossip, S.
Morison.

Germ. klaffer, garrulus.

Claver, Claiver, s. Frivolous talk, prattle, S.
Ramsay.

CLAVER, CLAUIR, s. Clover, S.
Douglas.

A. S. claefer, Belg. klaver, id. from A. S. cleafan, to cleave, because of the remarkable division of the leaves.

CLAW, s. A kind of iron spoon for scraping the bake-board, Ang.

Teut. klauw-en, scalpere, klauwe, rastrum.

To CLAY, CLAY UP, v. a. To stop a hole or chink by any unctuous or viscous substance, S.
Ferguson.

CLEAVING, s. The division in the human body from the os pubis downwards, S.
V. Clof.
Ramsay.

Isl. klof, femorum intercapedo.

To CLECK, v. a. To hatch.
V. Clek.

CLECKIN-BROD, s. A board for striking with at hand-ball, Loth. Baw-brod, i. e. ball-board, synon.

Isl. klecke, leviter verbero.

To CLEED, CLEITH, v. a.
1. To clothe, S.
Burns.
2. Metaph. applied to foliage.
Ferguson.
3. Used obliquely, to denote the putting on of armour.
Acts Marie.
4. To seek protection from.
Spalding.

Isl. Su. G. klaed-a, Germ. kleid-en, Belg. kleed-en, Dan. klaed-er, id.

Cleeding, Cleading, s. Clothing, apparel, S.

Germ. kleidung, id.
Ramsay.

Cled Score, A phrase signifying twenty-one in number, S.
Statist. Acc.

Qu. clothed with one in addition.

CLEG, GLEG, s. A gad-fly, a horse-fly. It is pronounced gleg, S. B. cleg, Clydes. A. Bor. id.
Hudson.

Dan. klaeg, id. tabanus.

CLEIK, adj. Lively, agile, fleet, Loth.
V. Cleuch, adj.

To CLEIK, CLEK, CLEEK, v. a. To catch as by a hook, S.
Ramsay.
2. To lay hold of, after the manner of a hook, S.
3. To seize, in whatever way, whether by force, or by fraud, S.
Lyndsay.
4. To cleik up, obliquely used, to raise, applied to a song.
Peblis to the Play.

Isl. hleik-ia, to bind with chains.

Cleik, Clek, s.
1. An iron hook.
Acts Ja. I.
2. A hold of any object, S.
3. The arm, metaph. used.
A. Nicol.

Isl. klakr, ansa clitellarum, hleck-r, an iron chain.

Cleiky, adj. Ready to take the advantage, inclined to circumvent, S.

Cleiks, s. pl. A cramp in the legs, to which horses are subject.
Montgomerie.

CLEYNG, Perhaps, a dark substance.
Sir Gawan and Sir Gal.

To CLEK, CLEKE, v. a.
1. To hatch, to produce young by incubation, S.
Bellenden.
2. To bear, to bring forth, S.
Douglas.
3. To hatch, as applied to the mind, S.
Ramsay.
4. To feign.
Maitland Poems.

Su. G. klaeck-a, Isl. klek-ia, excludere pullos.

Cleckin, s.
1. A brood of chickens, S.
2. Metaph. a family of children, S.

CLEKET, s. The tricker of an engine.
Barbour.

E. clicket, the knocker of a door, Fr. cliquet, id.

To CLEM, v. a.
1. To stop a hole by compressing, S.
2. To stop a hole by means of lime, clay, &c.; also to clem up, S.

A. S. cleam-ian, id.

To CLEP, CLEPE, v. a. To call, to name.
Wallace.

A. S. cleop-an, clyp-ian, vocare.

Clep, s. A more solemn form of citation, used especially in criminal cases.
Skene.

To CLEP, v. n.
1. To act the tell-tale, S.
Ramsay.
2. To chatter, to prattle; especially, as implying the idea of pertness, S.

Belg. klapp-en, to tattle, to betray.

Clep, s. Tattle, pert loquacity, S.

Belg. ydele klap, idle chat.

CLERGY.
V. Clargie.

CLERK-PLAYIS, s. pl. Properly, those theatrical representations the subjects of which were borrowed from Scripture.
Calderwood.

CLETT, s. A projecting rock or cliff, Caithn.
Statist. Acc.

Isl. klett-ur, rupes mari imminens.

CLEUCH, CLEUGH, (gutt.) s.
1. A precipice, a rugged ascent, S. B. Heuch, synon.
Wallace.

Ir. cloichs; a rock.

2. A strait hollow between precipitous banks, or a hollow descent on the side of a hill, S.
Evergreen.

A. S. clough, rima quaedam vel fissura ad montis clivum vel declivum.

CLEUCH, adj.
1. Clever, dextrous, light-fingered, S. B.
2. Niggardly and severe in dealing, S. B.

Isl. klok-r, callidus, vafer; Germ. klug, id.

CLEUCK, CLUKE, s.
1. A claw or talon.
Lyndsay.
2. Used figuratively for the hand. Hence cair-cleuck, the left hand, S. B.
Morison.

Perhaps a dimin. from Su. G. klo, Teut. klauwe, a claw or talon.

To Cleuck, Cleuk, v. a. To grip, to seize with violence, Aberd.
Forbes.

CLEUE and LAW, Higher and lower part.
Barbour.

Cleue seems to be the same with Germ. kleve, A. S. clif, clivus.

To CLEVER, v. n. To climb, to scramble. A. Bor. id.
King's Quair.

Teut. klaver-en, klever-en, sursum reptare unguibus fixis, Isl. klifr-a, id.

CLEVERUS, adj. Clever.
V. Cleuch.

CLEVIS, Leg. clevir, i. e. clover.
Maitland Poems.

To CLEW, v. n. To cleave, to fasten.

Teut. klev-en, id.

Wyntown.

CLEWIS, s. pl. Claws, talons.
V. Cleuck.
Douglas.

CLIBBER, CLUBBER, s. A wooden saddle, a packsaddle, Caithn. Orkn.
Statist. Acc.

Isl. klifberi, clitellae, from klif, fascis, sarcina, and beri portator.

CLICK-CLACK, s. Uninterrupted loquacity, S.

From E. click and clack, both expressive of a sharp successive noise; or Teut. klick-en, crepitare, klack-en, verberare resono ictu.

CLIFT, s. A spot of ground, S.

A. S. cliof-an, to cleave, because parted from the rest.

To CLINCH, CLYNSCH, v. n. To limp, S.
Douglas.

Su. G. link-a, claudicare.

Clinch, s. A halt, S.

CLINK, s. A smart stroke or blow, S.
Hamilton.

Teut. klincke, id.; alapa, colaphus.

CLINK, s. Money; a cant term, S.
Burns.

From the sound; Teut. klinck-en, tinnire.

To CLINK, v. a. A term denoting alertness in manual operation, S.

To Clink on, v. a. To clap on.
Ramsay.

To Clink up, v. a. To seize any object quickly and forcibly, S.

If not radically the same with the v. cleik, with n inserted; allied perhaps to Dan. lencke a chain, a link, q. gelencke.

CLINT, s. A hard or flinty rock. Gl. Sibb. "Clints. Crevices amongst bare lime-stone rocks, North." Gl. Grose.

Hence,

Clinty, Clynty, adj. Stony, Loth.

Su. G. klint, scopulus.

Douglas.

CLIP, s.
1. probably borrowed from a sheep newly shorn or clipped.
Evergreen.
2. A colt of a year old.
Buchan.

To CLIP, CLYP, v. a.
1. To embrace.
King's Quair.
2. To lay hold of in a forcible manner.
Douglas.
3. To grapple in a sea-fight.
Wallace.

A. S. clipp-an, clypp-ian, to embrace.

Clips, Clippys, s. pl.
1. Grappling-irons, used in a sea-fight.
Wallace.
2. An instrument for lifting a pot by its ears, S.; or for carrying a barrel.
Ramsay.
3. Hooks for catching hold of fish, S. B.
Statist. Acc.

CLIPPIE, s. A talkative woman, S. Gl. Sibb.

From Teut. kleps, dicax, or the E. v. clip.

CLIPPS, CLIPPES, s. An eclipse.
Bannatyne Poems.

Clips, pres. v. Suffers an eclipse.
Complaynt S.

CLYRE, s.
1. "A clyre in meat," a gland, S.

Teut. kliere, id.

2. "To leave no klyres in one's breast," to go to the bottom of any quarrel or grudge, S.

Clyred, adj. Having tumours in the flesh.
Cleland.

CLISH-CLASH, s. Idle discourse, bandied backwards and forwards, S. apparently a reduplication of clash, q. v.

CLISH-MA-CLAVER, s. Idle discourse, silly talk, S.; a low word.
Ramsay.

CLITTER-CLATTER, s. Idle talk, bandied backwards and forwards, S.
V. Clatter, s. and v.
Cleland.

CLIVACE, s. A hook for catching the bucket in which coals are drawn up from the pit, Loth.

CLOCE.
V. Close.

CLOCHARET, s. The Stonechatter, S. Motacilla rubicola, Linn.
Statist. Acc.

Gael. cloichran, id. from cloich, a stone, and perhaps rann, a song.

To CLOCHER, v. n. To cough; especially as indicating the sound emitted, when there is much phlegm in the throat, S.

Gael. clochar, wheezing in the throat, Shaw.

To CLOCK, CLOK, v. n.
1. To cluck, to call chickens together.
Douglas.

A. S. clocc-an, Teut. klock-en, glocire.

2. To hatch, to sit on eggs, S.
Kelly.

CLOCK-BEE, s. A species of beetle, fleeing golach, synon.

CLOD, s. A flat kind of loaf, made of coarse wheaten flour, and sometimes of the flour of pease, S.
Shirrefs.

Qu. resembling a clod of earth.

CLOFF, s.
1. A fissure of any kind.
2. What is otherwise S. called the cleaving.

Lat. intercapedo.

Lyndsay.
3. A cleft between adjacent hills, Loth.
4. The cleft of a tree, or that part of it where the branches separate from each other, Loth.

Isl. kloff, Su. G. kloffwa, a fissure.

CLOIS, s. Crown.
Douglas.

Teut. klos, globus.

CLOYS, s. A cloister.
Douglas.

Teut. kluyse, clausura, locus clausus, L. B. clusa.

CLOIT, s. A clown, a stupid inactive fellow, S.

Teut. kloete, homo obtusus, hebes.

To CLOIT, v. n. To fall heavily, S.
Hamilton.

Belg. klots-en, to beat with noise.

Cloit, s. A hard or heavy fall, S.

To CLOK, v. n. To cluck.
V. Clock.

CLOLLE, s. Apparently, skull.
Sir Gawan and Sir Gal.

Germ. kleuel, glomus.

CLORTY, adj. Dirty.
V. Clarty.

CLOSE, s. A passage, an entry, S. cloce, Douglas.
Arnot.

Belg. kluyse, clausura.

CLOSERIS, CLOUSOURIS, s. pl. Inclosures.
Douglas.

CLOVE, (of a mill) s. That which separates what are called the bridgeheads, S.
V. Cloff.

Cloves, s. pl. An instrument of wood, which closes like a vice, used by carpenters for holding their saws firm while they sharpen them, S.
V. Cloff.

CLOUYS, s. pl. Claws.
Douglas.

To CLOUR, CLOWR, v. a.
1. To cause a tumour, S.
Ramsay.
2. To produce a dimple, S.
Poems Buchan Dial.

Clour, s.
1. A lump, a tumour, in consequence of a stroke or fall, S.
S. P. Repr.
2. A dint caused by a blow, S.

To CLOUT, v. a. To beat, to strike, properly with the hands, S.
Ferguson.

Teut. klots-en, pulsare.

Clout, s. A cuff, a blow, S.
Ritson.

To CLOW, v. a. To beat down, Galloway.

CLOWE, s. A hollow between hills.
Sir Gawan and Sir Gal.

The same with Cleugh, q. v. also Cloff.

CLOWIS, s. pl. Small round pieces.
Gawan and Gol.

A. S. cleow, Teut. klouwe, sphaera.

CLOWIT, part. pa. "Made of clews, woven." Rudd.
Douglas.

Teut. klouwe, glomus.

CLOUSE, CLUSH, s. A sluice, S.
Acts Ja. IV.

Fr. ecluse, id. Arm. clewz, a ditch.

CLUBBER, s.
V. Clibber.

CLUBBOCK, s. The spotted Blenny; a fish, Blennius gunnellus, Linn.
Statist. Acc.

CLUF, CLUIF, s.
1. A hoof, Rudd., clu, S. B.

Su. G. klof, ungula.

2. A claw, Rudd.

Teut. kluyve, unguls.

CLUKIS.
V. Cleuck.

CLUMMYN, part. pa. of Climb.
Douglas.

CLUMP, s. A heavy inactive fellow, S.

Su. G. klump, Teut. klompe.

CLUNG, part. pa. Empty, applied to the stomach or belly after long fasting, S.

From E. cling, to dry up.

Ross.

To CLUNK, v. n. To emit a hollow and interrupted sound, as that proceeding from any liquid confined in a cask, when shaken, if the cask be not full, S.

Dan. glunk, the guggling of a narrow-mouthed pot or strait-necked bottle when it is emptying; Sw. klunk-a, to guggle.

CLUNKERS, s. pl. Dirt hardened in clots, so as to render a road, pavement, or floor unequal, S.

Germ. clunkern, a knot or clod of dirt.

CLUTE, s. The half of the hoof of any cloven-footed animal, S.
Ramsay.

Germ. cluft, fissura, or A. S. cleofed, fissus.

CLUTTERING, part. pr. Doing any piece of business in an awkward and dirty way, S. B.

Teut. kleuter-en, tuditare.

COALS, To bring over the coals, to bring to a severe reckoning, S.
Forbes.

Referring, most probably, to the ordeal by fire.

COBLE, KOBIL, s.
1. A small boat, a yawl, S.

A. S. couple, navicula.

Wyntown.
2. A larger kind of fishing boat, S.
3. Malt coble, a place for steeping malt, in order to brewing, S.

Germ. kubel, a vat or tub.

To COBLE, v. a. To steep malt.
Fountainhall.

COBWORM, s. The larva of the Cock-chaffer, Scarabaeus melolontha.
Statist. Acc.

COCK, s. The mark for which curlers play, S.
Burns.

COCK, s. A cap, a head-dress, S. B.
Ross.

COCK AND PAIL, A spigot and faucet, S.

COCKALAN, s. A comic or ludicrous representation.
Acts Ja. VI.

Fr. coq À l'Âne, a libel, a pasquin, a satire.

COCKANDY, s. The Puffin, Alca arctica, Linn. S. Tommy-noddy, Orkn.
Sibbald.

COCKERDEHOY. To ride cockerdehoy, to sit on the shoulders of another, in imitation of riding on horseback, S. B.

Fr. coquardeau, a proud fool.

COCKERNONNY, s. The gathering of a young woman's hair, when it is wrapt up in a band or fillet, commonly called a snood, S.
Ramsay.

Teut. koker, a case, and nonne, a nun, q. such a sheath for fixing the hair as the nuns were wont to use.

COCKERSUM, adj. Unsteady in position, threatening to fall or tumble over, S.

Fr. coquarde, a cap, worn proudly on the one side.

COCKY, adj. Vain, affecting airs of importance, S. B. from the E. v. to cock.
Ross.

COCKIELEEKIE, s. Soup made of a cock boiled with leeks, S.

COCKIELEERIE, s. A term expressive of the sound made by a cock in crowing, S.

Teut. kockeloer-en, to cry like a cock.

COCKLAIRD, s. A landholder, who himself possesses and cultivates all his estate, a yeoman, S.
Kelly.

COCKLE, COKKIL, s. A scallop, Fr. coquille.
The Order of the Cockle, that of St Michael, the knights of which wore the scallop as their badge.
Complaynt S.

COCKROSE, s. Any wild poppy with a red flower. Coprose, A. Bor.

COCK-PADDLE, s. The Lump, a fish, Cyclopterus lumpus, Linn., The Paddle, Orkn.
Sibbald.

COCKS. To cast at the cocks, to waste, to squander, S. from the barbarous custom of throwing for a piece of money at a cock tied to a stake.
Ramsay.

COCK-STULE, CUKSTULE, s.
1. The cucking-stool or tumbrell.
Bur. Lawes.

Teut. kolcken, ingurgitare, or kaecke, the pillory.

2. This term has accordingly been used, in later times, to denote the pillory, S.
Ramsay.

COD, s. A pillow, S. A. Bor.
Compl. S.

A. S. codde, a bag. Isl. kodde, a pillow.

Codware, s. A pillow-slip, S.

A. S. waer, retinaculum, Su. G. war, id. from waeri, to keep, to cover.

CODBAIT, s.
1. The Lumbricus marinus, Loth.
2. The straw-worm, ibid.

A. S. codd, folliculus.

CODE, s. A chrysom.
V. Cude.

To CODLE (corn), v. a. To make the grains fly out of the husks by a stroke, S. B. perhaps from cod, the pod.

CODROCH, adj.
1. Rustic, having the manners of the country, Loth. Fife.
Ferguson.
2. Dirty, slovenly, synon. hogry-mogry, Loth.

Ir. cudar, the rabble.

COELTS, s. pl. Colts.
Monroe.

To COFF, COFFE, v. a. To buy, to purchase, S., most commonly in the pret. coft.
V. Coup, v.
Shirrefs.

Germ. kaufte, bought, from kauf-en, Su. G. koep-a, to buy.

Coffe, Cofe, Coife, A merchant, a hawker; pedder coffe, a pedlar.
Bannatyne Poems.

COFFING, COFYNE, s.
1. A shrine, a box.
Wyntown.
2. The hard crust of bread.
Douglas.

Lat. cophin-us, a basket.

COFT, pret. and part. pa. Bought.
V. Coff.

COG, COAG, COIG, COGUE, s. A hollow wooden vessel of a circular form for holding milk, broth, &c. S.
Watson's Coll.

Germ. kauch, a hollow vessel, C. B. cawg, a bason.

To Cog, Cogue, v. a. To empty into a wooden vessel.
Ramsay.

COG, COGGE, s. A yawl or cockboat.
Wyntown.

Teut. kogghe, celox; Su. G. kogg, navigii genus, apud veteres.

To COGLE, COGGLE, v. a. To cause any thing to move from side to side, so as to seem ready to be overset, S.

Perhaps from cog, a yawl, because this is so easily overset.

Cogglie, adj. Moving from side to side, unsteady as to position, apt to be overset, S. Cockersum, synon.

COY, adj. Still, quiet.
Lyndsay.

Fr. coi, coy, id., from Lat. quiet-us.

COIDOCH, COYDYOCH, s. A term of contempt applied to a puny wight.
Polwart.

COIF, s. A cave.
Douglas.

COIG.
V. Cog, Coag.

COILHEUCH, s. A coalpit, S.
Skene.

COIN, COYNYE, s. A corner.
Barbour.

Fr. coin, id. Ir. cuinne, a corner, an angle.

COISSING, Cherrie and Slae.
V. Cose, v.

COIST, COST, s.
1. The side in the human body.
Douglas.
Wallace.
2. The trunk of the body.
Douglas.
3. Also used for E. coast, Lat. ora, Doug.

Coist, s.
1. Expence, cost.
Douglas.
2. The provision made for watching the borders.
Acts Ja. II.

Belg. Su. G. kost, cost, charge.

Coist, s.
1. Duty payable in kind, Orkn.
2. The sustenance given to a servant, as distinct from money, ibid.
Skene.

Su. G. Dan. kost, food.

To COIT, v. n. To butt, to justle.
Fordun.

Fr. cott-er, to butt, Isl. kuettr, torvus, kueita, violenter jactare.

COK. To cry cok, to acknowledge that one is vanquished.
Douglas.

O. Celt, coc, mediant, vile.

COKEWALD, s. A cuckold, Chauc.

Isl. qvonkall, curruca, seu cornutus, from kvon, uxor, and kvola, maculare, G. Andr.

COLEHOODING, s. The Black-cap, a bird, S. Coalhood.
Sibbald.

COLEMIE, COALMIE, s. The Coalfish, Asellus niger, Ang.

Germ. kohlmuhlen, id.

To COLF, v. a. To calk a ship.

Fr. calfat-er, Teut. kallefaet-en, id.

Colfin, Calfing, s. The wadding of a gun, S.
Wodrow.

COLIBRAND, s. A contemptuous designation for a blacksmith, Border.
Watson's Coll.

Su. G. kol, carbo, and brenna, urere, q. the coal-burner.

COLK, s. The Eider duck, a sea-fowl, S. the Duntur Goose of Sibbald.
Monroe.

COLL, s. A cock of hay, S. B. Keil. A. Bor.
Ross.

Fr. cueill-er, to gather, E. to coil.

To COLL, v. a.
1. To cut, to clip. To coll the hair, to poll it, S.
2. To cut any thing obliquely, S.
V. Cow.

Su. G. kull-a, verticis capillos abradere.

COLLATYOWN, s. Conference, discourse.

Lat. collatio.

Wyntown.

COLLEGENAR, s. A student at college, S.
Spalding.

COLLIE, COLLEY, s.
1. The shepherd's dog, S. A. Bor.
Burns.

Ir. cuilean, Gael. culie, a little dog.

2. One who follows another constantly, S.
3. A lounger, one who hunts for a dinner.
Calderwood.

To COLLIE, v. a. To abash, to silence in an argument; in allusion to a dog, who, when mastered or affronted, walks off with his tail between his feet, Fife.

COLLIESHANGIE, s.
1. An uproar, a squabble, S.
Ross.
2. A ring of plaited grass or straw, through which a lappet of a woman's gown, or fold of a man's coat is clandestinely thrust, in order to excite ridicule, Ang.

Perhaps from collie and shangie, q. v.

COLPINDACH, s. A young cow that has never calved.
Skene.

Gael. colbhtach, a cow calf.

COM, COME, s. Act of coming, arrival.
Barbour.

A. S. cum, cyme, adventus.

To COME, v. n.
1. To sprout, to spring; applied to grain, when it begins to germinate, S.
2. To sprout at the lower end; applied to grain in the process of malting, S.
Chalm. Air.

Isl. keim-a, Germ. kiem-en, id.

COMERWALD, adj. Hen-pecked.
Dunbar.

Comer, a gossip, and A. S. wald, power.

COMMEND, s. A comment, a commentary.
Douglas.

COMMEND, s. A benefice in commendam.
Douglas.

Fr. commende, L. B. commenda, id.

COMMON, COMMOUN. To be in one's common, to be obliged to one, S.
Pitscottie.
To quite a commoun, to requite.
Knox.

From commons as signifying fare.

COMMONTIE, s.
1. A common, S.

Lat. communit-as.

2. Community.
Acts Ja. VI.

COMPARGES, Leg. compaignyies, companies.
Houlate.

To COMPEIR, COMPEAR, v. n.
1. To appear in the presence of another.
Bellenden.
2. To present one's self in a court, civil or ecclesiastical, in consequence of being summoned, S.
Priests Peblis.

Fr. compar-oir, to appear, Lat. compar-ere, id.

Compearance, s. The act of presenting one's self in a court, S.
Baillie.

COMPER, s. The Common Fishing Crog, Lophius piscatorius, Linn. Orkn.
Barry.

To COMPESCE, v. a. To restrain.

Lat. compesco.

Baillie.

To COMPETE, v. n. To be in a state of competition, S.

COMPLENE, The last of the canonical hours.
Douglas.

L. B. complendae, officium ecclesiasticum, quod cetera diurna officia com-plet et claudit.

COMPLIMENT, s. A present, a gift, S.
Sir J. Sinclair.

To Compliment with, v. a. To present one with, S.

To COMPONE, v. a. To settle.
R. Bruce.

To COMPONE, v. n. To compound.
Baillie.

CON, s. The squirrel; A. Bor. id.
Montgomerie.

CONABILL, adj. Attainable.
Barbour.

Lat. conabilis, what may be attempted.

CONAND, part. pr. Knowing, skilful.

From Cun, to know, q. v.

Wyntown.

To CONCEALE, v. a. To conciliate, Lat. concil-io.
More.

CONCEIT-NET, s. A fixed net, used in some rivers, S. B.

To CONDESCEND, v. a.
1. To agree, to unite, S.
Complaynt S.

L. B. condescend-ere, consentire.

2. To pitch upon, to enumerate particularly, S.

CONDET, CONDICT, CONDYT, s. Safe conduct.
Wallace.

CONDY, s. A conduit, S.

CONDICT, s. Conduit, passage.
Douglas.

Teut. konduyt, Fr. conduit, id.

CONFEERIN, part. adj. Consonant, S. B.
Ross.

Lat. conferr-e, to compare.

Confeirin, conj. Considering.
Journal Lond.

CONFIDER, adj. Confederate.
Douglas.

Fr. confeder-ez, id.

To CONFISKE, v. a. To confiscate.

Fr. confisqu-er, id.

Bellenden.

CONYNG, s. Knowledge, skill.
King's Quair.

To CONN, v. a. To know.
Barbour.

To CONNACH, v. a. To abuse, in whatever way. Aberd.
Pennecuik.

CONNAND, CONAND, s.
1. Engagement, contract.
Barbour.
2. Proffers, terms previous to an engagement.
Wallace.

Fr. convenant, from conven-ir, to agree.

CONNERED, part. pa. Curried.
Chalmerlan Air.

Fr. conroy-er, to curry.

CONNIE, CONNEIS, s. Perhaps provisions.
Chron. S. P.

O. Fr. convis, necessaries, Fr. convoi.

CONNYSHONIE, s. A gossiping conversation, S. B.

To CONNOCH, v. a.
V. Connach.

CONNOCH, s. A disease.
Polwart.

To CONQUACE, CONQUES, v. a.
1. To acquire, whether by art or valour.
Douglas.
2. To acquire by conquest.
Wallace.
3. To purchase with money.
Reg. Maj.

Conquace, Conquese, s.
1. Conquest.
Wallace.
2. Acquisition by purchase.

L. B. conquestus, id.

Quon. Attach.

CONRYET, pret. Perhaps, disposed.
Wallace.

O. Fr. conraer, to prepare, whence conroi, order of battle.

CONSTABLE, s. A large glass, the contents of which he is obliged to drink, who has not drunk as much as the rest of the company, S.

CONSTERIE, CONSTRY, s. Consistory.
Forbes.

To CONSTITUTE, v. a. To open an ecclesiastical court with prayer, S.

CONTAKE, s. Contest.
Douglas.

CONTEMPTION, s. Contempt.
Bellenden.

To CONTEYNE, v. s. To continue.
Wallace.

To CONTENE, v. n. To demean one's self.
Barbour.

Contening, s.
1. Demeanour.
Barbour.
2. Military discipline.
Barbour.

CONTENEU, s. Tenor.
Complaynt S.

Fr. contenu, id.

CONTER. A conter, to the contrary.
Ross.

Fr. contre, against.

CONTERMYT, part. pa. Firmly set against.
Wallace.

Fr. contremet-tre, to oppose.

To CONTINUE, v. a. To delay.
Spotswood.

CONTRIMONT, adv. The contrary way.
Douglas.

Fr. contremont, directly against the stream.

CONTRAIR, adj. Contrary, Fr.
Baillie.

To Contrare, Conter, v. a. To thwart, to oppose, S.
Wyntown.

Fr. contrar-ier, id.

Contrare, s.
1. Opposition of any kind.
Douglas.
2. Something contrary to one's feelings or hopes. Conter, S. B.
Ross.

To CONTRUFE, v. a. To contrive; contruwit, part. pa.
Douglas.

Fr. controuv-er, id.

Contruwar, s. A contriver.

To CONVENE, CONVEANE, CONUEIN, v. n. To agree.
Forbes.

Fr. conven-ir, Lat. conven-ire, id.

Conuyne, Conuene, Conwyne, Covyne, Cowyne, Cuwyn, s.
1. Paction, convention.

Fr. convent, id.
Douglas.

2. Condition, state.
Barbour.
3. Stratagem, conspiracy.
Wyntown.

O. Fr. convine, couvine, pratique, intrigue.

To CONVOY, v. a. To accomplish any purpose, especially by artful means.
Douglas.

Convoy, s.
1. Mode of conveyance.
Baillie.
2. A trick.
Poems 16th Cent.

Conwoy, s. Mein, carriage.
Dunbar.

COODIE, CUDIE, s. A small tub, also cude: quiddie, Aberd.
Ramsay.

Isl. kutte, tonnula, Gael. ciotad, a tub.

COOF, CUFE, s. A silly dastardly fellow, S.
Burns.

Su. G. kufw-a, to keep under, Isl. kueif, one who is cowardly and feeble.

To COOK, COUK, v. n.
1. To appear and disappear by fits.
Burns.
2. To hide one's self.
Kennedy.

Isl. kvik-a, moto, qvika, inquieta motatio.

COOKIE, s. A species of fine bread used at tea, of a round form, S.

Teut. koeck, libum.

COOLRIFE, adj.
1. Cool, cold, S.
Ross.
2. Indifferent, S.
V. Cauldrife.

COOM, s. The wooden frame used in building the arch of a bridge, S.
Statist. Acc.

Allied perhaps to Queme, q. v.

COOP, COUP-CART, s. A cart made close with boards, S.
Statist. Acc.

Teut. kuype, a large vessel for containing liquids.

COOT, s. The ancle.
V. Cute.

COOTH, s. A young coalfish.
V. Cuth.

COOTIE, adj. A term applied to fowls whose legs are clad with feathers, S.
Burns.

COP, COPE, s. A cup or drinking vessel.

A. S. cop, Isl. kopp, id.

Dunbar.

COPOUT. "To play copout," to drink off all that is in a cup or drinking vessel; cap-out, S.
Douglas.

COPE, s. A coffin; "a cope of leid," a leaden coffin.
V. Caip.
Knox.

To COPÉ betuene, to divide.
King Hart.

Fr. coup-er, to cut, to cleave.

COPER, s. A dealer.
V. Couper.

COPY, s. Plenty, abundance.
Wyntown.

Lat. copia.

COPPER, s. A cupbearer.
Palice of Hon.

Evidently from A. S. cop, a cup.

COPPIN, part. pa. Coppin in hevin, elevated to heaven.
King's Quair.

A. S. cop, the summit.

CORANICH, CORRENOTH, CORRINOCH, s.
1. A dirge, a lamentation for the dead, S.
Lyndsay.

Ir. Gael. coranach, from cora, a quoir, Lat. chorus.

2. A cry of alarm, a sort of war-cry.
Bannatyne Poems.
3. A proclamation of outlawry by means of the bagpipe.
Warton.

CORBIE, CORBY, s. A raven; Corvus corax, Linn, S.
Henrysone.

Fr. corbeau, Ital. corvo, Lat. corv-us, id.

Corbie-Aits, s. pl. A species of black oats, denominated perhaps from their dark colour, S. B.

Corbie Messenger, A messenger who either returns not at all, or too late, S.
Houlate.

CORBIE-STEPS, s. pl. The projections of the stones, or the slanting part of a gable, resembling steps of stairs, S.

Fr. corbeau, a corbeil in masonry.

CORBIT, adj. Apparently, crooked.
Maitland.

Fr. courbÉ, id. courbette, a small crooked rafter.

CORBUYLE, s. Leather greatly thickened and hardened in the preparation, jacked leather.
Douglas.

Fr. cuir bouilli, corium coctum.

CORCHAT, s. Crotchet, a term in music.
Dunbar.

CORCOLET, s. A purple dye, Shetl.

CORDYT, pret. v. Agreed.
Wallace.

Fr. accordÉe.

CORDON, s. A band, a wreath.

Fr. id.
Z. Boyd.

CORDOWAN, s. Spanish leather, Gl. Sibb. Tanned horse leather, S.

CORDS, s. pl. A contraction of the muscles of the neck; a disease of horses, A. Bor.
Polwart.

CORE, s. A company, a body of men, often used for corps.
Hamilton.

CORF, s. A basket used for carrying coals from the pit, Loth.

Belg. korf, Isl. koerf, Lat. corb-is, id.

CORF, s. A temporary building, a shed.
Bannatyne Poems.

A. S. cruft, a vault, Teut. krofte, a cave.

Corf-House, s. A house, shed, erected for the purpose of curing salmon, and for keeping the nets in, S. B.
Courant.

CORFT, part. pa. Corft fish are fish boiled with salt and water, S. B.

CORKY, adj. Airy, brisk.
Sir J. Sinclair.

CORMUNDUM. To cry Cormundum, to confess a fault.
Kennedy.

In allusion to one of the Penitential Psalms.

CORNCRAIK, s. The Crake or land rail, Rallus crex, Linn.
V. Craik.
Houlate.

Probably denominated from its cry.

CORNE PIPE, s. A reed or whistle with a horn fixed to it by the smaller end.

CORNYKLE, s. A chronicle.
Wallace.

CORP, s. A corpse, a dead body.

Corps-Present, s. A funeral gift to the church, for supplying any deficiency on the part of the deceased.
Knox.

Fr. corps and present-er, q. to present the body for interment; or Fr. present, a gift.

CORRACH, CORRACK, s. A pannier, Ang.

Su. G. korg, a pannier or basket.

CORRIE, s. A hollow between hills, or rather in a hill, Gael. also corehead, S.
Statist. Acc.

CORS, CORSE, s. Market place, S.; from the cross being formerly erected there.

Sw. kors, id.

CORS, CORSS, s. An animated body.

Fr. corps.

Douglas.

CORSBOLLIS, pl. Crossbows.
Complaynt S.

CORSES, s. pl. Money, from its bearing the firm of the cross.
Dunbar.

CORSSY, adj. Bigbodied, corpulent.
Douglas.

CORSYBELLY, s. A shirt for a child, open before, S. B.
Ross.

Q. A shirt that is folded across the belly.

CORTER, s.
1. A quarter, corr. from quarter, Aberd.
2. A cake, because quartered, ibid.
Journal Lond.

CORUIE, s. A crooked iron for pulling down buildings.
Hudson.

Fr. corbeau, "a certaine warlike instrument;" Cotgr.

CORUYN, s. A kind of leather.
Douglas.

Corr. from Cordowan, q. v.

COSCH, COSHE, s. A coach.
Bruce.

Fr. coche.

To COSE, COSS, COISS, v. a. To exchange; coss, Loth.
Wallace.

Cossing, s. The act of exchanging.
Skene.

COSH, adj.
1. Neat, snug; as denoting a comfortable situation, S.
Ferguson.
2. Quiet, without interruption, S.
Minstrelsy Border.
3. In a state of intimacy, S.

Isl. kios, a small place well fenced.

Coshly, adv. Snugly, S.
Ferguson.

COSIE, COZIE, adj. Warm, comfortable, snug, well-sheltered, S.
Burns.

This seems radically the same with Cosh.

Cosiely, adv. Snugly, comfortably, S.
Ramsay.

COSINGNACE, s.
1. A relation by blood, a cousin.
Bellenden.
2. A grand-daughter; or a niece.
Bellenden.

To COSS, v. a. To exchange.
V. Cose.

COST, s. Side.
V. Coist.

COSTAGE, s. Expence.
Douglas.

To COSTAY, v. n. To coast.
Wyntown.

COSSNENT, s. To work at cossnent, to receive wages without victuals, S.
To work black cossnent, to work without meat or wages, Ayr.

Fr. caust aneanti, cost abrogated, q. expences not borne.

To COT with one, v. n. To cohabit, S. B. q. to live in the same cot.

COTTAR, COTTER, s. One who inhabits a cot or cottage. S.
Statist. Acc.

L. B. cottar-ius, Fr. cottier, id. Hence S. cotterman, cotterfouk, &c.

COVAN, s. A convent.
Dunbar.
Anciently written covent.
Sir Gawan.

In S., caivin is still used for convent.

COUDIE, adj.
V. Couth.

COUATYSE, COVETISE, COWATYSS, s.
1. Covetousness.
Douglas.

O. Fr. couvoitise, id.

2. Ambition, or the lust of power.
Barbour.

COUBROUN, adj. Uncertain, both as to signification and etymon.
Lyndsay.

COUCHER, s. A coward.
Rutherford.
Coucher Blow, the last stroke, S.

From the E. v. couch, Fr. couch-er.

COVE, s. A cave, S. A. Bor.
Bellenden.

A. S. cofe, Isl. kofe, id.

COUGHT, for couth. Could.
S. P. Rep.

COUHIRT, s. Cow-herd.
Dunbar.

To COUK.
V. Cook.

To COUK, v. n. A term used to denote the sound emitted by the cuckoo.
Montgomerie.

COULIE, COWLIE, s.
1. A boy, S.

Su. G. kullt, id.

2. A term applied to a man in the language of contempt, S.
Cleland.

COULPE, s. A fault.
Complaynt S.

Fr. coulpe, Lat. culp-a.

COULPIT, part. pa. Apparently, bartered, for coupit.
Maitland Poems.

To COUNGEIR, v. a. To conjure.
Abp. Hamiltoun.

Coungerar, s. A conjurer.
Abp. Hamiltoun.

COUNYIE, s. Perhaps, motion.
Dunbar.

Fr. coign-er, to beat, to strike.

COUNT, s. An accompt; counting, arithmetic, S.

To COUNTERFACTE, v. n. To counterfeit.
Acts Ja. VI.

COUNTYR, COWNTIR, s.
1. Encountre.
Douglas.
2. A division of an army engaged in battle.
Wallace.

To COUP, COWP, v. a. To exchange, to barter, S. A. Bor.

Su. G. koep-a, id.

Coup, s.
1. Exchange, S.
Maitland P.
2. The hail coup, the whole of any thing, S.

Couper, Coper, s.
1. A dealer; as, horse-couper, cow-couper.
Chalm. Air.
2. One who makes merchandise of souls.
Rutherford.

To COUP, COWP, v. a. To overturn, to overset, S.
Knox.

To Coup, v. n. To overset, to tumble, S.
Muses Threnodie.

Sw. gupp-a, to tilt up.

Coup, Cowp, s.
1. A fall, S. couppis, S. B.
Lyndsay.
2. A sudden break in the stratum of coals, S.
Statist. Acc.

COUPLE, CUPPIL, s. A rafter, S.

C. B. kupul-ty, id.

Wyntown.

To COUR, v. n. To stoop, to crouch, S., cower, E.

To COUR, v. n. To recover.
V. Cower.

COURCHE, s. A covering for a woman's head. S. Curchey, Dunbar.
Wallace.

Fr. couvre-chef.

COURERS, CURERS, s. pl. Covers.
Gl. Sibb.

COUT, COWT, s. A young horse, S. corr. from colt.

Cout-evil, s. A disease incident to young horses, Border.; E. strangles.
Polwart.

COUTCHACK, s. The clearest part of a fire, S. B.
Journal Lond.

COUTCHIT, part. pa. Inlaid, stuffed.

Fr. couch-er, to lay.

Douglas.

COUTH, aux. v. Could.
Barbour.

A. S. cuthe, novi, from cunn-an, noscere.

COUTH, part. pa. Known.
Douglas.

COUTH, s. Enunciated sound; a word.
Popular Ball.

Isl. qwaede, syllaba, qwed-a, effari.

COUTH, COUTHY, COUDY, adj.
1. Affable, facetious, familiar, S.
Ramsay.
2. Loving, affectionate, S.
Burns.
3. Comfortable.
Popular Ball.
4. Pleasant to the ear, S. B.
Ross.
5. Ominous of evil; no coudy, Ang.

A. S. cuth, familiaris; Teut. koddig, facetus.

Couthily, adv. Kindly, familiarly, S.
Ross.

Couthiness, Coudiness, s. Facetiousness, kindness, S.

COUTTERTHIRL, s. The vacuity between the coulter and the ploughshare, S.
V. Thirl.

To COW, v. a.
1. To poll the head, S.
Bellenden.
2. To clip short, in general.
Polwart.
3. To cut, to prune, to lop off.
V. Coll, v.
To cow out, to cut out.
4. To eat up as food, S.
Popul. Ball.
5. To be cowit, to be bald.
Dunbar.
6. It occurs as signifying shaven; applied to the Roman tonsure.
Cleland.

Isl. koll-r, tonsum caput.

7. Often used metaph. S. like E. snib.
Ramsay.Cow, Kow, s.
1. A twig of any shrub or plant, S.
Priests Pebl.
2. Used to denote a bush.
Minst. Bord.
3. A besom made of broom, S.
Warton.
4. An instrument of correction, like E. birch, S.
5. The fuel used for a temporary fire, S.
Ross.
6. The act of pruning, viewed metaph. S.
Burns.

COW, KOW, s.
1. A scarecrow, S.
Hamilton.
2. A hobgoblin, S.
Philotus.
To play kow, to act the part of a goblin.
Roull.

From E. cow, to intimidate; or Isl. kug, suppressio.

Cow. Brown cow, a ludicrous designation given by the vulgar to a barrel of beer or ale, from its colour, as contra-distinguished from that of milk, S.
Ramsay.

COWAN, s. A fishing boat.
Wodrow.

Su. G. kogge, C. B. cwch, linter.

COWAN, s.
1. One who does the work of a mason, but has not been regularly bred, S.
2. One who builds dry walls, S.
Statist. Acc.

Su. G. kujon, homo imbellis; Fr. coi-on, a base fellow; from Su. G. kufw-a, supprimere, insultare.

COWART, s. Covert.
Wallace.

COWARTRY, s. Cowardice.
Bellenden.

COWATYSS.
V. Couatyse.

COW-CLOOS, s. pl. Common trefoil, S. B. Trifolium pratense, Linn.

COWCLYNK, s. A harlot.
Lyndsay.

Perhaps from cow, and clink, money; q. one who prunes the purse.

To COWER, COWYR, COUR, v. a. To recover.
Barbour.

Abbrev. from Fr. recouvrir.

Cowering, s. Recovery.
Barbour.

COW-FISH, s. The Mactra lutraria, Mya arenaria, or any other large oval shellfish, Orkney.

COWFYNE, s. A ludicrous term.
Evergreen.

COWHUBBY, s. A cow-herd.
Evergreen.

Belg. koe, a cow, and hobb-en, to toil, q. a cow-herd.

COWIE, s. The name given to the Porpoise in the Firth of Tay.

COWIE, s. A cow wanting horns, S.
V. Cow, v.

COWIE, adv. Very; as cowie weel, very well, Lanerks.

Cowie, adj. Odd, queer, Lanerks.

COWIT, part. pa.
1. Closely cut.
2. Having short and thin hair.
V. Cow, v.

To COWK, v. n. To reach ineffectually; in consequence of nausea, S. B.

Germ. koch-en, id.; Isl. kuok-a, gula niti.

COWKIN, s. A beggar, a needy wretch.

Fr. coquin, id.

Dunbar.

COWLICK, s. A tuft of hair on the head, which cannot be made to lie in the same direction with the rest of the hair, S.

From its resemblance to hair licked by a cow.

COWMACK, s. An herb supposed to have great virtue in making the cow desire the male, S. B.

COWMAN, s. A name for the devil, S.
V. Cow, s.

COWNTIR, s. Rencountre.
Wallace.

COWNTYR PALYSS, Contrary to.
Wallace.

Fr. contrepalÉ, a term in heraldry, signifying that one pale is opposed to another.

COWOID, pret. Convoyed. Leg. conwoid.
Barbour.

COWPES, COWPIS, s. pl. Baskets for catching fish, S.
Acts Ja. III.

A. Bor. coop, id. Teut. kuype, septa.

COWPON, s. A fragment, a shred, S.
R. Bruce.

Fr. coupon, L. B. copo, a piece cut off from a thing.

COWPER JUSTICE, Trying a man after execution; the same with Jeddart, or Jedburgh justice, S.
Cleland.

COW-QUAKE, s. An affection of cattle, caused by the chillness of the weather, S.
Kelly.

COWSCHOT, s. A ringdove.
V. Kowshot.

COXY, adj. Coxcomical, S.
Ramsay.

To CRAB, CRABE, v. n. To fret.
Bannatyne Poems.

Belg. kribbig, Su. G. krepsk, morosus.

To CRAB, v. a. To provoke.
Lyndsay.

Teut. krabb-en, lacerare unguibus.

To CRACK, CRAK, v. n.
1. To talk boastingly.
Evergreen.
2. To talk freely and familiarly, S.
Ramsay.
3. To talk together in a confused manner; often as also implying extension of voice, S.

Germ. kraken, to make a noise.

Crack, Crak, s.
1. Boasting, S.
Dunbar.
2. Chat, free conversation, S.
Ross.
3. Any detached piece of entertaining conversation, S.
Ross.
4. A rumour; generally used in pl.
Ramsay.

Cracker, Crakkar, s. A boaster.

Belg. kraecker, id.

Lyndsay.

Cracky, adj.
1. Talkative; often denoting the effect of one's being elevated by means of strong drink, S.
2. Affable, agreeable in conversation, S.

CRACK, s. In a crack, immediately, S.
Ramsay.

To CRACK, v. a.
1. To crack credit, to lose character and confidence in any respect, S.
Z. Boyd.
2. To crack tryst, to break an engagement.

CRACKERHEADS, s. pl. The roots of big tangles, or alga marina, eaten by young people, Ang.

CRACKLINGS, s. pl.
1. The refuse of tallow, S.
Acts Ja. VI.
2. Tallow, when first bruised by the candlemaker, in its impure state, S.

Su. G. krak, quisquiliae.

CRAFT, s. Croft, a piece of ground, adjoining to a house.

A. S. croft, id.

CRAG, CRAGE, CRAIG, s.
1. The neck, S.
Complaynt S.
2. The throat, S.
Ferguson.

Teut. kraeghe, jugulus.

Craiged, adj. Having a neck or throat, S.
Ramsay.

Craigagee, adj. Wrynecked, S.
V. Agee.

Cragbane, s. The collar-bone.
Wallace.

Crage Claith, s. A neckcloth, a cravat, S.

Sw. krageclud, id.

CRAIG, s. A rock, S.
Ramsay.

C. B. kraig, Gael. creog, rupes.

Craig-Flook, s. A species of flounder.
Sibbald.

Craig-Herring, s. The Shad.
Sibbald.

Craiglugge, s. The point of a rock, S.
Brand.

Craigy, adj. Rocky.
Ramsay.

CRAYAR, CREAR, s. A kind of lighter.
Acts Marie.

L. B. craiera, id. Sw. krejare, a small vessel with one mast.

To CRAIK, v. n.
1. Used to denote the cry of a hen after laying; or when dissatisfied, S.
Polwart.
2. To call for any thing, with importunity and impatience, S.

Teut. kraeck-en, crepare, strepere.

Crakyng, s. The clamour of a fowl, S.
Wyntown.

CRAIK, s. A kind of little ship.
Douglas.

CRAIL-CAPON, s. A haddock dried, but not split, Loth., denominated from Caraill, a town in Fife.

CRAIT, CREET, s. A sort of basket in which window-glass is packed, S.

Germ. kraet, corbis.

To CRAK.
V. Crack.

CRAKER, s. The Raill, Rallus crex, Linn.
Martin.

CRAKYS, s. pl. Great guns.
Barbour.

From the noise they make when fired; or, Teut. kraecke, arcubalista.

CRAKLENE POKIS, Bags for holding artificial fireworks.
Complaynt S.

Fr. craquer, to crackle.

CRAME, CRAMERY.
V. Cream, Creamery.

CRAMESYE, CRAMMESY, s. Cloth of crimson, a grain-colour.
Douglas.

Fr. cramoisi, id.

To CRAMP, v. n. To contract.
Henrysone.

Teut. kromp-en, Sw. krymp-a, con-trahi.

CRAMPET, CRAMP-BIT, s.
1. A cramping-iron, S.
2. An iron with small pikes for keeping the foot firm on ice, S.
Graeme.
3. The guard of the handle of a sword.
Watson's Coll.

CRAMPLAND, part. pr. Curling.
Bannatyne Poems.

Sw. krympling, contractus.

CRAN, s. An iron instrument, laid across the fire for supporting a pot or kettle.

Denominated from its resemblance to a crane.

CRANCE, s. A chaplet.
Watson's Coll.

Teut. krants, corona.

CRANE (of herrings), s. As many fresh herrings as fill a barrel, S.
Statist. Acc.

CRANGLING, part. pr. Winding.
Hudson.

Teut. kronckel-en, intorquere, sinuare.

CRANK, adj. Infirm, weak.

Teut. krank, id. Gl. Sibb.

CRANK, s.
1. The noise of an ungreased wheel, S.
2. Used metaph. to denote inharmonious poetry.
Burns.

Crankous, adj. Fretful, captious, S.
Burns.

Gael. crioncan, strife.

CRANNACH, s. Pottage, Ang. Aberd.

CRANREUCH, s. Hoar frost, S. O.

Gael. cranntarach, id.

Burns.

CRANSHACH, CRANSHAK, s. A distorted person, S. B.
Ross.

Gael. crannda, decrepid.

CRANTZE, s. The Common Coralline, Millepora polymorpha, Linn., Shetl.

CRAP, s.
1. The highest part or top of any thing, S.; crop, E.
Baith crap and root, literally, top and bottom; metaph., beginning and end, S.
2. The cone of a fir-tree, S. B.

A. S. croppa, Su. G. kroppa, id.

CRAP, s. The produce of the ground, S.
Ramsay.

CRAP, s. The craw of a fowl, crop, E.; used ludicrously for the stomach of man; crapine, id. S.
Ramsay.

Teut. krop, ingluvies; stomachus.

To Crap, v. a. To fill, to stuff, S.
Crappit heads, the heads of haddocks stuffed with a pudding made of the roe, oatmeal and spiceries, S.

Teut. kropp-en, saginare, turundis farcire.

To CRAP, v. a. To crop, to lop, S.
Ferguson.

Teut. krapp-en, abscindere.

CRAPS, s. pl. A species of weed, S. named perhaps from keeping near the crap or surface of the ground.

CRAUCH. To cry crauch, to acknowledge one's self vanquished.
Dunbar.

Arm. cracq, a bastard.

CRAUCHMET, (gutt.) s. An exaction made by men in a state of war.
MS. Chron.

To CRAW, v. n.
1. To crow; crawin, part. pa.
Douglas.
2. To boast, to vapour, S.
Ferguson.

A. S. craw-an, id.

CRAW, s. A crow, S.

Craw, s. The act of crowing, S.
Burns.

A. S. crawe, Alem. craue, id.

Craw-Croops, s. pl. Crow-berries, S. B.

Craw-Dulse, s. Fringed fucus; S. Fucus ciliatus, Linn.

Craw-Taes, s. pl. Crowfoot, S. Ranunculus, repens and acris.

CRAWDOUN, s. A coward.
Douglas.

Fr. creant and donn-er, to do homage.

To CREAM, v. a. To hawk goods, S. B.

Cream, Craim, Crame, s.
1. A merchant's booth, S.
Acts Sed.

Teut. kraem, taberna rerum venalium.

2. A pack of goods for sale.
Skene.

Teut. kraem, Dan. kram, merchandise.

Creamer, s. A pedlar, S. B.
Skene.

Su. G. kraemare, Teut. kraemer, id.

Creamerie, Cramery, s. Merchandise, goods sold by a pedlar, Aberd.
Lyndsay.

Teut. kraemerije, merx.

Cream-Ware, Creme-Ware, s. Articles sold by those who keep booths.
Brand.

CREEK of day, The first appearance of the dawn, S.; skreek, S. B.
Ramsay.

Teut. kriecke, aurora rutilans.

CREEPERS.
V. Creparis.

To CREEP IN, v. n. To shrink. Cruppen in, shrivelled, S.

Isl. kropna, contrahi.

CREEPY, CREEPIE, s.
1. A low stool, occasionally used in a pulpit for elevating the speaker, S.
2. The stool of repentance, on which culprits formerly sat when making public satisfaction in the church, S.
Ramsay.

CREESE, CREEZE, s. Crisis.
Ross.

CREIL, CREEL, s.
1. An ozier basket, S.; scull, synon.
Bannatyne P.
2. Panniers are also called creils.
Dunbar.
In a creel, in a state of mental stupefaction or confusion, S.

Ir. crilin, id. Gael. criol, a chest.

To Creil, v. a. To put into a basket, S.

Creeling, s. A foolish and indelicate custom, on the day after marriage, still retained among the vulgar in some places, S.

To CREIS, v. n. To curl.
Douglas.

Teut. kroes-en, Germ. kraus-en, crispare.

To CREISCH, v. a.
1. To grease, S.
Kelly.
2. Metaph. applied to the use of money, S.
Ferguson.
3. To criesh one's lufe, to give money as a veil, or as a bribe, S.
Journal Lond.

Creische, Creesh, s. Grease, S.
Dunbar.

Fr. graisse, id.

2. A stroke, a blow, S.
Ferguson.

Creischie, Creishy, adj. Greasy, S.
Lyndsay.

CREYST, s. One who is both diminutive and loquacious, Border.

Teut. kroes-en, to contract.

CREPARIS, s. pl. Grapnels of iron, S. creepers.
Bellenden.

CREVISH, s. A crayfish.
Baillie.

CREWIS, pres. v. Perhaps, craves.

A. S. craf-ian, id.

Houlate.

To CRY, v. a. To proclaim the bans of marriage, S.

To Cry, v. n. To be in labour, S.

Crying, s. Childbirth, S.
Galloway.

CRYKES, pl. s. Angles.
Barbour.

A. S. crecca, a creek.

To CRIMP, v. a. To plait nicely, S.

Sw. krymp-a, to shrink.

To CRINCH, v. a.
1. To grind with the teeth.
2. To crinch the teeth, to gnash.

Fr. grinc-er les dents, id.

CRINCH, s. A very small bit of any thing, S.

To CRINE, CRYNE, v. n.
1. To shrivel, S.
Evergreen.
2. To diminish money by clipping it.

Ir. krion-am, to wither.

Douglas.

CRINKIE-WINKIE, s. A contention, S. B.

Su. G. kraenka, to be vexed.

CRISP, CRISPE, s.
1. Cobweb lawn.

Fr. crespe, id.

Burel.

CRISTIE, CRISTY, adj. Perhaps curled. Dan. kruset, id.
Acts Ja. II.

CRO, CROY, s. The satisfaction made for the slaughter of any man, according to his rank.
Reg. Maj.

Gael. cro, cows, the reparation being made in cattle; or Ir. crÒ, death.

To CROAGH, (gutt.) v. a. To strangle, Fife.

CROCE, CROYS, s. One of the sails in a ship.
Douglas.

Sw. kryss-top, the mizzen-top.

CROCHE, CROCHERT.
V. Hagbut.

CROCHIT, part. pa. "Covered."
Gawan and Gol.

CROCKONITION, s. Any thing bruised to pieces.
Buchan.

CROFT-LAND, s. Land of superior quality, which was still cropped, S.
Statist. Acc.

CROIL, CROYL, s. A distorted person, a dwarf.

Teut. kriel, pumilus.

Polwart.

To CROYN, CRONE, CRUNE, v. n.
1. To cry as a bull does, in a low and hollow tone, S.
Maitland Poems.

Belg. kreun-en, to whimper; Isl. hryn-a, grunnire.

2. To whine, to persist in moaning, S.
3. To hum, or sing in a low tone, S.
Burns.

CROYN, CRUNE, CROON, s.
1. A hollow continued moan, S.
Douglas.
2. An incantation.
Ramsay.

To CROISE, v. n. To gossip, to talk a great deal about little, S. B.

Su. G. krusa, ficta in verbis civilitate uti.

Crozie, adj. Fawning, wheedling, Buchan.

CROISHTARICH, s. The fire-cross, or signal of war; a stake of wood, the one end dipped in blood, and the other burnt, (as an emblem of fire and sword,) which was conveyed with the greatest expedition, till it went through the whole tribe or country.

Gael. croistara, perhaps from crois, a cross, and tara, a multitude.

CROK, s. A dwarf, Ang.

Su. G. kraek, animal quodvis exiguum, Isl. kracke, kroge, tener puellus vel pullus.

CROK, s. An old ewe that has given over bearing, S.
Dunbar.

To CROK, v. n. To suffer decay from age, Gl. Sibb.

CRONACHIN, part. pr. Gossiping in a tattling way, S. B.

Perhaps from Coranich, q. v.

CRONDE, s. Leg. croude, a fiddle.
Houlate.

To CRONE, v. n. To use many words in a wheedling way, Buchan.

CRONY, s. A potatoe, Dumfr.

To CROOK, v. n. To halt in walking, S.

Sw. krok-ia, id.

Ramsay.

Crook, s. A halt, S.
Rutherford.

CROOKSADDLE, s. A saddle for supporting panniers, S. B.
Statist. Acc.

CROONER, CROWNER, s. The Trigla lyra, a fish, S.; denominated from the cruning noise it makes after being taken.
Barry.

To CROP the causey, to appear openly and boldly; q. to keep the crown of the causey.
Spalding.

CROOT, s.
1. A puny, feeble child, Loth.
2. The youngest and feeblest of a nest, or of a litter, South of S. synon. wrig.

Arm. crot, petit enfant.

CROTE, s. The smallest particle.

Sw. krut, powder.

Wyntown.

CROUCHIE, s. One that is hunchbacked, S.
Burns.

Su. G. krok, incurvus.

To CROUD, CROWDE, v. n.
1. To coo as a dove.
Douglas.
2. To croak, S.
Ruddiman.
3. Metaph. to groan, to complain.
Z. Boyd.

C. B. gridhuan, gemere; Belg. kryt-en, to cry.

CROUDE, s. A musical instrument formerly used in S.

CROVE, s. A cottage.
V. Crufe.

To CROUP, CRUPE, CROWP, v. n.
1. To croak, to cry with a hoarse voice.
Complaynt S.
2. To speak hoarsely, as the effect of a cold, S.

Moes. G. hrop-jan, Isl. hrop-a, clamare.

Crowping, s. A hoarse sound.
Douglas.

Croup, s. A disease affecting the throat of a child, S. Cynanche trachealis, synon. chock, stuffing, closing.
Buchan.

From the noise made in breathing.

CROUP, s. A berry, Gl. Sibb.
V. Craw-croops.

A. S. crop, uva.

CROUS, CROUSE, adj. Brisk; apparently, brave, S.
Peblis to the Play.

Fr. courroucÉ, chafed; or Su. G. krus, curled.

Crouseness, s. Appearance of courage, S.
Poems Buchan Dial.

Crousely, adv. With confidence, or some degree of petulance, S.
Ramsay.

To CROUT, v. n.
1. To make a croaking or murmuring noise, S.
Popular Ball.
2. To coo, S.
V. Croud.
Complaynt S.

CROWDIE, s.
1. Meal and water in a cold state, stirred together, so as to form a thick gruel, S.
Ritson.
2. Food of the porridge kind in general.
Ramsay.

Su. G. grot, Isl. graut-ur, pulse made of meal and water.

Crowdie-time, s. Time of taking breakfast, S.

To CROWL, v. n. To crawl, S.
Burns.

Belg. kriol-en, id.

CROWNELL, s. A coronet.
Douglas.

L. B. coronula, parva corona.

CROWNER, CROWNARE, CROUNAL, s.
1. An officer, to whom it belonged to attach all persons, against whom there was an accusation in matters pertaining to the crown. E. coroner.
Wyntown.
2. The commander of the troops raised in one county.
Baillie.

Crownarship, s. The office of a crowner.
Robertson.

CROWNER, s. The name of a fish.
V. Crooner.

CROW-PURSE, s. The ovarium of a skate, Orkn.

CRUBAN, s. A disease of cows, S. B.
Ess. Highl. Soc.

CRUBAN, s. A wooden pannier fixed on a horse's back, Caithn.
Statist. Acc.

CRUDS, s. pl. Curds, S.
Shirrefs.

Cruddy Butter, A kind of cheese, of which the curds, being poor, are mixed with butter, S.
Sir J. Sinclair.

CRUE-HERRING, s. The Shad, Tupea Alosa, Linn.
Pennant.

CRUELL, adj.
1. Keen in battle.
Wallace.
2. Resolute, undaunted.
Wallace.
3. Terrible.
Wallace.
4. Acute. "Cruel pain," acute pain, S.

CRUELS, s. The king's evil, scrophula, S.

Fr. ecrouelles, id.

Wodrow.

CRUER, s. A kind of ship; apparently the same with Crayar, q. v.
Mellvill's MS.

CRUFE, CRUIFE, CROVE, s.
1. A hovel, S. cru, S. B.
Henrysone.
2. A stye.
Skene.

Isl. hroo, hroof, structura vilis.

CRUISKEN of whisky, a certain measure of this liquor, Ang.

Dan. kruus, a cup.

CRUKE, s. A circle.
Douglas.

Teut. krok-en, curvare.

CRUKIS, CROOKS, s. pl. The windings of a river, S.
Wallace.

Isl. krok-r, angulus.

To CRULGE, v. a. To contract, to draw together, S.
Shirrefs.

Teut. krull-en, intorquere, sinuare.

Crulge, s. A confused coalition, or conjunction, S.

Isl. krull, confusio.

CRUMMIE, CRUMMOCK, s. A name for a cow that has crooked horns, S.
Ramsay.

Isl. krumme, Gael. crom, crooked.

Crummock, Crummie-stick, s. A staff with a crooked head, S.
Burns.

CRUMMOCK, s. Skirret, a plant, S.

Gael. crumag, id.

Brand.

To CRUMP, v. a. To make a crashing noise in eating what is hard and brittle, S.
Morison.

Crump, Crumpie, adj. Crisp, brittle, S.
Burns.

To CRUNE.
V. Croyn.

To CRUNKLE, v. a.
1. To cress, to rumple, S.
2. To shrivel, to contract, S.

Teut. kronckel-en, to wrinkle.

Crunkle, s. A cress, a wrinkle, S.

CRUNT, s. A blow on the head with a cudgel, S.
Burns.

CRUVE, CRUIVE, s. A box resembling a hen-crib, placed in a dam or dike that runs across a river, for confining the fish that enter into it, S.

Su. G. krubba, praesepe.

Acts Ja. I.

CRUTLACHIN, part. pr. Conversing in a silly tattling way, S. B.

CUCHIL, CUTHIL, s. A forest or grove.
Douglas.

C. B. coedawl, belonging to a forest.

CUCK-STULE, CUKSTULE.
V. Cock-stule.

CUD, s. A strong staff, S.

Teut. kodde, a club.

To Cud, v. a. To cudgel, S.

Cuddy-rung, s. A cudgel.
Dunbar.

CUDBEAR, s. The Lichen omphalodes, dark purple dyer's lichen, S.
Statist. Acc.

CUDDIE, s. An ass, often cuddie-ass, S.

CUDDIE, CUTH, s. The cole-fish.
Statist. Acc.

CUDDING, s. The char, a fish, Ayrs.
Statist. Acc.

To CUDDLE, CUDLE, v. n. To embrace, S.
Ramsay.

Teut. kudd-en, coire, convenire.

CUDDLIE, s. A secret muttering among a number of people, S. B.

Teut. quedel-en, garrire.

To CUDDUM, CUDDEM, v. a.
1. "To cuddum a beast," to make it tame and tractable, S. B.
2. To bring into domestic habits; applied to persons, S.
Ross.

Fr. accoutum-er, to accustom.

Cuddum, adj. Tame, usually applied to a beast, S. B.

CUDE, CUDIE, s. (pron. as Gr. ?.). A small tub, Ang.
V. Coodie.

CUDE, CODE, s. A chrysom, or facecloth for a child at baptism.
Spotswood.

From C. B. cudd-io, to cover.

CUDE, CUID, adj. Harebrained, appearing as one deranged, Border.; synon. skeer.

Isl. kuid-a, to fear.

CUDEIGH, s. A bribe; a premium for the use of money, Loth.; a gift conferred clandestinely, S.
Ramsay.

Gael. cuidaigh-am, to help.

CUFE, s. A simpleton, S.
V. Coof.

CUFF of the neck, the fleshy part of the neck behind, S.

Isl. kuf-r, convexitas.

To CUINYIE, v. a. To strike money.
Acts Ja. II.

Fr. coign-er, id. L. B. cun-ire, id.

Cuinyie, s.
1. Coin, S. B.
Acts Ja. IV.
2. The mint.
Acts Ja. IV.

Cuinyie-House, s. The mint.
Skene.

Cuinyioure, s. The master of the mint.

CUIRIE, s. Stable, mews.
V. Quirie.

Fr. escurie, id.

Pitscottie.

CUISSER, CUSSER, s. A stallion, S.
V. Cursour.
Ferguson.

CUIST, s. A reproachful term.
Polwart.

CUITCHOURIS, s. pl. Gamblers; also smugglers.
Gl. Sibb.

CULDEES, s. pl. A body of teaching presbyters, who, from the sixth century downwards, had their establishments in Ireland, the Hebrides, Scotland, and Wales; were greatly celebrated for their piety; and, acknowledging no bishop, were subject to an abbot chosen by themselves.
D. Buchanan.

Gael. cuildeach, a sequestered person, from cuil, a retired corner, a cave, a cell.

To CULYE, CULYIE, v. a.
1. To coax, to cajole, S.
Douglas.
2. To soothe.
Douglas.
3. To cherish, to fondle.
Douglas.
4. To gain, to draw forth.
Kelly.
5. To train to the chace.
Douglas.
6. To culye in with one, to curry favour, S.

Su. G. kel-a, to fondle; kela med en, to make much of one.

Culyeon, s. A poltroon, E. cullion.
Hamilton.

Cullionry, s. The conduct of a poltroon.
Baillie.

CULLAGE, s. The characteristic marks of sex.

Fr. couille, testes, &c. whence couillage, culaige, tributum a subditis matrimonio jungendis, domino exsolvendum.

CULLOCK, s. A species of shell-fish, Shetl.
Neill.

CULMES, CULMEZ, s. A rural club.
Douglas.

CULPIT, part. pa. Leg. cuplit, coupled.
Lyndsay.

CULREACH, s. A surety given to a court, when one is repledged from it.
V. Repledge.
Quon. Attach.

Gael. cul, custody, and reachd, a law.

CULROUN, s. A rascal, a silly fellow.
Douglas.

Belg. kul, testiculus, and ruyn-en, castrare.

To CUM to, v. n.
1. To recover, S.
Knox.
2. To make advancement in art, S.
3. To rise to honour, S.
Presb. Eloq.

Cumd, part. pa. Come, Loth.

Burel.

CUMERLACH, CUMBERLACH, s. A servant attached to a religious foundation.
Cumerb, id.
Chart. MS.

Gael. comhairleach, an adviser; com-harba, a partner in church lands, a vicar, pron. coarb.

CUMLIN, s. Any animal that attaches itself to a person or place of its own accord, S.

E. comeling, one newly come.

CUMMAR, s. Vexation, entanglement, E. cumber.
Abp. Hamiltoun.

Belg. kommer, id.

CUMMER, KIMMER, s.
1. A gossip, S.
Kelly.

Fr. commere, a she-gossip.

2. A young girl, Ang.

Cummerlyke, adj. Like cummers or gossips, Dunbar.

CUMMOCK, s. A short staff with a crooked head, S. O.
Burns.

Gael. cam, crooked, with the mark of diminution added.

CUMRAYD, pret. v. Encumbered, embarrassed.
Wyntown.

To CUN, v. a.
1. To learn, to know, E. con.
Douglas.
2. To taste.
Montgomerie.

A. S. cunn-an. scire.

Cunnand, part. pr. Knowing, skilful.
Wyntown.

Cunning, s. Knowledge.
Acts Ja. I.

A. S. cunnyng, experientia.

CUNNAND, s. Covenant.
V. Connand.
Barbour.

CUNDIE, s. An apartment, a concealed hole, Ang.

O. Fr. conduit, a shop; boutique.

CUNING, s. A rabbit; S. kinnen, E. conie.
Dunbar.

Belg. konyn, Sw. kanin, Gael. coinnin, id.; Lat. cuniculus.

Cuningar, s. A warren, S.
Acts Ja. I.

Sw. kaningaard, from kanin, id. and gaard, an inclosure.

V. Yaire.

CUNYSANCE, s. Badge, cognisance.

Fr. cognoissance, id.

Gawan and Gol.

CUNTENYNG, s. Generalship.
V. Contenyng.

CUPPIL, s. Rafter.
V. Couple.

CUPPLIN, s. The lower part of the backbone, S. B.

CURAGE, s. Care, anxiety.
Douglas.

CURCUDDOCH,
1. To dance curcuddoch, or curcuddie, a play among children, in which they sit on their houghs, and hop round in a circular form, S.
2. Sitting close together, S. B.
Ross.
3. Cordial.
Kelly.

To CURE, v. a. To care for.
Lyndsay.

Cure, s. Care, anxiety; Fr.
Palice Hon.

CURER, s. A cover, a dish.
Houlate.

To CURFUFFLE, v. a. To discompose, to dishevel, S.
V. Fuffle.
Ross.

CURIE, s. Search, investigation.
Douglas.

Fr. quer-ir, to inquire.

CURIOUS, adj. Anxious, fond, S.
Baillie.

To CURL, CURLE, s. To cause a stone to move alongst ice towards a mark, S.
Pennecuik.

Curler, s. One who amuses himself by curling, S.
Baillie.

Curling, s. The act of pushing stones on ice, S.
Pennant.

Curling-Stane, s. A stone used in curling, S.
Ramsay.

Teut. krull-en, sinuare, flectere.

CURLDODDY, s.
1. Ribgrass.
Evergreen. Border Minstrelsy.
2. Natural clover, S. Orkn.
Neill.

Curldoddies, s. pl. Curled cabbage, S.

CURLIES, s. pl. Colewort, of which the leaves are curled. S. B.

CURLOROUS, adj. Churlish, niggardly.
Bannatyne Poems.

A. S. ceorl, rusticus.

CURMURRING, s. Grumbling; that motion of the intestines produced by slight gripes, S.
Burns.

Teut. koer-en, gemere; morr-en, mur-murare.

CURN, KURN, s.
1. A grain, a single seed, S.
2. A particle, part of a grain, S.
Chalm. Air.
3. A quantity, an indefinite number, S.
4. A number of persons, S.
Journ. Lond.

Moes. G. kaurno, Su. G. korn, a grain.

Curny, adj. Grainy, S. Germ. kernicht.

CURPHOUR, s. The curfew.
Bannatyne Poems.

CURPLE, s. A crupper, S.

Fr. croupe.

CURPON, CURPIN, s.
1. The rump of a fowl, S.
2. Applied ludicrously to the buttocks of man, S.
Burns.

Fr. cropion, the rump.

To CURR, v. n. To coo, S.
V. Curmurring.

To CURR, v. n. To lean.

Isl. kure, avium more reclinatus quiesco.

CURRACH, CURROK, s. A skiff or small boat.

Gael. curach.

Bellenden.

CURRACK, CURROCH, s. A small cart made of twigs, S. B.
Statist. Acc.

Gael. cuingreach, a cart or waggon.

CURSOUR, S. COUSER, CUSSER, s. A stallion.
Wallace.

Fr. coursiere, a tilting horse.

CUSCHÉ, CUSSÉ, s. Armour for the thighs.
Wyntown.

Fr. cussot, id. from cuisse, the thigh.

CUSCHETTE, s. A ringdove.
V. Kowschot.

CUSHLE-MUSHLE, s. Earnest and continued muttering, S. B.
Ross.

Su. G. kusk-a, to soothe; musk-a, to hide.

CUSYNG, s. Accusation.
Wallace.

CUSSER, s.
V. Cursour.

CUSTOC, s.
V. Castock.

CUSTOMAR, CUSTOMER, s. One who receives duty on goods, S.
Acts Ja. IV.

CUSTROUN, s. A low-born fellow.
Polwart.

O. Fr. coestron, bÂtard, enfant illegitime; Gl. Roquefort.

CUT, s. A lot. To draw cuts, to determine by lot.
Douglas.

CUT, s. A certain quantity of yarn, S.
Statist. Acc.

CUTE, COOT, s. The ankle, S.

Teut. kuyte, sura.

Lyndsay. Dunbar.

CUTE, s. A thing of no value.
Dunbar.

CUTE, adj. Clever, expert, S. B.

A. S. cuth, expertus.

To CUTER, v. a. To cocker, S.
V. Kuter.

CUTH, COOTH, s. The coalfish, before it be fully grown, Orkn.
Statist. Acc.

CUTHERIE, CUDDERIE, adj. Very susceptible of cold, S. B.

Belg. koud, cold, and ryk, denoting full possession of any quality.

CUTIKINS, s. pl. Spatterdashes, S.

From cute, the ancle.

To CUTLE, v. n. To wheedle; To cutle in with one, id. S.
Pitscottie.

Teut. quedel-en, garrire.

To CUTLE, v. a. To cutle corn, to carry corn out of water-mark to higher ground, W. Loth. cuthil. Perths.

Sax. kaut-en, Su. G. kiut-a, mutare.

CUT-POCK, s. The stomach of a fish, S. B.
Ross.

CUTTIE, s. The Black Gulliemet, S. O.
Fleming.

CUTTY, CUTTIE, adj. Short, S.

Gael. cutach, short, bobtailed.

Hence,

Cuttie, Cutie, s.
1. A popgun.
Bp. Galloway.
2. A spoon, S. Gael. cutag, id.
Ross.
3. A short tobacco pipe, S.
Ramsay.

Cuttie-Boyn, s. A small tub for washing the feet in; Lanerks. Ayrs.

Cutty-Free, adj. Able to take one's food, S. B.

Cutty-Rung, s. A crupper, formed by a short piece of wood fixed to the saddle at each end by a cord, Mearns.

CUTTY-STOOL, s.
1. A low stool, S.
2. The stool of repentance, S.
V. Kittie.
Sir J. Sinclair.

From cutty, kittie, a light woman.

CUTTIT, CUTTED, adj.
1. Abrupt, S.
R. Bruce.
2. Laconic and tart, S.

Cuttetlie, Cuttedly, adv.
1. With quick but unequal motion.
Burel.
2. Suddenly, abruptly, S.
3. Laconically and tartly, S.
Baillie.

CUTWIDDIE, s. The piece of wood by which a harrow is fastened to the yoke, Fife.

CUTWORM, s. A small white grub, which destroys vegetables, by cutting through the stem, S.

CUWYN, s. Stratagem.
V. Conuyne.

CUZ, adv. Closely, Ang.; synon. Cosie, q.v.