Part 16
_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. ~Crak~.
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._ 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. υ.). 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.
D
DA, _s._ Day.
V. ~Daw~.
_Douglas._
DA', DAE, DAY, _s._ Doe.
_Acts Ja. VI._
A. S. _da_, Dan. _daa_, id.
DA, _s._ A sluggard.
V. ~Daw~.
_To_ DAB, DAUB, _v. a._
1. To peck, as birds do, S.
_J. Nicol._
2. To prick.
_Popular Ball._
~Dab~, _s._
1. A stroke from the beak of a bird, S.
2. A smart push.
_Creichton._
DABLET, _s._ An imp, a little devil.
Fr. _diableteau_, id.
_Watson's Coll._
_To_ DACKER, DAIKER, _v. a._
1. To search; to search for stolen goods, S. B.
_Ross._
2. To engage, to grapple, S. B.
_Poems Buch. Dial._