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. 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.
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.