_Cuddy, the Ass_ (Vol. v., p. 419.).--Jamieson is sometimes very absurd;
but in my edition of his _Dictionary_ (Edinburgh, 1808), I do not find the
_Hindoo_ root for _cuddy_ which you attribute to him. I only find: "CUDDIE,
an ass--probably a cant term;" with a reference to the _Lothian_ dialect.
But if it be worth while to answer such questions, I would remind the
inquirer that in Northumberland, and the adjoining districts of Scotland,
_cuddie_ is the contraction of the very common name of _Cuthbert_ (_teste_
"Cuddie Headrig"); and that as the ass is called in other districts "Ned"
and "Neddy," and in others again "Dick" and "Dicky," so he is called in
Northumberland _Cuddie_ by a name familiar in the locality. Everywhere the
male is called "Jack," and the female "Jenny;" are these also derived from
the Hindoostanee?