used as synon.
_Burns._
Isl. _burdur_, the habit of body, strength, propriae vires;
_afburdur menn_, excellent men.
BURDON, BURDOUN, BURDOWNE, _s._
1. A big staff, such as pilgrims were wont
to carry.
_Douglas._
Fr. _bourdon_, a pilgrim's staff; O. Fr. _bourde_, a baton; Isl.
_broddstafur_, scipio, _hastulus_, hastile.
2. _Be staff and burdon_; a phrase respecting either investiture or
resignation.
_Bellenden._
BURDOUN, _s._ "The drone of a bag-pipe, in which sense it is commonly
used in S."
_Ruddiman._
Fr. _bourdon_, id.
BURDOWYS, _s._ Men who fought with clubs.
_Barbour._
_Burdare_, (Matt. Paris), is to fight with clubs, after the manner
of clowns, qui, he says, Anglis _Burdons_.
BUREDELY, _adv._ Forcibly, vigorously.
V. ~Burdly~.
_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._
BUREIL, BURAL, _adj._ Vulgar, rustic.
_Wallace._
Chaucer _borel_, id.; L. B. _burell-us_, a species of coarse cloth;
Teut. _buer_, a peasant.
BURG _of ice_, a whale-fisher's phrase for a field of ice floating in
the sea, S., most probably from its resemblance of a _castle_.
BURGENS, _s. pl._ Burgesses.
_Wyntown._
Lat. _burgens-es_.
BURGEOUN, _s._ A bud, a shoot.
_Douglas._
Fr. _burgeon_, id.; Su. G. _boerja_, oriri; Isl. _bar_, gemma
arborum.
BURIAN, _s._ A mound, a tumulus; or a kind of fortification, S. Aust.
_Statist. Acc._
From A. S. _beorg_, _burg_, mons, acervus; or _byrigenn_, _byrgene_,
sepulcrum, monumentum, tumulus.
BURIO, BOREAU, BURRIO, BURIOR, BURRIOUR, _s._ An executioner.
_Bellenden._
Fr. _bourreau_, id.
BURLAW, BYRLAW, BIRLEY, BARLEY. _Byrlaw Court_, a court of neighbours,
residing in the country, which determines as to local concerns.
_Skene. Reg. Maj._
From Belg. _baur_ (boer) a husbandman, and _Law_; or as Germ.
_bauer_, A. S. _bur_, Isl. _byr_, signify a village, as well as a
husbandman, the term may signify the _Law_ of the _village_ or district.
~Burlie-Bailie~, _s._ An officer employed to enforce the laws of the
_Burlaw-courts_.
_Ramsay._
BURLED, BURLIT, _part. pa._
_Acts Ja. II._
Does this signify _burnt_, from Fr. _brul-er_?
BURLY, _s._ A crowd, a tumult, S. B.
Teut. _borl-en_, to vociferate. Hence E. _hurly-burly_.
BURLY, BUIRLIE, _adj._ Stately, strong; as applied to buildings.
_Wallace._
Teut. _boer_, Germ. _bauer_, a boor, with the termination _lic_,
denoting resemblance.
BURLINS, _s. pl._ The bread _burnt_ in the oven in baking, S. q.
_burnlins_.
BURN, _s._
1. Water, particularly that which is taken from a fountain or well S.
_Ferguson._
Moes. G. _brunna_, Su. G. _brunn_, Isl. _brunn-ur_, Germ. _brun_,
Teut. _burn_, _borne_, a well, a fountain; Belg. _bornwater_, water from
a well. A rivulet, a brook. S. A. Bor.
_Douglas._
2. E. bourn. In this sense only A. S. _burn_, and _byrna_, occur; or as
signifying a torrent.
3. The water used in brewing, S. B.
_Lyndsay_.
4. Urine, S. B. "To make one's _burn_," mingere. Germ. _brun_, urina.
~Burnie~, ~Burny~, is sometimes used as a dimin. denoting a small brook,
S.
_Beattie_.
_To_ BURN, _v. a._
1. One is said to be _burnt_, when he has suffered in any attempt. _Ill
burnt_, having suffered severely, S.
_Baillie._
2. To deceive, to cheat in a bargain, S. One says that he has been
_brunt_, when overreached. These are merely oblique senses of the E. v.
BURNET, _adj._ Of a brown colour.
_Douglas._
Fr. _brunette_, a dark brown stuff formerly worn by persons of
quality.
BURNEWIN, _s._ A cant term for a blacksmith, S.
_Burns._
"_Burn-the-wind_,--an appropriate term," N.
BURNT SILVER, BRINT SILVER, silver refined in the furnace.
_Acts Ja. II._
Isl. _brendu silfri_, id. Snorro Sturleson shews that _skirt
silfr_, i. e. pure silver, and _brennt silfr_, are the same.
BURR, BURRH, _s._ The whirring sound made by some people in pronouncing
the letter _r_; as by the inhabitants of Northumberland, S.
_Statist. Acc._
This word seems formed from the sound.
BURRA, _s._ The most common kind of rush, Orkn.; there the Juncus
squarrosus.
BURRACH'D, _part. pa._ Inclosed.
V. ~Bowrach'd.~
_To_ BURRIE, _v. a._ To overpower in working, to overcome in striving at
work, S. B.
Allied perhaps to Fr. _bourrer_, Isl. _ber-ia_, to beat.
BURRY, _adj._
_Henrysone._
Either rough, shaggy, from Fr. _bourru_, "flockie, hairie, rugged,"
Cotgr. or savage, cruel, from Fr. _bourreau_, an executioner.
V. ~Burio~.
BURROWE-MAIL,
V. ~Mail~.
BURSAR, _s._ One who receives the benefit of an endowment in a college,
for bearing his expences during his education there, S.
_Buik of Discipline_.
L. B. _Bursar-ius_, a scholar supported by a pension; Fr.
_boursier_, id. from L. B. _bursa_, an ark, Fr. _bourse_, a purse.
_Bourse_ also signifies "the place of a pensioner in a college," Cotgr.
~Bursary~, ~Burse~, _s._ The endowment given to a student in a
university, an exhibition, S.
_Statist. Acc._
BURSIN, BURSTEN, _part. pa._
1. Burst, S.
_Lyndsay._
2. Overpowered with fatigue; or so overheated by exertion as to drop
down dead, S.
BUS, _s._ A bush, S. _buss_.
V. ~Busk~.
_Douglas._
BUSCH, _s._ Boxwood, S. B.
_Douglas._
Belg. _bosse-boom_, _busboom_, Fr. _bouis_, _buis_, Ital. _busso_,
id.
_To_ BUSCH, _v. n._ To lay an ambush; pret. _buschyt_.
_Wallace._
O. E. _bussed_.
_R. Brunne_.
Ital. _bosc-are_, _imbosc-are_, from _bosco_, q. to lie hid among
bushes.
~Buschement~, _s._ Ambush.
_Wallace._
O. E. _bussement_.
_R. Brunne._
_To_ BUSE, BUST, _v. a._ To inclose cattle in a stall, S. B.
A. S. _bosg_, _bosig_, praesepe; E. _boose_, a stall for a cow,
Johns.
_To_ BUSH, _v. a._ To sheathe, to inclose in a case or box, S.; applied
to the wheels of carriages.
Su. G. Belg. _bosse_, a box or case of any kind.
BUSH, _interj._ Expressive of a rushing sound, as that of water spouting
out, Tweedd.
_J. Nicol._
L. B. _bus-bas_, a term used to denote the noise made by fire-arms
or arrows in battle.
_To_ BUSK, _v. a._
1. To dress, to attire one's self, to deck, S.; _bus_, A. Bor. id.
_Douglas._
Germ. _butz-en_, _buss-en_, Belg. _bocts-en_, Su. G. _puts-a_,
_puss-a_, ornare, decorare; Germ. _butz_, _buss_, ornatus; hence _butz
frau_, a well-dressed woman.
2. To prepare, to make ready, in general, S.
_Sir Tristrem._
3. _v. n._ To tend, to direct one's course towards.
_Gawan and Gol._
4. It sometimes seems to imply the idea of rapid motion; as equivalent
to _rush_.
_Barbour._
~Busking~, _s._ Dress, decoration.
_Acts Ja. VI._
BUSK, _s._ A bush.
_Douglas._
Su. G. Isl. _buske_, Germ. _busch_, Belg. _bosch_, frutex. Ital.
_bosco_, wood.
BUSKENING, _s._
_Sir Egeir._
Apparently high-flown language, like that used on the stage; from E.
_buskin_, the high shoe anciently worn by actors.
BUSSIN, _s._ A linen cap or hood, worn by old women, much the same as
_Toy_, q. v. West of S.
Perhaps from Moes. G. _buss-us_, fine linen, Gr. βυσσινον, id.
BUSSING, _s._ Covering.
_Evergreen._
Perhaps from Germ. _busch_, _fascis_, a bundle, a fardel.
BUST, _s._ A box.
V. ~Buist~.
BUST, BOOST, _s._ "Tar mark upon sheep, commonly the initials of the
proprietor's name," Gl. Sibb.
Perhaps what is taken out of the tar-_bust_ or box.
_To_ BUST, _v. a._ To powder, to dust with flour, Aberd. _Must_, synon.
This _v._ is probably formed from _bust_, _buist_, a box, in
allusion to the _meal-buist_.
_To_ BUST, _v. a._ To beat, Aberd. Isl. _boest-a_, id.
BUSTINE, _adj._ "Fustian, cloth," Gl.
_Ramsay._
Perhaps it rather respects the shape of the garment; from Fr.
_buste_, "the long, small or sharp-pointed, and hard-quilted belly of a
doublet;" Cotgr.
BUSTUOUS, BUSTEOUS, _adj._
1. Huge, large in size.
_Douglas._
2. Strong, powerful.
_Lyndsey._
3. "Terrible, fierce," Rudd.
4. Rough, unpolished.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _bus-a_, cum impetu ferri; Teut. _boes-en_, impetuose
pulsare.
~Bustuousness~, _s._ Fierceness, violence.
_Douglas._
BUT, _prep._ Without.
V. ~Bot~.
BUT, _adv._
1. Towards the outer apartment of a house, S.
_Dunbar._
2. In the outer apartment.
_Dunbar._
_To gae but_, to go forward, or into, the outer apartment; sometimes
called the _but-house_, S. It is also used as a prep. _Gae but the
house_, S.
V. ~Ben~.
A. S. _bute_, _buta_, Teut. _buyten_, extra, foras; forth, out of
doors.
BUT, _s._ The outer apartment of a house, S.
_Dunbar._
BUT, _prep._ Besides.
_Barbour._
A. S. _butan_, praeter.
BUT, _v. imp._ Expressive of necessity, S.
V. ~Boot~.
BUT, _s._ Let, impediment, S. This is merely the _prep._ used as a
substantive.
BUT AND, _prep._ Besides.
V. ~Botand~.
BUTER, BUTTER, _s._ Bittern.
V. ~Boytour~.
BUTT, _s._
1. A piece of ground, which in ploughing does not form a proper ridge,
but is excluded as an angle, S.
2. A small piece of ground disjoined from the adjacent lands.
Fr. _bout_, end, extremity. L. B. _butta terrae_, agellus.
3. Those parts of the tanned hides of horses which are under the
crupper, are called _butts_, probably as being the extremities, S.
BUTWARDS, _adv._ Towards the outer part of a room, S. B.
_Ross._
BWNIST, _adj._ Uppermost.
_Dunbar._
From _boon_, contr. from _abone_, above, corresponding to modern
_boonmost_, uppermost, q. v. Belg. _bovenste_, id. from _boven_, above.
C
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,