_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-Bone~.
_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. 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._
CHAUDMELLÉ, _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.