1. Covetousness.
_Douglas._
O. Fr. _couvoitise_, id.
2. Ambition, or the lust of power.
_Barbour._
COUBROUN, _adj._ Uncertain, both as to signification and etymon.
_Lyndsay._
COUCHER, _s._ A coward.
_Rutherford._
_Coucher Blow_, the last stroke, S.
From the E. v. _couch_, Fr. _couch-er_.
COVE, _s._ A cave, S. A. Bor.
_Bellenden._
A. S. _cofe_, Isl. _kofe_, id.
COUGHT, for _couth_. Could.
_S. P. Rep._
COUHIRT, _s._ Cow-herd.
_Dunbar._
_To_ COUK.
V. ~Cook~.
_To_ COUK, _v. n._ A term used to denote the sound emitted by the
cuckoo.
_Montgomerie._
COULIE, COWLIE, _s._
1. A boy, S.
Su. G. _kullt_, id.
2. A term applied to a man in the language of contempt, S.
_Cleland._
COULPE, _s._ A fault.
_Complaynt S._
Fr. _coulpe_, Lat. _culp-a_.
COULPIT, _part. pa._ Apparently, bartered, for _coupit_.
_Maitland Poems._
_To_ COUNGEIR, _v. a._ To conjure.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
~Coungerar~, _s._ A conjurer.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
COUNYIE, _s._ Perhaps, motion.
_Dunbar._
Fr. _coign-er_, to beat, to strike.
COUNT, _s._ An accompt; _counting_, arithmetic, S.
_To_ COUNTERFACTE, _v. n._ To counterfeit.
_Acts Ja. VI._
COUNTYR, COWNTIR, _s._
1. Encountre.
_Douglas._
2. A division of an army engaged in battle.
_Wallace._
_To_ COUP, COWP, _v. a._ To exchange, to barter, S. A. Bor.
Su. G. _koep-a_, id.
~Coup~, _s._
1. Exchange, S.
_Maitland P._
2. _The hail coup_, the whole of any thing, S.
~Couper~, ~Coper~, _s._
1. A dealer; as, _horse-couper_, _cow-couper_.
_Chalm. Air._
2. One who makes merchandise of souls.
_Rutherford._
_To_ COUP, COWP, _v. a._ To overturn, to overset, S.
_Knox._
_To_ ~Coup~, _v. n._ To overset, to tumble, S.
_Muses Threnodie._
Sw. _gupp-a_, to tilt up.
~Coup~, ~Cowp~, _s._
1. A fall, S. _couppis_, S. B.
_Lyndsay._
2. A sudden break in the stratum of coals, S.
_Statist. Acc._
COUPLE, CUPPIL, _s._ A rafter, S.
C. B. _kupul-ty_, id.
_Wyntown._
_To_ COUR, _v. n._ To stoop, to crouch, S., _cower_, E.
_To_ COUR, _v. n._ To recover.
V. ~Cower~.
COURCHE, _s._ A covering for a woman's head. S. _Curchey_, Dunbar.
_Wallace._
Fr. _couvre-chef_.
COURERS, CURERS, _s. pl._ Covers.
_Gl. Sibb._
COUT, COWT, _s._ A young horse, S. corr. from _colt_.
~Cout-evil~, _s._ A disease incident to young horses, Border.; E.
_strangles_.
_Polwart._
COUTCHACK, _s._ The clearest part of a fire, S. B.
_Journal Lond._
COUTCHIT, _part. pa._ Inlaid, stuffed.
Fr. _couch-er_, to lay.
_Douglas._
COUTH, _aux. v._ Could.
_Barbour._
A. S. _cuthe_, novi, from _cunn-an_, noscere.
COUTH, _part. pa._ Known.
_Douglas._
COUTH, _s._ Enunciated sound; a word.
_Popular Ball._
Isl. _qwaede_, syllaba, _qwed-a_, effari.
COUTH, COUTHY, COUDY, _adj._
1. Affable, facetious, familiar, S.
_Ramsay._
2. Loving, affectionate, S.
_Burns._
3. Comfortable.
_Popular Ball._
4. Pleasant to the ear, S. B.
_Ross._
5. Ominous of evil; _no coudy_, Ang.
A. S. _cuth_, familiaris; Teut. _koddig_, facetus.
~Couthily~, _adv._ Kindly, familiarly, S.
_Ross._
~Couthiness~, ~Coudiness~, _s._ Facetiousness, kindness, S.
COUTTERTHIRL, _s._ The vacuity between the _coulter_ and the
ploughshare, S.
V. ~Thirl~.
_To_ COW, _v. a._
1. To poll the head, S.
_Bellenden._
2. To clip short, in general.
_Polwart._
3. To cut, to prune, to lop off.
V. ~Coll~, _v._
_To cow out_, to cut out.
4. To eat up as food, S.
_Popul. Ball._
5. To be _cowit_, to be bald.
_Dunbar._
6. It occurs as signifying shaven; applied to the Roman tonsure.
_Cleland._
Isl. _koll-r_, tonsum caput.
7. Often used metaph. S. like E. _snib_.
_Ramsay._
~Cow~, ~Kow~, _s._
1. A twig of any shrub or plant, S.
_Priests Pebl._
2. Used to denote a bush.
_Minst. Bord._
3. A besom made of broom, S.
_Warton._
4. An instrument of correction, like E. _birch_, S.
5. The fuel used for a temporary fire, S.
_Ross._
6. The act of pruning, viewed metaph. S.
_Burns._
COW, KOW, _s._
1. A scarecrow, S.
_Hamilton._
2. A hobgoblin, S.
_Philotus._
_To play kow_, to act the part of a goblin.
_Roull._
From E. _cow_, to intimidate; or Isl. _kug_, suppressio.
~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. ~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._