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Latest Release: Chapter 1 : An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language.by John Jamieson.PREFACE.~The Etymol
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language.by John Jamieson.PREFACE.~The Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language~, which was published in the year 1808, has been so favourably received, that although the impression was large, a set is no
- 101 BOW, BOWE, _s._ 1. The herd in general; whether inclosed in a fold or not. _Douglas._ 2. A fold for cows, S. _Bannatyne Poems._ Su. G. _bo_, _bu_, either the herd or the flock; armenta, pecora, grex; Dan. _boe_, a shed, booth or stall. BOW, _s._ 1. An arc
- 102 _Ramsay._ Fr. _buie_, a water-pot or pitcher; Cotgr. Hence, BOWIEFU, _s._ The fill of a small tub, S. _J. Nicol._ BOW-KAIL, _s._ Cabbage, S. so called from the circular form of this plant. For the same reason its Belg. name is _buys-kool_. _Burns._ ~Bow-s
- 103 2. To make a loud and disagreeable noise. _Douglas._ BRAAL, _s._ A fragment. "Theres nae a _braal_ to the fore," There is not a fragment remaining, Ang. BRABBLACH, _s._ The refuse of any thing; as of corn, meat, &c. Fife. Gael. _prabal_, id. BRA
- 104 _Gawan and Gol._ Isl. _bregd-a_, vertere. _To_ BRADE, BRAID, BREDE, BREED, _v. n._ 1. To resemble, to be like in manners; especially as denoting that similarity which characterises the same stock or family; with the prep. _of_. _Fergusons S. Prov._ 2. To
- 105 BRAIK, _s._ An internal mortification; a disease among sheep, Ang. V. ~Braxy~. Su. G. _braeck_, a defect of any kind. BRAIKIT, _adj._ Speckled, S. Ir. _breac_, _brek_, id. BRAYMEN, _s. pl._ The name given to those who inhabit the southern declivity of the
- 106 _To_ BRAK, _v. n._ To express great sorrow on any account. One says, "Im like to _brak_," S. B. This is probably allied to Isl. _braek_, _brek_, wailing. BRAK, BRAKE, _adj._ Somewhat salt, brackish. _Douglas._ Belg. _brack_, salsus. BRAKING, _s.
- 107 2. To menace, to make a threatening appearance. _Douglas._ 3. To shake, applied to the mind; to confound, to throw into disorder; used actively. _G.o.dscroft._ Fr. _branl-er_, to shake; Su. G. _brang-as_, c.u.m labore perrumpere velle. BRANGILL, _s._ A ki
- 108 BRASH, BRASHE, _s._ An effort, an attack, an a.s.sault; as E. _brush_ is used. _Muses Thren._ BRASHY, BRAUs.h.i.+E, _adj._ Stormy, S. _J. Nicol._ BRASH, _s._ A transient attack of sickness; a bodily indisposition of whatever kind, S. _Quhither_, synon. S.
- 109 Fr. _braverie_, id. from _braver_, to brave, to play the gallant. BRAUITIE, _s._ 1. A show, a pageant. _Burel._ 2. Finery in dress, S. V. ~Braw~. _Burel._ Fr. _bravete_, pour avoir de beaux habits; Gl. Roquefort. BRAUL, BRAWL, _s._ The same as _Brangle_.
- 110 _Burns._ BRAZE, _s._ A roach. V. ~Braise~. BRAZARS, _s. pl._ Armour for the arms. V. ~Braseris~. _To_ BRE. V. ~Biggit~. _K. Hart._ BRE, BREE, _s._ The eye-brow, S. B. _Douglas._ "He moved neither _ee nor bree_; i. e. eye nor eyebrow." V. ~Bra~.
- 111 ~In Bredis~.V. ~Abreid~._Houlate._ _In brede_, as used by Chaucer, is rendered _abroad_.BREE, BRIE, S. B. BREW, BROO, S. _s._ 1. Broth, soup._Ross._ "_Bree_, broth without meal," Gl. Yorks.2. Juice, sauce, S."_Breau_ is supping meat, or gra
- 112 _To_ BREY, _v. a._ To terrify. _Wyntown._ A. S. _breg-an_, id. probably allied to Sw. _bry_, to vex. _To_ BREID, BREDE, _v. n._ To resemble. V. ~Brade~, _v. 5_. BREID, _s._ Breadth. _On breid_, broad, or in breadth. _Lyndsay._ A. S. _braed_; Su. G. _bredd
- 113 BRENT, _adj._ High, straight, upright, S. _Maitland Poems._ It most frequently occurs in one peculiar application, in connexion with _brow_, as denoting a high forehead, as contra-distinguished from one that is flat. _Douglas._ A. Bor. _brant_, or _brunt_
- 114 _Bannatyne Poems._ Fr. _bribeur_, "a beggar, a sc.r.a.p-craver; also, a greedy devourer;" _briber_, to beg; and this from _bribe_, a lump of bread given to a beggar; Cotgr. C. B. _briw_, _brib_, a morsel, a fragment. BRICHT, BRYCHT, A young woma
- 115 A. S. _bryn_, incendium, and _stan_, q. lapis incendii seu incendiarius. Sw. _braensten_, id. BRIN, BRINN, _s._ A ray, a beam, a flash, S. B. _Poems Buchan Dial._ BRINK. ~To Brink~. Perhaps, inwardly. _Sir Tristrem._ Q. in pectore; Isl. Su. G. _bring-a_,
- 116 Fr. _brocher un cheval_, to spur a horse, properly to strike him hard with the spurs. Hence, ~Broche~, _s._ 1. A spit. _Gawan and Gol._ 2. "A narrow piece of wood or metal to support the stomacher," Gl. Sibb. 3. A wooden pin on which yarn is wou
- 117 ~Broddit Staff~, "A staff with a sharp point at the extremity," Gl. Sibb. Also called a _pike-staff_, S. This is the same with _broggit-staff_. V. ~Brog~. BRODYRE, BRODIR, _s._ A brother; pl. _bredir_, _bredyre_. _Wyntown._ Isl. _brodur_, pl. _b
- 118 _Douglas._ This is merely a peculiar use of E. _broker_. BROKYLL, _adj._ Brittle. V. ~Brukyl~. BROKITTIS, _s. pl._ The same with E. _Brocket_, a red deer of two years old. Fr. _brocart_, id. _Douglas._ BRONCHED, _pret._ Pierced. _Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._ P
- 119 Fr. _brodequin_, Teut. _broseken_, a buskin.BROUDSTER, _s._ Embroiderer.V. ~Browdin~._Pitscottie._ Fr. _brod-er_, to embroider.BROUKIT, BROOKED, BRUCKIT, BRUKET, _adj._ The face is said to be _broukit_, when it has spots or streaks of dirt on it, when it
- 120 _Dunbar._ BRUE. _s._ V. ~Bree~. BRUGH, BROGH, BROUGH, BURGH, _s._ 1. An encampment of a circular form, S. B. In Lothian, encampments of the circular form are called _Ring-forts_, from A. S. _hring_, orbis, circulus. 2. This name is also given to the stron
- 121 _Ross._ 2. Improperly used for a battle. _Hamilton._ Fr. _brouiller_, to quarrel; Su. G. _bryl-la_, _foerbrilla_, to embroil. _To_ BRUND, _v. n._ To emit sparks as a flint does when struck.--_Its brundin_, the fire flies from it, S. B. Su. G. _brinn-a_, t
- 122 _Presb. Eloquence._ 2. A bugbear, an object of terror, Ibid. Belg. _bauw_, a spectre; C. B. _bo_, a hobgoblin. ~Bu-kow~, _s._ Any thing frightful, as a scarecrow, applied also to a hobgoblin, S. V. ~Cow~. From _bu_, and _kow_, _cow_, a goblin. ~Bu-man~, _
- 123 BUFE, _s._ Beef, S. B. Fr. _boeuf_, id. Isl. _bufe_, cattle; from _bu_, an ox. _To_ BUFF, _v. n._ To emit a dull sound, as a bladder filled with wind does, S. _Chr. Kirk._ _It played buff_, S. It made no impression. Belg. _boff-en_, to puff up the cheeks
- 124 from Ir. and E. _bog_. BUGIL, BUGILL, _s._ A buglehorn. _Douglas._ Q. _buculae cornu_, the horn of a young cow; or from Teut. _boghel_, Germ. _bugel_, curvatura. BUICK, _pret._ Courtsied; from the v. _Beck_. _Ross._ _To_ BUIGE, _v. n._ To bow, to creenge.
- 125 BUITING, _s._ Booty. _Montgomerie._ Fr. _butin_, Ital. _butino_, id. BUITS, _s. pl._ Matches for firelocks. _Baillies Lett._ _To_ BUKK, _v. a._ To incite, to instigate. _Evergreen._ Germ. _boch-en_, to strike, _bock-en_, to push with the horn; Su. G. _boc
- 126 BULLS, _s. pl._ Strong bars in which the teeth of a harrow are placed, S. B. _Statist. Acc._ Su. G. _bol_, Isl. _bolr_, truncus. BULL-SEGG, _s._ The great cat-tail or reedmace, Typha latifolia, Linn. S. B. BULL-SEGG, _s._ A gelded bull. V. ~Segg~. BULTY,
- 127 Isl. _bua_, parare, and _mage_ socius, q. to make preparation for ones companions; or _bo_ villa, incola, and _mage_, the fellows.h.i.+p of a village or of its inhabitants. b.u.mMIL, b.u.mMLE, BOMBELL, _s._ Expl. a drone, an idle fellow. V. ~Batie-b.u.mmi
- 128 This name is also given, S. to the Polygonum convolvulus, which in Sw. is called _Binda_. BUR, _s._ The cone of the fir, S. B. Su. G. _barr_ denotes the leaves or needles of the pine. BUR-THRISSIL, _s._ The spear-thistle, S. Carduus lanceolatus. _Bur-this
- 129 _broddstafur_, scipio, _hastulus_, hastile. 2. _Be staff and burdon_; a phrase respecting either invest.i.ture or resignation. _b.e.l.l.e.n.den._ BURDOUN, _s._ "The drone of a bag-pipe, in which sense it is commonly used in S." _Ruddiman._ Fr. _
- 130 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 br
- 131 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_,
- 132 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. ?ss????, id. BUSSING, _s._ Covering. _Evergreen._ Perhaps from Germ. _busch_, _fascis_, a bundle, a fardel. BUST
- 133 BUT, _s._ Let, impediment, S. This is merely the _prep._ used as a substantive. BUT AND, _prep._ Besides. V. ~Botand~. BUTER, b.u.t.tER, _s._ Bittern. V. ~Boytour~. b.u.t.t, _s._ 1. A piece of ground, which in ploughing does not form a proper ridge, but i
- 134 _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. C
- 135 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 o
- 136 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,
- 137 ~Cauld Steer~, Sour milk and meal _stirred_ together in a _cold_ state, S. B. CALFLEA, _s._ Infield ground, one year under natural gra.s.s; probably thus denominated from the _calves_ being fed on it, Ang. CALFING, _s._ Wadding. V. ~Colf~. CALICRAT, _s._
- 138 _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 pa.s.sed in the loom, S., synon. _heddles_. 3. _In the caulms_, in the state of being fra
- 139 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.
- 140 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 bad
- 141 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, e
- 142 _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,
- 143 Su. G. _koppa_, cyaphus; Arab. _kab_, a cup. Hence, perhaps, ~Caps~, _s. pl._ The combs of wild bees, S. _To_ CAP, _v. a._ 1. To seize by violence, to lay hold of what is not ones own, S. 2. To seize vessels in a privateering way. _Fountainhall._ 3. To en
- 144 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.
- 145 _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 disting
- 146 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_, a.n.u.s. ~Carlin-heather~, _s._ Fine-leaved heath, Erica cinerea, Linn. S. also ca
- 147 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. _Spa
- 148 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,
- 149 _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.
- 150 _To_ ~Cave~ _over_, _v. n._ To fall over suddenly, S. _Melvills MS._ ~Cave~, _s._ 1. A stroke, a push, S. 2. A toss. Isl. _akafr_, c.u.m impetu, vehementer. _To_ ~Cave~, _v. a._ 1. To separate grain from the broken straw, after thres.h.i.+ng, S. B. 2. To
- 151 Isl. _kaup_ denotes a gift; Su. G. _koep-a_, dare. CAUPONA, Expl. "a sailors cheer in heaving the anchor." _Complaynt S._ Fr. _a un coup_, at once, altogether. CAUSEY, CAUSAY, _s._ A street, S. Teut. _kautsije_, id. _Douglas._ _To keep the cause
- 152 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_, wh
- 153 _Wallace._ ~Chak~, _s._ The act of checking, stop. V. ~Char~. _To_ CHAK, _v. n._ 1. To gnash, to s.n.a.t.c.h 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 socke
- 154 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
- 155 _Ross._ CHAP, _s._ A shop. _Many._ CHAPIN, _s._ Chopin, a quart, S. _s.h.i.+rrefs._ 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._ F
- 156 _Douglas._ A. S. _carleaswagn_, Su. G. _karlwagn_, Dan. _karlvogn_. CHARNAILL BANDIS, _s. pl._ Strong hinges used for ma.s.sy doors or gates, riveted, and often having a plate, on each side of the gate, S. _centre-hinges_, E. _Wallace._ Fr. _charniere_, a
- 157 Apparently corr. from the E. v. _chine_, used in the same sense, from _chine_, the backbone. Fr. _eschin-er_, id. _To_ CHEIP, CHEPE, _v. n._ 1. To peep, to chirp, as young birds in the nest, S. _Cheepe_, O. E. _Complaynt S._ 2. To squeak with a shrill and
- 158 _Houlate._ _To_ CHEPE, _v. n._ To chirp. V. ~Cheip~. CHESBOW, _s._ The poppy. V. ~Chasbol~. _To_ CHESE, _v. a._ To choose. V. ~Cheis~. CHESYBIL, _s._ An ecclesiastical dress, O. E. _chesuble_, a short vestment without sleeves. _Wyntown._ L. B. _casubla_,
- 159 _To_ CHEWYS, _v. a._ To compa.s.s, to achieve, to accomplish. _Barbour._ ~Chewysance~, ~Chewysans~, _s._ Acquirement, provision, means of sustenance. _Wallace._ _To_ CHICK, _v. n._ To make a clicking noise, as a watch does, S. Teut. _kick-en_, mutire, min
- 160 CHINE, _s._ The end of a barrel, or that part of the staves which projects beyond the head, S. _Acts Cha. I._ Isl. _kani_, prominula pars rei, that part of a thing that projects, also rostrum, Haldorson. _Chine_, however, may be corr. from E. _chime_, _ch
- 161 CHITTER-LILLING, _s._ An opprobrious term. _Dunbar._ Perhaps the same as E. _chitterlin_, the intestines. _To_ CHIZZEL, _v. a._ To cheat, to act deceitfully, S. B. _Chouse_, E. Belg. _kweezel-en_, to act hypocritically. CHIZZARD. V. ~Kaisart~. CHOKKEIS, p
- 162 1. A small pebble, S. Teut. _keyken_, a small flint; if not from the circ.u.mstance of such stones being swallowed by domestic fowls. 2. A game, used by girls, in tossing up, and catching pebbles as they fall, is called the _Chuckie-stanes_. CHUF, _s._ Cl
- 163 _To_ CLAG, _v. a._ To clog by adhesion, S. _Wallace._ Dan. _klaeg_, viscous, glutinous, sticky; Isl. _kleggi_, ma.s.sa compacta. ~Claggy~, _adj._ Unctuous, adhesive, bespotted with mire, S. V. the _v._ ~Claggock~, _s._ "A dirty wench," Gl. Sibb.
- 164 1. Clammy, S. Belg. _klam_, id. 2. Smooth; as "_clam_ ice," S. B. CLAM, CLAM-Sh.e.l.l, _s._ A scallop sh.e.l.l, S. Ostrea opercularis, Linn. _Sibbald._ Probably from O. Fr. _clame_, a pilgrims mantle; as these sh.e.l.ls were worn on the cape of
- 165 Belg. _klapperman_, a watchman with a clapper. CLAPPERS, _s. pl._ Holes intentionally made for rabbits to burrow in, either in an open warren, or within an inclosure. Fr. _clapier_, id. Su. G. _klapper_, lapides minuti et rotundi. CLARCHE PIPE. _Watsons C
- 166 _To_ CLAT, CLAUT, _v. a._ 1. To rake together dirt or mire, S. 2. To rake together, in a general sense, S. Su. G. _kladd_, filth. 3. To sc.r.a.pe, to scratch any thing together. _Burns._ ~Clat~, ~Claut~, _s._ 1. An instrument for raking together dirt or m
- 167 Su. G. _klaa_, unguibus veluti fixis prehendere. This may be viewed as the pret. of the _v._ ~Cleik~, q. v. ~Claucht~, ~Claught~, _s._ A catch or seizure of any thing in a sudden and forcible way, S. _Ross._ _To_ CLAVER, _v. a._ 1. To talk idly, or in a n
- 168 Dan. _klaeg_, id. taba.n.u.s. CLEIK, _adj._ Lively, agile, fleet, Loth. V. ~Cleuch~, _adj._ _To_ CLEIK, CLEK, CLEEK, _v. a._ To catch as by a hook, S. _Ramsay._ 2. To lay hold of, after the manner of a hook, S. 3. To seize, in whatever way, whether by for
- 169 _Skene._ _To_ CLEP, _v. n._ 1. To act the tell-tale, S. _Ramsay._ 2. To chatter, to prattle; especially, as implying the idea of pertness, S. Belg. _klapp-en_, to tattle, to betray. ~Clep~, _s._ Tattle, pert loquacity, S. Belg. _ydele klap_, idle chat. CL
- 170 _To_ CLEW, _v. n._ To cleave, to fasten. Teut. _klev-en_, id. _Wyntown._ CLEWIS, _s. pl._ Claws, talons. V. ~Cleuck~. _Douglas._ CLIBBER, CLUBBER, _s._ A wooden saddle, a packsaddle, Caithn. Orkn. _Statist. Acc._ Isl. _klifberi_, c.l.i.tellae, from _klif_
- 171 _Wallace._ A. S. _clipp-an_, _clypp-ian_, to embrace. ~Clips~, ~Clippys~, _s. pl._ 1. Grappling-irons, used in a sea-fight. _Wallace._ 2. An instrument for lifting a pot by its ears, S.; or for carrying a barrel. _Ramsay._ 3. Hooks for catching hold of fi
- 172 _s.h.i.+rrefs._ Qu. resembling a _clod_ of earth. CLOFF, _s._ 1. A fissure of any kind. 2. What is otherwise S. called the _cleaving_. Lat. intercapedo. _Lyndsay._ 3. A cleft between adjacent hills, Loth. 4. The cleft of a tree, or that part of it where t
- 173 2. To produce a dimple, S. _Poems Buchan Dial._ ~Clour~, _s._ 1. A lump, a tumour, in consequence of a stroke or fall, S. _S. P. Repr._ 2. A dint caused by a blow, S. _To_ CLOUT, _v. a._ To beat, to strike, properly with the hands, S. _Ferguson._ Teut. _k
- 174 Dan. _glunk_, the guggling of a narrow-mouthed pot or strait-necked bottle when it is emptying; Sw. _klunk-a_, to guggle. CLUNKERS, _s. pl._ Dirt hardened in clots, so as to render a road, pavement, or floor unequal, S. Germ. _clunkern_, a knot or clod of
- 175 c.o.c.kIELEEKIE, _s._ Soup made of a _c.o.c.k_ boiled with _leeks_, S. c.o.c.kIELEERIE, _s._ A term expressive of the sound made by a c.o.c.k in crowing, S. Teut. _k.o.c.keloer-en_, to cry like a c.o.c.k. c.o.c.kLAIRD, _s._ A landholder, who himself posse
- 176 _Bannatyne Poems._ COFFING, COFYNE, _s._ 1. A shrine, a box. _Wyntown._ 2. The hard crust of bread. _Douglas._ Lat. _cophin-us_, a basket. COFT, _pret._ and _part. pa._ Bought. V. ~Coff~. COG, COAG, COIG, COGUE, _s._ A hollow wooden vessel of a circular f
- 177 1. Expence, cost. _Douglas._ 2. The provision made for watching the borders. _Acts Ja. II._ Belg. Su. G. _kost_, cost, charge. ~Coist~, _s._ 1. Duty payable in kind, Orkn. 2. The sustenance given to a servant, as distinct from money, ibid. _Skene._ Su. G.
- 178 COLLIE, COLLEY, _s._ 1. The shepherds dog, S. A. Bor. _Burns._ Ir. _cuilean_, Gael. _culie_, a little dog. 2. One who follows another constantly, S. 3. A lounger, one who hunts for a dinner. _Calderwood._ _To_ COLLIE, _v. a._ To abash, to silence in an ar
- 179 _To_ COMPEIR, COMPEAR, _v. n._ 1. To appear in the presence of another. _b.e.l.l.e.n.den._ 2. To present ones self in a court, civil or ecclesiastical, in consequence of being summoned, S. _Priests Peblis._ Fr. _compar-oir_, to appear, Lat. _compar-ere_,
- 180 CONDY, _s._ A conduit, S. CONDICT, _s._ Conduit, pa.s.sage. _Douglas._ Teut. _konduyt_, Fr. _conduit_, id. CONFEERIN, _part. adj._ Consonant, S. B. _Ross._ Lat. _conferr-e_, to compare. ~Confeirin~, _conj._ Considering. _Journal Lond._ CONFIDER, _adj._ Co
- 181 3. To purchase with money. _Reg. Maj._ ~Conquace~, ~Conquese~, _s._ 1. Conquest. _Wallace._ 2. Acquisition by purchase. L. B. _conquestus_, id. _Quon. Attach._ CONRYET, _pret._ Perhaps, disposed. _Wallace._ O. Fr. _conraer_, to prepare, whence _conroi_, o
- 182 _Baillie._ _To_ ~Contrare~, ~Conter~, _v. a._ To thwart, to oppose, S. _Wyntown._ Fr. _contrar-ier_, id. ~Contrare~, _s._ 1. Opposition of any kind. _Douglas._ 2. Something contrary to ones feelings or hopes. _Conter_, S. B. _Ross._ _To_ CONTRUFE, _v. a._
- 183 COOKIE, _s._ A species of fine bread used at tea, of a round form, S. Teut. _koeck_, lib.u.m. COOLRIFE, _adj._ 1. Cool, cold, S. _Ross._ 2. Indifferent, S. V. ~Cauldrife~. COOM, _s._ The wooden frame used in building the arch of a bridge, S. _Statist. Acc
- 184 _Lyndsay._ Ir. Gael. _coranach_, from _cora_, a _quoir_, Lat. _chorus_. 2. A cry of alarm, a sort of war-cry. _Bannatyne Poems._ 3. A proclamation of outlawry by means of the bagpipe. _Warton._ CORBIE, CORBY, _s._ A raven; Corvus corax, Linn, S. _Henryson
- 185 CORKY, _adj._ Airy, brisk. _Sir J. Sinclair._ CORMUNDUM. _To cry Cormundum_, to confess a fault. _Kennedy._ In allusion to one of the Penitential Psalms. CORNCRAIK, _s._ The Crake or land rail, Rallus crex, Linn. V. ~Craik~. _Houlate._ Probably denominate
- 186 _Douglas._ Corr. from _Cordowan_, q. v. COSCH, COSHE, _s._ A coach. _Bruce._ Fr. _coche_. _To_ COSE, COSS, COISS, _v. a._ To exchange; _coss_, Loth. _Wallace._ ~Cossing~, _s._ The act of exchanging. _Skene._ COSH, _adj._ 1. Neat, snug; as denoting a comfo
- 187 _Dunbar._ Anciently written _covent_. _Sir Gawan._ In S., _caivin_ is still used for convent. COUDIE, _adj._ V. ~Couth~. COUATYSE, COVETISE, COWATYSS, _s._ 1. Covetousness. _Douglas._ O. Fr. _couvoitise_, id. 2. Ambition, or the l.u.s.t of power. _Barbour
- 188 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 a
- 189 ~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.
- 190 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
- 191 ~Cowering~, _s._ Recovery. _Barbour._ COW-FISH, _s._ The Mactra lutraria, Mya arenaria, or any other large oval sh.e.l.lfish, Orkney. COWFYNE, _s._ A ludicrous term. _Evergreen._ COWHUBBY, _s._ A cow-herd. _Evergreen._ Belg. _koe_, a cow, and _hobb-en_, t
- 192 _Cleland._ COW-QUAKE, _s._ An affection of cattle, caused by the chillness of the weather, S. _Kelly._ COWSCHOT, _s._ A ringdove. V. ~Kowshot~. c.o.xY, _adj._ c.o.xcomical, S. _Ramsay._ _To_ CRAB, CRABE, _v. n._ To fret. _Bannatyne Poems._ Belg. _kribbig_
- 193 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.
- 194 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. _craqu
- 195 Gael. _crioncan_, strife. CRANNACH, _s._ Pottage, Ang. Aberd. CRANREUCH, _s._ h.o.a.r frost, S. O. Gael. _cranntarach_, id. _Burns._ CRANSHACH, CRANSHAK, _s._ A distorted person, S. B. _Ross._ Gael. _crannda_, decrepid. CRANTZE, _s._ The Common Coralline,
- 196 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 merchants booth, S. _Acts Sed._ Teut. _kraem_, taberna rerum venalium. 2. A pack of goods for sale.
- 197 1. To grease, S. _Kelly._ 2. Metaph. applied to the use of money, S. _Ferguson._ 3. _To criesh ones 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
- 198 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_, co
- 199 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
- 200 _To_ CROUP, CRUPE, CROWP, _v. n._ 1. To croak, to cry with a hoa.r.s.e voice. _Complaynt S._ 2. To speak hoa.r.s.ely, as the effect of a cold, S. Moes. G. _hrop-jan_, Isl. _hrop-a_, clamare. ~Crowping~, _s._ A hoa.r.s.e sound. _Douglas._ ~Croup~, _s._ A d