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Su. G. _bullr-a_, tumultuari, strepitum edere.
2. To make a noise with the throat, as one does when gargling it with any liquid, S. _guller_, synon.
_Bellenden._
3. To make any rattling noise; as when stones are rolled downhill, or when a quantity of stones falls together, S. B.
4. To bellow, to roar as a bull or cow does, S.; also pron. _bollar_, Ang.
Isl. _baul-a_, mugire, _baul_ mugitus.
5. It is used as _v. a._ to denote the _impetus_ or act productive of such a sound as is described above.
_Douglas._
~Buller~, ~Bulloure~, _s._
1. A loud gurgling noise, S.
_Douglas._
Hence, _the Bullers of Buchan_, the name given to an arch in a rock, on the coast of Aberdeenshire.
Su. G. _buller_, strepitus.
2. A bellowing noise; or a loud roar, S. B.
V. the _v._
BULLETSTANE, _s._ A round stone, S.
Isl. _bollut-ur_, round; _bollut_, convexity.
_To_ BULLIRAG, _v. a._ To rally in a contemptuous way, to abuse one in a hectoring manner, S.
Isl. _baul_, _bol_, maledictio, and _raegia_, deferre, to reproach.
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, _adj_. Large, Fife.
This may be allied to Teut. _bult_, gibbus, tuber; Belg. _bult_, a bunch, _bultje_, a little bunch; Isl. _buld_, crassus.
BULWAND, _s._ The name given to common mugwort, Orkney, Caithn.
_Neill_.
_To_ BUM, _v. n._
1. To buzz, to make a humming noise; used with respect to bees, S. A. Bor.
_J. Nicol._
2. Used to denote the noise of a multitude.
_Hamilton._
3. As expressing the sound emitted by the drone of a bag-pipe, S.
_Ferguson._
4. Used to denote the freedom of agreeable conversation among friends, S. B.
Belg. _bomm-en_, to resound; Teut. _bomme_, a drum.
~Bum~, _s._ A humming noise, the sound emitted by a bee, S.,
V. the _v._
~Bumbee~, _s._ A humblebee, a wild bee that makes a great noise, S. _Bumble-bee_, id. A. Bor.
Q. the _bee_ that _bums_.
~Bum-Clock~, _s._ A humming beetle, that flies in the summer evenings.
_Burns._
BU-MAN, _s._ A name given to the devil.
V. under ~Bu~.
BUMBARD, _adj._ Indolent, lazy.
Ital. _bombare_, a humble-bee.
_Dunbar._
~Bumbart~, _s._
1. The drone-bee, or perhaps a flesh-fly.
_Melvill's MS._
2. A drone, a driveller.
_Dunbar._
BUMBAZED, BOMBAZED, _adj._ Stupified, S.
V. ~Bazed~.
_Ross._
Q. stupified with noise; from Teut. _bomme_, tympanum, and _baesen_, delirare.
BUMMACK, BUMMOCK, _s._
1. An entertainment anciently given at Christmas by tenants to their landlords, Orkn.
_Wallace's Orkn._
2. A brewing of a large quantity of malt, for the purpose of being drunk at once at a merry meeting.--Caithn.
Isl. _bua_, parare, and _mage_ socius, q. to make preparation for one's companions; or _bo_ villa, incola, and _mage_, the fellowship of a village or of its inhabitants.
BUMMIL, BUMMLE, BOMBELL, _s._ Expl. a drone, an idle fellow.
V. ~Batie-Bummil~.
_Burns._
Teut. _bommele_, fucus.
_To_ BUMMIL, _v. a._ To bungle; also, as _v. n._ to blunder, S.
_Ramsay._
~Bummeler~, ~Bumler~, _s._ A blundering fellow, S.
BUMP, _s._ A stroke. "He came _bump_ upon me," he came upon me with a stroke, S.
Isl. _bomps_, a stroke against any object, _bomp-a_, cita ruina ferri.
BUN, BUNN. _s._ A sweet cake or loaf, generally one of that kind which is used at the new year, baked with fruit and spiceries; sometimes for this reason called a _sweetie-scone_, S.
_Statist. Acc._
Ir. _bunna_, a cake.
BUN, _s._
1. The same as E. _bum_.
_Lyndsay._
2. This word signifies the tail or brush of a hare, Border; being used in the same sense with _fud_.
_Watson's Coll._
Ir. _bon_, _bun_, the bottom of any thing; Dan. _bund_, id.; Gael. _bun_, bottom, foundation.
BUN, _s._ A large cask placed in a cart, for the purpose of bringing water from a distance; Ang.
This may be radically the same with S. _boyn_, a washingtub.
BUNE, BOON, _s._ The inner part of the stalk of flax, the core, that which is of no use, afterwards called _shaws_, Ang. _Been_, id. Morays.
BUNEWAND, _s._ The cow-parsnip, Heracleum sphondylium, is called _Bunwand_, S. B.
_Montgomerie._
This appears to be of the same meaning with _Bunwede_, q. v.
BUNG, _adj._ Tipsy, fuddled; a low word, S.
_Ramsay._
Q. Smelling of the _bung_.
BUNKER, BUNKART, _s._
1. A bench, or sort of low chest serving for a seat.
_Ramsay._
2. A seat in a window, which also serves for a chest, opening with a hinged lid, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
3. It seems to be the same word which is used to denote an earthen seat in the fields, Aberd.
_Law Case._
A. S. _benc_, Su. G. _baenck_, a bench; Isl. _buncke_, acervus, strues; a heap.
BUNKLE, _s._ A stranger. "The dog barks, because he kens you to be a _bunkle_." This word is used in some parts of Angus.
Perhaps originally a mendicant; from Isl. _bon_, mendicatio, and _karl_, vulgarly _kall_, homo.
BUNNERTS, _s. pl._ Cow-parsnip, S. B. Heracleum sphondylium, Linn.
Perhaps Q. _biorn-oert_, which in Sw. would be, the bear's wort.
BUNTLING, _s._ Bantling, E., a bird, S.
BUNWEDE, _s._ Ragwort, an herb; Senecio jacobaea, Linn. S. _binweed_; synon. _weebow_.
_Houlate._
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-thistle_, id. A. Bor.
_To_ BURBLE, _v. n._ To purl.
_Hudson._
Teut. _borbel-en_, scaturire.
BURCH, BWRCH, BUROWE, _s._ Borough, town.
_Dunbar._
Moes. G. _baurgs_; A. S. _burg_, _burh_, _buruh_, id.
BURD, _s._ A lady, a damsel.
V. ~Bird~.
BURD, BURDE, _s._ Board, table.
_Dunbar._
Moes. G. _baurd_, asser, tabula, A. S. _bord_, id.
~Burdclaith~, _s._ A tablecloth, S. Westmorel., id.
_Dunbar._
From _burd_, and _claith_, cloth.
BURDALANE, _s._ A term used to denote one who is the only child left in a family; q. _bird alone_, or, solitary; _burd_ being the pron. of _bird_.
_Maitland MSS._
BURDE, _s._ Ground, foundation.
Su. G. _bord_, a footstool.
_Bellenden._
BURDE, _s._ A strip, properly an ornamental salvedge; as a "_burde_ of silk," a salvedge of silk.
_Dunbar._
Su. G. _borda_, limbus vel praetexta; unde _silkesborda_, cingulum sericum vel limbus; _gullbord_, limbus aureus; Teut. _boord_, limbus.
BURDYN, _adj._ Wooden, of or belonging to _boards_.
_Wallace._
A. S. _bord_, S. _burd, buird_, a board, a plank.
BURDING, _s._ Burden.
V. ~Birth, Byrth~.
_Montgomerie._
BURDINSECK.
V. ~Berthinsek~.
BURDIT, _part. pa._ Stones are said to be _burdit_, when they split into lamina, S. perhaps from _burd_, a board; q. like wood divided into thin planks.
BURDLY, BUIRDLY, _adj._ Large and well-made, S. The E. word _stately_ is 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._