Part 15
CLASH, _s._ A heap of any heterogeneous substances, S.
Isl. _klase_, rudis nexura, quasi congelatio.
CLASH, _s._ A cavity of considerable extent in the acclivity of a hill, S.
CLASPS, _s. pl._ An inflammation of the termination of the sublingual gland, a disease of horses, Border.
_Watson._
CLAT, _s._ Used as synon. with _clod_.
_Z. Boyd._
Teut. _klotte_, _kluyte_, id. gleba, massa.
_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 scrape, to scratch any thing together.
_Burns._
~Clat~, ~Claut~, _s._
1. An instrument for raking together dirt or mire, S.
2. A hoe, as employed in the labours of husbandry, S.
3. The act of raking together, as applied to property.
4. What is scraped together by niggardliness, S.
_Burns._
_To_ CLATCH, _v. a._
1. To daub with lime, S.; _harle_, synon.
2. To close up with any adhesive substance.
Isl. _kleose_, _kleste_, lino, oblino.
~Clatch~, _s._ Any thing thrown for the purpose of daubing.
Isl. _klessa_, any thing that bedaubs.
_To_ CLATCH, SKLATCH, _v. a._ To finish any piece of workmanship in a careless and hurried way, without regard to the rules of art, S.
~Clatch~, _s._ Any piece of mechanical work done in a careless way, S.
CLATH, CLAITH, _s._ Cloth, S.
V. ~Claith~.
_To_ CLATT, _v. a._ To bedaub, to dirty, S. _Clate_, to daub, A. Bor.
~Clattie~, _adj._ Nasty, dirty, S. _Claity_, id., Cumb.
_Z. Boyd._
Su. G. _kladd_, sordes, _kladd-a sig ned_, se vestesque suas inquinare; Belg. _kladd-en_, to daub, _kladdig_, dirty.
_To_ CLATTER, _v. a._
1. To prattle, to act as a tell-tale, S.
_Dunbar._
2. To chat, to talk familiarly, S.
Teut. _kletter-n_, concrepare.
~Clatter~, _s._
1. An idle or vague rumour, S.
_Hudson._
2. Idle talk, frivolous loquacity, S.
_J. Nicol._
3. Free and familiar conversation, S.
_Shirrefs._
~Clatterer~, _s._ A tale-bearer, S.
_Lyndsay._
~Clattern~, _s._ A tattler, a babbler, Loth.
_Ramsay._
CLAUCHANNE, _s._ A village in which there is a church.
V. ~Clachan~.
CLAUCHT, _pret._ Snatched, laid hold of eagerly and suddenly.
_Douglas._
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 nonsensical manner, S. pron. _claiver_.
_Ramsay._
2. To chat, to gossip, S.
_Morison._
Germ. _klaffer_, garrulus.
~Claver~, ~Claiver~, _s._ Frivolous talk, prattle, S.
_Ramsay._
CLAVER, CLAUIR, _s._ Clover, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _claefer_, Belg. _klaver_, id. from A. S. _cleafan_, to cleave, because of the remarkable division of the leaves.
CLAW, _s._ A kind of iron spoon for scraping the bake-board, Ang.
Teut. _klauw-en_, scalpere, _klauwe_, rastrum.
_To_ CLAY, CLAY UP, _v. a._ To stop a hole or chink by any unctuous or viscous substance, S.
_Ferguson._
CLEAVING, _s._ The division in the human body from the _os pubis_ downwards, S.
V. ~Clof~.
_Ramsay._
Isl. _klof_, femorum intercapedo.
_To_ CLECK, _v. a._ To hatch.
V. ~Clek~.
CLECKIN-BROD, _s._ A board for striking with at hand-ball, Loth. _Baw-brod_, i. e. ball-board, synon.
Isl. _klecke_, leviter verbero.
_To_ CLEED, CLEITH, _v. a._
1. To clothe, S.
_Burns._
2. Metaph. applied to foliage.
_Ferguson._
3. Used obliquely, to denote the putting on of armour.
_Acts Marie._
4. To seek protection from.
_Spalding._
Isl. Su. G. _klaed-a_, Germ. _kleid-en_, Belg. _kleed-en_, Dan. _klaed-er_, id.
~Cleeding~, ~Cleading~, _s._ Clothing, apparel, S.
Germ. _kleidung_, id.
_Ramsay._
~Cled Score~, A phrase signifying twenty-one in number, S.
_Statist. Acc._
Qu. _clothed_ with one in addition.
CLEG, GLEG, _s._ A gad-fly, a horse-fly. It is pronounced _gleg_, S. B. _cleg_, Clydes. A. Bor. id.
_Hudson._
Dan. _klaeg_, id. tabanus.
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 force, or by fraud, S.
_Lyndsay._
4. _To cleik up_, obliquely used, to raise, applied to a song.
_Peblis to the Play._
Isl. _hleik-ia_, to bind with chains.
~Cleik~, ~Clek~, _s._
1. An iron hook.
_Acts Ja. I._
2. A hold of any object, S.
3. The arm, metaph. used.
_A. Nicol._
Isl. _klakr_, ansa clitellarum, _hleck-r_, an iron chain.
~Cleiky~, _adj._ Ready to take the advantage, inclined to circumvent, S.
~Cleiks~, _s. pl._ A cramp in the legs, to which horses are subject.
_Montgomerie._
CLEYNG, Perhaps, a dark substance.
_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._
_To_ CLEK, CLEKE, _v. a._
1. To hatch, to produce young by incubation, S.
_Bellenden._
2. To bear, to bring forth, S.
_Douglas._
3. To hatch, as applied to the mind, S.
_Ramsay._
4. To feign.
_Maitland Poems._
Su. G. _klaeck-a_, Isl. _klek-ia_, excludere pullos.
~Cleckin~, _s._
1. A brood of chickens, S.
2. Metaph. a family of children, S.
CLEKET, _s._ The tricker of an engine.
_Barbour._
E. _clicket_, the knocker of a door, Fr. _cliquet_, id.
_To_ CLEM, _v. a._
1. To stop a hole by compressing, S.
2. To stop a hole by means of lime, clay, &c.; also to _clem up_, S.
A. S. _cleam-ian_, id.
_To_ CLEP, CLEPE, _v. a._ To call, to name.
_Wallace._
A. S. _cleop-an_, _clyp-ian_, vocare.
~Clep~, _s._ A more solemn form of citation, used especially in criminal cases.
_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.
CLERGY.
V. ~Clargie~.
CLERK-PLAYIS, _s. pl._ Properly, those theatrical representations the subjects of which were borrowed from Scripture.
_Calderwood._
CLETT, _s._ A projecting rock or cliff, Caithn.
_Statist. Acc._
Isl. _klett-ur_, rupes mari imminens.
CLEUCH, CLEUGH, (gutt.) _s._
1. A precipice, a rugged ascent, S. B. _Heuch_, synon.
_Wallace._
Ir. _cloichs_; a rock.
2. A strait hollow between precipitous banks, or a hollow descent on the side of a hill, S.
_Evergreen._
A. S. _clough_, rima quaedam vel fissura ad montis clivum vel declivum.
CLEUCH, _adj._
1. Clever, dextrous, light-fingered, S. B.
2. Niggardly and severe in dealing, S. B.
Isl. _klok-r_, callidus, vafer; Germ. _klug_, id.
CLEUCK, CLUKE, _s._
1. A claw or talon.
_Lyndsay._
2. Used figuratively for the hand. Hence _cair-cleuck_, the left hand, S. B.
_Morison._
Perhaps a dimin. from Su. G. _klo_, Teut. _klauwe_, a claw or talon.
_To_ ~Cleuck~, ~Cleuk~, _v. a._ To grip, to seize with violence, Aberd.
_Forbes._
CLEUE and LAW, Higher and lower part.
_Barbour._
_Cleue_ seems to be the same with Germ. _kleve_, A. S. _clif_, clivus.
_To_ CLEVER, _v. n._ To climb, to scramble. A. Bor. id.
_King's Quair._
Teut. _klaver-en_, _klever-en_, sursum reptare unguibus fixis, Isl. _klifr-a_, id.
CLEVERUS, _adj._ Clever.
V. ~Cleuch~.
CLEVIS, Leg. _clevir_, i. e. clover.
_Maitland Poems._
_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_, clitellae, from _klif_, fascis, sarcina, and _beri_ portator.
CLICK-CLACK, _s._ Uninterrupted loquacity, S.
From E. _click_ and _clack_, both expressive of a sharp successive noise; or Teut. _klick-en_, crepitare, _klack-en_, verberare resono ictu.
CLIFT, _s._ A spot of ground, S.
A. S. _cliof-an_, to cleave, because parted from the rest.
_To_ CLINCH, CLYNSCH, _v. n._ To limp, S.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _link-a_, claudicare.
~Clinch~, _s._ A halt, S.
CLINK, _s._ A smart stroke or blow, S.
_Hamilton._
Teut. _klincke_, id.; alapa, colaphus.
CLINK, _s._ Money; a cant term, S.
_Burns._
From the sound; Teut. _klinck-en_, tinnire.
_To_ CLINK, _v. a._ A term denoting alertness in manual operation, S.
_To_ ~Clink on~, _v. a._ To clap on.
_Ramsay._
_To_ ~Clink up~, _v. a._ To seize any object quickly and forcibly, S.
If not radically the same with the v. _cleik_, with _n_ inserted; allied perhaps to Dan. _lencke_ a chain, a link, q. _gelencke_.
CLINT, _s._ A hard or flinty rock. Gl. Sibb. "_Clints_. Crevices amongst bare lime-stone rocks, North." Gl. Grose.
Hence,
~Clinty~, ~Clynty~, _adj._ Stony, Loth.
Su. G. _klint_, scopulus.
_Douglas._
CLIP, _s._
1. probably borrowed from a sheep newly shorn or _clipped_.
_Evergreen._
2. A colt of a year old.
_Buchan._
_To_ CLIP, CLYP, _v. a._
1. To embrace.
_King's Quair._
2. To lay hold of in a forcible manner.
_Douglas._
3. To grapple in a sea-fight.
_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 fish, S. B.
_Statist. Acc._
CLIPPIE, _s._ A talkative woman, S. Gl. Sibb.
From Teut. _kleps_, dicax, or the E. v. _clip_.
CLIPPS, CLIPPES, _s._ An eclipse.
_Bannatyne Poems._
~Clips~, _pres. v._ Suffers an eclipse.
_Complaynt S._
CLYRE, _s._
1. "A _clyre_ in meat," a gland, S.
Teut. _kliere_, id.
2. "To leave no _klyres_ in one's breast," to go to the bottom of any quarrel or grudge, S.
~Clyred~, _adj._ Having tumours in the flesh.
_Cleland._
CLISH-CLASH, _s._ Idle discourse, bandied backwards and forwards, S. apparently a reduplication of _clash_, q. v.
CLISH-MA-CLAVER, _s._ Idle discourse, silly talk, S.; a low word.
_Ramsay._
CLITTER-CLATTER, _s._ Idle talk, bandied backwards and forwards, S.
V. ~Clatter~, _s._ and _v._
_Cleland._
CLIVACE, _s._ A hook for catching the bucket in which coals are drawn up from the pit, Loth.
CLOCE.
V. ~Close~.
CLOCHARET, _s._ The Stonechatter, S. Motacilla rubicola, Linn.
_Statist. Acc._
Gael. _cloichran_, id. from _cloich_, a stone, and perhaps _rann_, a song.
_To_ CLOCHER, _v. n._ To cough; especially as indicating the sound emitted, when there is much phlegm in the throat, S.
Gael. _clochar_, wheezing in the throat, Shaw.
_To_ CLOCK, CLOK, _v. n._
1. To cluck, to call chickens together.
_Douglas._
A. S. _clocc-an_, Teut. _klock-en_, glocire.
2. To hatch, to sit on eggs, S.
_Kelly._
CLOCK-BEE, _s._ A species of beetle, _fleeing golach_, synon.
CLOD, _s._ A flat kind of loaf, made of coarse wheaten flour, and sometimes of the flour of pease, S.
_Shirrefs._
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 the branches separate from each other, Loth.
Isl. _kloff_, Su. G. _kloffwa_, a fissure.
CLOIS, _s._ Crown.
_Douglas._
Teut. _klos_, globus.
CLOYS, _s._ A cloister.
_Douglas._
Teut. _kluyse_, clausura, locus clausus, L. B. _clusa_.
CLOIT, _s._ A clown, a stupid inactive fellow, S.
Teut. _kloete_, homo obtusus, hebes.
_To_ CLOIT, _v. n._ To fall heavily, S.
_Hamilton_.
Belg. _klots-en_, to beat with noise.
~Cloit~, _s._ A hard or heavy fall, S.
_To_ CLOK, _v. n._ To cluck.
V. ~Clock~.
CLOLLE, _s._ Apparently, skull.
_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._
Germ. _kleuel_, glomus.
CLORTY, _adj._ Dirty.
V. ~Clarty~.
CLOSE, _s._ A passage, an entry, S. _cloce_, Douglas.
_Arnot._
Belg. _kluyse_, clausura.
CLOSERIS, CLOUSOURIS, _s. pl._ Inclosures.
_Douglas._
CLOVE, (_of a mill_) _s._ That which separates what are called the bridgeheads, S.
V. ~Cloff~.
~Cloves~, _s. pl._ An instrument of wood, which closes like a vice, used by carpenters for holding their saws firm while they sharpen them, S.
V. ~Cloff~.
CLOUYS, _s. pl._ Claws.
_Douglas._
_To_ CLOUR, CLOWR, _v. a._
1. To cause a tumour, S.
_Ramsay._
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. _klots-en_, pulsare.
~Clout~, _s._ A cuff, a blow, S.
_Ritson._
_To_ CLOW, _v. a._ To beat down, Galloway.
CLOWE, _s._ A hollow between hills.
_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._
The same with _Cleugh_, q. v. also _Cloff_.
CLOWIS, _s. pl._ Small round pieces.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _cleow_, Teut. _klouwe_, sphaera.
CLOWIT, _part. pa._ "Made of clews, woven." Rudd.
_Douglas._
Teut. _klouwe_, glomus.
CLOUSE, CLUSH, _s._ A sluice, S.
_Acts Ja. IV._
Fr. _ecluse_, id. Arm. _clewz_, a ditch.
CLUBBER, _s._
V. ~Clibber~.
CLUBBOCK, _s._ The spotted Blenny; a fish, Blennius gunnellus, Linn.
_Statist. Acc._
CLUF, CLUIF, _s._
1. A hoof, Rudd., _clu_, S. B.
Su. G. _klof_, ungula.
2. A claw, Rudd.
Teut. _kluyve_, unguls.
CLUKIS.
V. ~Cleuck~.
CLUMMYN, _part. pa._ of _Climb_.
_Douglas._
CLUMP, _s._ A heavy inactive fellow, S.
Su. G. _klump_, Teut. _klompe_.
CLUNG, _part. pa._ Empty, applied to the stomach or belly after long fasting, S.
From E. _cling_, to dry up.
_Ross._
_To_ CLUNK, _v. n._ To emit a hollow and interrupted sound, as that proceeding from any liquid confined in a cask, when shaken, if the cask be not full, S.
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 dirt.
CLUTE, _s._ The half of the hoof of any cloven-footed animal, S.
_Ramsay._
Germ. _cluft_, fissura, or A. S. _cleofed_, fissus.
CLUTTERING, _part. pr._ Doing any piece of business in an awkward and dirty way, S. B.
Teut. _kleuter-en_, tuditare.
COALS, _To bring over the coals_, to bring to a severe reckoning, S.
_Forbes._
Referring, most probably, to the ordeal by fire.
COBLE, KOBIL, _s._
1. A small boat, a yawl, S.
A. S. _couple_, navicula.
_Wyntown._
2. A larger kind of fishing boat, S.
3. _Malt coble_, a place for steeping malt, in order to brewing, S.
Germ. _kubel_, a vat or tub.
_To_ COBLE, _v. a._ To steep malt.
_Fountainhall._
COBWORM, _s._ The larva of the Cock-chaffer, Scarabaeus melolontha.
_Statist. Acc._
COCK, _s._ The mark for which _curlers_ play, S.
_Burns._
COCK, _s._ A cap, a head-dress, S. B.
_Ross._
COCK AND PAIL, A spigot and faucet, S.
COCKALAN, _s._ A comic or ludicrous representation.
_Acts Ja. VI._
Fr. _coq à l'âne_, a libel, a pasquin, a satire.
COCKANDY, _s._ The Puffin, Alca arctica, Linn. S. _Tommy-noddy_, Orkn.
_Sibbald._
COCKERDEHOY. _To ride cockerdehoy_, to sit on the shoulders of another, in imitation of riding on horseback, S. B.
Fr. _coquardeau_, a proud fool.
COCKERNONNY, _s._ The gathering of a young woman's hair, when it is wrapt up in a band or fillet, commonly called a _snood_, S.
_Ramsay._
Teut. _koker_, a case, and _nonne_, a nun, q. such a sheath for fixing the hair as the nuns were wont to use.
COCKERSUM, _adj._ Unsteady in position, threatening to fall or tumble over, S.
Fr. _coquarde_, a cap, worn proudly on the one side.
COCKY, _adj._ Vain, affecting airs of importance, S. B. from the E. v. _to cock_.
_Ross._
COCKIELEEKIE, _s._ Soup made of a _cock_ boiled with _leeks_, S.
COCKIELEERIE, _s._ A term expressive of the sound made by a cock in crowing, S.
Teut. _kockeloer-en_, to cry like a cock.
COCKLAIRD, _s._ A landholder, who himself possesses and cultivates all his estate, a yeoman, S.
_Kelly._
COCKLE, COKKIL, _s._ A scallop, Fr. _coquille_.
The _Order of the Cockle_, that of St Michael, the knights of which wore the scallop as their badge.
_Complaynt S._
COCKROSE, _s._ Any wild poppy with a red flower. _Coprose_, A. Bor.
COCK-PADDLE, _s._ The Lump, a fish, Cyclopterus lumpus, Linn., _The Paddle_, Orkn.
_Sibbald._
COCKS. _To cast at the cocks_, to waste, to squander, S. from the barbarous custom of throwing for a piece of money at a cock tied to a stake.
_Ramsay._
COCK-STULE, CUKSTULE, _s._
1. The cucking-stool or tumbrell.
_Bur. Lawes._
Teut. _kolcken_, ingurgitare, or _kaecke_, the pillory.
2. This term has accordingly been used, in later times, to denote the pillory, S.
_Ramsay._
COD, _s._ A pillow, S. A. Bor.
_Compl. S._
A. S. _codde_, a bag. Isl. _kodde_, a pillow.
~Codware~, _s._ A pillow-slip, S.
A. S. _waer_, retinaculum, Su. G. _war_, id. from _waeri_, to keep, to cover.
CODBAIT, _s._
1. The Lumbricus marinus, Loth.
2. The straw-worm, ibid.
A. S. _codd_, folliculus.
CODE, _s._ A chrysom.
V. ~Cude~.
_To_ CODLE (corn), _v. a._ To make the grains fly out of the husks by a stroke, S. B. perhaps from _cod_, the pod.
CODROCH, _adj._
1. Rustic, having the manners of the country, Loth. Fife.
_Ferguson._
2. Dirty, slovenly, synon. _hogry-mogry_, Loth.
Ir. _cudar_, the rabble.
COELTS, _s. pl._ Colts.
_Monroe._
_To_ COFF, COFFE, _v. a._ To buy, to purchase, S., most commonly in the pret. _coft_.
V. ~Coup~, _v._
_Shirrefs._
Germ. _kaufte_, bought, from _kauf-en_, Su. G. _koep-a_, to buy.
~Coffe~, ~Cofe~, ~Coife~, A merchant, a hawker; _pedder coffe_, a pedlar.
_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 form for holding milk, broth, &c. S.
_Watson's Coll._
Germ. _kauch_, a hollow vessel, C. B. _cawg_, a bason.
_To_ ~Cog~, ~Cogue~, _v. a._ To empty into a wooden vessel.
_Ramsay._
COG, COGGE, _s._ A yawl or cockboat.
_Wyntown._
Teut. _kogghe_, celox; Su. G. _kogg_, navigii genus, apud veteres.
_To_ COGLE, COGGLE, _v. a._ To cause any thing to move from side to side, so as to seem ready to be overset, S.
Perhaps from _cog_, a yawl, because this is so easily overset.
~Cogglie~, _adj._ Moving from side to side, unsteady as to position, apt to be overset, S. _Cockersum_, synon.
COY, _adj._ Still, quiet.
_Lyndsay._
Fr. _coi_, _coy_, id., from Lat. _quiet-us_.
COIDOCH, COYDYOCH, _s._ A term of contempt applied to a puny wight.
_Polwart._
COIF, _s._ A cave.
_Douglas._
COIG.
V. ~Cog~, ~Coag~.
COILHEUCH, _s._ A coalpit, S.
_Skene._
COIN, COYNYE, _s._ A corner.
_Barbour._
Fr. _coin_, id. Ir. _cuinne_, a corner, an angle.
COISSING, Cherrie and Slae.
V. ~Cose~, _v._
COIST, COST, _s._
1. The side in the human body.
_Douglas._
_Wallace._
2. The trunk of the body.
_Douglas._
3. Also used for E. _coast_, Lat. _ora_, Doug.
~Coist~, _s._
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. Dan. _kost_, food.
_To_ COIT, _v. n._ To butt, to justle.
_Fordun._
Fr. _cott-er_, to butt, Isl. _kuettr_, torvus, _kueita_, violenter jactare.
COK. _To cry cok_, to acknowledge that one is vanquished.
_Douglas._
O. Celt, _coc_, mediant, vile.
COKEWALD, _s._ A cuckold, Chauc.
Isl. _qvonkall_, curruca, seu cornutus, from _kvon_, uxor, and _kvola_, maculare, G. Andr.
COLEHOODING, _s._ The Black-cap, a bird, S. _Coalhood_.
_Sibbald._
COLEMIE, COALMIE, _s._ The Coalfish, Asellus niger, Ang.
Germ. _kohlmuhlen_, id.
_To_ COLF, _v. a._ To calk a ship.
Fr. _calfat-er_, Teut. _kallefaet-en_, id.
~Colfin~, ~Calfing~, _s._ The wadding of a gun, S.
_Wodrow._
COLIBRAND, _s._ A contemptuous designation for a blacksmith, Border.
_Watson's Coll._
Su. G. _kol_, carbo, and _brenna_, urere, q. the _coal-burner_.
COLK, _s._ The Eider duck, a sea-fowl, S. the _Duntur Goose_ of Sibbald.
_Monroe._
COLL, _s._ A cock of hay, S. B. _Keil_. A. Bor.
_Ross._
Fr. _cueill-er_, to gather, E. _to coil_.
_To_ COLL, _v. a._
1. To cut, to clip. _To coll the hair_, to poll it, S.
2. To cut any thing obliquely, S.
V. ~Cow~.
Su. G. _kull-a_, verticis capillos abradere.
COLLATYOWN, _s._ Conference, discourse.
Lat. _collatio_.
_Wyntown._
COLLEGENAR, _s._ A student at college, S.
_Spalding._
COLLIE, COLLEY, _s._
1. The shepherd's 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 argument; in allusion to a dog, who, when mastered or affronted, walks off with his tail between his feet, Fife.
COLLIESHANGIE, _s._
1. An uproar, a squabble, S.
_Ross._
2. A ring of plaited grass or straw, through which a lappet of a woman's gown, or fold of a man's coat is clandestinely thrust, in order to excite ridicule, Ang.
Perhaps from _collie_ and _shangie_, q. v.
COLPINDACH, _s._ A young cow that has never calved.
_Skene._
Gael. _colbhtach_, a cow calf.
COM, COME, _s._ Act of coming, arrival.
_Barbour._
A. S. _cum_, _cyme_, adventus.
_To_ COME, _v. n._
1. To sprout, to spring; applied to grain, when it begins to germinate, S.
2. To sprout at the lower end; applied to grain in the process of malting, S.
_Chalm. Air._
Isl. _keim-a_, Germ. _kiem-en_, id.
COMERWALD, _adj._ Hen-pecked.
_Dunbar._
_Comer_, a gossip, and A. S. _wald_, power.
COMMEND, _s._ A comment, a commentary.
_Douglas._
COMMEND, _s._ A benefice _in commendam_.
_Douglas._
Fr. _commende_, L. B. _commenda_, id.
COMMON, COMMOUN. _To be in one's common_, to be obliged to one, S.
_Pitscottie._
_To quite a commoun_, to requite.
_Knox._
From _commons_ as signifying fare.
COMMONTIE, _s._
1. A common, S.
Lat. _communit-as_.
2. Community.
_Acts Ja. VI._
COMPARGES, _Leg._ _compaignyies_, companies.
_Houlate._
_To_ COMPEIR, COMPEAR, _v. n._
1. To appear in the presence of another.
_Bellenden._
2. To present one's self in a court, civil or ecclesiastical, in consequence of being summoned, S.
_Priests Peblis._
Fr. _compar-oir_, to appear, Lat. _compar-ere_, id.
~Compearance~, _s._ The act of presenting one's self in a court, S.
_Baillie._
COMPER, _s._ The Common Fishing Crog, Lophius piscatorius, Linn. Orkn.
_Barry._
_To_ COMPESCE, _v. a._ To restrain.
Lat. _compesco_.
_Baillie._
_To_ COMPETE, _v. n._ To be in a state of competition, S.
COMPLENE, The last of the canonical hours.
_Douglas._
L. B. _complendae_, officium ecclesiasticum, quod cetera diurna officia _com-plet_ et claudit.
COMPLIMENT, _s._ A present, a gift, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
_To_ ~Compliment~ _with_, _v. a._ To present one with, S.
_To_ COMPONE, _v. a._ To settle.
_R. Bruce._
_To_ COMPONE, _v. n._ To compound.
_Baillie._
CON, _s._ The squirrel; A. Bor. id.
_Montgomerie._
CONABILL, _adj._ Attainable.
_Barbour._
Lat. _conabilis_, what may be attempted.
CONAND, _part. pr._ Knowing, skilful.
From _Cun_, to know, q. v.
_Wyntown._
_To_ CONCEALE, _v. a._ To conciliate, Lat. _concil-io_.
_More._
CONCEIT-NET, _s._ A fixed net, used in some rivers, S. B.
_To_ CONDESCEND, _v. a._
1. To agree, to unite, S.
_Complaynt S._
L. B. _condescend-ere_, consentire.
2. To pitch upon, to enumerate particularly, S.
CONDET, CONDICT, CONDYT, _s._ Safe conduct.
_Wallace._
CONDY, _s._ A conduit, S.
CONDICT, _s._ Conduit, passage.
_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._ Confederate.
_Douglas._
Fr. _confeder-ez_, id.
_To_ CONFISKE, _v. a._ To confiscate.
Fr. _confisqu-er_, id.
_Bellenden._
CONYNG, _s._ Knowledge, skill.
_King's Quair._
_To_ CONN, _v. a._ To know.
_Barbour._
_To_ CONNACH, _v. a._ To abuse, in whatever way. Aberd.
_Pennecuik._