An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

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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._