Part 16
CONNAND, CONAND, _s._
1. Engagement, contract.
_Barbour._
2. Proffers, terms previous to an engagement.
_Wallace._
Fr. _convenant_, from _conven-ir_, to agree.
CONNERED, _part. pa._ Curried.
_Chalmerlan Air._
Fr. _conroy-er_, to curry.
CONNIE, CONNEIS, _s._ Perhaps provisions.
_Chron. S. P._
O. Fr. _convis_, necessaries, Fr. _convoi_.
CONNYSHONIE, _s._ A gossiping conversation, S. B.
_To_ CONNOCH, _v. a._
V. ~Connach~.
CONNOCH, _s._ A disease.
_Polwart._
_To_ CONQUACE, CONQUES, _v. a._
1. To acquire, whether by art or valour.
_Douglas._
2. To acquire by conquest.
_Wallace._
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_, order of battle.
CONSTABLE, _s._ A large glass, the contents of which he is obliged to drink, who has not drunk as much as the rest of the company, S.
CONSTERIE, CONSTRY, _s._ Consistory.
_Forbes._
_To_ CONSTITUTE, _v. a._ To open an ecclesiastical court with prayer, S.
CONTAKE, _s._ Contest.
_Douglas._
CONTEMPTION, _s._ Contempt.
_Bellenden._
_To_ CONTEYNE, _v. s._ To continue.
_Wallace._
_To_ CONTENE, _v. n._ To demean one's self.
_Barbour._
~Contening~, _s._
1. Demeanour.
_Barbour._
2. Military discipline.
_Barbour._
CONTENEU, _s._ Tenor.
_Complaynt S._
Fr. _contenu_, id.
CONTER. _A conter_, to the contrary.
_Ross._
Fr. _contre_, against.
CONTERMYT, _part. pa._ Firmly set against.
_Wallace._
Fr. _contremet-tre_, to oppose.
_To_ CONTINUE, _v. a._ To delay.
_Spotswood._
CONTRIMONT, _adv._ The contrary way.
_Douglas._
Fr. _contremont_, directly against the stream.
CONTRAIR, _adj._ Contrary, Fr.
_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 one's feelings or hopes. _Conter_, S. B.
_Ross._
_To_ CONTRUFE, _v. a._ To contrive; _contruwit_, part. pa.
_Douglas._
Fr. _controuv-er_, id.
~Contruwar~, _s._ A contriver.
_To_ CONVENE, CONVEANE, CONUEIN, _v. n._ To agree.
_Forbes._
Fr. _conven-ir_, Lat. _conven-ire_, id.
~Conuyne~, ~Conuene~, ~Conwyne~, ~Covyne~, ~Cowyne~, ~Cuwyn~, _s._
1. Paction, convention.
Fr. _convent_, id.
_Douglas._
2. Condition, state.
_Barbour._
3. Stratagem, conspiracy.
_Wyntown._
O. Fr. _convine_, _couvine_, pratique, intrigue.
_To_ CONVOY, _v. a._ To accomplish any purpose, especially by artful means.
_Douglas._
~Convoy~, _s._
1. Mode of conveyance.
_Baillie._
2. A trick.
_Poems 16th Cent._
~Conwoy~, _s._ Mein, carriage.
_Dunbar._
COODIE, CUDIE, _s._ A small tub, also _cude_: _quiddie_, Aberd.
_Ramsay._
Isl. _kutte_, tonnula, Gael. _ciotad_, a tub.
COOF, CUFE, _s._ A silly dastardly fellow, S.
_Burns._
Su. G. _kufw-a_, to keep under, Isl. _kueif_, one who is cowardly and feeble.
_To_ COOK, COUK, _v. n._
1. To appear and disappear by fits.
_Burns._
2. To hide one's self.
_Kennedy._
Isl. _kvik-a_, moto, _qvika_, inquieta motatio.
COOKIE, _s._ A species of fine bread used at tea, of a round form, S.
Teut. _koeck_, libum.
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._
Allied perhaps to _Queme_, q. v.
COOP, COUP-CART, _s._ A cart made close with boards, S.
_Statist. Acc._
Teut. _kuype_, a large vessel for containing liquids.
COOT, _s._ The ancle.
V. ~Cute~.
COOTH, _s._ A young coalfish.
V. ~Cuth~.
COOTIE, _adj._ A term applied to fowls whose legs are clad with feathers, S.
_Burns._
COP, COPE, _s._ A cup or drinking vessel.
A. S. _cop_, Isl. _kopp_, id.
_Dunbar._
COPOUT. "_To play copout_," to drink off all that is in a cup or drinking vessel; _cap-out_, S.
_Douglas._
COPE, _s._ A coffin; "a _cope_ of leid," a leaden coffin.
V. ~Caip~.
_Knox._
_To_ COPÉ _betuene_, to divide.
_King Hart._
Fr. _coup-er_, to cut, to cleave.
COPER, _s._ A dealer.
V. ~Couper~.
COPY, _s._ Plenty, abundance.
_Wyntown._
Lat. _copia_.
COPPER, _s._ A cupbearer.
_Palice of Hon._
Evidently from A. S. _cop_, a cup.
COPPIN, _part. pa. Coppin in hevin_, elevated to heaven.
_King's Quair._
A. S. _cop_, the summit.
CORANICH, CORRENOTH, CORRINOCH, _s._
1. A dirge, a lamentation for the dead, S.
_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.
_Henrysone._
Fr. _corbeau_, Ital. _corvo_, Lat. _corv-us_, id.
_Corbie-Aits_, _s. pl._ A species of black oats, denominated perhaps from their dark colour, S. B.
~Corbie Messenger~, A messenger who either returns not at all, or too late, S.
_Houlate._
CORBIE-STEPS, _s. pl._ The projections of the stones, or the slanting part of a gable, resembling steps of stairs, S.
Fr. _corbeau_, a corbeil in masonry.
CORBIT, _adj._ Apparently, crooked.
_Maitland._
Fr. _courbé_, id. _courbette_, a small crooked rafter.
CORBUYLE, _s._ Leather greatly thickened and hardened in the preparation, jacked leather.
_Douglas._
Fr. _cuir bouilli_, corium coctum.
CORCHAT, _s._ Crotchet, a term in music.
_Dunbar._
CORCOLET, _s._ A purple dye, Shetl.
CORDYT, _pret. v._ Agreed.
_Wallace._
Fr. _accordée_.
CORDON, _s._ A band, a wreath.
Fr. id.
_Z. Boyd._
CORDOWAN, _s._ Spanish leather, Gl. Sibb. Tanned horse leather, S.
CORDS, _s. pl._ A contraction of the muscles of the neck; a disease of horses, A. Bor.
_Polwart._
CORE, _s._ A company, a body of men, often used for corps.
_Hamilton._
CORF, _s._ A basket used for carrying coals from the pit, Loth.
Belg. _korf_, Isl. _koerf_, Lat. _corb-is_, id.
CORF, _s._ A temporary building, a shed.
_Bannatyne Poems._
A. S. _cruft_, a vault, Teut. _krofte_, a cave.
~Corf-House~, _s._ A house, shed, erected for the purpose of curing salmon, and for keeping the nets in, S. B.
_Courant._
CORFT, _part. pa. Corft fish_ are fish boiled with salt and water, S. B.
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 denominated from its cry.
CORNE PIPE, _s._ A reed or whistle with a horn fixed to it by the smaller end.
CORNYKLE, _s._ A chronicle.
_Wallace._
CORP, _s._ A corpse, a dead body.
~Corps-Present~, _s._ A funeral gift to the church, for supplying any deficiency on the part of the deceased.
_Knox._
Fr. _corps_ and _present-er_, q. to present the body for interment; or Fr. _present_, a gift.
CORRACH, CORRACK, _s._ A pannier, _Ang_.
Su. G. _korg_, a pannier or basket.
CORRIE, _s._ A hollow between hills, or rather in a hill, Gael. also _corehead_, S.
_Statist. Acc._
CORS, CORSE, _s._ Market place, S.; from the _cross_ being formerly erected there.
Sw. _kors_, id.
CORS, CORSS, _s._ An animated body.
Fr. _corps_.
_Douglas._
CORSBOLLIS, _pl._ Crossbows.
_Complaynt S._
CORSES, _s. pl._ Money, from its bearing the firm of the cross.
_Dunbar._
CORSSY, _adj._ Bigbodied, corpulent.
_Douglas._
CORSYBELLY, _s._ A shirt for a child, open before, S. B.
_Ross._
Q. A shirt that is folded _across the belly_.
CORTER, _s._
1. A quarter, corr. from _quarter_, Aberd.
2. A cake, because quartered, ibid.
_Journal Lond._
CORUIE, _s._ A crooked iron for pulling down buildings.
_Hudson._
Fr. _corbeau_, "a certaine warlike instrument;" Cotgr.
CORUYN, _s._ A kind of leather.
_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 comfortable situation, S.
_Ferguson._
2. Quiet, without interruption, S.
_Minstrelsy Border._
3. In a state of intimacy, S.
Isl. _kios_, a small place well fenced.
~Coshly~, _adv._ Snugly, S.
_Ferguson._
COSIE, COZIE, _adj._ Warm, comfortable, snug, well-sheltered, S.
_Burns._
This seems radically the same with _Cosh_.
~Cosiely~, _adv._ Snugly, comfortably, S.
_Ramsay._
COSINGNACE, _s._
1. A relation by blood, a cousin.
_Bellenden._
2. A grand-daughter; or a niece.
_Bellenden._
_To_ COSS, _v. a._ To exchange.
V. ~Cose~.
COST, _s._ Side.
V. ~Coist~.
COSTAGE, _s._ Expence.
_Douglas._
_To_ COSTAY, _v. n._ To coast.
_Wyntown._
COSSNENT, _s. To work at cossnent_, to receive wages without victuals, S.
_To work black cossnent_, to work without meat or wages, Ayr.
Fr. _caust aneanti_, cost abrogated, q. expences not borne.
_To_ COT _with one_, _v. n._ To cohabit, S. B. q. to live in the same _cot_.
COTTAR, COTTER, _s._ One who inhabits a _cot_ or cottage. S.
_Statist. Acc._
L. B. _cottar-ius_, Fr. _cottier_, id. Hence S. _cotterman_, _cotterfouk_, &c.
COVAN, _s._ A convent.
_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 lust of power.
_Barbour._
COUBROUN, _adj._ Uncertain, both as to signification and etymon.
_Lyndsay._
COUCHER, _s._ A coward.
_Rutherford._
_Coucher Blow_, the last stroke, S.
From the E. v. _couch_, Fr. _couch-er_.
COVE, _s._ A cave, S. A. Bor.
_Bellenden._
A. S. _cofe_, Isl. _kofe_, id.
COUGHT, for _couth_. Could.
_S. P. Rep._
COUHIRT, _s._ Cow-herd.
_Dunbar._
_To_ COUK.
V. ~Cook~.
_To_ COUK, _v. n._ A term used to denote the sound emitted by the cuckoo.
_Montgomerie._
COULIE, COWLIE, _s._
1. A boy, S.
Su. G. _kullt_, id.
2. A term applied to a man in the language of contempt, S.
_Cleland._
COULPE, _s._ A fault.
_Complaynt S._
Fr. _coulpe_, Lat. _culp-a_.
COULPIT, _part. pa._ Apparently, bartered, for _coupit_.
_Maitland Poems._
_To_ COUNGEIR, _v. a._ To conjure.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
~Coungerar~, _s._ A conjurer.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
COUNYIE, _s._ Perhaps, motion.
_Dunbar._
Fr. _coign-er_, to beat, to strike.
COUNT, _s._ An accompt; _counting_, arithmetic, S.
_To_ COUNTERFACTE, _v. n._ To counterfeit.
_Acts Ja. VI._
COUNTYR, COWNTIR, _s._
1. Encountre.
_Douglas._
2. A division of an army engaged in battle.
_Wallace._
_To_ COUP, COWP, _v. a._ To exchange, to barter, S. A. Bor.
Su. G. _koep-a_, id.
~Coup~, _s._
1. Exchange, S.
_Maitland P._
2. _The hail coup_, the whole of any thing, S.
~Couper~, ~Coper~, _s._
1. A dealer; as, _horse-couper_, _cow-couper_.
_Chalm. Air._
2. One who makes merchandise of souls.
_Rutherford._
_To_ COUP, COWP, _v. a._ To overturn, to overset, S.
_Knox._
_To_ ~Coup~, _v. n._ To overset, to tumble, S.
_Muses Threnodie._
Sw. _gupp-a_, to tilt up.
~Coup~, ~Cowp~, _s._
1. A fall, S. _couppis_, S. B.
_Lyndsay._
2. A sudden break in the stratum of coals, S.
_Statist. Acc._
COUPLE, CUPPIL, _s._ A rafter, S.
C. B. _kupul-ty_, id.
_Wyntown._
_To_ COUR, _v. n._ To stoop, to crouch, S., _cower_, E.
_To_ COUR, _v. n._ To recover.
V. ~Cower~.
COURCHE, _s._ A covering for a woman's head. S. _Curchey_, Dunbar.
_Wallace._
Fr. _couvre-chef_.
COURERS, CURERS, _s. pl._ Covers.
_Gl. Sibb._
COUT, COWT, _s._ A young horse, S. corr. from _colt_.
~Cout-evil~, _s._ A disease incident to young horses, Border.; E. _strangles_.
_Polwart._
COUTCHACK, _s._ The clearest part of a fire, S. B.
_Journal Lond._
COUTCHIT, _part. pa._ Inlaid, stuffed.
Fr. _couch-er_, to lay.
_Douglas._
COUTH, _aux. v._ Could.
_Barbour._
A. S. _cuthe_, novi, from _cunn-an_, noscere.
COUTH, _part. pa._ Known.
_Douglas._
COUTH, _s._ Enunciated sound; a word.
_Popular Ball._
Isl. _qwaede_, syllaba, _qwed-a_, effari.
COUTH, COUTHY, COUDY, _adj._
1. Affable, facetious, familiar, S.
_Ramsay._
2. Loving, affectionate, S.
_Burns._
3. Comfortable.
_Popular Ball._
4. Pleasant to the ear, S. B.
_Ross._
5. Ominous of evil; _no coudy_, Ang.
A. S. _cuth_, familiaris; Teut. _koddig_, facetus.
~Couthily~, _adv._ Kindly, familiarly, S.
_Ross._
~Couthiness~, ~Coudiness~, _s._ Facetiousness, kindness, S.
COUTTERTHIRL, _s._ The vacuity between the _coulter_ and the ploughshare, S.
V. ~Thirl~.
_To_ COW, _v. a._
1. To poll the head, S.
_Bellenden._
2. To clip short, in general.
_Polwart._
3. To cut, to prune, to lop off.
V. ~Coll~, _v._
_To cow out_, to cut out.
4. To eat up as food, S.
_Popul. Ball._
5. To be _cowit_, to be bald.
_Dunbar._
6. It occurs as signifying shaven; applied to the Roman tonsure.
_Cleland._
Isl. _koll-r_, tonsum caput.
7. Often used metaph. S. like E. _snib_.
_Ramsay._
~Cow~, ~Kow~, _s._
1. A twig of any shrub or plant, S.
_Priests Pebl._
2. Used to denote a bush.
_Minst. Bord._
3. A besom made of broom, S.
_Warton._
4. An instrument of correction, like E. _birch_, S.
5. The fuel used for a temporary fire, S.
_Ross._
6. The act of pruning, viewed metaph. S.
_Burns._
COW, KOW, _s._
1. A scarecrow, S.
_Hamilton._
2. A hobgoblin, S.
_Philotus._
_To play kow_, to act the part of a goblin.
_Roull._
From E. _cow_, to intimidate; or Isl. _kug_, suppressio.
~Cow~. _Brown cow_, a ludicrous designation given by the vulgar to a barrel of beer or ale, from its colour, as contra-distinguished from that of milk, S.
_Ramsay._
COWAN, _s._ A fishing boat.
_Wodrow._
Su. G. _kogge_, C. B. _cwch_, linter.
COWAN, _s._
1. One who does the work of a mason, but has not been regularly bred, S.
2. One who builds dry walls, S.
_Statist. Acc._
Su. G. _kujon_, homo imbellis; Fr. _coi-on_, a base fellow; from Su. G. _kufw-a_, supprimere, insultare.
COWART, _s._ Covert.
_Wallace._
COWARTRY, _s._ Cowardice.
_Bellenden._
COWATYSS.
V. ~Couatyse~.
COW-CLOOS, _s. pl._ Common trefoil, S. B. Trifolium pratense, Linn.
COWCLYNK, _s._ A harlot.
_Lyndsay._
Perhaps from _cow_, and _clink_, money; q. one who prunes the purse.
_To_ COWER, COWYR, COUR, _v. a._ To recover.
_Barbour._
Abbrev. from Fr. _recouvrir_.
~Cowering~, _s._ Recovery.
_Barbour._
COW-FISH, _s._ The Mactra lutraria, Mya arenaria, or any other large oval shellfish, Orkney.
COWFYNE, _s._ A ludicrous term.
_Evergreen._
COWHUBBY, _s._ A cow-herd.
_Evergreen._
Belg. _koe_, a cow, and _hobb-en_, to toil, q. a cow-herd.
COWIE, _s._ The name given to the Porpoise in the Firth of Tay.
COWIE, _s._ A cow wanting horns, S.
V. ~Cow~, _v._
COWIE, adv. Very; as _cowie weel_, very well, Lanerks.
~Cowie~, _adj._ Odd, queer, Lanerks.
COWIT, _part. pa._
1. Closely cut.
2. Having short and thin hair.
V. ~Cow~, _v._
_To_ COWK, _v. n._ To reach ineffectually; in consequence of nausea, S. B.
Germ. _koch-en_, id.; Isl. _kuok-a_, gula niti.
COWKIN, _s._ A beggar, a needy wretch.
Fr. _coquin_, id.
_Dunbar._
COWLICK, _s._ A tuft of hair on the head, which cannot be made to lie in the same direction with the rest of the hair, S.
From its resemblance to hair _licked_ by a _cow_.
COWMACK, _s._ An herb supposed to have great virtue in making the cow desire the male, S. B.
COWMAN, _s._ A name for the devil, S.
V. ~Cow~, _s._
COWNTIR, _s._ Rencountre.
_Wallace._
COWNTYR PALYSS, Contrary to.
_Wallace._
Fr. _contrepalé_, a term in heraldry, signifying that one _pale_ is opposed to another.
COWOID, _pret._ Convoyed. _Leg. conwoid_.
_Barbour._
COWPES, COWPIS, _s. pl._ Baskets for catching fish, S.
_Acts Ja. III._
A. Bor. _coop_, id. Teut. _kuype_, septa.
COWPON, _s._ A fragment, a shred, S.
_R. Bruce._
Fr. _coupon_, L. B. _copo_, a piece cut off from a thing.
COWPER JUSTICE, Trying a man after execution; the same with _Jeddart_, or _Jedburgh justice_, S.
_Cleland._
COW-QUAKE, _s._ An affection of cattle, caused by the chillness of the weather, S.
_Kelly._
COWSCHOT, _s._ A ringdove.
V. ~Kowshot~.
COXY, _adj._ Coxcomical, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ CRAB, CRABE, _v. n._ To fret.
_Bannatyne Poems._
Belg. _kribbig_, Su. G. _krepsk_, morosus.
_To_ CRAB, _v. a._ To provoke.
_Lyndsay._
Teut. _krabb-en_, lacerare unguibus.
_To_ CRACK, CRAK, _v. n._
1. To talk boastingly.
_Evergreen._
2. To talk freely and familiarly, S.
_Ramsay._
3. To talk together in a confused manner; often as also implying extension of voice, S.
Germ. _kraken_, to make a noise.
~Crack~, ~Crak~, _s._
1. Boasting, S.
_Dunbar._
2. Chat, free conversation, S.
_Ross._
3. Any detached piece of entertaining conversation, S.
_Ross._
4. A rumour; generally used in pl.
_Ramsay._
~Cracker~, ~Crakkar~, _s._ A boaster.
Belg. _kraecker_, id.
_Lyndsay._
~Cracky~, _adj._
1. Talkative; often denoting the effect of one's being elevated by means of strong drink, S.
2. Affable, agreeable in conversation, S.
CRACK, _s. In a crack_, immediately, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ CRACK, _v. a._
1. _To crack credit_, to lose character and confidence in any respect, S.
_Z. Boyd._
2. _To crack tryst_, to break an engagement.
CRACKERHEADS, _s. pl._ The roots of big tangles, or _alga marina_, eaten by young people, Ang.
CRACKLINGS, _s. pl._
1. The refuse of tallow, S.
_Acts Ja. VI._
2. Tallow, when first bruised by the candlemaker, in its impure state, S.
Su. G. _krak_, quisquiliae.
CRAFT, _s._ Croft, a piece of ground, adjoining to a house.
A. S. _croft_, id.
CRAG, CRAGE, CRAIG, _s._
1. The neck, S.
_Complaynt S._
2. The throat, S.
_Ferguson._
Teut. _kraeghe_, jugulus.
~Craiged~, _adj._ Having a neck or throat, S.
_Ramsay._
~Craigagee~, _adj._ Wrynecked, S.
V. ~Agee~.
~Cragbane~, _s._ The collar-bone.
_Wallace._
~Crage Claith~, _s._ A neckcloth, a cravat, S.
Sw. _krageclud_, id.
CRAIG, _s._ A rock, S.
_Ramsay._
C. B. _kraig_, Gael. _creog_, rupes.
~Craig-Flook~, s. A species of flounder.
_Sibbald._
~Craig-Herring~, _s._ The Shad.
_Sibbald._
~Craiglugge~, _s._ The point of a rock, S.
_Brand._
~Craigy~, _adj._ Rocky.
_Ramsay._
CRAYAR, CREAR, _s._ A kind of lighter.
_Acts Marie._
L. B. _craiera_, id. Sw. _krejare_, a small vessel with one mast.
_To_ CRAIK, _v. n._
1. Used to denote the cry of a hen after laying; or when dissatisfied, S.
_Polwart._
2. To call for any thing, with importunity and impatience, S.
Teut. _kraeck-en_, crepare, strepere.
~Crakyng~, _s._ The clamour of a fowl, S.
_Wyntown._
CRAIK, _s._ A kind of little ship.
_Douglas._
CRAIL-CAPON, _s._ A haddock dried, but not split, Loth., denominated from Caraill, a town in Fife.
CRAIT, CREET, _s._ A sort of basket in which window-glass is packed, S.
Germ. _kraet_, corbis.
_To_ CRAK.
V. ~Crak~.
CRAKER, _s._ The Raill, Rallus crex, Linn.
_Martin._
CRAKYS, _s. pl._ Great guns.
_Barbour._
From the noise they make when fired; or, Teut. _kraecke_, arcubalista.
CRAKLENE POKIS, Bags for holding artificial fireworks.
_Complaynt S._
Fr. _craquer_, to crackle.
CRAME, CRAMERY.
V. ~Cream~, ~Creamery~.
CRAMESYE, CRAMMESY, _s._ Cloth of crimson, a grain-colour.
_Douglas._
Fr. _cramoisi_, id.
_To_ CRAMP, _v. n._ To contract.
_Henrysone._
Teut. _kromp-en_, Sw. _krymp-a_, con-trahi.
CRAMPET, CRAMP-BIT, _s._
1. A cramping-iron, S.
2. An iron with small pikes for keeping the foot firm on ice, S.
_Graeme._
3. The guard of the handle of a sword.
_Watson's Coll._
CRAMPLAND, _part. pr._ Curling.
_Bannatyne Poems._
Sw. _krympling_, contractus.
CRAN, _s._ An iron instrument, laid across the fire for supporting a pot or kettle.
Denominated from its resemblance to a _crane_.
CRANCE, _s._ A chaplet.
_Watson's Coll._
Teut. _krants_, corona.
CRANE (of herrings), _s._ As many fresh herrings as fill a barrel, S.
_Statist. Acc._
CRANGLING, _part. pr._ Winding.
_Hudson._
Teut. _kronckel-en_, intorquere, sinuare.
CRANK, _adj._ Infirm, weak.
Teut. _krank_, id. Gl. Sibb.
CRANK, _s._ The noise of an ungreased wheel, S.
2. Used metaph. to denote inharmonious poetry.
_Burns._
~Crankous~, _adj._ Fretful, captious, S.
_Burns._
Gael. _crioncan_, strife.
CRANNACH, _s._ Pottage, Ang. Aberd.
CRANREUCH, _s._ Hoar frost, S. O.
Gael. _cranntarach_, id.
_Burns._
CRANSHACH, CRANSHAK, _s._ A distorted person, S. B.
_Ross._
Gael. _crannda_, decrepid.
CRANTZE, _s._ The Common Coralline, Millepora polymorpha, Linn., Shetl.
CRAP, _s._
1. The highest part or top of any thing, S.; _crop_, E.
_Baith crap and root_, literally, top and bottom; metaph., beginning and end, S.
2. The cone of a fir-tree, S. B.
A. S. _croppa_, Su. G. _kroppa_, id.
CRAP, _s._ The produce of the ground, S.
_Ramsay._
CRAP, _s._ The craw of a fowl, _crop_, E.; used ludicrously for the stomach of man; _crapine_, id. S.
_Ramsay._
Teut. _krop_, ingluvies; stomachus.
_To_ ~Crap~, _v. a._ To fill, to stuff, S.
_Crappit heads_, the heads of haddocks stuffed with a pudding made of the roe, oatmeal and spiceries, S.
Teut. _kropp-en_, saginare, turundis farcire.
_To_ CRAP, _v. a._ To crop, to lop, S.
_Ferguson._
Teut. _krapp-en_, abscindere.
CRAPS, _s. pl._ A species of weed, S. named perhaps from keeping near the _crap_ or surface of the ground.
CRAUCH. _To cry crauch_, to acknowledge one's self vanquished.
_Dunbar._
Arm. _cracq_, a bastard.
CRAUCHMET, (gutt.) s. An exaction made by men in a state of war.
_MS. Chron._
_To_ CRAW, _v. n._
1. To crow; _crawin_, part. pa.
_Douglas._
2. To boast, to vapour, S.
_Ferguson._
A. S. _craw-an_, id.
CRAW, _s._ A crow, S.
~Craw~, _s._ The act of crowing, S.
_Burns._
A. S. _crawe_, Alem. _craue_, id.
~Craw-Croops~, _s. pl._ Crow-berries, S. B.
~Craw-Dulse~, _s._ Fringed fucus; S. Fucus ciliatus, Linn.
~Craw-Taes~, _s. pl._ Crowfoot, S. Ranunculus, repens and acris.
CRAWDOUN, _s._ A coward.
_Douglas._
Fr. _creant_ and _donn-er_, to do homage.
_To_ CREAM, _v. a._ To hawk goods, S. B.
~Cream~, ~Craim~, ~Crame~, _s._
1. A merchant's booth, S.
_Acts Sed._
Teut. _kraem_, taberna rerum venalium.
2. A pack of goods for sale.
_Skene._
Teut. _kraem_, Dan. _kram_, merchandise.
~Creamer~, _s._ A pedlar, S. B.
_Skene._
Su. G. _kraemare_, Teut. _kraemer_, id.
~Creamerie~, ~Cramery~, _s._ Merchandise, goods sold by a pedlar, Aberd.
_Lyndsay._
Teut. _kraemerije_, merx.
~Cream-Ware~, ~Creme-Ware~, _s._ Articles sold by those who keep booths.
_Brand._
CREEK _of day_, The first appearance of the dawn, S.; _skreek_, S. B.
_Ramsay._
Teut. _kriecke_, aurora rutilans.
CREEPERS.
V. ~Creparis~.
_To_ CREEP IN, _v. n._ To shrink. _Cruppen in_, shrivelled, S.
Isl. _kropna_, contrahi.
CREEPY, CREEPIE, _s._
1. A low stool, occasionally used in a pulpit for elevating the speaker, S.
2. The stool of repentance, on which culprits formerly sat when making public satisfaction in the church, S.
_Ramsay._
CREESE, CREEZE, _s._ Crisis.
_Ross._
CREIL, CREEL, _s._
1. An ozier basket, S.; _scull_, synon.
_Bannatyne P._
2. Panniers are also called _creils_.
_Dunbar._
_In a creel_, in a state of mental stupefaction or confusion, S.
Ir. _crilin_, id. Gael. _criol_, a chest.
_To_ ~Creil~, _v. a._ To put into a basket, S.
~Creeling~, _s._ A foolish and indelicate custom, on the day after marriage, still retained among the vulgar in some places, S.
_To_ CREIS, _v. n._ To curl.
_Douglas._
Teut. _kroes-en_, Germ. _kraus-en_, crispare.
_To_ CREISCH, _v. a._
1. To grease, S.
_Kelly._
2. Metaph. applied to the use of money, S.
_Ferguson._
3. _To criesh one's lufe_, to give money as a veil, or as a bribe, S.
_Journal Lond._
~Creische~, ~Creesh~, _s._ Grease, S.
_Dunbar._
Fr. _graisse_, id.
2. A stroke, a blow, S.
_Ferguson._
~Creischie~, ~Creishy~, _adj._ Greasy, S.
_Lyndsay._
CREYST, _s._ One who is both diminutive and loquacious, Border.
Teut. _kroes-en_, to contract.
CREPARIS, _s. pl._ Grapnels of iron, S. _creepers_.
_Bellenden._