Isl.klifberi, clitellae, fromklif, fascis, sarcina, andberiportator.
CLICK-CLACK,s.Uninterrupted loquacity, S.
From E.clickandclack, 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.
ToCLINCH, 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.
ToCLINK,v. a.A term denoting alertness in manual operation, S.
ToClink on,v. a.To clap on.Ramsay.
ToClink up,v. a.To seize any object quickly and forcibly, S.
If not radically the same with the v.cleik, withninserted; allied perhaps to Dan.lenckea 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 orclipped.Evergreen.2. A colt of a year old.Buchan.
ToCLIP, 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. "Aclyrein meat," a gland, S.
Teut.kliere, id.
2. "To leave noklyresin 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 ofclash, 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.andv.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. fromcloich, a stone, and perhapsrann, a song.
ToCLOCHER,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.
ToCLOCK, 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 aclodof earth.
CLOFF,s.1. A fissure of any kind.2. What is otherwise S. called thecleaving.
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.
ToCLOIT,v. n.To fall heavily, S.Hamilton.
Belg.klots-en, to beat with noise.
Cloit,s.A hard or heavy fall, S.
ToCLOK,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.
ToCLOUR, 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.
ToCLOUT,v. a.To beat, to strike, properly with the hands, S.Ferguson.
Teut.klots-en, pulsare.
Clout,s.A cuff, a blow, S.Ritson.
ToCLOW,v. a.To beat down, Galloway.
CLOWE,s.A hollow between hills.Sir Gawan and Sir Gal.
The same withCleugh, q. v. alsoCloff.
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.ofClimb.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.
ToCLUNK,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.
ToCOBLE,v. a.To steep malt.Fountainhall.
COBWORM,s.The larva of the Cock-chaffer, Scarabaeus melolontha.Statist. Acc.
COCK,s.The mark for whichcurlersplay, 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 asnood, S.Ramsay.
Teut.koker, a case, andnonne, 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 acockboiled withleeks, 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.TheOrder 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, orkaecke, 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. fromwaeri, 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.
ToCODLE (corn),v. a.To make the grains fly out of the husks by a stroke, S. B. perhaps fromcod, 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.
ToCOFF, COFFE,v. a.To buy, to purchase, S., most commonly in the pret.coft.V.Coup,v.Shirrefs.
Germ.kaufte, bought, fromkauf-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.andpart. 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.
ToCog,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.
ToCOGLE, COGGLE,v. a.To cause any thing to move from side to side, so as to seem ready to be overset, S.
Perhaps fromcog, 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.
ToCOIT,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, fromkvon, uxor, andkvola, maculare, G. Andr.
COLEHOODING,s.The Black-cap, a bird, S.Coalhood.Sibbald.
COLEMIE, COALMIE,s.The Coalfish, Asellus niger, Ang.
Germ.kohlmuhlen, id.
ToCOLF,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, andbrenna, urere, q. thecoal-burner.
COLK,s.The Eider duck, a sea-fowl, S. theDuntur Gooseof Sibbald.Monroe.
COLL,s.A cock of hay, S. B.Keil. A. Bor.Ross.
Fr.cueill-er, to gather, E.to coil.
ToCOLL,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.
ToCOLLIE,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 fromcollieandshangie, 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.
ToCOME,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 beneficein 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.
Fromcommonsas signifying fare.
COMMONTIE,s.1. A common, S.
Lat.communit-as.
2. Community.Acts Ja. VI.
COMPARGES,Leg.compaignyies, companies.Houlate.
ToCOMPEIR, 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.
ToCOMPESCE,v. a.To restrain.
Lat.compesco.
Baillie.
ToCOMPETE,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 officiacom-pletet claudit.
COMPLIMENT,s.A present, a gift, S.Sir J. Sinclair.
ToComplimentwith,v. a.To present one with, S.
ToCOMPONE,v. a.To settle.R. Bruce.
ToCOMPONE,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.
FromCun, to know, q. v.
Wyntown.
ToCONCEALE,v. a.To conciliate, Lat.concil-io.More.
CONCEIT-NET,s.A fixed net, used in some rivers, S. B.
ToCONDESCEND,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.
ToCONFISKE,v. a.To confiscate.
Fr.confisqu-er, id.
Bellenden.
CONYNG,s.Knowledge, skill.King's Quair.
ToCONN,v. a.To know.Barbour.
ToCONNACH,v. a.To abuse, in whatever way. Aberd.Pennecuik.
CONNAND, CONAND,s.1. Engagement, contract.Barbour.2. Proffers, terms previous to an engagement.Wallace.
Fr.convenant, fromconven-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.
ToCONNOCH,v. a.V.Connach.
CONNOCH,s.A disease.Polwart.
ToCONQUACE, 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, whenceconroi, 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.
ToCONSTITUTE,v. a.To open an ecclesiastical court with prayer, S.
CONTAKE,s.Contest.Douglas.
CONTEMPTION,s.Contempt.Bellenden.
ToCONTEYNE,v. s.To continue.Wallace.
ToCONTENE,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.
ToCONTINUE,v. a.To delay.Spotswood.
CONTRIMONT,adv.The contrary way.Douglas.
Fr.contremont, directly against the stream.
CONTRAIR,adj.Contrary, Fr.Baillie.
ToContrare,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.
ToCONTRUFE,v. a.To contrive;contruwit, part. pa.Douglas.
Fr.controuv-er, id.
Contruwar,s.A contriver.
ToCONVENE, 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.
ToCONVOY,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, alsocude: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.
ToCOOK, 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 toQueme, 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; "acopeof leid," a leaden coffin.V.Caip.Knox.
ToCOPÉbetuene, 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, fromcora, aquoir, 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 fishare 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.corpsandpresent-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. alsocorehead, S.Statist. Acc.
CORS, CORSE,s.Market place, S.; from thecrossbeing 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 foldedacross the belly.
CORTER,s.1. A quarter, corr. fromquarter, 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. fromCordowan, q. v.
COSCH, COSHE,s.A coach.Bruce.
Fr.coche.
ToCOSE, 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 withCosh.
Cosiely,adv.Snugly, comfortably, S.Ramsay.
COSINGNACE,s.1. A relation by blood, a cousin.Bellenden.2. A grand-daughter; or a niece.Bellenden.
ToCOSS,v. a.To exchange.V.Cose.
COST,s.Side.V.Coist.
COSTAGE,s.Expence.Douglas.
ToCOSTAY,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.
ToCOTwith one,v. n.To cohabit, S. B. q. to live in the samecot.
COTTAR, COTTER,s.One who inhabits acotor cottage. S.Statist. Acc.
L. B.cottar-ius, Fr.cottier, id. Hence S.cotterman,cotterfouk, &c.
COVAN,s.A convent.Dunbar.Anciently writtencovent.Sir Gawan.
In S.,caivinis 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, forcouth. Could.S. P. Rep.
COUHIRT,s.Cow-herd.Dunbar.
ToCOUK.V.Cook.
ToCOUK,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, forcoupit.Maitland Poems.
ToCOUNGEIR,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.
ToCOUNTERFACTE,v. n.To counterfeit.Acts Ja. VI.
COUNTYR, COWNTIR,s.1. Encountre.Douglas.2. A division of an army engaged in battle.Wallace.
ToCOUP, 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.
ToCOUP, COWP,v. a.To overturn, to overset, S.Knox.
ToCoup,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.
ToCOUR,v. n.To stoop, to crouch, S.,cower, E.
ToCOUR,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. fromcolt.
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, fromcunn-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 thecoulterand the ploughshare, S.V.Thirl.
ToCOW,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 becowit, 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.