Chapter L: B. citola, Fr. citole, an instrument with cords

CLAAICK, CLAWICK, _s._ The autumnal feast, or harvest-home, Aberd.; synon. _Maiden_. When the harvest is early finished, it is called the _Maiden Claaick_; when late, the _Carlin Claaick_.

CLACHAN, CLAUCHANNE, _s._ A small village, bordering on the Highlands, in which there is a parish-church, S. Elsewhere, it is called the _kirk-town_.

_Acts Ja. VI._

From Gael. _clachan_, "a circle of stones;" as churches were erected in the same places, which, in times of heathenism, had been consecrated to Druidical worship.

CLACK, _s._ The clapper of a mill, S.

Teut. _klack_, sonora percussio.

CLAES, _pl._ Clothes.

V. ~Claith~.

CLAG, CLAGG, _s._

1. An incumbrance, a burden lying on property; a forensic term, S.

_Dallas._

2. Charge, impeachment of character; fault, or imputation of one, S.

_Ritson._

Teut. _klaghe_, accusatio; Dan. _klage_, a complaint, a grievance. Or perhaps rather from the same origin with E. _clog_; q. what lies as a _clog_ on an estate.

_To_ CLAG, _v. a._ To clog by adhesion, S.

_Wallace._

Dan. _klaeg_, viscous, glutinous, sticky; Isl. _kleggi_, massa
compacta.

~Claggy~, _adj._ Unctuous, adhesive, bespotted with mire, S.

V. the _v._

~Claggock~, _s._ "A dirty wench," Gl. Sibb.

_Lyndsay._

CLAHYNNHÉ, CLACHIN. _s._ Clan or tribe of people living in the same district.

_Wyntown._

Gael., Ir. _clan_, id. Moes. G. _klahaim_, children.

CLAYIS, _s. pl._ Clothes, S.

V. ~Claith~.

_To_ CLAIK, _v. n._

1. To make a clucking noise, as a hen does, especially when provoked, S.

2. To cry incessantly, and impatiently, for any thing, S.

3. To talk a great deal in a trivial way, S.; to _clack_, E.

4. To tattle, to report silly stories, S.

Isl. _klak-a_, clango, avium vox propria; _klack-a_, to prattle;
Su. G. _klaek_, reproach.

~Claik~, _s._

1. The noise made by a hen, S.

Isl. _klak_, vox avium.

2. An idle or false report; S.

_Morison._

CLAIK, CLAKE, _s._ The bernacle; Anas erythropus (mas) Linn.

_Bellenden._

It seems to have been supposed, that this goose received its name
from its _claik_, or the noise which it makes.

CLAIR, _adj._

1. Distinct, exact, S. B.

_Ross._

Fr. _clair_, evident, manifest, Lat. _clarus_.

2. Ready, prepared, S. B. _clar_, Orkn.

Dan. _klar_, id.

_Pennecuik._

_To_ CLAIR, _v. a._ To beat, to maltreat.

_Polwart._

_Clearings_ is used metaph. both for scolding, and for beating, Clydes.

CLAISE, Clothes.

V. ~Claith~.

CLAITH, CLAYTH, _s._ Cloth, S., Westmorel.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

_Clais_, _claise_, _claes_, S. pl. Westmorel., also Cumb.

A. S. _clath_, cloth; _clatha_, Isl. Su. G. _klaede_, clothes.

_To_ CLAIVER, _v. n._ To talk idly or foolishly.

V. ~Claver~.

CLAM, _adj._

1. Clammy, S. Belg. _klam_, id.

2. Smooth; as "_clam_ ice," S. B.

CLAM, CLAM-SHELL, _s._ A scallop shell, S. Ostrea opercularis, Linn.

_Sibbald._

Probably from O. Fr. _clame_, a pilgrim's mantle; as these shells were worn on the cape of their mantles, or on their hats, by those who had made a pilgrimage to Palestine, as a symbol of their having crossed the sea.

CLAMS, _s. pl._

1. Strong pincers used by ship-wrights, for drawing large nails, S. B.

2. A vice, generally made of wood; used by artificers for holding any thing fast, S.

3. The instrument, resembling a forceps, employed in weighing gold.

_Shirrefs._

Belg. _klemm-en_, arctare; to pinch.

CLAMEHEWIT, CLAW-MY-HEWIT, _s._

1. A stroke, a drubbing, S.

_Ferguson._

2. A misfortune, Ang.

Qu. _claw my heved_, or head, scratch my head; an ironical
expression.

_To_ CLAMP UP, CLAMPER, _v. a._ To patch, to make or mend in a clumsy manner, S.

_Chron. S. Poet._

Germ. _klempern_, metallum malleo tundere; _klempener_, one who
patches up toys for children.

_To_ CLAMP, CLAMPER, _v. n._ To make a noise with the shoes in walking, S.

~Clamp~, _s._ A heavy footstep or tread.

_Ferguson._

CLANK, _s._ A sharp blow that causes a noise, S.

_Ramsay._

Teut. _klanck_, clangor.

_To_ ~Clank~, _v. a._ To give a sharp stroke, S.

_Minstrelsy Border._

_To_ ~Clank~ _down_, _v. a._ To throw down with a shrill sharp noise.

_Melvill's MS._

CLANK, _s._ A catch, a hasty hold taken of any object, S. _Claught_, synon.

_Ross._

_To_ CLAP ~the~ HEAD, To commend; conveying the idea of flattery, S.

_Ramsay._

CLAP, _s._ A stroke; _Dedis clap_, the stroke of death.

_Douglas._

Belg. _klap_, a slap, a box on the ear.

CLAP, _s._ A moment; _in a clap_, instantaneously.

_Baillie._

The idea is, a clap of the hand; for _handclap_ is used, S. B.

CLAP _of the hass_, the vulgar designation for the uvula, S.; synon. _pap of the hass_.

CLAP, _s._ A flat instrument of iron, resembling a box, with a tongue and handle, used for making proclamations through a town, instead of a drum or hand-bell, S.

_Chron. S. Poet._

Teut. _klepp-en_, pulsare, sonare; Belg. _klep_, a clapper.

~Clapman~, _s._ A public crier, S.

Belg. _klapperman_, a watchman with a clapper.

CLAPPERS, _s. pl._ Holes intentionally made for rabbits to burrow in, either in an open warren, or within an inclosure.

Fr. _clapier_, id. Su. G. _klapper_, lapides minuti et rotundi.

CLARCHE PIPE.

_Watson's Coll._

CLARE, _adv._ Wholly, entirely, S.

_Douglas._

CLAREMETHEN. According to the law of _claremethen_, any person who claims stolen cattle or goods is required to appear at certain places particularly appointed for this purpose, and prove his right to them, S.

_Skene._

From _clare_, clear, and _meith_, a mark.

CLARGIE, CLERGY, _s._ Erudition.

_Priests Peblis._

Fr. _clergie_, id. from Lat. _clericus_.

_To_ CLARK, _v. a._ To act as amanuensis, S.

_To_ CLART, _v. a._ To dirty, to foul, S. _Clort_, Perths.

~Clarts~, _s. pl._ Dirt, mire, any thing that defiles, S.

Hence,

~Clarty~, _adj._ Dirty, nasty, S. _Clorty_, Perths.

_Maitland Poems._

_Clart._ To spread or smear. _Clarty_; smear'd; A. Bor.

_To_ CLASH, _v. n._

1. To talk idly, S.

_Cleland._

2. To tittle-tattle, to tell tales, S.

Germ. _klatschen_, id.; _klatcherey_, idle talk.

~Clash~, _s._

1. Tittle-tattle, prattle, S.

_Satan's Invis. World._

2. Vulgar fame, the story of the day, S.

_Burns._

_To_ CLASH, _v. a._ To pelt, to throw dirt, S.

_Dunbar._

Teut. _klets-en_, resono ictu verberare; Dan. _klatsk-er_, to flap.

~Clash~, _s._ A blow, a stroke, S.

Germ. _klatch_, id.

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._