Chapter 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._