Chapter 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._

CREVISH, _s._ A crayfish.

_Baillie._

CREWIS, _pres. v._ Perhaps, craves.

A. S. _craf-ian_, id.

_Houlate._

_To_ CRY, _v. a._ To proclaim the bans of marriage, S.

_To_ ~Cry~, _v. n._ To be in labour, S.

~Crying~, _s._ Childbirth, S.

_Galloway._

CRYKES, _pl. s._ Angles.

_Barbour._

A. S. _crecca_, a creek.

_To_ CRIMP, _v. a._ To plait nicely, S.

Sw. _krymp-a_, to shrink.

_To_ CRINCH, _v. a._

1. To grind with the teeth.

2. _To crinch the teeth_, to gnash.

Fr. _grinc-er les dents_, id.

CRINCH, _s._ A very small bit of any thing, S.

_To_ CRINE, CRYNE, _v. n._

1. To shrivel, S.

_Evergreen._

2. To diminish money by clipping it.

Ir. _krion-am_, to wither.

_Douglas._

CRINKIE-WINKIE, _s._ A contention, S. B.

Su. G. _kraenka_, to be vexed.

CRISP, CRISPE, _s._

1. Cobweb lawn.

Fr. _crespe_, id.

_Burel._

CRISTIE, CRISTY, _adj._ Perhaps curled. Dan. _kruset_, id.

_Acts Ja. II._

CRO, CROY, _s._ The satisfaction made for the slaughter of any man, according to his rank.

_Reg. Maj._

Gael. _cro_, cows, the reparation being made in cattle; or Ir.
_crò_, death.

_To_ CROAGH, (gutt.) _v. a._ To strangle, Fife.

CROCE, CROYS, _s._ One of the sails in a ship.

_Douglas._

Sw. _kryss-top_, the mizzen-top.

CROCHE, CROCHERT.

V. ~Hagbut~.

CROCHIT, _part. pa._ "Covered."

_Gawan and Gol._

CROCKONITION, _s._ Any thing bruised to pieces.

_Buchan._

CROFT-LAND, _s._ Land of superior quality, which was still cropped, S.

_Statist. Acc._

CROIL, CROYL, _s._ A distorted person, a dwarf.

Teut. kriel, _pumilus_.

_Polwart._

_To_ CROYN, CRONE, CRUNE, _v. n._

1. To cry as a bull does, in a low and hollow tone, S.

_Maitland Poems._

Belg. _kreun-en_, to whimper; Isl. _hryn-a_, grunnire.

2. To whine, to persist in moaning, S.

3. To hum, or sing in a low tone, S.

_Burns._

CROYN, CRUNE, CROON, _s._

1. A hollow continued moan, S.

_Douglas._

2. An incantation.

_Ramsay._

_To_ CROISE, _v. n._ To gossip, to talk a great deal about little, S. B.

Su. G. _krusa_, ficta in verbis civilitate uti.

~Crozie~, _adj._ Fawning, wheedling, Buchan.

CROISHTARICH, _s._ The fire-cross, or signal of war; a stake of wood, the one end dipped in blood, and the other burnt, (as an emblem of fire and sword,) which was conveyed with the greatest expedition, till it went through the whole tribe or country.

Gael. _croistara_, perhaps from _crois_, a cross, and _tara_, a
multitude.

CROK, _s._ A dwarf, Ang.

Su. G. _kraek_, animal quodvis exiguum, Isl. _kracke_, _kroge_,
tener puellus vel pullus.

CROK, _s._ An old ewe that has given over bearing, S.

_Dunbar._

_To_ CROK, _v. n._ To suffer decay from age, Gl. Sibb.

CRONACHIN, _part. pr._ Gossiping in a tattling way, S. B.

Perhaps from _Coranich_, q. v.

CRONDE, _s._ Leg. _croude_, a fiddle.

_Houlate._

_To_ CRONE, _v. n._ To use many words in a wheedling way, Buchan.

CRONY, _s._ A potatoe, Dumfr.

_To_ CROOK, _v. n._ To halt in walking, S.

Sw. _krok-ia_, id.

_Ramsay._

~Crook~, _s._ A halt, S.

_Rutherford._

CROOKSADDLE, _s._ A saddle for supporting panniers, S. B.

_Statist. Acc._

CROONER, CROWNER, _s._ The Trigla lyra, a fish, S.; denominated from the _cruning_ noise it makes after being taken.

_Barry._

_To_ CROP the _causey_, to appear openly and boldly; q. to keep the _crown_ of the causey.

_Spalding._

CROOT, _s._

1. A puny, feeble child, Loth.

2. The youngest and feeblest of a nest, or of a litter, South of S. synon. _wrig_.

Arm. _crot_, petit enfant.

CROTE, _s._ The smallest particle.

Sw. _krut_, powder.

_Wyntown._

CROUCHIE, _s._ One that is hunchbacked, S.

_Burns._

Su. G. _krok_, incurvus.

_To_ CROUD, CROWDE, _v. n._

1. To coo as a dove.

_Douglas._

2. To croak, S.

_Ruddiman._

3. Metaph. to groan, to complain.

_Z. Boyd._