On being told that the wives of the Scottish Judges claimed the title of “My Lady,” their husbands being “My Lord,” King James exclaimed: “I made the carles lords, but wha the deil made the _carlins_ leddies?” Chafts, S and C, the jaws. “On Seaton crafts they buff’t their _chafts_, An’ garrt them rin like daft, man.” _Skirvin._ Tranent Muir. “At time when nowte but teeth was gawn, An’ aw by th’ _chafts_ was tether’t.” _Mark Lonsdale._ The Upshot. Chap, S, rap, strike or stroke. “An’ quhan he cam’ to Barnard’s Ha’ Would neither _chap_ nor ca’.” Ballad—Gilmorice. Chiel’, S, a man; generally applied to young men. “Weel we lo’e the _chiel’_ we think Can get us tick or gi’e us drink.” _Ferguson._ My Aul’ Breeks. Clash, C and S, scandal, gossip. “The king, the laws, the reets o’ man, The parish _clash_, the empire’s ban.” _Stagg._ New Year’s Epistle. Clatter, S and C, superfluous, rapid or noisy talk. “He that talks till himsel’ _clatters_ till a feul.”—Proverb. Clink, C, a sounding blow. “An’ brong Fisher Jemmy a _clink_ i’ the lug.” _Anderson._ Burgh Reaces. Clippin’, C, sheep-shearing. A great festival on the larger dale farms. For a description see “The Old Man,” first edition. Clemm’d, C, starved with hunger. A Lancashire and Cheshire word. Nixon, the Cheshire prophet, said he was “going to London to be _clemm’d_,” and was accidentally shut up in a closet without food, and there found dead—so fulfilling his prophecy. Clot-heed, C, blockhead. “I is gà’n to be a _clot-heed_—I’s leavin’ nin for mysel’!” Anthony Gasgarth, carving a goose at a hunt dinner. Clowk, C, clutch or grasp greedily. “He meàd a _clowk_ at my neckcloth and missed it.” Said after a fight. Cobbles, C, stones rounded by water-wear. “Smith Lytle fell oot wi’ the _cobbles_, An’ peel’d o’ the bark off his shins. _Anderson._ The Codbeck Wedding. Coddle, C, Cuddle, S, embrace. “I trimlin’ steud an’ dursn’t speak, But fain wad _coddled_ Peggy Penn.” _Anderson._ Peggy Penn. “I’ve seen the day ye butter’t my brose, An’ _cuddlet_ me late an’ early.” Old Song—The Deuk’s dang owre wi’ my Daidie. Corbie, S, the carrion crow. “It’s kittle shootin’ at _corbies_ or clergy.”—Proverb. Crack, S and C, converse; also boast. “They _crack’t_ away like bourtree guns.” _Mark Lonsdale._ The Upshot.