Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 24
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Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 24
Scottish Borders (Scotland) -- Fiction
CALLOT, _s._ a cap for a woman's head.
CALM-SOUGH, to say little.
CALSAY, CAWSAY, _s._ a causeway street; that part of a
street which is bounded by the flags.
CAM, _pret_. came.
CAM-NOSED, _adj._ hook-nosed.
CAMPY, _adj._ bold; brave.
CAMSHAUCHEL'D, _part. adj_. distorted.
CAMSTERIE, CAMSTAIRIE, _adj._ unmanageable; perverse.
CANE, KAIN, _s._ a duty paid by a tenant of land to the
owners in kind.
CANKERT, _adj._ ill-tempered; cross.
CANN, CAN, _s._ skill; knowledge; acquirements.
CANNA, CANNAE, cannot.
CANNIE, KANNIE, _adj._ cautious; prudent.
CANNILY, _adv._ prudently; cautiously.
CANTY, _adj._ cheerful; lively.
CANTEL, _s._ the crown of the head.
CANTRAP, _s._ an incantation; a spell; mischief artfully
performed.
CAP, _v. n._ to crown; to surmount.
CAP, KAP, _s._ a wooden bowl.
CAPERCAILYE, CAPERCALYEANE, _s._ the wood-grouse or cock of
the wood, _Tetrao urogallus_ (Linn.)
CAPERNOITED, _adj._ peevish; irritable; crabbed; snappish.
CARDINAL, _s._ a long cloak worn by women, generally those
of a red colour, and commonly provided with a hood.
CAR-HANDED, _adv._ left-handed.
CARL, CAIRLE, CARLL, _s._ an old man.
CARLIE, _s._ a diminutive man.
CARLIN, _s._ an old woman.
CARLINS-E'EN, _s._ the last night of the year.
CARLISH, _s._ boorish; clownish.
CARRITCH, CARITCH, _s._ the catechism.
_To_ CARP, _v. a._ to contend.
CARSE, KERSS, _s._ a low and fertile tract of land adjacent
to a river.
CASTOCK, CASTACK, _s._ the stalk or inner core of cabbage
or greens.
_To_ CAST-OUT, _v. n._ to quarrel.
_To_ CAST-UP, _v. a._ to upbraid; to throw in one's
teeth.
CATCHY, _adj._ ready to take advantage of another.
CATTLE-RAIK, _s._ a common on which cattle are fed; the
feeding range of cattle.
CATWITTIT, _adj._ harebrained; unsettled.
CAUDRON, _s._ a chaldron.
CAULD, _s._ cold.
CAULDRIFE, _adj._ susceptible ofcold.
CAULD-STEER, _s._ sour milk and oatmeal stirred together.
CAUSE, _conj._ because.
CAUSEY, CAUSAY, _s._ a street.
CAUTION, _s._ surety.
CAUTIONER, _s._ a surety.
CAVIE, _s._ a hencoop.
_To_ CA', _v. a._ to drive.
_To_ CAWK, _v. a._ to chalk.
CAWKER, _s._ a dram; a glass of any spirits.
CERTIS. _Certis, ye're a fine ane!_ You are indeed a good
one--(ironically.)
CHACK, CHECK, _s._ a slight repast.
CHAFTS, _s._ the chops.
CHAFT-BLADE, _s._ jaw-bone.
_To_ CHAK, _v. a._ to check.
CHAKIL, _s._ the wrist.
CHALMER, _s._ a chamber.
_To_ CHAMP, _v. a._ to mash; to chop.
CHANCY, _adj._ fortunate; happy.
CHANNEL, _s._ gravel.
CHAP, _s._ a fellow.
_To_ CHAP, _v. n._ to strike with a hammer or any
other instrument, or with a stone.
CHAPIN, _s._ a quart.
CHAPMAN, _s._ a pedlar.
CHAUDMELLE', _s._ a sudden broil or quarrel.
_To_ CHAW, _v. a._ to gnaw; to fret.
CHEEK-BLADE, _s._ cheek-bone.
CHEIP, CHEPE, _v. n._ to chirp, as young birds do.
CHEK, _s._ the cheek; the side of a door.
CHESS, _s._ the frame of wood for a window.
CHESWELL, _s._ a cheese-vat.
CHEVERON, _s._ armour for the head of a horse.
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