Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 24
General
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 24
Scottish Borders (Scotland) -- Fiction
_To_ COGLE, _v. a._ to move anything from side to
side, as a boat in the water.
COLLIE, COLLEY, _s._ a shepherd's dog; a lounger.
COLLIESHANGIE, _s._ a squabble, an uproar.
COMMONTIE, _s._ a common; a community.
_To_ COMPEAR, _v. a._ to appear.
COMPLIMENT, _s._ a present.
CONYNG, _s._ knowledge.
COODIE, CUDIE, _s._ a small tub.
COOF, CUFE, _s._ a dastardly silly fellow.
COORIN, _v. n._ crest-fallen; timid.
CORBIE, CORBY, _s._ a raven.
CORP, _s._ a corpse; a dead body.
CORRIE, _s._ a hollow in a hill.
CORS, CORSE, _s._ the market-place or cross.
COSH, _s._ neat; quiet.
COSIE, COZIE, _adj._ warm; snug, well-sheltered.
COTTAR, COTTER, _s._ a person who inhabits a cottage.
_To_ COUP, COWP, _v. a._ to exchange; to deal; to fall;
to upset.
COUPER, _s._ a dealer.
COUPLE, _s._ a rafter.
COUR, _v. n._ to stoop; to crouch.
COUT, _s._ a young horse.
COUTH, COUTHY, _adj._ affable; facetious; affectionate;
pleasant.
COVE, _s._ a cave.
COW, KOW, _s._ a besom made of broom.
COWE, _v. n._ to beat; to overcome.
_To_ COW _v. a._ to poll the head; to cut; to prune;
to damp or frighten.
COWIT, _part. pr._. docked closely; cut; having short hair.
COWSHOT, CUSHIT, _s._ the ringdove.
_To_ CRACK, _v. a._ to talk.
CRAFT, _s._ a piece of ground adjoining a house.
CRAG, CRAGE, CRAIG, _s._ the neck; the throat. CRAIG,
_s._ a rock; a precipice.
_To_ CRAIK, _v.n_. the cry of a hen after laying.
CRANCH, _v. n._ the sound made by an animal in eating
bones or other hard substances. CRAP, _s._ a crop, the
produce of the soil; the craw of a fowl; the highest part of
anything.
_To_ CRAW, _s._ to crow; to boast.
CRAW, _s._ a crow. CREEK _of day_, dawn; the first
appearance of morning.
CREEPY, _s._ a low stool.
_To_ CREEP-IN, _v. n._ to shrink.
CREIL, CREEL, _s._ an osier basket.
CREISH, _s._ grease.
_To_ CREISH-A-LUFE, _v. a._ to give money as a bribe
or recompense.
CRINCH, _s._ a very small bit of anything.
_To_ CRINCH, _v. a._ to grind with the teeth.
_To_ CRINE, CROYNE, CRYNE, _v. n._ to shrivel; to
shrink.
CROK, _s._ a dwarf. CRONEY, _s._ a companion.
CROUS, CROUSE, _adj._ brisk; brave; speeding courage.
CROWDIE, _s._ meal and water in a cold state, or sometimes
meal and milk, or cream.
CRUDS, _s._ curds.
CRUELS, _s._ the king's evil; scroula.
CRUMMIE, CRUMMOCK, _s._ a cow.
CRUNE, CROON, _s._ a moaning sound.
CRUSIE, _s._ a lamp, properly one made of malleable iron,
and suspended by a handle or wire.
_To_ CRY, _v. a._ to proclaim the banns of marriage
in church.
CRYING, _s._ childbirth.
CUD, _s._ a club; a strong staff.
_To_ CUDDLE, _v. a._ to embrace.
CUDDIE, _s._ an ass.
CUFE, _s._ a simpleton.
CUFF-O'-THE-NECK, the back part of the neck.
CUMMAR, KIMMER, _s._ a young woman.
CUNING, CUNNIE, _s._ a rabbit.
_To_ CURFUFFLE, _v. a._ to discompose.
_To_ CURL, a game, to throw or force a flat-bottomed stone
along the surface of ice.
CURLING, _s._ a game in which stones are pushed along ice.
CURPLE, _s._ a crupper.
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