CARL+ CARLS | | fellow+ fellows |
carle | | old man |
Carl-hemp | | male-hemp. |
Carlie | | a manikin. |
Carlin | | carline a middle-aged |
carline | carlin | old woman |
Carline's lowp | | Carlups |
Carmagnole | | a violent Jacobin. |
carnaptious | | irritable+ quarrelsome |
carrant | | expedition+ sudden |
CARRY | | firmament |
carsackie | | an overall |
carse | | land along river bank |
Cartes | | playing-cards. |
Cartie | | dim. of cart. |
carvie | | caraway |
cast | | cast |
castock | | cabbage stalk |
catalog | catalogue | register |
catch | | catch |
catchen | | caught |
catcht | | caught |
Catch-the-plack | | the hunt for money. |
cat's een | | germander speedwell |
cattle | | birds and beasts in |
caucht | | caught |
caudron | ca'dron | caldron |
cauf | ca'f | calf |
Cauf-leather | | calf-leather. |
cauk | kalk | chalk |
CAUL+ CAULD | | cold |
cauld | caul'+ caal'+ cald | cold |
cauldrif | cauldrife | chilly+ indifferent |
Cauldron | | caldron. |
caum | ca'm | calm |
Caunadae | | Canada |
caunle | can'le | candle |
Caunlemass | | 2nd February |
caup | | cap |
Caup | | a wooden drinking vessel. |
caur | | car |
caur | | calves |
cause | | cause |
causey | causie+ cassie | causeway |
Causey-cleaners | | causeway-cleaners. |
Caustrim | | Coldstream |
Cavie | | a hen-coop. |
caw | ca' | drive |
CAW | | drive |
Cawcuttie | | Calcutta |
cawd | ca'd | drove |
cawf | cauf+ cauff+ caff | chaff |
ceetie | ceety+ ceitie | city |
ceevil | cievil | civil |
ceilidh | | dance+ social gathering |
cep | | except+ unless |
cepna | ceptna | except not |
certies | | certainly |
chack | check | nip+ a notch or groove |
chaff | | chafe+ rub+ wear |
chaft | | chin+ jaw+ cheek |
chaft blade | | jaw-bone+ cheek-bone |
CHAFTS (BURST THEIR CHAFTS) | | came unstuck |
chaiple | | chapel |
chairge | | charge |
Chairlstoun | | Charlestown |
CHAISE | | carriage |
Chamer | | chaumer |
champ | | mash+ crush |
chancie | chancy | lucky |
Change-house | | tavern. |
channel | | a gutter |
channer | | grumble+ shingle+ gravel |
CHANTER | | bagpipe chanter |
chantie | | chamber-pot |
chap | | knock+ strike a bargain |
Chap | | a fellow |
Chap | | to strike. |
chapman | | packman |
Chapman | | a pedler. |
chapper | | door knocker |
chatter | | shatter |
chattert | | nibbled+ frayed+ tattered |
chaumer | chalmer | chamber + room |
Chaup | | chap |
chaw | chow | chew+ provoke+ make |
cheap | chape+ chaip | cheap |
Chear | | cheer. |
Chearfu' | | cheerful. |
Chearless | | cheerless. |
Cheary | | cheery. |
cheat | chate+ chait | cheat |
Cheek-for-chow | | cheek-by-jowl (i.e. close beside). |
cheen | cheen+ chine | chain |
cheenge | cheinge | change |
cheenie | cheinie+ cheeny | china+ porcelain |
cheep | cheip | whisper+ squeak |
Cheep | | peep |
cheet(ie) | cheitie+ chittie | a cat |
cheordag | | geordy |
CHERLIE | | Charles Edward Stewart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) |
CHEVALIER | | Bonnie Prince Charlie |
chief | cheif | friendly+ chief |
chiel | cheild+ chiel | lad+ young man+ fellow |
CHIEL | | lad |
child | chilld | child |
childer | | children |
Chimla | | chimney. |
chimley | chimbley | chimney |
chimley-heid | | mantelpiece |
chincoch | chincough | whooping-cough |
chitter | | tremble+ shiver+ chatter+ |
Chittering | | shivering. |
chock | | choke |
chosen | | chosen |
choukie | chookie | chicken |
chowe | | chew+ a quid of tobacco |
Chows | | chews. |
Chuck | | a hen |
Chuckie | | dim. of chuck |
chuckie-stanes | | pebbles |
Chuffie | | fat-faced. |
chuise | chuse | choose |
chuist | | chosen |
chum | | accompany |
Chuse | | to choose. |
Cit | | the civet. |
Cit | | a citizen |
clachan | | village+ hamlet |
Clachan | | a small village about a church. |
CLACHAN | | village |
CLAED | | clothe |
Claeding | | clothing. |
claes | | clothes |
Claes | | claise |
clag | | clog+ smear+ block up |
claik | | gossip+ a barnacle |
claith | | cloth |
Claithing | | clothing. |
clamihewit | | a blow+ a thrashing+ uproar |
clamjamfrie | clanjamfrie+ clamjamphry | a mob+ vulgar crowd+ |
clang | | clung p.t. |
Clankie | | a severe knock. |
Clap | | the clapper of a mill. |
CLAPPED OOT | | worn out |
Clark | | a clerk. |
Clark | | clerkly |
Clarkit | | clerked |
clart | clairt+ clert | soil+ stickiness+ mud+ dirt. |
clart(ie) | | dirty |
Clarty | | dirty. |
Clash | | an idle tale; gossip. |
Clash | | to tattle. |
clashmaclavers | clashmaclaivers | gossip |
clatch | | splash+ dirty person |
Clatter | | noise |
Clatter | | to make a noise by striking; to babble; to prattle. |
claucht | claught+ clacht | grasped |
Claught | | clutched |
Claughtin | | clutching |
claut | | clutch+ hoe+ handful+ claw |
Claut | | to scrape. |
claver | claiver | gossip |
Claver | | clover. |
Clavers | | gossip |
Claw | | a scratch |
Claw | | to scratch |
Clay-cauld | | clay-cold. |
Claymore | | a two-handed Highland sword. |
CLAYMORE | | large sword |
clean | | perhaps+ probably |
cleck | cloak | hatch |
Cleckin | | a brood. |
cleckin-hen | | brooding hen |
Cleed | | to clothe. |
cleek | cleik | catch+ hook+ grasp+ link |
Cleek | | to snatch. |
cleekit | | grasped |
Cleekit | | linked arms. |
Cleg | | gadfly. |
cleid | cleed+ claid | clothe+ clad |
cleuch | cleugh | gorge+ ravine+ cliff+ crag |
cley | | clay |
clim | clim' | climb |
clinch | | limp |
clink | | strike+ a rough curling stone |
Clink | | a sharp stroke; jingle. |
Clink | | money |
Clink | | to chink. |
Clink | | to rhyme. |
Clinkin | | with a smart motion. |
Clinkum | | clinkumbell |
Clips | | shears. |
clish | | repeat gossip |
Clish-ma-claver | | gossip |
cliver | cluver+ klivver | clever |
clocher | | expectorate |
clocher | | bronchial mucus+ to clear |
clock | klok | brood |
clockbees | | flying beetles |
clocker | | beetle |
Clockin-time | | clucking- (i. e. |
clood | | cloud |
CLOODS | | clouds |
cloot | | cloth+ patch+ hit |
Cloot | | the hoof. |
Clootie | | cloots |
close n. | closs | narrow alley to a courtyard |
close v. | | close |
clour | cloor | bruise |
Clour | | a bump or swelling after a blow. |
Clout | | a cloth |
Clout | | to patch. |
CLOUTS | | clothes |
clowe | | a clove |
clowt | clout | strike+ slap |
Clud | | a cloud. |
cludgie | | lavatory (slang) |
cluif | clufe | hoof |
cluit | cloot+ clute | hoof clove |
Clunk | | to make a hollow sound. |
clype | clipe | inform |
clyte | clite | rap knuckles |
coat | cwite | coat |
Coatbrig | | Coatbridge |
Coble | | a broad and flat boat. |
Cock | | the mark (in curling). |
Cockie | | dim. of cock (applied to an old man). |
Cockinnie | | Cockenzie |
cockle | | scallop+ totter |
Cocks | | fellows |
cod | coad | cod |
Cod | | a pillow. |
coff | | buy |
coft | cofft | bought |
cog | coag | pail |
Cog | | a wooden drinking vessel |
Coggie | | dim. of cog |
Coil | | Coila |
cole | | haystack |
colf | | fill in+ stop up |
collieshangie | | brawl+ uproar |
collogue | | conference |
collop | | slice of meat |
collop | | portion |
comatee | | committee |
come | cum | come |
comed | | came |
comen | | came |
commands | commans | the ten commandments |
compare | compeir+ compear | appear before court |
complein | compleen | complain |
complouter | complooter | agree+ fit in or mix with |
conceit | consait | conceit |
confab | | talk |
conflummix | | an unwelcome surprise |
confuise | | confuse |
connach | | waste+ spoil+ consume |
conseeder | conseider | consider |
conteen | contein | contain |
conteena | conteina | continue |
conter | | oppose+ against |
contermacious | contermatious | perverse |
contrar | contrair | contrary |
convoy | | escort+ accompany |
cooch | | couch |
Cood | | cud. |
Coof | | v. cuif. |
Cookit | | hid. |
cooncil | | council |
coonsel | | counsel |
coont | | count |
Coor | | cover. |
COORDLY | | cowardly |
coorse | | stormy+ course+ coarse |
COORTED | | courted |
Cooser | | a courser |
Coost (i. e. | | cast) |
Cootie | | a small pail. |
Cootie | | leg-plumed. |
corbie | | crow |
Corbies | | ravens |
cordiner | | shoemaker |
Core | | corps. |
Corn mou | | corn heap. |
Corn't | | fed with corn. |
corp | | body+ corpse |
corrie-fistit | caur-+ caurie- | left+ left (handed) |
corrieneuch | | converse |
Corse | | corpse. |
Corss | | cross. |
cosy | cosie | cosy |
cottar | cotter | cottager |
cou | coo | cow |
couart | cooart+ cooard | coward |
coud | coud+ cud | could |
Cou'dna | | couldna |
couer | coor+ cooer | cower+ crouch |
coum | cu'm+ coom | culm |
Countra | | country. |
Coup | | to capsize. |
Couross | | Culross |
couter | cooter | nose |
Couter | Cooter | Coulter |
couthie | couthy | agreeable+ comfortable |
Couthie | | couthy |
COUTHY | | affable |
Cowe | | to scare |
Cowe | | to lop. |
cowp | coup | overturn+ buy or trade |
cowper | | a horse dealer |
cowt | | colt |
crabbit | | bad tempered |
crack | | chat+ news |
Crack | | tale; a chat; talk. |
cracker | craker | boaster |
CRACKIN' | | gossiping |
craft | | a skilled trade+ cunning+ |
craft | | croft |
Craft-rig | | croft-ridge. |
craichle | | croak |
craig | | crag+ neck |
Craig | | the throat. |
Craig | | a crag. |
Craigie | | dim. of craig |
Craigy | | craggy. |
craik | | croak |
Craik | | the corn-crake |
craitur | | creature |
cramassie | | crimson |
Crambo-clink | | rhyme. |
Crambo-jingle | | rhyming. |
crammock | | crooked staff+ walking stick |
cran | crann | iron tripod over fire for pots+ |
CRAN | | Scots measure of herring (37 1/2 gallons) |
crane | | cranberry |
crank | | difficult |
crankie | | unsteady+ insecure+ |
Crankous | | fretful. |
Cranks | | creakings. |
cranreuch | | hoar-frost |
crap | | crop |
Crap | | crop |
craw | craa | crow |
CRAW | | crow+ boast |
CRAWIN' | | crowing |
crawn | | crowed |
crawt | | crowed |
creash | creish | grease |
creashie | | greasy |
creel | creil | basket+ creel |
Creel | | an osier basket. |
creenge | creinge | cringe |
creep | creip | creep |
CREEPIE | | three legged stool |
Creepie-chair | | stool of repentance. |
creepie-stuil | | child's stool |
creepit | | crept |
Creeshie | | greasy. |
creuk | crook+ cruke+ cruik | hook+ lameness+ lame+ |
crew | | crowed |
crib | | curb |
crochle | | cough |
crock | | kill |
Crocks | | old ewes. |
cronie | crony | companion |
Crooded | | cooed. |
Croods | | coos. |
Croon | | moan |
Croon | | to toll. |
Crooning | | humming. |
Croose | | crouse |
crottle | | crumble+ a lichen |
Crouchie | | hunchbacked. |
croud | crood | crowd |
croun | croon | crown |
CROUSE | | arrogant |
Crousely | | confidently. |
crouss | crooss+ croose | cheerful |
crowdie | | a soft cheese |
Crowdie | | meal and cold water |
Crowdie-time | | porridge-time (i. e. |
Crowlin | | crawling. |
crub | | curb |
cruddle | | congeal |
cruds | | curds |
cruisie | crusie | a lamp |
cruive | cruve | fish trap+ pen |
cruldge | | contract+ cower+ crouch |
Crummie | | a horned cow. |
crummle | crum'le | crumble |
crummock | | short stocky |
Crummock | | cummock |
Crump | | crisp. |
crunkle | krunkil | rumple |
Crunt | | a blow. |
cruppen | | crept |
cruppen | | shrunken |
cry | | call+ name |
cryne | crine | shrink |
cuddie | cuddy | donkey |
Cuddle | | to fondle. |
cude | | hair-brained |
cuid | cood+ cude | cud (cows)+ shallow dish |
cuidna | cudna | couldn't |
cuif | coof+ cufe+ kufe | fool |
Cuif | | coof |
cuil | cule | cool |
cuisin | kizzen | cousin |
cuist | | cast |
CUIST | | cast |
cuisten | | cast |
cuit | cute | ankle |
cuitch | | caught |
culyie | | fondle+ cherish+ coax |
cummer | cum'er | cumber |
Cummernaud | | Cumbernauld |
Cummock | | v. crummock. |
cundie | cundy | drain |
cunyie | cunzie | coin+ gutter |
Curch | | a kerchief for the head. |
Curchie | | a curtsy. |
curcuddoch | | sitting side by side |
Curler | | one who plays at curling. |
Curmurring | | commotion. |
curn | | a few |
Curpin | | the crupper of a horse. |
Curple | | the crupper (i. e. |
curran | curn | currant |
currie | | small stool |
curtchie | | curtsey |
Cushat | | the wood pigeon. |
CUSHAT | | starling |
cushie | | ring-dove |
Custock | | the pith of the colewort. |
Cutes | | feet |
cuttie | cutty | short |
CUTTLE | | hare |
Cutty | | short. |
CUTTY STOOL | | wooden chair in which one had to sit in full view of the congregation if one was caught sinning. |
Cutty-stools | | stools of repentance. |