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- Crooning, 224, humming over a tune. Croon under croyn in Jam. a very unusual form; "to whine" certainly wrong; happiness and contentment implied rather. (J. B. F.)
- Crooss, 70, 86; only in Sc., from Frisian. N. Eng. crous, Du. krys, curled, Fr. krûs, curly
- Croude, 58, a fiddle; W. crwth, a violin
- Croupie, 13, croaky. Imitative conn. with crow, croak
- Cruden, crùban, 102, 116, crab or partan (Sc.). Ir. crubadh, to bend, crook, N. krjup-a, to creep, Sc. cruppen, bowed
- Crummie, 131, the "cow with the crumpled horn"
- Crummock, 107, staff with a crooked head. Gael. cromag, from crom, crooked
- Croon o' the causey, 169, centre of roadway
- Cry, 87, 92, to call, a call
- Cry on, 92
- Cuif, 136
- Cum by chance, 189, Bord.
- Cummins, 140, 175, Fi. Jam. "cumming, a vessel for holding wort." Cog. coomb, O. E. cumb, Ger. Kumme, a vessel
- Cundeth, 172, Cu. var. of condie, which see
- Curators, curátors, 80
- Curly-andrew, 123, Fi.
- Curly-doddy, 123, 163, doddy, polled, what has a rounded head, wild scabious, ribwort plantain. Children apply it to scabious or Devil's-bit—
"Curly doddy, do my biddin,
Soop my hooss and shool my midden."
"Chambers' Rhymes."
- Curn, 86, 104, 138, var. of corn.
"An' mix the gusty ingans wi' a curn o' spice."—"Gentle Shepherd."
"I hae na a corn," Shet. A curney, a large number, as "a curney of piltacks" or coal-fish (Shet.)
- Cushie, 124, cushat or stock-dove
- Cuss-in, 13, cousin
- Customer (tailor), 188
- Cutchick, 129, Mo. prob. Gael. dim. cooch-ack, in dog-couch, a kennel, and syn. with chicken-cavie or hen-coop. Not in N. E. D.
- Cüte, 152, Mo., queet, Ab. Cuit, the ankle, is "not given (Jam. I. 548), and no cross-reference to coot nor cute." (J. B. F.)
- Cuttit, 88, cut
- Cutty soam, 103, North. cutty, short; subst. a wanton. See soum, seme, sime, simmins.
- Cworn, 23, 181–2, 253, Go.; later, kaurn, Cu.
D
- D, intrusive in adjectives, 195; elided, 111, 178, 210
- D in -d,-ed, 36
- Dad, 139, 174, a rough blow, a lump of anything; dawd, daud, "not given, but dodd is (Jam. II. 72), to move by succassation!" (J. B .F.)
- daddjan, 250, Go. to suck, cog. with Lat. filia
- Daffin, frolic, not in E. D. D.
- Daft, 69, imbecile. No. Go. stem dab, in ga-daban, to happen, gives daft and deft; or. sense, fit, apt, then inoffensive; cf. silly and Ger. selig.—N. E. D.
- Dags, 23, Go. day
- Daichie, 132, 172, 217, dough, duff, (dial.). Fris. deeg, Du. deg, Ger. Teig, Go. daig-s; or. sense, "what is kneaded;" Eng. doughy, pallid, deighle, a simpleton.—E. E. D. Not in N. E. D.
- Daidle, daidlie, 128, No. pinafore; cog. dawdle; dud, Gael. dud, a rag, "or. unknown."—N. E. D.
- Daiff, daubs, 18, Go. deaf, af-daubnan, to grow dull. The or. long vowel pres. in Sc.
- Daing, haing, 115, 116, minced oaths
- Dairgie, dirge, 74, 227, funeral feast. Lat. "Domine, dirige nos," in the office for the dead
"An' he helps to drink his ain draigie."
"Ballad."
- Daizter, 169, Yks., worker by day, not by piece.—E. E. D. Not in N. E. D.
