An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 178

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 178


COLLIE, COLLEY, _s._


1. The shepherds dog, S. A. Bor.


_Burns._


Ir. _cuilean_, Gael. _culie_, a little dog.


2. One who follows another constantly, S.


3. A lounger, one who hunts for a dinner.


_Calderwood._


_To_ COLLIE, _v. a._ To abash, to silence in an argument; in allusion to a dog, who, when mastered or affronted, walks off with his tail between his feet, Fife.


COLLIESHANGIE, _s._


1. An uproar, a squabble, S.


_Ross._


2. A ring of plaited gra.s.s or straw, through which a lappet of a womans gown, or fold of a mans coat is clandestinely thrust, in order to excite ridicule, Ang.


Perhaps from _collie_ and _shangie_, q. v.


COLPINDACH, _s._ A young cow that has never calved.


_Skene._


Gael. _colbhtach_, a cow calf.


COM, COME, _s._ Act of coming, arrival.


_Barbour._


A. S. _c.u.m_, _cyme_, adventus.


_To_ COME, _v. n._


1. To sprout, to spring; applied to grain, when it begins to germinate, S.


2. To sprout at the lower end; applied to grain in the process of malting, S.


_Chalm. Air._


Isl. _keim-a_, Germ. _kiem-en_, id.


COMERWALD, _adj._ Hen-pecked.


_Dunbar._


_Comer_, a gossip, and A. S. _wald_, power.


COMMEND, _s._ A comment, a commentary.


_Douglas._


COMMEND, _s._ A benefice _in commendam_.


_Douglas._


Fr. _commende_, L. B. _commenda_, id.


COMMON, COMMOUN. _To be in ones common_, to be obliged to one, S.


_Pitscottie._


_To quite a commoun_, to requite.


_Knox._


From _commons_ as signifying fare.


COMMONTIE, _s._


1. A common, S.


Lat. _communit-as_.


2. Community.


_Acts Ja. VI._


COMPARGES, _Leg._ _compaignyies_, companies.


_Houlate._







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