An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 197

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 197


1. To grease, S.


_Kelly._


2. Metaph. applied to the use of money, S.


_Ferguson._


3. _To criesh ones lufe_, to give money as a veil, or as a bribe, S.


_Journal Lond._


~Creische~, ~Creesh~, _s._ Grease, S.


_Dunbar._


Fr. _graisse_, id.


2. A stroke, a blow, S.


_Ferguson._


~Creischie~, ~Creishy~, _adj._ Greasy, S.


_Lyndsay._


CREYST, _s._ One who is both diminutive and loquacious, Border.


Teut. _kroes-en_, to contract.


CREPARIS, _s. pl._ Grapnels of iron, S. _creepers_.


_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._


CREVISH, _s._ A crayfish.


_Baillie._


CREWIS, _pres. v._ Perhaps, craves.


A. S. _craf-ian_, id.


_Houlate._


_To_ CRY, _v. a._ To proclaim the bans of marriage, S.


_To_ ~Cry~, _v. n._ To be in labour, S.


~Crying~, _s._ Childbirth, S.


_Galloway._


CRYKES, _pl. s._ Angles.


_Barbour._


A. S. _crecca_, a creek.


_To_ CRIMP, _v. a._ To plait nicely, S.


Sw. _krymp-a_, to shrink.


_To_ CRINCH, _v. a._


1. To grind with the teeth.


2. _To crinch the teeth_, to gnash.


Fr. _grinc-er les dents_, id.


CRINCH, _s._ A very small bit of any thing, S.


_To_ CRINE, CRYNE, _v. n._


1. To shrivel, S.


_Evergreen._


2. To diminish money by clipping it.


Ir. _krion-am_, to wither.


_Douglas._


CRINKIE-WINKIE, _s._ A contention, S. B.


Su. G. _kraenka_, to be vexed.







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