An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 198

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 198


CRISP, CRISPE, _s._


1. Cobweb lawn.


Fr. _crespe_, id.


_Burel._


CRISTIE, CRISTY, _adj._ Perhaps curled. Dan. _kruset_, id.


_Acts Ja. II._


CRO, CROY, _s._ The satisfaction made for the slaughter of any man, according to his rank.


_Reg. Maj._


Gael. _cro_, cows, the reparation being made in cattle; or Ir.


_cr_, death.


_To_ CROAGH, (gutt.) _v. a._ To strangle, Fife.


CROCE, CROYS, _s._ One of the sails in a ship.


_Douglas._


Sw. _kryss-top_, the mizzen-top.


CROCHE, CROCHERT.


V. ~Hagbut~.


CROCHIT, _part. pa._ "Covered."


_Gawan and Gol._


CROCKONITION, _s._ Any thing bruised to pieces.


_Buchan._


CROFT-LAND, _s._ Land of superior quality, which was still cropped, S.


_Statist. Acc._


CROIL, CROYL, _s._ A distorted person, a dwarf.


Teut. kriel, _pumilus_.


_Polwart._


_To_ CROYN, CRONE, CRUNE, _v. n._


1. To cry as a bull does, in a low and hollow tone, S.


_Maitland Poems._


Belg. _kreun-en_, to whimper; Isl. _hryn-a_, grunnire.


2. To whine, to persist in moaning, S.


3. To hum, or sing in a low tone, S.


_Burns._


CROYN, CRUNE, CROON, _s._


1. A hollow continued moan, S.


_Douglas._


2. An incantation.


_Ramsay._


_To_ CROISE, _v. n._ To gossip, to talk a great deal about little, S. B.


Su. G. _krusa_, ficta in verbis civilitate uti.


~Crozie~, _adj._ Fawning, wheedling, Buchan.


CROISHTARICH, _s._ The fire-cross, or signal of war; a stake of wood, the one end dipped in blood, and the other burnt, (as an emblem of fire and sword,) which was conveyed with the greatest expedition, till it went through the whole tribe or country.


Gael. _croistara_, perhaps from _crois_, a cross, and _tara_, a mult.i.tude.


CROK, _s._ A dwarf, Ang.







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