An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 201

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 201


_Robertson._


CROWNER, _s._ The name of a fish.


V. ~Crooner~.


CROW-PURSE, _s._ The ovarium of a skate, Orkn.


CRUBAN, _s._ A disease of cows, S. B.


_Ess. Highl. Soc._


CRUBAN, _s._ A wooden pannier fixed on a horses back, Caithn.


_Statist. Acc._


CRUDS, _s. pl._ Curds, S.


_Shirrefs._


~Cruddy b.u.t.ter~, A kind of cheese, of which the curds, being poor, are mixed with b.u.t.ter, S.


_Sir J. Sinclair._


CRUE-HERRING, _s._ The Shad, Tupea Alosa, Linn.


_Pennant._


CRUELL, _adj._


1. Keen in battle.


_Wallace._


2. Resolute, undaunted.


_Wallace._


3. Terrible.


_Wallace._


4. Acute. "_Cruel_ pain," acute pain, S.


CRUELS, _s._ The kings evil, scrophula, S.


Fr. _ecrouelles_, id.


_Wodrow._


CRUER, _s._ A kind of ship; apparently the same with ~Crayar~, q. v.


_Mellvills MS._


CRUFE, CRUIFE, CROVE, _s._


1. A hovel, S. _cru_, S. B.


_Henrysone._


2. A stye.


_Skene._


Isl. _hroo_, _hroof_, structura vilis.


CRUISKEN _of whisky_, a certain measure of this liquor, Ang.


Dan. _kruus_, a cup.


CRUKE, _s._ A circle.


_Douglas._


Teut. _krok-en_, curvare.


CRUKIS, CROOKS, _s. pl._ The windings of a river, S.


_Wallace._


Isl. _krok-r_, angulus.


_To_ CRULGE, _v. a._ To contract, to draw together, S.


_Shirrefs._







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