An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 207

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 207

2. Natural clover, S. Orkn.


_Neill._


~Curldoddies~, _s. pl._ Curled cabbage, S.


CURLIES, _s. pl._ Colewort, of which the leaves are _curled_. S. B.


CURLOROUS, _adj._ Churlish, n.i.g.g.ardly.


_Bannatyne Poems._


A. S. _ceorl_, rusticus.


CURMURRING, _s._ Grumbling; that motion of the intestines produced by slight gripes, S.


_Burns._


Teut. _koer-en_, gemere; _morr-en_, mur-murare.


CURN, KURN, _s._


1. A grain, a single seed, S.


2. A particle, part of a grain, S.


_Chalm. Air._


3. A quant.i.ty, an indefinite number, S.


4. A number of persons, S.


_Journ. Lond._


Moes. G. _kaurno_, Su. G. _korn_, a grain.


~Curny~, _adj._ Grainy, S. Germ. _kernicht_.


CURPHOUR, _s._ The curfew.


_Bannatyne Poems._


CURPLE, _s._ A crupper, S.


Fr. _croupe_.


CURPON, CURPIN, _s._


1. The rump of a fowl, S.


2. Applied ludicrously to the b.u.t.tocks of man, S.


_Burns._


Fr. _cropion_, the rump.


_To_ CURR, _v. n._ To coo, S.


V. ~Curmurring~.


_To_ CURR, _v. n._ To lean.


Isl. _kure_, avium more reclinatus quiesco.


CURRACH, CURROK, _s._ A skiff or small boat.


Gael. _curach_.


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


CURRACK, CURROCH, _s._ A small cart made of twigs, S. B.


_Statist. Acc._


Gael. _cuingreach_, a cart or waggon.


CURSOUR, S. COUSER, CUSSER, _s._ A stallion.


_Wallace._


Fr. _coursiere_, a tilting horse.


CUSCHe, CUSSe, _s._ Armour for the thighs.


_Wyntown._