An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 208
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 208
Fr. _cussot_, id. from _cuisse_, the thigh.
CUSCHETTE, _s._ A ringdove.
V. ~Kowschot~.
CUSHLE-MUSHLE, _s._ Earnest and continued muttering, S. B.
_Ross._
Su. G. _kusk-a_, to soothe; _musk-a_, to hide.
CUSYNG, _s._ Accusation.
_Wallace._
CUSSER, _s._
V. ~Cursour~.
CUSTOC, _s._
V. ~Castock~.
CUSTOMAR, CUSTOMER, _s._ One who receives duty on goods, S.
_Acts Ja. IV._
CUSTROUN, _s._ A low-born fellow.
_Polwart._
O. Fr. _coestron_, batard, enfant illegitime; Gl. Roquefort.
CUT, _s._ A lot. _To draw cuts_, to determine by lot.
_Douglas._
CUT, _s._ A certain quant.i.ty of yarn, S.
_Statist. Acc._
CUTE, COOT, _s._ The ankle, S.
Teut. _kuyte_, sura.
_Lyndsay. Dunbar._
CUTE, _s._ A thing of no value.
_Dunbar._
CUTE, _adj._ Clever, expert, S. B.
A. S. _cuth_, expertus.
_To_ CUTER, _v. a._ To c.o.c.ker, S.
V. ~Kuter~.
CUTH, COOTH, _s._ The coalfish, before it be fully grown, Orkn.
_Statist. Acc._
CUTHERIE, CUDDERIE, _adj._ Very susceptible of cold, S. B.
Belg. _koud_, cold, and _ryk_, denoting full possession of any quality.
CUTIKINS, _s. pl._ Spatterdashes, S.
From _cute_, the ancle.
_To_ CUTLE, _v. n._ To wheedle; _To cutle in with_ one, id. S.
_Pitscottie._
Teut. _quedel-en_, garrire.
_To_ CUTLE, _v. a. To cutle corn_, to carry corn out of water-mark to higher ground, W. Loth. _cuthil_. Perths.
Sax. _kaut-en_, Su. G. _kiut-a_, mutare.