| ca' | caa | caw |
kɑ |
to call, to name, summon |
in context |
| ca' | caa | caw |
|
urge on, to drive in |
in context |
| ca' | caa | caw |
|
keep in motion, turning, skipping |
in context |
| ca' | caa | caw |
kɑˈawɑ |
be driven, drive, keep going, drive in (hammering) |
in context |
| caw'd |
|
called |
in context |
| caw canny |
kɑˈkanɪ |
proceed warily |
in context |
| ca' the cows oot o the kail-yaird |
|
perform a very simple act |
|
| ca' someone for awthin |
|
verbally rubbish someone's reputation or person, verbal abuse |
|
| ca' thro' |
kɑˈθru |
work on heartily |
|
| caak |
|
cackle |
|
| cabbitch |
|
cabbage |
|
| cabble |
|
quarrel |
|
| caber |
ˈkebər |
a big heavy pole, straight slender tree trunk |
|
| toss the caber |
|
lift and throw the caber end over end so it lands at 12 o'clock - straight on - not having turned to any degree to either side - a sport at a Highland Games |
|
| cabbrach, cabroch |
ˈkabrəx |
lean, scraggy |
|
| cack | cawk | kach | keech |
kak |
human excrement, or to poop = void excrement |
in context |
| cackie |
|
covered in human excrement |
|
| caddie |
ˈkadɪ |
carrier, bearer, the helper who carries the golf clubs |
|
| cadge |
|
shake roughly, knock about |
in context |
| cadge |
|
peddle wares, carry, beg, sponge |
|
| cadger |
ˈkadʒər |
buyer and seller of no fixed abode, disagreeable person, a sponger |
|
| cadie |
|
a mans cap |
|
| cadgy |
|
cheerful |
|
| caduak |
|
an accidental gain |
|
| caff | cauf | cauff | cawf |
|
chaff for stuffing matresses |
|
| cahoutchie | cahoochie |
kaˈhutʃı |
rubber |
|
| cailleach |
ˈkeljəx |
an old woman, the last sheaf of corn |
|
| caip | kaip |
|
cope, coping stone |
|
| caird |
|
playing card, tinker |
|
| cairiage, cairriage |
|
carriage |
|
| cairiet |
|
carried |
|
| cairn |
kern |
a pyramid of loose stones, esp on hilltops and mountain tops |
|
| cairngorm |
|
a yellowish semi precious stone to be found when walking on the Cairngorm plateau - if you've a good eye and a bit of luck |
|
| cairpet |
ˈkerpɪt |
carpet |
|
| cairt |
kert |
map |
|
| cairtie | cairt |
kert |
cart go-cart |
in context |
| cairts |
|
playing cards |
in context |
| cairry | kerry | cairrie | cairry |
|
carry |
in context |
| cairry-on, kerry-on |
|
mischevious behaviour |
in context |
| cairry-oot, kerry-oot |
|
collection of drinks being taken to a party, a collection of drink from a visit to an off-license |
in context |
| caition |
|
deposit, caution |
|
| caiver | caver |
|
mumble |
|
| cake |
|
cake but often meaning an oatcake |
|
| nae worth yin cake |
|
worthless |
|
| caleery |
ˈkəˈlirɪ |
frivolous |
|
| callan | callant |
|
a customer, associate, youth |
|
| caller | callour |
|
fresh caught, picked or gathered, cool, refreshing |
in context |
| calshie |
kalʃɪ |
surly |
|
| cam |
kɑm |
came |
in context |
| caman |
|
the wooden club, or stick as it is now known, used in the game of shinty |
in context |
| camceil |
ˈkamˈsil |
sloping ceiling |
in context |
| cammelt |
|
crooked |
|
| campioun |
|
champion |
in context |
| camshauchle | camshachle |
ˈkamˈʃɑxl |
distorted, bent, twisted |
|
| camsheuch |
ˈkamˈʃux |
crabbed, cross grained, surly, perverse |
|
| camsteirie | camsteerie | camstairie |
kamˈsterı |
perverse, difficult to comprehend, inconsistent and conflicting, a complete pain in the arse |
in context |
| can | kin |
|
may / can |
in context |
| canallyie | canally |
kə′nɑlı |
rabble, a mob |
in context |
| candibrod |
|
sugar-candy |
|
| cangle |
kaŋl |
wrangle |
|
| canker |
|
fret, become ill tempered |
|
| cankerit |
|
ill-tempered |
|
| canna | canny | cannae |
|
may not / cannot |
in context |
| cannach |
ˈkanəx |
cotton grass |
|
| cannie | canny | kanny |
|
careful, prudent, also dexterous, skillful |
in context |
| cannie | canny |
|
exceptional, bringing luck, supernatural, not of this world |
in context |
| cannie | canny |
|
kind, pleasant |
in context |
| canniest |
|
quietest |
|
| canny gaun |
|
easy going |
|
| cant |
|
sing softly, tell old stories |
|
| cantie | canty |
|
cheerful, happy, contented |
in context |
| cantle |
|
build, set on high aslo strengthen, to stimulate |
in context |
| cantrip | cantraip | cantrap | cantrup |
|
magic spell, a piece of mischief |
in context |
| cantrum |
|
a mischievous idea |
in context |
| caochan |
kɛxən |
a stream, or the fermented brew before the process of distillation into spirits |
|
| cap |
|
wooden cup or bowl |
|
| He's as fou as cap or staup'll mak him |
|
completely drunk - as inebriated as cup or tap will make him |
|
| caper |
|
a bit of oatcake with butter and some good cheese - perfect to go with a nice distilled malt spirit |
|
| capercailzie | capercaillie |
ˈkapərˈkelji |
the wood grouse the game bird - game in that it's likely to have a go at giving you a good kicking if you're in the wrong place at the wrong time - and they can be really big |
in context |
| capernoitie |
ˈkapərˈnoitɪ |
capricious, crazy, irritable - probably from the game bird above |
|
| capestane | caipstane |
|
capstone |
|
| carb |
|
wrangle, quarrel |
|
| care | caer |
|
care |
|
| care na by |
|
do not care |
|
| carefu | carefae | carefie |
|
careful |
|
| carfuffle | curfuffle |
karˈfʌfl |
disorder, quarrel |
|
| cark |
|
a load, care, worry, fuss |
in context |
| carl | carls |
|
peasant, working men |
|
| carl-hemp |
|
male-hemp |
|
| carle | carlie |
ˈkarlɪ |
old man, fellow (disparagingly), a manikin |
in context |
| carline | carlin |
ˈkarlɪn |
old woman, Witch |
in context |
| carmele |
ˈkarˈmil |
heath-pea |
|
| carnaptious |
karˈnapʃəs |
irritable, quarrelsome |
in context |
| carrant |
|
expedition, sudden journey |
|
| carsackie |
|
an overall, smock |
|
| carse |
kars |
extensive low land along a river bank |
|
| carvie |
|
caraway |
|
| castock |
|
cabbage stalk |
|
| cat's een |
|
germander speedwell |
|
| cateran |
ˈkatərən |
highland maurader/s |
|
| catter |
|
to make a noise by striking, to babble, to prattle |
|
| cattiewurrie |
|
violent dispute, wrangle, wranglesome, quarrelsome |
in context |
| caucht |
|
caught |
|
| caudron | ca'dron |
|
caldron |
|
| cauf | ca'f |
kɑv |
calf |
|
| cauf-leather |
|
calf-leather |
|
| cauk | kalk |
|
chalk, lime |
|
| caul |
kɑl |
a weir or dam |
|
| cauld | caal | cowld |
kɑld |
cold |
in context |
| cauld kail het again |
|
a stale story, reheated food |
|
| cauldrif | cauldrife |
|
chilly, indifferent |
|
| caunle | can'le |
|
candle |
|
| caup |
|
cap |
|
| caur |
kɑr |
calves |
|
| causey | causie | cassie |
|
causeway, paved area |
|
| kiss the causey |
|
fall on your face, come a cropper |
|
| cavie |
|
a hen-coop, a children's game - base tig |
|
| cawd | ca'd |
|
drove |
|
| ceetie | ceety | ceitie |
ˈsitɪ |
city |
|
| ceevil | cievil |
|
civil |
|
| ceilidh |
kelı |
social gathering, often with story telling, singing, playing musical instruments, lots of scottish dances danced (some are ilk to a martial art), drinks drunk and just as it is about to slip into second gear - accompanied by oatcakes and stovies |
|
| cep |
|
except, unless |
|
| cepna | ceptna |
ˈsɛpnə |
except not |
|
| certie |
|
assuredly, to be certain |
in context |
| certies |
|
certainly |
|
| chack |
tʃak |
nip, a notch or groove, rabbet |
|
| chackart |
|
stonechat |
|
| chaff | check |
|
chafe, rub, wear |
|
| chaft |
tʃaft |
chin, jaw, cheeks |
in context |
| chaft blade |
|
jaw-bone, cheek-bone |
|
| burst their chafts |
|
came unstuck |
|
| chaiple |
|
chapel |
|
| chairge |
|
charge |
in context |
| champ |
|
mash, crush, munch, chew |
|
| chancer |
|
opportunist |
in context |
| chancie | chancy |
|
lucky, fortunate |
in context |
| change-house |
|
tavern |
|
| channel |
ˈtʃanl |
a gutter |
|
| channer |
|
grumble, shingle, gravel |
in context |
| chanter |
|
bagpipe chanter, the bit with the holes that the fingers play the melody on, training chanters let you practice without the bother of the bag or the drones etc - quieter too |
|
| chantie | chanty |
ˈtʃantɪ |
chamber-pot - for under the bed so you don't have to travel out to the privvy at night, or nowadays stagger across the room to the on-suite porcelain |
in context |
| chap | shap |
|
to strike, knock on a door |
in context |
| chapman |
|
packman, pedlar |
|
| chapper |
|
door knocker |
in context |
| chapper-up |
|
a person paid to be an alarm clock by going around banging on doors waking people up in time for their work |
|
| chappit-tatties |
|
mashed potatoes |
|
| chape | chaip |
tʃep |
cheap |
|
| chatter | chattered |
|
frayed |
|
| chatterin-bite, chitterin-bite, chittery-bite |
|
a warming morsel to eat for relief and protection from the cold after a swim |
in context |
| chattle | chauttle |
tʃatl |
nibble, chew feebly |
in context |
| chaumer | chalmer | chamer |
ˈtʃɑmər |
chamber , room |
|
| chaw | chow |
tʃʌu |
chew, provoke, make |
in context |
| cheek-for-chow |
|
cheek-by-jowl (i.e. close beside) |
|
| cheenge | cheinge |
|
change |
in context |
| cheenie | cheinie | cheeny |
|
china, porcelain |
|
| cheep | cheip |
ˈtʃip |
whisper, squeak, peep |
|
| cheuch | teuch | tyeuch |
ˈtʃux |
tough, durable |
in context |
| cheyne | chene | cheen | chine |
tʃəin |
chain |
in context |
| chib |
tʃɪb |
to stab or slash, the instrument such as a dagger or ice pick for stabbing or slashing with |
in context |
| chief | cheif |
ˈtʃif |
the boss, friendly term for a male stranger |
|
| chiel | cheild |
ˈtʃil |
lad, young man, fellow |
in context |
| chimley | chimbley |
ˈtʃɪmlə |
chimney |
|
| chimley-heid |
ˈtʃɪmləˈhid |
mantelpiece |
|
| chincoch | chincough |
ˈtʃɪncox |
whooping-cough |
|
| chitter |
|
tremble, shiver, chatter, |
in context |
| chitty rran |
|
wren |
|
| chock |
|
choke |
|
| chokit |
|
choked, to be choking |
in context |
| chook | choukie | chookie | chuk |
ˈtʃukɪ |
chicken |
in context |
| chowe | chow |
tʃʌu |
a quid of tobacco - to chew |
|
| chow |
|
the ball in shinty |
|
| chuck |
|
pebble or marble, chic |
|
| chuckie-stanes |
ˈtʃʌkɪstens |
pebbles |
in context |
| chuffie |
|
fat-faced, portly |
|
| chum |
|
accompany as a friend |
|
| chuse | choise |
|
to choose |
|
| citiner |
|
a citizen |
|
| clachan |
ˈklaxən |
village, hamlet also local ale house |
in context |
| claddach |
ˈkladəx |
gravelly banks and bed of a river |
|
| claes |
ˈklez |
clothes |
in context |
| clag |
|
clog, smear, block up |
in context |
| claggy |
klagi |
heavy sticky soil |
|
| claik |
|
gossip, a barnacle, besmear with stuff that's sticky |
|
| clamb |
kleθ |
climbed |
in context |
| claimed |
|
verbal notification of being chosen by another to a fight or a beating |
in context |
| claith | cloot | clout |
kleθ |
cloth |
in context |
| clamihewit |
|
a blow, a thrashing, uproar |
|
| clamjamfrie | clanjamfrie | clamjamphry |
klamˈdʒamfrɪ |
a mob, vulgar crowd |
in context |
| clamp |
|
patch,mend, or a vegetable mound covered in hay with packed soil over it to protect the contents from frost and wet through the winter |
|
| clamp |
|
(curling) iron grip worn on the shoe to prevent slipping on the ice |
|
| clan |
|
extended family group |
|
| clankie |
|
a severe knock |
|
| clairet |
|
claret - the other Scottish national drink besides whisky - down to the auld alliance - France and Scotland |
|
| clap |
|
clap, a heavy blow |
|
| clap |
|
pat affectionately |
in context |
| clapped oot |
|
worn out |
|
| clappin |
|
patting affectionately |
in context |
| clark |
|
a clerk |
|
| clarkit |
|
clerked |
|
| clart | clairt | clert |
|
soil, stickiness, mud, mire |
|
| clarty |
|
muddy |
in context |
| clash-bag |
|
a tell tale, a stool pigeon |
in context |
| clasher |
|
an idle tale, gossip |
|
| clat |
|
a soft lump, clot |
|
| clatter |
|
gossip, scandal, defamatory talk, confidential talk. |
in context |
| clatter-bag | clatter-bash |
|
a tell tale, a gossip |
|
| clatch |
|
a wet dirt lump, dirty person |
|
| claucher |
klɑxər |
move with difficulty as through treacle |
|
| claucht | claught | clacht |
|
grasped |
|
| claver | claiver |
ˈklevər |
gossip |
|
| clash-ma-claiver | clishmaclaver |
ˈklaʃməˈklevr |
a gossiping (group) |
|
| claver |
ˈklevər |
clover |
|
| claw |
klɑ |
a scratch or to scratch |
|
| clay-cauld |
|
clay-cold. |
|
| claymore |
|
a two-handed double edged Highland sword - very big |
|
| cleck | cloak |
|
hatch |
|
| cleckin |
|
a brood |
|
| cleckin-hen |
|
brooding hen |
|
| cleed | cleid |
klid |
to clothe |
|
| cleek | cleik |
klik |
a catch, a hook, grasp, link, snatch |
in context |
| cleekit |
|
grasped |
|
| cleesh |
|
whip |
|
| cleester |
klistər |
bedaub, plaster |
|
| cleg | gleg |
|
horsefly - with a bite like a red hot poker burn and lands like an undetectable gentle breeze |
|
| cleuch | cleugh |
kl(j)ux |
gorge, ravine, cliff, crag |
in context |
| cleuk | clook | cluke |
kluk |
a claw, a hand also to scratch with or catch with a claw |
in context |
| cley |
|
clay |
|
| click |
klɪk |
girlfriend, new romantic partner, a catch |
in context |
| clim |
|
climb |
|
| clinch |
|
limp |
|
| clink |
|
a sharp stroke, to chink |
|
| clink |
klɪnk |
jail |
|
| clippie |
|
female ticket collector on the busses (from clipping the tickets) |
|
| clips |
|
shears |
|
| clish |
|
repeat gossip |
|
| cliver | cluver | klivver |
|
clever |
|
| cleverality |
|
cleverness |
|
| clocher |
kloxər |
bronchial mucus, to clear |
|
| clock | klok |
|
brood |
|
| clockbees |
|
flying beetles |
|
| clocker |
|
beetle |
|
| clood | clud |
klud |
cloud |
|
| clood-kittler |
|
skyscraper |
|
| cloot | clout | clowt |
|
a cloth, a patch, slap strike |
|
| clootie-dumpling |
|
a suet and fruit dumpling boiled in a cloth - much tastier than it sounds. An all rounder - hot slices can be eaten as a pudding with milk or custard, or cold eaten like cake with tea, or fried as part of a fry-up |
|
| close | closs |
klos |
narrow covered entry passageway to a common stair in tenement flats and also continues onto the back courtyard with drying greens |
|
| clour | clour |
|
a bump or swelling after a blow, a bruise |
|
| clowe |
klʌu |
a clove |
|
| cluff |
|
hit with the curved palm, cuff |
|
| cludgie |
|
lavatory |
in context |
| cluif | clufe |
kløf |
hoof |
|
| clunk |
|
to make a hollow sound |
|
| clype | clipe |
kləip |
inform against or informer, to tell on |
in context |
| clype-cams |
|
surveylance cameras |
|
| clytach |
|
incomprehensible babble |
|
| clyte | clite |
|
rap knuckles, a smart blow |
|
| coble |
|
a broad and flat boat |
|
| coch |
cox |
cough |
|
| cock |
|
(curling) the circle at the end of the rink that the stones are aimed at, raise a fist in a threatening manner |
|
| cock-a-lorie |
|
eetum, peetum, penny pie, cock-a-lorie, jinkie jye counting-out rhyme |
|
| cockieleerie |
ˈkokɪˈlirɪ |
crowing of the cock at dawn, the cock |
|
| cocks |
|
fellows |
|
| cod | coad |
|
a pillow, stones acting as supports for a construction |
|
| codgie |
|
comfortable |
in context |
| coff |
|
buy |
|
| cog | coag | coagie |
|
wooden pail or wooden drinking vessel |
|
| coggle |
ˈkogl |
to wobble, totter, about to fall |
|
| cole |
|
a haycock |
|
| colf |
kolf |
fill in, stop up |
|
| coll | collie |
|
(curling) a line drawn across the rink, a stone that fails to cross that line towards the tee and therefore fails to count |
|
| collie | cogle |
|
dog, the border collie the black and white kind that herds up sheep to whistles and intemperant shouting |
|
| colliebuction |
ˈkolɪˈbʌkʃən |
a nosiy squabble |
|
| collieshangie |
ˈkɔlɪˈʃaŋɪ |
brawl, uproar, dog fight |
in context |
| collogue |
|
whispered conference, chat |
|
| collop |
|
slice of meat |
|
| come forrit |
|
growth, make progress |
|
| come in bye |
|
come in and be near |
|
| complein | compleen |
|
complain, be unwell |
|
| compluther | complooter |
|
agree, fit in or mix with |
|
| consait |
|
conceit |
|
| confab |
|
talk in a group, confabulation, meeting |
|
| confeerance |
|
conferance |
|
| conflummix |
|
confusion, bewilderment, an unwelcome surprise |
in context |
| confooter |
|
confound |
|
| connach |
ˈkonəx |
waste, spoil, consume |
|
| conseeder | conseider |
|
consider |
|
| conteen | contein |
|
contain |
|
| conter | coonter |
|
oppose, against |
in context |
| contermacious | contermatious |
|
perverse |
in context |
| contrar | contrair |
|
contrary |
|
| convoy |
|
escort, accompany |
|
| coo | cou |
|
a cow |
|
| coo's lick |
|
cowlick, tuft of hair hanging over the forehead |
in context |
| It's bi the mooth o the coo that the milk comes |
|
It is through the mouth of the cow that the milk comes,- if you neglect your preparation, don't expect a good end result |
|
| cooard |
|
coward |
|
| cooch |
|
couch |
|
| cood |
|
cud |
|
| coof |
|
a rogue, fool, coward |
in context |
| cook |
|
dissapear, dodge in and out of view |
|
| coom | cowm |
|
soot, dust from the fire or the fuel |
|
| coomceil |
ˈkumˈsil |
an arched ceiling |
|
| cooncil |
|
council |
|
| coonciller | cooncillor |
|
counciller, one who gives council |
in context |
| coonsel |
|
counsel |
|
| coont |
|
count |
in context |
| coontenance |
|
count |
in context |
| coordly |
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cowardly |
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| coorse |
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coarse, foul weather, rough and disagreeable |
in context |
| coorted |
|
courted |
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| cooser |
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a stallion |
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| coot |
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the guillemot |
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| cootie |
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a small pail |
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| cootie |
ˈkutɪ |
leg-plumed |
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| corbett |
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Scottish peaks between 2500 and 3000 feet in height which one can visit one by one to collect similar as to how some collect Munros |
in context |
| corbies |
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ravens, sometimes rooks or crows |
in context |
| corbie stanes |
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the steps on a stepped gable end of a building |
in context |
| cordiner |
|
shoemaker |
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| core |
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(curling) a team of curlers, a company |
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| corn kist |
|
corn storage bin |
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| corn kister |
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one type of song sung at a bothy ballads evening |
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| corn mou |
|
corn heap |
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| corn't |
|
fed with corn |
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| waur to water than to corn |
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addicted to drink |
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| coronach |
ˈkorənəx |
funeral lament, dirge |
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| corp | corse |
|
body, corpse |
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| corrie |
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a hollow on the side of a mountain |
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| corrie-fistit | caur-fistit | caurie-fistit |
|
left, left handed |
in context |
| corrieneuchin |
korɪˈnjuxɪn |
conversing intimately |
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| cors |
|
search for |
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| cosh |
|
snug, cosy |
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| cottar | cotter |
|
tenant in a cottage |
in context |
| couart | cooart | cooard |
|
coward |
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| couldnae | couldny | couldnie | cudnae | cudna |
|
could not |
in context |
| couer | coor | cooer |
|
cower, crouch |
in context |
| coorie | courie | coory |
|
crouch down beside someone for protection, snuggle in, nestle |
in context |
| courie in | coorie in |
|
snuggling in |
in context |
| coup | cowp |
kʌup |
to capsize, turn over, a rubbish tip, buy or trade |
in context |
| coupon |
|
the face, the football pools competition |
in context |
| couthie | couthy |
kuθɪ |
affable, agreeable |
in context |
| cowe |
kʌu |
crop, cut, rebuke |
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| cower |
|
get well again, revive |
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| cowper |
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a horse dealer |
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| cowt |
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colt, coltish person |
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| coz | cuz |
kɑz |
because |
in context |
| crabbit |
|
bad tempered |
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| crack | craik |
|
chat, news, boast |
in context |
| craft |
|
a skilled trade, cunning |
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| craft-rig |
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croft-ridge |
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| craichle |
krexli |
croak |
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| craig | crag |
kreg |
neck, throat, a crag, a rugged cliff |
in context |
| craik |
|
croak, the corn-crake |
|
| craitur | craiter |
ˈkretər |
creature |
in context |
| cramassie |
|
crimson |
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| crambo-clink |
|
rhyme |
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| crammock | cummock |
|
crooked staff, walking stick |
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| cran | crann |
kran |
iron tripod over fire for pots, crane, crane the bird |
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| cran |
|
Scots measure of herring (37 and a half gallons), a tap |
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| crane |
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cranberry |
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| crank |
|
harsh noise, difficult |
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| crankie | cranky |
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unsteady, insecure, bad tempered, fractious |
in context |
| crankous |
|
fretful |
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| cranks |
|
creakings |
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| crannie | cranniedoodlie | cranniewanny |
|
little finger |
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| crannog |
|
a round dwelling big enough to house a very big extended family on the edge of a loch built on poles over the water near the shore - some think they were defensive structures, so do I - defense against the bloody midges, out over the loch the breeze keeps them at bay |
in context |
| cranreuch |
|
hoar-frost |
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| crap |
|
crop |
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| craw | craa |
|
a crow, to boast |
in context |
| be shot wi the craws |
|
get in trouble through bad associates |
|
| creash | creish |
kriʃ |
grease, tallow |
in context |
| creel | creil |
kril |
a deep basket, on the back mainly for fish or peats, fish trap, a lobster pot |
in context |
| creenge | creinge |
|
cringe |
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| creepie |
|
three legged stool |
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| creepit |
kripɪt |
crept |
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| creuk | crook | cruke, cruik |
|
hook, lameness, lame |
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| crib |
|
curb |
|
| criffins | crivens |
ˈkrɪvnz |
expressing astonishment |
in context |
| crittle | crittel |
|
a broken piece, particle |
in context |
| crivens jings, help ma boab, the big yins goan an goat ma job |
|
goodness gracious, heaven help me, the chap known as the big man has been given my job |
|
| crochle | croichle |
kroxl |
limp, cough |
|
| crock |
|
an old ewe, croak |
|
| croft |
kroft |
a small agricultural unit, most of which are situated in the north of Scotland with most averaging out at 5 hectares in size but can be 0.5 or 50 in some cases. |
|
| crofter |
|
normally the tenant of the croft, paying rent to the landlord, but many others have purchased their crofts and are owner-occupiers. |
|
| crog |
|
a big hand |
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| cronie | crony |
|
companion |
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| croodle |
|
cower, nestle |
|
| croon |
krun |
bellow, roar, lament |
|
| crote |
|
a particle, a crumb |
|
| crottle | crotal |
|
a lichen that can produce a reddish brown dye - cudbear, fragment, crumb |
|
| crotly |
krotlɪ |
crumbly |
in context |
| croud | crood |
|
crowd |
|
| croun | croon |
krun |
crown |
in context |
| crouse | crous |
krus |
bold, arrogant, cheerful |
|
| crousely |
|
confidently |
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| crouss | crooss | croose |
|
cheerful |
|
| crowdie | croodie |
krʌudɪ |
a soft cheese, also oatmeal and cold water mixed and eaten raw |
in context |
| crowdie-time |
|
porridge-time |
|
| crub |
|
curb, cattle crib |
|
| cruban |
ˈkrubən |
the crab |
in context |
| cruddle |
|
congeal |
|
| cruds |
|
curds |
|
| cruik |
krjuk |
crook, hook |
|
| cruisie | crusie |
ˈkruzɪ |
an open boat shaped lamp with a wick made from the pith of rush with butter or fat as fuel |
|
| cruive | cruve |
krøv |
fish trap made of stakes, pen |
|
| crulge |
krʌldʒ |
cower, crouch |
|
| crummock |
ˈkrʌmək |
stick with a crooked head, shepherds crook |
|
| crump |
|
crisp |
|
| crunkle | krunkil |
|
crinkle, crackle |
|
| crunt |
|
a heavy blow |
|
| cry |
|
call, name |
|
| cry doon |
|
suppress |
|
| cryne | crine |
|
shrink, fear |
|
| cuddie | cuddy |
kʌdɪ |
donkey, horse, joiners trestle, a small tub |
in context |
| cuddle |
|
sit close to, marble close to the target |
|
| cude |
kød |
hair-brained |
|
| cuid | cood | cude |
|
a shallow tub, for milk |
|
| cuif | coof | cufe | kufe |
|
fool |
|
| cuik |
kj uk |
cook |
in context |
| cuil | cule |
køl |
cool |
in context |
| cuisin | kizzen |
|
cousin |
|
| cuist |
|
cast |
|
| cuit | cute |
køt |
ankle, fetlock |
|
| cuiter |
|
mend, patch up, pamper |
in context |
| cuitch |
|
caught |
|
| cullen skink |
|
smoked fish soup |
|
| culyie |
ˈkʌljɪ |
fondle, cherish, coax |
|
| cummer | cumber | cumer |
|
trouble, distress |
|
| cundie | cundy |
kʌndɪ |
cast iron slotted covered drain in the gutter - esp of Dundee |
in context |
| cunyie | cunzie |
ˈkʌnjɪ |
money, coin |
|
| curch |
|
a kerchief for the head |
|
| curchie | curtchie |
ˈkʌrʃɪ |
a curtsy |
|
| curcuddoch |
kʌrˈkʌdjəx |
sitting close together side by side |
|
| curler |
|
one who takes part in the sport of curling - throwing big heavy stones to roar down the ice with accuracy of aim and heft. |
|
| curling-stone |
|
made of granite - the best of which is blue hone granite from Ailsa Craig - of a weight between 38 and 44 pounds with a maximum circumference of 36 inches and a minimum height of 4.5 inches with a handle on a flattish top and a flattish but concave base to provide minimumn contact with the ice |
|
| curmurring |
|
a grumbling of talk |
|
| curn |
|
a few |
|
| curpin | curple |
|
the crupper of a horse |
|
| currach | currok |
ˈkʌrəx |
a coracle, a light circular dish shaped boat made of hide stretched over bent laths of wood |
in context |
| curran | curn |
|
currant |
|
| currie |
|
small stool |
|
| currieboram |
ˈkʌrɪˈborəm |
confused, a frightened crowd |
|
| currieshang |
ˈkʌrɪˈʃaŋ |
a quarrel |
|
| cushat |
ˈkʌʃət |
the wood pigeon, the starling |
|
| cushie |
|
ring-dove, affectionate call to a pet |
in context |
| cuthill |
ˈkʌθl |
a grove, small wood |
|
| cuttag |
|
a middle sized dumpy woman |
|
| cutter |
|
hip flask holding half a mutchkin of whisky. Yum... |
|
| cuttie | cutty |
|
short |
|
| cuttle |
ˈkʌtl |
whet, sharpen, give a sharp edge to |
in context |
| cutty sark |
ˈkʌtɪˈsark |
a short shirt, a shift |
in context |
| cutty-stool |
|
wooden three legged stool on which one had to sit in full view of the congregation if one had been caught sinning |
in context |
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