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Leighton, Revised by Alexander

"Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV."

_ a rafter.
COUR, _v. n._ to stoop; to crouch.
COUT, _s._ a young horse.
COUTH, COUTHY, _adj._ affable; facetious; affectionate;
pleasant.
COVE, _s._ a cave.
COW, KOW, _s._ a besom made of broom.
COWE, _v. n._ to beat; to overcome.
_To_ COW _v. a._ to poll the head; to cut; to prune;
to damp or frighten.
COWIT, _part. pr._. docked closely; cut; having short hair.
COWSHOT, CUSHIT, _s._ the ringdove.
_To_ CRACK, _v. a._ to talk.
CRAFT, _s._ a piece of ground adjoining a house.
CRAG, CRAGE, CRAIG, _s._ the neck; the throat. CRAIG,
_s._ a rock; a precipice.
_To_ CRAIK, _v.n_. the cry of a hen after laying.
CRANCH, _v. n._ the sound made by an animal in eating
bones or other hard substances. CRAP, _s._ a crop, the
produce of the soil; the craw of a fowl; the highest part of
anything.
_To_ CRAW, _s._ to crow; to boast.
CRAW, _s._ a crow. CREEK _of day_, dawn; the first
appearance of morning.
CREEPY, _s._ a low stool.
_To_ CREEP-IN, _v. n._ to shrink.
CREIL, CREEL, _s._ an osier basket.
CREISH, _s._ grease.
_To_ CREISH-A-LUFE, _v. a._ to give money as a bribe
or recompense.
CRINCH, _s._ a very small bit of anything.
_To_ CRINCH, _v. a._ to grind with the teeth.
_To_ CRINE, CROYNE, CRYNE, _v. n._ to shrivel; to
shrink.


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