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282 *Crooning, 224, humming over a tune. Croon under croyn in Jam. a very unusual form; "to whine" certainly wrong; happiness and contentment implied rather. (J. B. F.)
 * Crooss, 70, 86; only in Sc., from Frisian. N. Eng. crous, Du. krys, curled, Fr. krûs, curly
 * Croude, 58, a fiddle; W. crwth, a violin
 * Croupie, 13, croaky. Imitative conn. with crow, croak
 * Cruden, crùban, 102, 116, crab or partan (Sc.). Ir. crubadh, to bend, crook, N. krjup-a, to creep, Sc. cruppen, bowed
 * Crummie, 131, the "cow with the crumpled horn"
 * Crummock, 107, staff with a crooked head. Gael. cromag, from crom, crooked
 * Croon o' the causey, 169, centre of roadway
 * Cry, 87, 92, to call, a call
 * Cry on, 92
 * Cuif, 136
 * Cum by chance, 189, Bord.
 * Cummins, 140, 175, Fi. Jam. "cumming, a vessel for holding wort." Cog. coomb, O. E. cumb, Ger. Kumme, a vessel
 * Cundeth, 172, Cu. var. of condie, which see
 * Curators, curátors, 80
 * Curly-andrew, 123, Fi.
 * Curly-doddy, 123, 163, doddy, polled, what has a rounded head, wild scabious, ribwort plantain. Children apply it to scabious or Devil's-bit—


 * Curn, 86, 104, 138, var. of corn.

"I hae na a corn," Shet. A curney, a large number, as "a curney of piltacks" or coal-fish (Shet.)
 * Cushie, 124, cushat or stock-dove
 * Cuss-in, 13, cousin
 * Customer (tailor), 188
 * Cutchick, 129, Mo. prob. Gael. dim. cooch-ack, in dog-couch, a kennel, and syn. with chicken-cavie or hen-coop. Not in N. E. D.
 * Cüte, 152, Mo., queet, Ab. Cuit, the ankle, is "not given (Jam. I. 548), and no cross-reference to coot nor cute." (J. B. F.)
 * Cuttit, 88, cut
 * Cutty soam, 103, North. cutty, short; subst. a wanton. See soum, seme, sime, simmins.
 * Cworn, 23, 181–2, 253, Go.; later, kaurn, Cu.


 * D, intrusive in adjectives, 195; elided, 111, 178, 210
 * D in -d,-ed, 36
 * Dad, 139, 174, a rough blow, a lump of anything; dawd, daud, "not given, but dodd is (Jam. II. 72), to move by succassation!" (J. B .F.)
 * daddjan, 250, Go. to suck, cog. with Lat. filia
 * Daffin, frolic, not in E. D. D.
 * Daft, 69, imbecile. No. Go. stem dab, in ga-daban, to happen, gives daft and deft; or. sense, fit, apt, then inoffensive; cf. silly and Ger. selig.—N. E. D.
 * Dags, 23, Go. day
 * Daichie, 132, 172, 217, dough, duff, (dial.). Fris. deeg, Du. deg, Ger. Teig, Go. daig-s; or. sense, "what is kneaded;" Eng. doughy, pallid, deighle, a simpleton.—E. E. D. Not in N. E. D.
 * Daidle, daidlie, 128, No. pinafore; cog. dawdle; dud, Gael. dud, a rag, "or. unknown."—N. E. D.
 * Daiff, daubs, 18, Go. deaf, af-daubnan, to grow dull. The or. long vowel pres. in Sc.
 * Daing, haing, 115, 116, minced oaths
 * Dairgie, dirge, 74, 227, funeral feast. Lat. "Domine, dirige nos," in the office for the dead


 * Daizter, 169, Yks., worker by day, not by piece.—E. E. D. Not in N. E. D.