Dunbar Being a Selection From the Poems of An Old Makar
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Boss, empty, hollow. Bowff, to bow or bark ; an imitative word. Braird, the first appearance of the leaf of germinat- ing corn ; what Chaucer calls "the tendre croppes. " Bude, behoved — with the idea of obligation or necessity. Suits, phonetically for "boots. " Burn, a brook. To fling anything down the burn is to part with it for ever. Cadger, travelling-merchant. Cd!s, calls ; drives. Cast, the quantity thrown to one's lot. Candles, candles. Cantit, leaning to one side ; or on the edge. Carli...ne, an old wife; from "ceorl. " "Carle" is an old man. 'Chacker, Exchequer. Chappin, a quart. Chaumer, chamber. Cheeny, china. Chiel\ \ c/^, jy° un s man > orlad - Chucky-slane, a small quartz pebble ; named from the sound. Chiise, choose. Claes, clothes. Cleed, clothe. Clegs or Glegs, gadflies, or "goad "-flies. Clock, hatch — said of a brood- hen ; from the sound. Cockerty, unsteadily poised. Cziisser, courser. Covetice, covetousness, greed. Couthie, comfortable or home-like, because known; from "cunnan, " to know.
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