Care na by
do not care.
Carl, carle
a man, an old man.
Carl-hemp
male-hemp.
Carlie
a manikin.
Carlin
carline a middle-aged or old woman; a beldam, a witch.
carline
old woman
carlish
boorish; churlish
Carmagnole
a violent Jacobin.
carnaptious
crabbed; bad-tempered
carritch
the catechism
Cartes
playing-cards.
Cartie
dim. of cart.
cast up
accuse; recall spitefully
Catch-the-plack
the hunt for money.
caudron
cauldron
Caudron
a caldron.
Cauf
calf.
cauf kintra
birth-place; native district
Cauf-leather
calf-leather.
Cauk
chalk.
Cauld
cold.
cauld
cold
Cauld
Cold
Caulder
Colder
Cauldron
caldron.
Caup
a wooden drinking vessel.
caurrie-haundit
left handed
Causey-cleaners
causeway-cleaners.
Cavie
a hen-coop.
caw
drive, turn (e.g. rope, wheel)
ceety haw
city hall
ceilidh
dance, social gathering. A Scottish Gaelic word for ?visit?, as these began as informal gatherings in individual?s homes.
ceilidh dancing
informal, cheerful, lively dancing to Celtic music played on the fiddle, flute, tin whistle, accordion, bodhran, small bagpipes, usually performed in lines of 2 or more dancers.
Celtic knots
decorative knots that are interwoven with no beginning and no end
certes
assuredly; certainly
ceud mile failte
a familiar Celtic greeting, translated as a hundred, thousand welcomes
chaft
cheek; jaw
chaipel
a wedding chapel
chairge
charge; cost; expense
Chamer, chaumer
chamber.
Change-house
tavern.
Chanter
bagpipes; the pipe of the bag-pipes which produces the
chantie
chamber pot, used in Bridal hazing
chantie
chamberpot
Chanty Rastler
Plumber
chap
hammer; knock; stroke of clock or bell
Chap
a fellow, a young fellow.
Chap
to strike.
Chapman
a pedler.
Charred
Drunk
Chaup, chap
a stroke, a blow.
Chear
cheer.
Chearfu'
cheerful.
Chearless
cheerless.
Cheary
cheery.
Cheek-for-chow
cheek-by-jowl (i.e. close beside).
Cheep
peep, squeak.
Cheers
Often used in place of the words like ?hello,? ?goodbye,? and ?thank you?
Chib
any weapon carried by a thug
Chibbed
Being like hit or cut with a weapon
chicken-hertit
cowardly; timid
Chiel
chield (i. e.child) a fellow, a young fellow.
Chimla
chimney.
Chippie
Chip shop
chitterie / chitterin piece / bite
food taken after bathing
chittering
shivering with the cold
Chittering
shivering.
chow
chew
Chows
chews.
christmas
Christmas present
Chuck
a hen a dear.
Chuckie
dim. of chuck but usually signifies mother hen, an old dear.
Chuffie
fat-faced.
Chuse
to choose.
Cit
the civet.
Cit
a citizen a merchant.
clabber
mud; clay; mire
clabbiedoo
large mussel
clachan
hamlet; village
Clachan
a small village about a church.
Claeding
clothing.
claes
clothes; garb
claes
clothes
Claes, claise
clothes.
claes-raip
clothes-rope
claes-screen
clothes-horse
Claimed
To pick a fight with someone.
Claith
cloth.
Claithing
clothing.
claivers
chatter; tittle-tattle
clan
actually derives from the Gaelic clann, meaning 'children' or 'stock'. In Scotland, it's meaning can be a tribe, race, or family unit
clan badge
clan symbol and motto, now worn on the bonnet
clan motto
war cry, used in battle
clanjamfrie
a crowd ; a rabble
Clankie
a severe knock.
Clap
the clapper of a mill.
clappit
shrunken; thin
clapshot
potatoes and turnips mashed together
Clark
a clerk.
Clark
clerkly, scholarly.