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Scots Dictionary

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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.