An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

CLUTTERING, part. pr. Doing any piece of business in an awkward and dirty way, S. B.

Teut. kleuter-en, tuditare.

COALS, To bring over the coals, to bring to a severe reckoning, S.
Forbes.

Referring, most probably, to the ordeal by fire.

COBLE, KOBIL, s.
1. A small boat, a yawl, S.

A. S. couple, navicula.

Wyntown.
2. A larger kind of fishing boat, S.
3. Malt coble, a place for steeping malt, in order to brewing, S.

Germ. kubel, a vat or tub.

To COBLE, v. a. To steep malt.
Fountainhall.

COBWORM, s. The larva of the Cock-chaffer, Scarabaeus melolontha.
Statist. Acc.