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

COLLIESHANGIE, s.
1. An uproar, a squabble, S.
Ross.
2. A ring of plaited grass or straw, through which a lappet of a woman's gown, or fold of a man's coat is clandestinely thrust, in order to excite ridicule, Ang.

Perhaps from [collie] and [shangie], q. v.

COLPINDACH, s. A young cow that has never calved.
Skene.

Gael. colbhtach, a cow calf.

COM, COME, s. Act of coming, arrival.
Barbour.

A. S. cum, cyme, adventus.

To COME, v. n.
1. To sprout, to spring; applied to grain, when it begins to germinate, S.
2. To sprout at the lower end; applied to grain in the process of malting, S.
Chalm. Air.

Isl. keim-a, Germ. kiem-en, id.

COMERWALD, adj. Hen-pecked.
Dunbar.

Comer, a gossip, and A. S. wald, power.