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

COW-QUAKE, s. An affection of cattle, caused by the chillness of the weather, S.
Kelly.

COWSCHOT, s. A ringdove.
V. [Kowshot].

COXY, adj. Coxcomical, S.
Ramsay.

To CRAB, CRABE, v. n. To fret.
Bannatyne Poems.

Belg. kribbig, Su. G. krepsk, morosus.

To CRAB, v. a. To provoke.
Lyndsay.

Teut. krabb-en, lacerare unguibus.

To CRACK, CRAK, v. n.
1. To talk boastingly.
Evergreen.
2. To talk freely and familiarly, S.
Ramsay.
3. To talk together in a confused manner; often as also implying extension of voice, S.

Germ. kraken, to make a noise.

Crack, Crak, s.
1. Boasting, S.
Dunbar.
2. Chat, free conversation, S.
Ross.
3. Any detached piece of entertaining conversation, S.
Ross.
4. A rumour; generally used in pl.
Ramsay.