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

CUIST, s. A reproachful term.
Polwart.

CUITCHOURIS, s. pl. Gamblers; also smugglers.
Gl. Sibb.

CULDEES, s. pl. A body of teaching presbyters, who, from the sixth century downwards, had their establishments in Ireland, the Hebrides, Scotland, and Wales; were greatly celebrated for their piety; and, acknowledging no bishop, were subject to an abbot chosen by themselves.
D. Buchanan.

Gael. cuildeach, a sequestered person, from cuil, a retired corner, a cave, a cell.

To CULYE, CULYIE, v. a.
1. To coax, to cajole, S.
Douglas.
2. To soothe.
Douglas.
3. To cherish, to fondle.
Douglas.
4. To gain, to draw forth.
Kelly.
5. To train to the chace.
Douglas.
6. To culye in with one, to curry favour, S.

Su. G. kel-a, to fondle; kela med en, to make much of one.

Culyeon, s. A poltroon, E. cullion.
Hamilton.

Cullionry, s. The conduct of a poltroon.
Baillie.

CULLAGE, s. The characteristic marks of sex.

Fr. couille, testes, &c. whence couillage, culaige, tributum a subditis matrimonio jungendis, domino exsolvendum.