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

A. S. ceorl, rusticus.

CURMURRING, s. Grumbling; that motion of the intestines produced by slight gripes, S.
Burns.

Teut. koer-en, gemere; morr-en, mur-murare.

CURN, KURN, s.
1. A grain, a single seed, S.
2. A particle, part of a grain, S.
Chalm. Air.
3. A quantity, an indefinite number, S.
4. A number of persons, S.
Journ. Lond.

Moes. G. kaurno, Su. G. korn, a grain.

Curny, adj. Grainy, S. Germ. kernicht.

CURPHOUR, s. The curfew.
Bannatyne Poems.

CURPLE, s. A crupper, S.

Fr. croupe.

CURPON, CURPIN, s.
1. The rump of a fowl, S.
2. Applied ludicrously to the buttocks of man, S.
Burns.