144 Transactions. 



the Peeverals and the stone the Peever, a word not ^iven m 

 Jamieson, but evidently allied to the Dumfries peefer, q.v. 



Burnbecker, the dipper or water-pyat. Communicated. 



Bull/it, the house-martin or swift. Communicated. 



Btillering, making' a noise, as with gurgling water in the 

 mouth, more generally being rude and noisy or forward. Applied 

 metaphorically to the quick bursting of buds by heat and rain, and 

 to a great growth. " Everythings bullering out." 



Blearie, a buttermilk gruel. Probably from an older word 

 blear, thin ; given in Jamieson. 



Burble, a state of confusion. 



Braxij, of or belonging to sheep that have died. 



C. 



Cah' or Ker, the left hand ; Eenfrewshire caury. 



Caumstane, white stone for rubbing and marking the stone 

 floor ; slate-pen, which is called by my scholars caum. — " Waver- 

 ley Novels." 



Can-itch, catechism used by Burns. 



Cashie, soft, succulent, delicate. 



Caivker, the sharpened under part of a horse's shoe. I sup- 

 pose you know the slang word cawker, a dram. 



Charlcers or Cherkers, crickets. In Chaucer chirking means 

 a disagreeable sound. 



Clink, alert. He was clinic at it. 



Clyre, a gland in meat. 



Crony, a potato. In Clarke's poem on the potato, often attri- 

 buted to Burns. — Moniaive, 1801. 



Ckiis, the handle of a pot. 



Creuzie, a long ladle for melting lead in. The lead was 

 poured out of it into moulds or caulms for shot when country 

 people had assembled for the purpose of shooting- for a pig, the 

 best shots securing the best parts of the animal. The word is 

 also in use for a flat hat worn by women something like a sun- 

 bonnet. A stand with three legs upholding a lamp. 



Cundy, a small opening to carry off water. Sometimes a 

 rabbit-hole is called a cundy ; evidently from conduit. 



Carnias or Kirmas, a quarrel ; evidently from skirmish. 



Cameril, a stick crooked so as to be inserted between the 

 hind legs of a carcase when hung- up. 



