An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - Part 205
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3. To rise to honour, S.

_Presb. Eloq._

~c.u.md~, _part. pa._ Come, Loth.

_Burel._

c.u.mERLACH, c.u.mBERLACH, _s._ A servant attached to a religious foundation.

~c.u.merb~, id.

_Chart. MS._

Gael. _comhairleach_, an adviser; _com-harba_, a partner in church lands, a vicar, p.r.o.n. _coarb_.

c.u.mLIN, _s._ Any animal that attaches itself to a person or place of its own accord, S.

E. _comeling_, one newly come.

c.u.mMAR, _s._ Vexation, entanglement, E. _c.u.mber_.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

Belg. _kommer_, id.

c.u.mMER, KIMMER, _s._

1. A gossip, S.

_Kelly._

Fr. _commere_, a she-gossip.

2. A young girl, Ang.

~c.u.mmerlyke~, adj. Like _c.u.mmers_ or gossips, Dunbar.

c.u.mMOCK, _s._ A short staff with a crooked head, S. O.

_Burns._

Gael. _cam_, crooked, with the mark of diminution added.

c.u.mRAYD, _pret. v._ Enc.u.mbered, embarra.s.sed.

_Wyntown._

_To_ CUN, _v. a._

1. To learn, to know, E. _con_.

_Douglas._

2. To taste.

_Montgomerie._

A. S. _cunn-an_. scire.

~Cunnand~, _part. pr._ Knowing, skilful.

_Wyntown._

~Cunning~, _s._ Knowledge.

_Acts Ja. I._

A. S. _cunnyng_, experientia.

CUNNAND, _s._ Covenant.

V. ~Connand~.

_Barbour._

CUNDIE, _s._ An apartment, a concealed hole, Ang.

O. Fr. _conduit_, a shop; boutique.

CUNING, _s._ A rabbit; S. _kinnen_, E. _conie_.

_Dunbar._

Belg. _konyn_, Sw. _kanin_, Gael. _coinnin_, id.; Lat. _cuniculus._

~Cuningar~, _s._ A warren, S.

_Acts Ja. I._