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crust, crustet, crustit, crusty,
crust [krʌst]
n. A crust.
pt. crustit
 
crusty
adj. Crusty.
cray, cree, creed, creh, creh$d, crehd, crehs, crey, cri, crie, cried, cries, criet, cry, cry$t, crye, cryed, cryes, cryit, crys, ootcreh, ootcry, oot-cry,
cry [kraɪ, DD. krɛ]
n. A call, a summons. The distance a call can carry. A short visit, a visit in passing.
pl. cries The banns of marriage.
v. To cry, to summon, to call. To call, denominate. To proclaim. To visit, call in passing, in that sense followed by prepositions or adverb, or a preposition plus adverb. To have one's banns of marriage read in church.
pt. pp. cried
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
cry in by: To vsit briefly.
cry on: To call to, shout for, to visit.
cry doun: To forbid, suppress, disown by proclamation.
cry tae: To call in by.
discry: To decry.
descry: To miscall, denounce.
faur cry: A long way.
oot o cry: Out of hearing range.
the cries: The wedding proclamation, the banns.
ootcry: A protest.
cubbart, cubbert, cubbirt,
cubbart [ˈkʌbərt]
n. A cupboard.
cubbie, cubby, kubby, kubi,
cubbie [ˈkʌbi, ˈkubi]
n. A small cup-shaped woven basket.
cudden, cuddie, cuddin, cuddy,
cudden [ˈkʌdən]
n. S. A fool, a dolt.
codyback, cuddie, cuddieback, cuddie-back, cuddie-lowp, cuddie-lowp-the-dyke, cuddy, cuddyback, cuddy-back, cuddy-lowp, cuddy-lowp-the-dyke, kiddy-back, kuddy-back, loup-the-cuddie, lowp-the-cuddie,
cuddie [ˈkʌdɪ]
n. A donkey, an ass, a short, thick, strong horse. A trestle or sawing-horse. A stupid or obstinate person.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
cowe the cuddie: To surpass everything.
cuddie-back,cuddie-cod: To go piggyback.
cuddie-lowp: The game of leapfrog.
cuddie-lowp-the-dyke: The game of leapfrog.
lowp-the-cuddie: Leapfrog.
mump-the-cuddie: A childrens' game.
cud, cudd, cuddain, cuddan, cuddeen, cudden, cudden, cuddie, cuddin, cudding, cuddy, cutty,
cuddin [ˈkʌdɪn]
n. U. NEC. N. I.Ork. The young of the coalfish Pollachius virens. NN.b. The fishing for coalfish.
dim. cuddie.
cuddelt, cuddle, cuddled, cuttle,
cuddle [kʌdl]
v. To clasp fondly.
pt. pp. cuddelt adj. Fondled.
cuddom, cuddomt, cuddum, cuddumt,
cuddum [ˈkʌdəm, ˈkʌdən]
adj. Of farm animals: tame.
v. To train, tame, subdue, domesticate, accustom.
pt. pp. cuddumt
coud, cude, cuid,
cude [k(j)ud]
n. A stupid person.
adj. Hair-brained.

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