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ceur, cuir, cuirin, cure, curin, cyair, keer,
cuir [S. kyr, C. keːr, MN. k(w)iːr, I. k(j)øːr]
n. A cure. SW. A funny story teller.
v. To cure, take care of.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
cuirin: Curing, making well.
keeriosity, cairious, careous, cuiriorum, cuiriosities, cuirious, cürious, curossity, cweerious, eerie-orum, kairious, keeriorum, keeriosities, keerious, kerrious, kürious, kweeriosities, kweerious, kwerious, queeriorum, queeriosity, queerious, querious,
cuirious [S. ˈkyriəs, C. ˈkeːriəs, MN. ˈk(w)iːriəs, I. ˈk(j)øːriəs]
adj. Curious. I.Sh. Anxious, willing.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
cuiriorum: Something exhibiting some singularity, something rare, puzzling or peculiar, an oddity.
cuiriosities: Curiosities.
caisin, ceesin, cizzen, cizzin, cousin, cuisin, cuissin, cushin, cussen, cuzzen, half-cousin, hauf-cousin, hauf-cuisin, hauf-kizzen, keezin, kizin, kizzen,
cuisin [C. kɪzn, kɪʒn & keːʒn, I. køzn]
n. A cousin.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
hauf-cuisin: The child of one's parents cousin.
balcute, bald-coot, baldy, baldy-coot, beld_cuit, beldie, bell-kite, ceut, coot, cöt, cøt, cuit, cute, cüts, cweet, kite, kitt, kuit, kweet, queet, quit,
cuit [I. NEC. SN. køt, S. kyt, C. kɪt, MN. kwit, NN. kit]
n. The coot usually Fulica atra or SN. MN. the guillemot Cepphus grylle.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
beld cuit dim. beldie: The coot Fulica atra.
ceetikins, ceut, cootie, cootikins, cøt, cöts, cøts, cöttikin, cøttikin, cøttikins, coutiekin, cuit, cuited, cuiticans, cuitie, cuitikin, cuitikins, cuitit, cuits, cuittiekins, cuittiken, cuittlekins, cüt, cute, cutes, cutey, cweet, cweetie, cweets, keetikins, kittie, kuit, kuitie, kuits, kweet, kweetie, kweetikins, kweets, queet, queetie, queetikins, queets, qweet, qweets,
cuit [I. NEC. SN. køt, S. kyt, C. kɪt, MN. kwit, NN. kit]
n. The ankle. Extended to mean the foot, shin-bone or the fetlock.
pl. cuits
 
cuitie
adj. Of fowls: having feathered legs.
 
cuitit
adj. Having ankles.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
cuitikins: Cloth gaiters.
cooth, coothin, cooths, couthin, cuddie, cuid, cuids, cuith, cuithe, cuitheen, cuithes, cuithie, cuithin, cuiths, cuth, cuthin, cuths, cweed, cweedie, cweeds, cweethie, kithan, kuithe, kuithes, kuithin, kuthin, kweed, kweedie, kweeds, queeth, queethie, queeths, vaan, vathan, vaun-cuithe,
cuithe [køð, MN. kwið, kwid, I.Sh. kød]
n. MN. I.Ork. The coalfish Pollachius virens before it is fully grown.
also cuithin NN.b. A term of reproach, a rascal, a blackguard, a mischievous tricky person.
dim. cuithie
pl. cuithes I.Sh. Grilled coalfish with extra livers added.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
vaun-cuithe [I.Ork. vaːn køð]: A three-year-old coalfish Pollachius virens.
cuitle, cuittle, cuthill, cuttle, kittle, kütel,
cuitle [ˈkutəl, ˈkʌtəl, C. ˈkɪtəl]
v. To coax, wheedle, flatter. To make a fuss of someone, to please or gratify a person. To handle carefully. To sharpen, to whet.
culk, kollek, kul, kulk,
culk [NN.b. kʌlk, I.Sh. kʌl]
n. A lump, chunk. A knob or protuberance.
cull,
cull [kʌl]
n. A testicle.
Colean, Culain, Cullain, Cullane, Culzean,
Cullain [ˈkʌlen]
pn. Culzean (Ayrshire).

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