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CRUTH'ATHARRAICH
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CUIEHEAS
Cbutii-athahraich, krù-à'-harr-èeh, v.
change shape, transform, transfigure ;
cruth-atharrachadh, transformation,
transfiguration ; pt. transforming.
Cruthlach, kru'-llach, n. c. a tall bent
person ; a ghost, a fairy.
Cl', kù, n. VI. a dog; dogs, coin; of the
dog, a' choin ; nan con, of the dogs ;
CÙ eunaich, a pointer or spaniel; cù
luirge, a blood-hound, a beagle ; cU uisge,
a Nevrfoundland dog.
C'LACH, kùàch, n. /. a Norwegian wooden
cup; a drinking cup, bowl of a nest;
cuach pharaig, plantain, a fold, plait ;
V. plait, fold.
f'UACHACH, kùach'-àch, a. curled, plaited.
C'UAILEAN, kùàl"-an, n. m. a cue, plaited
hair.
CriiLLE, kùàl'-lyà, n. m. a club, bludgeon.
C'l'AiN, kùàèn, n. f. a litter of pigs,
whelps, &c.
CuAiRSG, kùàershg, v. roll, wrap, fold.
CUAiRSGEACH, kùàèrshg'-ach, n. f. a
wrapper.
CuAiRT, kùàirt, n. f. a circuit, a round,
a circle, a circumference; luchd faire
air chuairtibh, watchmen on their rounds ;
a cheud chuairt, the Jirst round; pil-
grimage, sojourn ; cha 'n 'eil annainn ach
luchd cuairt air thalamh, we are only
sojourners on the earth ; fear-cuairt,
sojourner, a pilgrim ; a trip, a tour, an
excursion ; chaidh sinn air chuairt do'n
ghalltach, we went on an excursion to
the Low Country; circumlocution,
cainnt gu'n chuairt, language without
circumlocution; (Macl.) circulation;
cuairt na fola, the circulation of the
blood; theirig ma'n cuairt, go round,
get round about ; ma'n cuairt do dheich
bliadhna, about ten years; (has an ob.
scene meaning in song-books),
CUAIRTEACH, kuacrjl'-ach, a. surround-
ing; circumambient, circuitous, circu-
lating.
CuAiRTEAR, kuacrt'-ar", n. m. a tourist, a
sojourner, a pilgrim.
CuAiRTicH, kùàèrjt'-èch, cuartaich.
CuAiRT-CHAOiTH, whirlwind. (bad, bad).
CuAiRTLiNN, kùàèrjt'-Uyen, n. /. a whirl-
pool.
CUAIRT-RADH, kiiàerjt-rrà', n. f. circum-
locution.
CUAL, kùàl, n. m. a faggot, cual chonaidh,
a faggot offire-wood.
CUALA, kùàll'-à, partof cluinn; ancuala
thu, heard you!
CUALAG, kùàll'-ag, n. / a hard task, a
burden ; cha chualag sin air, that is no
task to him ; burden.
CUALLACH, kùàH'.ach, n. /. herding; agus
e a' cuallach na spreidhe, and he tending
ox herding the cattle— a. corporation, so-
ciety; family. H. S.
CuAN, kùàn, n. m. an ocean ; an CMari-t-siar-
siar, the Atlantic Ocean, or TVcstern O-
cean; an cuan deas, the Southern Ocean ;
an ci/aK-sèimh, Pacific Ocean; an cuan
tuath, the Northern Ocean.
Cua.nal, kiiàn'-al, a social band; a grouji
of children living on the best of terms ;
a choir.
CuANNA, kùann'-a, a. snug, comfortable.
CiiANTAicHE, kùàn'-ttèch-à, n. m. a rover.
CuARA.N, kuar'-an, n. m. a sandal, a ban-
dage on a wounded finger, &c.
CuARSGAG, kuarsk'-ag, an eddy ; a curl.
CuARTAG, kùàrt'-ag, n. f. an eddy, curl.
Cuartaich, kuart'-tch, v. surround, en-
close, encompass, environ, go about, cir-
cumnavigate, cireuravolve; acuartach-
adh, surrounding, encircling, &c.
Cub, kub, v. feel the utmost torment of
mind ; coop, cringe.
Cuba, kùb'-à, a bed; ciiia-chuil, bed-
room. N. H.
Cubaii), kùb'-aj. n.f. a precentor's desk —
in the North, a pulpit, Crannag.
CuBAiR, kùb'-ar', n. m. a cooper.
CuBHAO, kù'-ag, n. f. a cuckoo, guthag.
CuBHAiDH, kù'-è, a. hereditary, having a
just claim to; cha bu chubhaidh dhuit,
you have no family right to it; tha
thu mar bu chubhaidh dhuit, yoti are just
as one would expect from the offspring
of such parents ; decent, fit, beseeming ;
mar bu chubhaidh do mhnàthan pòsda,
as befitting married women. (Bible).
Cubhraiuh, kii'-rrè, a. fragrant; faile
cubhraidh do t'anail, a fragrant fla-
vour of thy breath ; giving a pleasant
smell.
CUBHRAIDHEACHD, kù'-rÈ-achg, n. f. fra-
grance.
CucHAiLTE, kùch'-ajlte, n. m. residence.
CucHAiR, kùch'-èr, a hunter, sealgair.
CuuAiNN, kùd'-ènn, n.f. sprat of coal-fish
six months old ; a tub.
CuDTHROM, kùd'-hròm, n. m. weight, hea-
viness, importance.
Ct?DTHR0MACH, kiid'-hiòm.àch, o. weighty,
important, momentous; 's ann a tha sin
gnothach cudthromach, that is a momen-
tous affair.
CuDTiiROMACHD, kud'-htom-achg, n. m.
weighing.
CuiBH, kùev2, a. muzzle-bar or splinter;
cuibh-mhbx, one for four horses ; gearra-
chuibh, one for two horses; (Islay,
Lochaber, Cowal— Mainland of Argyle),
Amall.
CuiBiiEAS, kwees, n. m. moderation ; cha
'n eil sin na chuibheas, that is beyond all
bounds, all moderation ; cha 'n 'eil thu