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626 GLOSSAKV.
COthrom, equilibrum, fair-play ; com-trom, " co-heavy ;" see trom.
crabhadh, religion, 0. Ir. crdhiul ; Skr. vi-(;rainbha, trust.
crampadh, stiftbess in the joints ; from English cramp.
crath, shake ; see crith.
ere, clay ; also creadh ; Norse krit, Ger. kreide, Lat. creta [D. The
Teutonic words are borrowed from the Lat.]
creathall, cradle = [from] Eng. cradle.
creud, creed, anc. cred, from Ijat. credo.
crioch, end, ancient crich, from root kri, whence Gr. krino, separate
(Stokes).
crioplach, a cripple, [from] Eng. cripple [D.]
crios, belt, 0. Ir. crv's, from *crid-tu, root cur as in Gr. kur, kul
[D. Stokes refers it to Lit. skrltulys of like meaning ; others-
to the root of cridlte, heart.]
croidhleag, creel, dim. of croill, Norse krili, Eng. creel [D.]
crois, cross, from Eng. cross, Lat. criix [D. The word is directly
borrowed from Lat.]
crois-tara, fiery cross ; cf. Norse tara, war [D.]
croit ; see cruit.
cruisgean, a lamp. So. cruisken, [Gaelic and Sc] from 0. Fr.
creiiseqidn, from Teutonic krus, whence Eng. cynise.
cruisle, hollow vault of a church, mausoleum, Fr. creu.r, hollow,
creuse [D.] Also cruids', mausoleum.
crun, crown, Norse krihia, Eng. croivn, all from Lat. corona [D.]
cuan, sea, Ir. cuan, haven, cognate with Norse hqfn, Eng. haven.
cuas, hollow, also COS, which see in Gael, No. 485. [Cuas is a
native Gaelic word ; cos may be the Norse kj6s.'\
cubhachail, bed chamber, [from] Lat. cubiculum. The High, Soc.
Diet, makes it cuba-chùil.
cubaid, pulpit, borrowed from Lat. pulpitum, whence also Eng..
pndpit.
cubhaidh, becoming ; co-hhuith, the inf. huith of the verb " to be"
[D.]
CUbhraidh, fragrant; co-brag; allied to ij-aX. fragrare [D.]
CUibhle, wheel, [from] Eng. wheel.
cuilbheart, trick, wile; cuil-beart ; the rHe7 = Norse kukl, juggle;
see heart above. But if first syllable is ctd, back, see cul
below [D. Latter is right],
cuilbheir, a gun, is from Eng. ctdverin.
cuimir, brief, 0. Tr. cumbair, cognate with W. byr, short, Lat»
brevis [D. Delete brevis.']
cuinnse, quinse ; from the Eng.
cuirtein, curtain : [from] Eng. curtain.
cuis, affair, 0. Ir. ciiù, from Lat. causa.
cuithe, trench, pit, 0. Ir. cuithe = [from] Lat. puteus, well [D.]
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