Series 1 > Diary of Sir Archibald Johnston of Wariston 1632-1639

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DIARY OF LORD WARISTON
Caipe, the highest part of anything,
the roof.
Caive, kyth also spelt caith, mani¬
fest, exhibit.
Caldreifnes, indifference.
Caldryf, lukewarm, indifferent.
Calk, to note down.
Cardecu, an old French silver coin,
worth a quarter of the gold ecu,
quart d’ecu. English writers of
the seventeenth century make it
equal to about Is. 6d. Murray’s
New English Dictionary.
Cassie, causey, the street.
Cast, vomit, also to give birth pre¬
maturely.
Casten, custen, thrown.
Catechise, catechism.
Catechising, instructing in the
Christian religion by means of
question and answer.
Chalmer, chamber, room.
Chalmer of daise. See Daise.
Chau our cood, chew our cud.
Clatters, idle talk, chatter.
Cleikit, brought to the birth.
Clocking, of a hen sitting or that
wants to sit, brooding. ‘ Whil the
Sprit of God is clocking upon
the waiters as in Genes,’ p. 337.
Clouts, cloths.
Cods, pillows.
Coffer, chest in which clothes are kept.
Coft, bought.
Collationate, collate, bring together
with a view to comparison.
Comands, the ten commandments.
Compear, appear.
Conglutinat, to draw closer, to bind,
cement.
Conquisit, acquired otherwise than
by inheritance.
Contradictorious, quarrelsome.
Cotted, quoted.
Crobie, corbie, a carrion crow, a
raven.
Crook, misfortune, cross, trial.
Crooked, croaked.
Crying, pains of labour.
Daoed, beaten, knocked about.
Daik, dyke, low wall.
Daise, chalmer of daise, the principal
room in a house.
Dammisch, to stun, stupefy.
Dask, pew in Church.
Dated, petted, indulged.
Datties, pets.
Dearcoft, dear bought.
Declinator, the formal declining of
the jurisdiction of a judge for a
specific reason, e.g. his being
interested in the suit.
Deinzie, deinzeing, deign, deigning.
Dishclout, dish cloth.
Disjune, breakfast.
Dogdraive, ruin.
Doof, douf, dull, flat.
Doolful, sorrowful.
Doubtsom, doubting, doubtful.
Douie, sad, dull.
Drouth, thirst.
Drumly, muddy, confused.
Dumpe, fit of depression.
Dumped, beaten.
Dumplies, crushes.
Dung out, thrown or knocked out.
Duply, rejoinder to a reply.
Dyting, dictating.
Dyverie, bankruptcy.
Eastie wastie, an unstable person.
Eastines, eagerness, eager desire.
Eien, eyes.
Eimie, uncle.
Ended, concluded.
Erne, grieve.
Esclavished, enslaved.
Fadamed, fathomed, grasped in the
arms.
Fait, fat, fatted.