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CUDDING, _s._ The char, a fish, Ayrs.
_Statist. Acc._
_To_ CUDDLE, CUDLE, _v. n._ To embrace, S.
_Ramsay._
Teut. _kudd-en_, coire, convenire.
CUDDLIE, _s._ A secret muttering among a number of people, S. B.
Teut. _quedel-en_, garrire.
_To_ CUDDUM, CUDDEM, _v. a._
1. "To _cuddum_ a beast," to make it tame and tractable, S. B.
2. To bring into domestic habits; applied to persons, S.
_Ross._
Fr. _accoutum-er_, to accustom.
~Cuddum~, _adj._ Tame, usually applied to a beast, S. B.
CUDE, CUDIE, _s._ (p.r.o.n. as Gr. ?.). A small tub, Ang.
V. ~Coodie~.
CUDE, CODE, _s._ A chrysom, or facecloth for a child at baptism.
_Spotswood._
From C. B. _cudd-io_, to cover.
CUDE, CUID, _adj._ Harebrained, appearing as one deranged, Border.; synon. _skeer_.
Isl. _kuid-a_, to fear.
CUDEIGH, _s._ A bribe; a premium for the use of money, Loth.; a gift conferred clandestinely, S.
_Ramsay._
Gael. _cuidaigh-am_, to help.
CUFE, _s._ A simpleton, S.
V. ~Coof~.
CUFF _of the neck_, the fleshy part of the neck behind, S.
Isl. _kuf-r_, convexitas.
_To_ CUINYIE, _v. a._ To strike money.
_Acts Ja. II._
Fr. _coign-er_, id. L. B. _cun-ire_, id.
~Cuinyie~, _s._
1. Coin, S. B.
_Acts Ja. IV._
2. The mint.
_Acts Ja. IV._
~Cuinyie-House~, _s._ The mint.
_Skene._
~Cuinyioure~, _s._ The master of the mint.
CUIRIE, _s._ Stable, mews.
V. ~Quirie~.
Fr. _escurie_, id.
_Pitscottie._
CUISSER, CUSSER, _s._ A stallion, S.
V. ~Cursour~.
