_Ferguson._

CUIST, _s._ A reproachful term.

_Polwart._

CUITCHOURIS, _s. pl._ Gamblers; also smugglers.

_Gl. Sibb._

CULDEES, _s. pl._ A body of teaching presbyters, who, from the sixth century downwards, had their establishments in Ireland, the Hebrides, Scotland, and Wales; were greatly celebrated for their piety; and, acknowledging no bishop, were subject to an abbot chosen by themselves.

_D. Buchanan._

Gael. _cuildeach_, a sequestered person, from _cuil_, a retired corner, a cave, a cell.

_To_ CULYE, CULYIE, _v. a._

1. To coax, to cajole, S.

_Douglas._

2. To soothe.

_Douglas._

3. To cherish, to fondle.

_Douglas._

4. To gain, to draw forth.

_Kelly._

5. To train to the chace.

_Douglas._

6. _To culye in with_ one, to curry favour, S.

Su. G. _kel-a_, to fondle; _kela med en_, to make much of one.

~Culyeon~, _s._ A poltroon, E. _cullion_.

_Hamilton._

~Cullionry~, _s._ The conduct of a poltroon.

_Baillie._

CULLAGE, _s._ The characteristic marks of s.e.x.

Fr. _couille_, testes, &c. whence _couillage_, _culaige_, tributum a subditis matrimonio jungendis, domino exsolvendum.

CULLOCK, _s._ A species of sh.e.l.l-fish, Shetl.

_Neill._

CULMES, CULMEZ, _s._ A rural club.

_Douglas._

CULPIT, _part. pa._ Leg. _cuplit_, coupled.

_Lyndsay._

CULREACH, _s._ A surety given to a court, when one is repledged from it.

V. ~Repledge~.

_Quon. Attach._

Gael. _cul_, custody, and _reachd_, a law.

CULROUN, _s._ A rascal, a silly fellow.

_Douglas._

Belg. _kul_, testiculus, and _ruyn-en_, castrare.

_To_ c.u.m _to_, _v. n._

1. To recover, S.

_Knox._

2. To make advancement in art, S.

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