COLLIE, COLLEY, _s._

1. The shepherd"s dog, S. A. Bor.

_Burns._

Ir. _cuilean_, Gael. _culie_, a little dog.

2. One who follows another constantly, S.

3. A lounger, one who hunts for a dinner.

_Calderwood._

_To_ COLLIE, _v. a._ To abash, to silence in an argument; in allusion to a dog, who, when mastered or affronted, walks off with his tail between his feet, Fife.

COLLIESHANGIE, _s._

1. An uproar, a squabble, S.

_Ross._

2. A ring of plaited gra.s.s or straw, through which a lappet of a woman"s gown, or fold of a man"s coat is clandestinely thrust, in order to excite ridicule, Ang.

Perhaps from _collie_ and _shangie_, q. v.

COLPINDACH, _s._ A young cow that has never calved.

_Skene._

Gael. _colbhtach_, a cow calf.

COM, COME, _s._ Act of coming, arrival.

_Barbour._

A. S. _c.u.m_, _cyme_, adventus.

_To_ COME, _v. n._

1. To sprout, to spring; applied to grain, when it begins to germinate, S.

2. To sprout at the lower end; applied to grain in the process of malting, S.

_Chalm. Air._

Isl. _keim-a_, Germ. _kiem-en_, id.

COMERWALD, _adj._ Hen-pecked.

_Dunbar._

_Comer_, a gossip, and A. S. _wald_, power.

COMMEND, _s._ A comment, a commentary.

_Douglas._

COMMEND, _s._ A benefice _in commendam_.

_Douglas._

Fr. _commende_, L. B. _commenda_, id.

COMMON, COMMOUN. _To be in one"s common_, to be obliged to one, S.

_Pitscottie._

_To quite a commoun_, to requite.

_Knox._

From _commons_ as signifying fare.

COMMONTIE, _s._

1. A common, S.

Lat. _communit-as_.

2. Community.

_Acts Ja. VI._

COMPARGES, _Leg._ _compaignyies_, companies.

_Houlate._

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