She lea'es them gashan at their cracks, . Wi' merry sangs, an' friendly cracks, But raise your arm, an' tell your crack Before them a'. The Author's Cry and Prayer, 6. They're a' in famous tune For crack The Holy Fair. 26. Crack, to [to chat].

Craigen-Gillan.

I'm rous'd by Craigen-Gillan !

To Mr. M'Adam.

Craigie (dim. of craig, the neck, throat].
Leeze me on thy bonie craigie,

If e'er ye want, or meet with scant,
May I ne'er weet my craigie!

Craigle-burn.

S. Hee balou,t

The Jolly Beggars. S. VI.

Sweet closes the evening on Craigie-burn wood.

S. Craigie-burn Wood. Ib. S. Sweet fa's the eve†

the pride of the spring in the Craigie-burn wood, . Sweet fa's the eve on Craigie-burn, Craigy [craggy).

Beneath a craigy steep, a Bard, Craik [the landrail].

Lament for Glencairn.

The craik amang the clover hay, S. The Contented Cottager. Crambo-clink, Crambo-jingle [rhymes]. Amaist as soon as soon as I could spell, I to the crambo-jingle fell, Ep. to J. L-k, Ap. 1st. 8. A'ye wha live by crambo-clink, On Scot. Bard gne to W. I. Cramm'd. And longer with Politics, not to be cramm'd, At Meet. of D. Volunteers. Extem. Cry the book is wi' heresy cramm'd; The Kirk's Alarm. Cran [an iron support on which to rest a pot or kettle above the fire. "Cowp the cran," go to wreck like a pot when the cran is upset).

Crank [the noise of an ungreased wheel].
When wanting thee, what tuneless cranks
Are my poor Verses!

Scotch Drink. 18.

Crankous [fretful, captious, rebellious].
This while she's [Scotland's] been in crankous mood,
The Author's Cry and Prayer, 16.

Cranreuch [hoar frost).
And infant frosts begin to bite,
In hoary cranreuch drest;
To thole the Winter's sleety dribble,
An' cranreuch cauld!

The Jolly Beggars. R. I.

To a Mouse.

S. In simmer when †

Crap (a crop, harvest; the top or highest part of a
thing. Craps o' heather," heather-tops].
He lo'es sae weel his craps and kye,
He has nae love to spare for me:
Till whare ye sit, on craps o' heather,
Ye tine your dam; [v. A. 2]
The Author's Cry and Prayer, P.
And thack and rape secure the toil-won crap;
The Brigs of Ayr.
Crap, to [to crop].
Ye grouss that crap the heather bud; El. on Capt. M. H. 7.
Crape. An' Robin's bonnet wave wi' crape Poor Mailie's El..
Crash.

But smash them! crash them a' to spails! Add. of Beelzebub. 4.
Till crash! the cruel coulter past

Crashing.

The great Creator to revere,

Must sure become the Creature; Ep. to Young Friend. 9. Nae unison hae they, with our Creator's praise. The Cotter's Sat. Night. 13. Together hymning their Creator's praise, Ib. 16. Creature. O Thou, who kindly dost provide For every creature's want! A Grace bef. Dinner. Thy creature here before Thee stands, All wretched and distrest; A creature of another kind, Some coarser substance, unrefin'd, askance the creature eyeing, And sees, with self-approving mind, Each creature on his bounty fed.

A Prayer under Anguish.

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A Winter Night. 7. Add. sp. by Fontenelle.

Add. to Shade of Thomson. S. Bonie Bell.

All Creatures joy in the suns returning, The creature grain'd an eldritch laugh,

Death and Dr. Hornbook. 24. S. Deluded swain†

If man thou wouldst be named,
Despise the silly creature.
The great Creator to revere,
Must sure become the Creature; Ep. to Young Friend. 9.
Alas! how aft in haughty mood,

Ep. to Davie. 6.

God's creatures they oppress! Creature, tho' oft the prey of care and sorrow, When blest to-day unmindful of to-morrow. Ep. to R. Graham. 3. Fragment, inscr. to Fox.

In the make of that wonderful creature, call'd Man,

Credit.

Epit. on Holy Willie.

Look something to your credit;
And ye'll crack your credit wi' mae than me.

S. O meikle thinks my love↑

But ay keep mind to moop an' mell,
Wi' sheep o' credit like thysel!
He'll be a credit till us a',
A credit to his country.

Creditable.

There's monie a creditable stock

O' decent, honest, fawsont folk,

The Death of Mailie.

S. There was a lad†

To Mr. M'Adam.

The Twa Dogs, 21.

Cree. Along the flowery banks of Cree. S. Here is the glen ↑
Creed. Firm as my creed, Sirs, 'tis my fix'd belief,
Add. sp. by Fontenelle.
But, thanks to Heav'n, that's no the gate
We learn our creed. Ep. to J. L-k, Ap. 21st. 14.
There, try his mettle on the creed,
And bind him down wi' caution,
The Ordination. 5.

Creel [an osier basket, a pannier. "To have one's senses in a creel," to be under some mental confusion or craze).

A wicked crew syne, on a time, Did tak a solemn aith, man, "Even you, ye helpless crew, I pity you;

The Tree of Liberty.

"Ye, whom the seeming good think sin to pity: Tragic Frag.. Crib. For lapfu's large o' gospel kail

Shall fill thy crib in plenty,

Cried v. Cry'd.

The Ordination, 6.

Criffel [a mountain 1895 feet high, near the mouth of the Nith, overlooking the Solway].

The Nith shall rin to Corsincon,

The Criffel sink in Solway,

Crime.

S. Does haughty Gault

Prologue, at Th., D.. The sole reward that crowns my pain. S. The capt. Ribband. But now the Supper crowns their simple board, The Cotter's Sat. Night. 11. Thro' a long life his hopes and wishes crown; To R. G. of F., 9. S. When first I saw †

Did warlike laurels crown my brow, Crown'd.

The hoary cliffs are crown'd wi' flowers,

with days and honors crown'd, His hoary head with water-lilies crown'd,

S. Bonie Lassie, will ye go Sketch. New-Yr's Day.

The Brigs of Ayr. 13. Then, crown'd with flow'ry hay, came Rural Joy, Ib. Last, white-rob'd Peace, crown'd with a hazle wreath, . Crowning.

Ib.

A Winter Night. 9. As on the banks †

S. Farewell, thou stream ↑ S. Fate gave the word, † Fragment.

By cruel Fortune's undeserved blow?
"Man! cruel Man!" the Genius sigh'd,
O mem'ry, spare the cruel throes
Within my bosom swelling:
By cruel hands the sapling drops,
The cruel powers reject the prayer
The cruel fates between us throw
A boundless ocean's roar;
And bann'd the cruel randy,
'Gainst fortunes fell cruel decree
How cruel are the parents
Who riches only prize,
But now has come a cruel blast,
I've seen th' oppressor's cruel smile,
Avaunt, away! the cruel sway,
The bird that charm'd his summer day,
Is now the cruel fowler's prey;
Nor ever pleasure glad thy cruel heart!

And heal her cruel wounds.

S. From thee, Eliza, †
S. Had I the wytet

S. Here's a health to anet

S. How cruel are t Lam. for Glencairn. Lns. r. on Bank Note. S. Now westlin winds ↑

S. O Lassie, art thou

And throw on poverty his [Oppression's] cruel eyes;

I mark'd the cruel hawk

Caught in a snare;

Cruel, cruel to deceive me!

Cruel charmer, can you go! [re.]

On seeing wounded Hare. On Birth of Posth. Child. On Death of R. Dundas. S. Phillis the Fair. S. Stay my charmer

Ib.

What ties cruel Fate in my bosom has torn.

S. The lazy mist† Now wae to thee, thou cruel lord,. S. The lovely lass of 1.†

An' farls, bak'd wi' butter, Fu' crump
Crunt [a blow on the head with a cudgel].
An' monie a fallow gat his licks,

Wi' hearty crunt; To W. Simpson, P.S.
Crush. Whiles owre a bush wi' downward crush,
The doited beastie stammers; On W. Chalmers.
Crush, to. To crush the villain in the dust:
Lns. wr. on Back of Bank Note.
For I maun crush amang the stoure
Thy slender stem: To a Mountain-Daisy.
Crush the locusts, save the flower.
Wr. in Hermitage at F. C.

Crushed, 'd, -'t.

The Wretch. already crushed low
By cruel Fortune's undeserved blow? A Winter Night. 9.
To tell the truth, they [poverty and care] seldom fash't him,
Except the moment that they crush't him;
El. on Death of R. Ruisseaux.
For he crush'd him between two stones. John Barleycorn.
The infant aith, half-form'd, was crush't; The Vision. D. I. 8.
Till crush'd beneath the furrow's weight,
Shall be thy doom! To a Mountain-Daisy.

Crushing, -an.
Crushing the despot's proudest bearing..
Triumphant crushan't like a muscle

Cry

101

Cure

Cry, to.

Tho' rigid Law cries out, 'twas just ! Add. to Edinburgh. 6. Amang the reeds the ducklings cry, S. Again rejoic. Nature† Wha in a brulzie, will first cry a parley?

S. Bannocks o' bear meal† S. Behold the hour↑

While flitting sea-fowls round me cry,
Gin a body kiss a body Need a body cry.

Whilst I here, must cry here,
At perfidy ingrate!

An' cry till ye be haerse an' rupit :
Nay, even the yirth itsel' does cry,
An' the wee powt's begun to cry,
"In his flesh there's a famine,"
A starv'd reptile cries:
They roar an' cry a' throw ther;
An' they cry crowdie ever mair.
O wha will tent me when I cry?
Such thy morn! did I cry,
The voice of nature loudly cries,

S. Comin' thro' the rye

Despondency, an Ode. 4.

El. on Year 1788.

Ib.

Ep. to J. R. 11. Epit. on Walter S.. Halloween.

S. O that I had ne'er † S. O wha my babie-clouts ↑ S. Phillis the Fair. Sketch. New-Yr's Day. Tam o' Shanter. 9. 'Tam Samson's dead!'. Tam Samson's El.. And ilka wife cries, auld Mahoun, I wish you luck o' the prize, man. S. The deil cam fiddlin'↑ That I might greet, that I might cry,

That something in us never dies: Whare ghaists and houlets nightly cry.. 'Na, waur than a'!' cries ilka chiel,

.

The Election Ballads. VI. One and all cry out, amen! The Jolly Beggars. S. VIII. Cry the book is wi' heresy cramm'd; The Kirk's Alarm. Sweet lassie dinna cry, S. The Lass that made the bed. For e'en and morn she cries, alas!. S. The lovely lass† We'll cry nae jads frae heathen hills To help, or roose us, But still the mair I'm that way bent, Something cries, "Hoolie! An' then cry zeal for gospel laws, Like some we ken..

Cry'd, Cried.

Third Ep. to J. Lap..

.

. To J. S., 7. To Rev. J. M'Math.

Wi' kindling eyes cry'd, 'Willie, rise! A Fragment. 8.
Stop Thief! dame Nature cried to Death, Epit. on W..
An' she cry'd, L-d preserve her!
Halloween. 22.
My true love! she cried,-and sunk down by his side,
S. Oh, open the door,t
On Death of Sir J. Blair.
Tam Samson's El., 11.
To Mr. M'Adam.

With accents wild and lifted arms she cried;

'L-d, five!' he cry'd, an' owre did stagger;
I lap and cry'd fu' loud..
But ay she sigh'd and cry'd, "Alas!

.

Here's crying out for bakes an' gills, The Holy Fair. 18.
D'ye think, said I, this face was made for crying?
Add. sp. by Fontenelle.

Crystal. Beside his crystal well! . Despondency, an Ode. 3.
Crystal Devon, winding Devon, [re.] S. Fairest maid †
Now Phoebus chears the crystal streams,
Lament of Mary of Scots.
The Petition of Br. Water.
To W. Creech.
S. Young Peggy ↑

And drink my crystal tide.
And Eden scenes on crystal Jed,
And glitter o'er the crystal streams
Cub. My voice, a lioness that mourns

Her darling cub's undoing! The Election Ballads. VI.

Cuckold. I'll tak Cuckold frae nane,

I'll gie Cuckold to naebody.

Wha first shall rise to gang awa,
A cuckold coward loun is he!

Cuddle [embrace, fondle].

Upon Culloden's field, S. The High. Widow's Lament. Cumbrous. Princes whose cumb'rous pride was all their worth, El. on Miss Burnet.

Amid their cumbrous, dinsome joys;

S. The Contented Cottager. What is a lordling's pomp? a cumbrous load, Cummins.

The Cotter's Sat. Night. 19. Where Cummins once had high command: S. The Banks of Nith. Cummock (a short staff with a crooked head]. To tremble under Fortune's cummock,

On Scot. Bard gne to W. 1. Cumnock. The rising Moon began to glowr The distant Cumnock hills out-owre;

Death and Dr. Hornbook. Cunning. But gin ye be crafty, I am cunning, S. O meikle thinks my love t But mete his cunning by the old Scots ell; Sketch. By human pride or cunning driv'n

To Mis'ry's brink, . To a Mountain-Daisy. Cunningham [the northern district of Ayrshire]. Till I met my old boy in a Cunningham fair;

The Jolly Beggars. S. II. Cup. Ilk cowslip cup shall kep a tear: El. on Capt. M. H. 12. And pours her [pleasure's] cup luxuriant ; Innocence t There's death in the cup-sae beware! Inscrip. on Goblet. We'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet, S. Shld auld acquaintance † And still I can join in a cup and a song;

But hurchin Cupid shot a shaft,
That play'd a Dame a shavie
Cur. O let us not, like snarling curs,
In wrangling be divided,
And that fell cur ca'd common sense,
That bites sae sair,.
For half-starved snarling curs a dainty feast:

The Twa Herds, 16.
To R. G. of F., 6.
Curch [a covering for the head, a kerchief].
Her house sae bien, her curch sae clean,

S. A' the lads o' Thornic-bank t
S. Duncan Gray.