wunder · Library

Part 47

Witchcraft and Superstitious Record in the South-Western District of Scotland · J. Maxwell Wood — chapter 47 of 74 · ~135 words · public domain

Read in the Wunder reader — free

CANTRIP, charm or spell.

CAP, caup, a wooden bowl.

CARLE, a man.

CERTES, certainly.

CHAMPIT, bruised.

CHANNEL-STANE, curling-stone.

CHESSEL, the tub for pressing cheese.

CHICKEN-WORT, chicken-weed.

CHIST (KIST), a wooden box.

CHOWED, chewed.

CLOWT, cloth.

COG, a wooden domestic vessel.

COGFU', the full of such a vessel.

COMPEARED, appeared.

COUPE, to empty or capsize.

COUTERS, thick mucous secretion.

COUTHIE, in rude comfort.

COWER, to bend down.

COWES, bushes, more particularly of the broom.

COWSHERNE, cow-dung.

CRAFT, croft or field.

CRONE, hag, old woman.

CROUSELY, proudly.

"CRUMMIE," a term for cows with usually crooked horns.

CRUNE, a murmuring sound, sometimes threatening.

CRUPPEN, contracted.

DEAD-BELI } } DEDE-CHACK } } DEDE-DRAP } } DEID-LICHT } See text, pages 210 to 213. } DEDE-NIP } } DEDE-SPALL } } DEDE-SPEAL } } DEAD-WATCH }

DEIL'S MILK, milky sap.

← Previous chapterAll chaptersNext chapter →

Witchcraft and Superstitious Record in the South-Western District of Scotland · The Wunder Library — complete classics, free to read, with narration.

© 2026 Wunder Learning LLC · Terms & Privacy