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_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.