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3. To rise to honour, S.
_Presb. Eloq._
~c.u.md~, _part. pa._ Come, Loth.
_Burel._
c.u.mERLACH, c.u.mBERLACH, _s._ A servant attached to a religious foundation.
~c.u.merb~, id.
_Chart. MS._
Gael. _comhairleach_, an adviser; _com-harba_, a partner in church lands, a vicar, p.r.o.n. _coarb_.
c.u.mLIN, _s._ Any animal that attaches itself to a person or place of its own accord, S.
E. _comeling_, one newly come.
c.u.mMAR, _s._ Vexation, entanglement, E. _c.u.mber_.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
Belg. _kommer_, id.
c.u.mMER, KIMMER, _s._
1. A gossip, S.
_Kelly._
Fr. _commere_, a she-gossip.
2. A young girl, Ang.
~c.u.mmerlyke~, adj. Like _c.u.mmers_ or gossips, Dunbar.
c.u.mMOCK, _s._ A short staff with a crooked head, S. O.
_Burns._
Gael. _cam_, crooked, with the mark of diminution added.
c.u.mRAYD, _pret. v._ Enc.u.mbered, embarra.s.sed.
_Wyntown._
_To_ CUN, _v. a._
1. To learn, to know, E. _con_.
_Douglas._
2. To taste.
_Montgomerie._
A. S. _cunn-an_. scire.
~Cunnand~, _part. pr._ Knowing, skilful.
_Wyntown._
~Cunning~, _s._ Knowledge.
_Acts Ja. I._
A. S. _cunnyng_, experientia.
CUNNAND, _s._ Covenant.
V. ~Connand~.
_Barbour._
CUNDIE, _s._ An apartment, a concealed hole, Ang.
O. Fr. _conduit_, a shop; boutique.
CUNING, _s._ A rabbit; S. _kinnen_, E. _conie_.
_Dunbar._
Belg. _konyn_, Sw. _kanin_, Gael. _coinnin_, id.; Lat. _cuniculus._
~Cuningar~, _s._ A warren, S.
_Acts Ja. I._
