| Name | Term description |
|---|---|
| NameCodicil |
Term description A writing by which a person bequeathes legacies out of his moveable estate and which does not contain the nomination of an executor; usually executed in reference to a previous testament, or it may be a writing which alters the terms of a settlement to take account of circumstances which have changed since the original deed was drawn up. |
| NameCognition and sasine |
Term description The process by which an heir is accepted into property in a burgh. |
| NameCommissariot |
Term description The office, jurisdiction or court of a commissar(y); the district included in such jurisdiction. |
| NameCompear |
Term description Present oneself or appear, usually before a court. |
| NameCompt |
Term description Account |
| NameConjunctlie and severally |
Term description An obligation or empowerment to two or more people to do something, either acting singly or in consort. |
| NameCurator |
Term description A person who is appointed to act for someone else who cannot manage his own affairs, usually someone who administers the estate of a minor. |
| NameCurn/curne |
Term description Literally, a single grain of corn, but usually appearing as 'the third curn' or with another number, indicating a proportion of the crop; small number of quantity, a few. |
| NameChopin |
Term description A unit of liquid of liquid measure. A chopin was the equivalent of 2 mutchkins or half a Scots pint. For more information, see our guide to <a href="/guides/weights-and-measures">weights and measures</a>. |
| NameChain |
Term description A unit of distance. A chain was the equivalent of 4 falls. Scots measurements of distance were slightly larger than the analogous Imperial measurements. For more information, see our guide to <a href="/guides/weights-and-measures">weights and measures</a>. |
| NameCorn/corne |
Term description A cereal crop |
| NameChincough |
Term description Whooping cough; pertussis. A bacterial infection of the lungs and airways that causes a distinctive-sounding cough. |
| NameCachexy |
Term description Weight loss, wasting of muscle, loss of appetite, and general debility occuring during a chronic disease |
| NameCacogastric |
Term description Suffering from poor digestion. |
| NameCacospysy |
Term description Irregular pulse |
| NameCanongate breeks |
Term description A colloquial term for venereal disease, named after a former burgh and street in Edinburgh with an unsalubrious reputation. |
| NameCast |
Term description Vomit |
| NameCastback |
Term description Relapse or setback |
| NameChappit |
Term description Skin split by the cold |
| NameChokis |
Term description <font size="3">Quinsy; suppurative tonsilitis</font> |
| NameClapper o' the hess |
Term description The uvula |
| NameCloch |
Term description A cough |
| NameClocher |
Term description Mucus, phlegm |
| NameClorach |
Term description Clearing of the throat. |
| NameClosing |
Term description Croup; inflamed larynx (e.g. in diptheria) |
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