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crag, crage, craggie, cragie, craig, craigie, craigit, craig-stoopit, craug, creg, krag,
craig [kreg]
n. The neck. The throat, the gullet.
dim. craigie SW. The heron Ardea cinerea.
 
craigit
adj. Necked.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
craig-stoopit: I.Sh. Fell headfirst.
Craigfergus, Craigfergus_Loch, Loch_Fergus, Loch-Fergus,
Craigfergus [kregˈfɛrgəs]
pn. Carrickfergus (County Antrim).
 
Craigfergus Loch, Loch Fergus
pn. Belfast Lough.
Craignaboy,
Craignaboy [kreːgnəbɔe]
pn. Craignaboy (County Antrim).
corncraik, craic, craik, craik$t, craiked, craiker, craikin, craikit, craiks, craikset, craiksit, crait, craker, crakin, crayk, krek, kreks, krekset, skirl-craik,
craik [krek]
n. The harsh cry made by a bird. Ill-natured gossip, grumbling talk. The landrail or corn crake Crex crex also craiker and corn-craik.
pl. craiks
v. Of birds: to utter a harsh sound, to croak. To creak. To clamour, keep on asking. I.Sh. To grumble, complain peevishly about something.
pt. pp. craikit, craik't
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
craikin: Croaking, etc.
craikset: I.Sh. Cross, fractious, complaining.
skirl-craik: I.Sh. The turnstone Arenaria interpres.
craetir, craetirs, craettir, craettirs, craetur, craeturs, craiter, craiters, craitir, craitirs, craitter, craitters, craittur, craitturs, craituir, craituirs, craitur, craiture, craitures, craiturs, crater, craters, crathur, crathurs, cratter, cratters, cratur, crature, cratures, craturs, crayter, crayters, craythur, craytur, crayturs, creathur, creathurs, creatur, creaturs, creechur, creechurs, creetur, creeturs, cretter, cretter, crettèr, cretters, cretters, crettèrs, cretther, cretthers, cretur, creturs, critter, critters, critur, criturs, crteeter, crteeters, kraitar,
craitur [ˈkretər, ˈkritər, ˈkrɪtər]
n. A creature.
pl. craiturs
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
the craitur: Whisky.
cram, cramish, crammed, crammit, cramsh, cramt, kram,
cram [kram]
v. To cram. To push or crowd.
pt. pp. cramt, crammed
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
crammin: Cramming.
cramsh kram(ɪ)ʃ]: MN. To grit the teeth, to crunch.
cramasie, cramasie, cramassie, cramassy, crammasie, crammassie, crammasy,
cramasie [ˈkraməˈzɪ, ˈkramɔˈzɪ]
n. Crimson cloth.
adj. Crimson.
crambo, crambo-jink,
crambo [ˈkrambo]
n. doggerel verse.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
crambo-jink: Ready rhyming, doggerel.
craem, craim, crame, creame, creme, krame,
crame [krem]
n. A merchant's booth, stall, a portable case of goods, a pack.
v. To hawk goods, to sell from a crame.
booel-cramp, bouel-cramp, cramp, cramp-bit, cramper, crampet, crampit, craump, wheesa-cramps, wheesa-crapes, wheisa-cramps,
cramp [kramp]
n. A spiked piece of iron fastened on shoes to prevent slipping, an iron spike, also a crampit.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bouel-cramp: Colic.
cramper: I. A character, a show-off.
wheisa-cramps [′ʍəisə-, ′ʍisə-]: I.Ork. Aching pains, in the sulks.

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