Monday, September 28, 2015

Word of the Day

cuittle
 \ KY-tl \  , verb;  
1.to wheedle, cajole, or coax.

Quotes:
The Papist threatened us with purgatory, and fleeched us with pardons; — the Protestant mints at us with the sword, and cuittles  us with the liberty of conscience…
-- Sir Walter Scott, "The Abbot" , 1820

Baith Easie and Maister Strong cuittled  him up wi' the idea that the lassie had ta'en a notion o' him, and that they expected a waddin' afore lang.
-- Christina Fraser, "Glints O' Glengonnar" , 1910

Origin:
Cuittle  is of uncertain origin.

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