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Ceol beag

Ceol beag (kyoll bayg) Ceol beag is a class of music for Scottish bagpipes, consisting of marches, strathspeys, and reels. [The phrase is Gaelic and means little music]

Ceol meadhonach (kyoll me-on-aCH) Ceol meadhonach is a class of music for Scottish bagpipes, consisting of folk songs, lullabies, and slow marches. [The phrase is Gaelic and means middle music]

Ceol mor (kyoll mor) Ceol mor is a class of music for Scottish bagpipes, consisting of salutes, gatherings, laments, and commemorative tunes. [The phrase is Gaelic and means big music]

ceud míle fáilte (kee-ut mee-luh fah-ill-tya) Ceud míle fáilte is a greeting often seen on place-name signs for towns. [The phrase is Gaelic and means a hundred thousand welcomes]

champit or chappit Champit vegetables are ones which have been mashed.

champit tatties or chappit tatties Champit tatties are mashed potatoes, which are one of the traditional accompaniments to haggis, along with neeps, in a Burns Supper.

chanter A chanter is a pipe on a set of bagpipes that is provided with finger holes and on which the melody is played. The chanter can also be played on its own for practice. Compare drone.

chanty A chanty is a chamber pot.

chanty-wrastler (chant-ee-rass-ler) In the Glasgow area, a chanty-wrastler is a contemptible person. [The word wrastler comes from wrastle meaning to wrestle or struggle with something]

chap To chap on a door or a window is to knock on it: I am directed to room five, and march up the stairs to chap nervously on the door. A chap is such a knock: Give the door another chap.

chappit A variant of champit.

chauve or tyauve (chawv) To chauve is to struggle, strive, or work hard, often with little to show for one’s exertions. A chauve is a struggle: It’s a sair chauve for a half loaf.

cheep To cheep is to whisper or speak softly. Birds also cheep, that is, chirp. The phrase not a cheep means not a word or not a sound and is often used in a command to keep quiet, such as not a cheep out of you.

cheeper A cheeper is a light kiss on the cheek.

chib In the West of Scotland, a chib is an offensive weapon, such as a knife or a razor, used to stab or slash someone. To chib someone is to stab or slash them.

chief or chieftain The chief of a Scottish clan is its head or leader.

chiel (cheel) or chield A chiel is a lad or a young man. The word is in common use in parts of Northern Scotland, but is mainly old-fashioned or literary elsewhere. [It is probably related to child]

Children’s Hearing A Children’s Hearing is the Scottish equivalent of an English juvenile court. They were introduced in 1971 with the objective of dealing with children under sixteen who are in criminal or family trouble. A Children’s Panel of three trained volunteers makes an assessment of each child, based on evidence given by anyone with knowledge of the child, then recommends whatever action is needed to be taken. Recommendations are always made with the aim to help and reform rather than punish the child.

chitter To chitter is to shiver with cold.