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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

†CUDEIGH, CUDIEGH, Cudick, Cuddikie, n. “A gift, a bribe; a premium for the use of money” (Lth. 1808 Jam.); “something conferred as a present, in addition to wages” (Dmf. 1825 Jam.2).Sc. 1728 Ramsay Poems II. 99:
And mony Thousands have I lent, But sickerly I took good tent, That double Pawns, With a Cudeigh, and ten per Cint Lay in my Hands.Fif. 1746 Dunfermline Regality Ct. Bk. MS. (31 March): 
And further discharges all boatmen from taking or drinking what they call Cudicks on any pretence whatsoever.Ayr. 1789 D. Sillar Poems 99:
At ev'ry rate 'twixt five an' ten, Cudiegh an' int'rest clear.

[O.Sc. cuddeich, cuddich, etc., from 1505, a night's entertainment due from a tenant to his superior, or the equivalent of this in value (D.O.S.T.); “when systematically due . . . the ‘Custom of Cuddikie' . . . was restricted to four meals, four times in the year, to the chief and his followers” (Sc. 1892 R. W. Cochran-Patrick Med. Scot. vi.); Gael. cuid, share or part, + oidhche, night, cuid oidhche, a night's lodging (MacLennan).]

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