Part 141 (2/2)
13 Composed, deliberate; as opposed to _flochtry_, _throwther_, S
14 Not hard, not difficult of execution, S
_Burns_
15 Easy in situation, snug, comfortable; as ”He sits very _canny_” ”He has a braw _canny_ seat,” S
_Ramsay_
16 Fortunate, lucky, S
_Pennecuik_
17 Fortunate, used in a superstitious sense, S
_R Galloway_
_No canny_, not fortunate, applied both to things and to persons
_Ramsay_
18 Endoith knowledge, supposed by the vulgar to proceed froical skill, South of S
_Tales Landl_
19 Good, worthy, ”A braw _canny_ ood-conditioned, or worthy man, S
_Statist Acc_
20 Applied to any instrunifies well-fitted, convenient, S
B
_Survey Nairn_
Isl _kiaen_, sciens, prudens; callidus, astutus; _kaeni_, fortis et prudens; from _kenn-a_, noscere
~Cannie Wife~, a midwife, South of S
_Cromek_
~Cannily~, adv
1 Cautiously, prudently, S
_Baillie_
2 Moderately, not violently, S