† ˈculroun, culrun Sc. Obs.
Also culroin, cullurune.
[perh. a corruption of cullion.]
A base fellow, a rascal: an opprobrious appellation.
| 1513 Douglas æneis viii. Prol. 43 The cadgear..Calland the colȝear ane knaif and culroun full queyr. 1540 in Knox Hist. Ref. Wks. 1846 I. 75 Be Thomas your brother at command, A cullurune kythed throw many a land. a 1568 Bannatyne Poems, Sons exylit throw Pryd 27 For hichtines the culroin dois misken His awin maister. |