camshachle, v. Sc.
(kamˈʃax(ə)l)
Also camshauchel.
[f. cam a. crooked, awry + shachle v. to distort.]
trans. To crook, distort, twist all awry. Hence camshachled ppl. a.
| 1805 J. Nicol Poems I. 33 (Jam.) Nae auld camshaucheld warlock loun. 1819 St. Patrick II. 191 (Jam.) An ye think tae camshachle me wi' your bluidthristy fingers. |