caa (pr. "kaah")

call

caad (pr. "kaahed")

called

cairt, cairtie (pr. "kert")

(n.) a cart

callant (from Gaelic)

young man

caller

fresh (as in "caller herrin", fresh herring)
(one of the very rare incidences of a double-L spelling in Scots)

cannie (not to be confused with Northumbrian "canny")

careful

cantie

at ease, contented

carl

mature man

carlin

mature woman

cauld

cold

chaumer (Gaelic 'seomar' from French "chambre")

room

clachan (from Gaelic)

small farmstead

claymore (Gaelic 'claidheamh mor')

great sword of the kind associated with William Wallace (often wrongly used in reference to what is actually the broadsword)

cowp

overturn

cran (Gaelic 'crann')

a measurement for herring catches

cutty stool

the Stool of Repentance in a Presbyterian kirk

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