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.
