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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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‡CRASIE, Crasy, Chraisy, Craz(z)y, Cresie, Creuzie, Craisie, n. A sunbonnet (Per. 1898 E.D.D., crasie, cresie (also -jean); Lth., Clydesd. 1887 Jam.⁶, crasie, crasy, chraisy; Upper Clydesd. 1825 Jam.², cresie; w.Dmf. 1899 J. Shaw Country Schoolmaster 345, creuzie; w.Dmf. 1925 W. Scott in Trans. Dmf. and Gall. Antiq. Soc. 22, craisie, “the old-fashioned scoop-like kind”; Rxb.1923 Watson W.-B., crazy, crazzy). Known also in Liddesdale (Rxb.²) and Ayr. (1916 T.S.D.C. II.), and to Kcb. correspondents 1940. [′kre:zi, ′krɑ:zi, ′krø:zi]Edb. 1843 J. Ballantine Gaberlunzie's Wallet i.:
With her milk leglin on her head, loosely robed in a homely short gown and a pink “chraisy.”s.Sc. 1866 Fragment quoted in Southern Counties Register vii.:
A'm shooin' up my crazzy.