1 a creature: How in the name do these tottie wee [very small] craturs [swallows] stay up in the sky? 20-.
2 a person, usually a person deserving of sympathy: How does this old woman, this old cratur of a woman, bide [stay] up here in that cold wind? 20-.
3 a dear one: ‘my wife is the nicest old cratur - I’ve been married to her sixty years…’ 20-. etymology: Scots, a development from English creature; sense 2 attested by ET; sense 1 attested by JS, SS and BW; senses 1 and 3 attested by DW