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2. Metaph. used to denote what is rugged and unequal.
_Douglas._
Ir. Gael. _cam_, C. B. _kam_, L. B. _cam-us_.
CAMLA-LIKE, _adj._ Sullen, surly; Aberd.
_Journ. Lond._
Isl. _kamleit-r_, id., tetricus.
CAMMERAIGE, CAMROCHE, _s._ Cambric.
_Acts Ja. VI._
Named from _Cambray_, in Lat. _Camerac-um_, in Teut. _Camerijk_.
CAMMON, CAMMOCK, _s._
1. A crooked stick, S.
2. The game also called _Shinty_, Perths.
Celt. _cambaca_, id. Bullet. Gael. _caman_, a hurling-club.
CAM-NOSED, CAMOW-NOSED, _adj._ Hook-nosed.
V. ~Camy~.
_Polwart._
CAMOVYNE, CAMOWYNE, _s._ Camomile, S.
_Ross._
_To_ CAMP, _v. n._
1. To contend.
V. ~Kemp~.
_Melvill's MS._
2. To romp, Loth.
Germ. _kamp-en_, certare.
CAMPERLECKS, _s. pl._ Magical tricks, Buchan; synon. _Cantraips_.
Perhaps Teut. _kaemper_, a wrestler, and _lek_, play, q. jousts, tournaments.
CAMPY, _adj._
1. Bold, brave, heroical; Gl. Sibb.
2. Ill-natured, contentious, Loth.
V. ~Camp~, _v._
CAMPIOUN, _s._ A champion.
_Bellenden._
Ital. _campione_, id.
CAMPRULY, _adj._ Contentious, S. A.
Isl. _kempa_, pugil, and _rugla_, turbare.
CAMSCHO, CAMSCHOL, _adj._
1. Crooked.
_Douglas._
2. Denoting a stern, grim, or distorted countenance.
_Ramsay._
3. Ill-humoured, contentious, crabbed; Ang.
V. ~Camy~.
CAMSHAUCHEL'D, _part. adj._
1. Distorted, awry, S.
_Nicol._
2. Angry, cross, quarrelsome, S.
_Cam_, crooked, and _shachle_, q. v.
CAMSTERIE, CAMSTAIRIE, _adj._ Froward, perverse, unmanageable, S.
Germ. _kamp_, battle, and _starrig_, stiff, q. obstinate in fight.
CAMSTONE, _s._
1. Common compact limestone, S.
2. White clay, indurated; Loth.
Teut. _kalmey-steen_.
CAMSTRUDGEOUS, _adj._ The same with ~Camsterie~; Fife.
Isl. _kaempe_, miles, and _striug_, animus infensus.
_To_ CAN, _v. a._ To know.
_Henrysone._
Teut. _konn-en_, noscere; posse.
~Can~, ~Cann~, _s._
1. Skill, knowledge, S. B.
_Ross._
2. Ability, S. B.
_Ross._
CAN, _pret._ for _Gan_, began.
_Wallace._
CANALYIE, CANNAILYIE, The rabble, S. Fr. _canaille_, id.
_J. Nicol._
CANDAVAIG, _s._
1. A foul salmon, that has lien in fresh water till summer, without migrating to the sea; Ang.
2. Used as denoting a peculiar species of salmon, Aberd.
_Statist. Acc._
Gael. _ceann_, head, and _dubhach_, a black dye.
CANDLEMAS CROWN, A badge of distinction conferred, at some grammar schools, on him who gives the highest gratuity to the rector, at the term of Candlemas, S.
_Statist. Acc._
CANE, KAIN, CANAGE, _s._ A duty paid by a tenant to his landlord in kind; as "_cane_ cheese;" "_cane_ fowls," &c. S.
_Ramsay._
L. B. _can-um_, _can-a_, tribute, from Gael. _ceann_, the head.
_To Pay the Cain_, To suffer severely in any cause, S.
_Ritson._
_To_ CANGLE, _v. n._ To quarrel, to be in a state of altercation, S.
_Ramsay._
Isl. _kiaenk-a_, arridere.
~Cangling~, _s._ Altercation, S.
_Z. Boyd._
~Cangler~, _s._ A jangler, S.
_Ramsay._
CANKERT, CANKERRIT, _adj._ Cross, ill-conditioned, S.
_Douglas._
CANNA DOWN, CANNACH, _s._ Cotton grass, Eriophorum vaginatum, Linn. S.
Gael. _cannach_, id.
_Grant._
CANNA, CANNAE, cannot; compounded of _can_, v., and _na_ or _nae_, not, S.
_Percy._
CANNAS, CANNES, _s._
1. Any coarse cloth, like that of which sails are made, S. B.
Fr. _cannevas_, E. _canvas_.
2. A coarse sheet used for keeping grain from falling to the ground when it is winnowed by means of a _wecht_, S. B.
Hence,
~Cannes-braid~, s. The breadth of such a sheet, S. B.
_Ross._
3. Metaph. the sails of a ship, S. B.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
CANNEL, _s._ Cinnamon.
_Statist. Acc._
Fr. _cannelle_, Teut. Dan. _kaneel_, Isl. _kanal_.
Hence,
~Cannel-waters~, _s. pl._ Cinnamon waters, S.
CANNELL BAYNE, The collar-bone.
_Wallace._
Fr. _canneau du col_, the nape of the neck.
_To_ CANNEL, _v. a._ To channel, to chamfer, S.
Fr. _cannel-er_, id.
CANNIE, KANNIE, _adj._
1. Cautious, prudent, S.
_Baillie._
2. Artful, crafty, S.
_Rutherford._
3. Attentive, wary, watchful, S.
_Ramsay._
4. Frugal, not given to expence, S.
_Burns._
5. Moderate in charges, S.
6. Useful, beneficial, S.
_Ross._
7. Handy, expert at any business; often used in relation to midwifery, S.
_Forbes._
8. Gentle, so as not to hurt a sore, S.
9. Soft, easy, as applied to a state of rest, S.
_Ramsay._
10. Slow in motion. "To gang _canny_," to move slowly; "to caw _canny_," to drive softly; also, to manage with frugality, S.
_Burns._
11. Soft and easy in motion, S.
12. Safe, not dangerous. "A _canny_ horse," one that may be rode with safety, S.
_Burns._
_No canny_, not safe, dangerous, S.
_Popul. Ball._
13. Composed, deliberate; as opposed to _flochtry_, _throwther_, S.
14. Not hard, not difficult of execution, S.
_Burns._
15. Easy in situation, snug, comfortable; as "He sits very _canny_." "He has a braw _canny_ seat," S.
_Ramsay._
16. Fortunate, lucky, S.
_Pennecuik._
17. Fortunate, used in a superstitious sense, S.
_R. Galloway._
_No canny_, not fortunate, applied both to things and to persons.
_Ramsay._
18. Endowed with knowledge, supposed by the vulgar to proceed from a preternatural origin; possessing magical skill, South of S.
_Tales Landl._
19. Good, worthy, "A braw _canny_ man," a pleasant, good-conditioned, or worthy man, S.
_Statist. Acc._
20. Applied to any instrument, it signifies well-fitted, convenient, S. B.
_Survey Nairn._
Isl. _kiaen_, sciens, prudens; callidus, astutus; _kaeni_, fortis et prudens; from _kenn-a_, noscere.
~Cannie Wife~, a midwife, South of S.
_Cromek._
~Cannily~, adv.
1. Cautiously, prudently, S.
_Baillie._
2. Moderately, not violently, S.
_Baillie._
3. Easily, so as not to hurt or gall, S.
_Rutherford._
4. Gently, applied to a horse obeying the rein, S.
_Waverley._
~Canniness~, s.
1. Caution, forbearance, moderation in conduct, S.
_Baillie._
2. Crafty management.
_Baillie._
CANOIS, CANOS, CANOUS, adj. Gray, hoary. Lat. _can-us_.
_Douglas._
_To_ CANT, _v. n._ To sing in speaking, to repeat after the manner of recitation, S.
Lat. _cant-are_, to sing.
_To_ CANT, _v. a._ To set a stone on its edge, a term used in masonry, S.
Germ. _kant-en_, id.
_To_ CANT, _v. n._ To ride at a hand-gallop, S. B. _Canter_, S.
CANT, _adj._ Lively, merry, brisk.
_Barbour._
~Canty~, _adj._ Lively, cheerful; applied both to persons and to things, S.
_Burns._
Ir. _cainteach_, talkative, prattling; Su. G. _gant-a_, ludificare.
CANTEL, CANTIL, _s._ A fragment.
_Sir Egeir._
Teut. _kanteel_, pinna, mina, Fr. _chantel_, a piece broken off from the corner or edge of a thing.
CANTEL, _s._ The crown of the head, Loth. Teut _kanteel_, a battlement.
CANTEL, _s._ A juggling trick.
_Houlate._
L. B. _cantell-ator_, praestigiator, magus.
~Cantelein~, _s._ Properly an incantation, used to denote a trick.
_Lyndsay._
Lat. _cantilen-a_, a song.
CANTRAIP, CANTRAP, _s._
1. A charm, a spell, an incantation, S.
_Ramsay._
2. A trick, a piece of mischief artfully or adroitly performed, S.
_Waverley._
Isl. _gan_, _gand_, witchcraft, or _kiaen_, applied to magical arts, and _trapp_, calcatio.
_To_ CAP, _v. n._ To uncover the head, in token of obeisance; q. to take off one's cap.
_Baillie._
_To_ CAP, _v. a._ To excel, Loth.
Teut. _kappe_, the summit.
CAP, _s._ A wooden bowl for containing meat or drink, S.
_Ramsay._
Su. G. _koppa_, cyaphus; Arab. _kab_, a cup.
Hence, perhaps,
~Caps~, _s. pl._ The combs of wild bees, S.
_To_ CAP, _v. a._
1. To seize by violence, to lay hold of what is not one's own, S.
2. To seize vessels in a privateering way.
_Fountainhall._
3. To entrap, to ensnare.
_K. Ja. VI._
Lat. _cap-ere_, Su. G. _kipp-a_, rapere.
~Caper~, _s._ A pirate; or one who seizes vessels under a letter of marque.
_Colvil._
Belg. Su. G. Dan. _kapare_, a pirate.
_To_ CAP, _v. a._ To direct one's course at sea.
_Douglas._
Teut. _kape_, signum littorale.
CAPER, KAPER, _s._ A piece of oatcake and butter, with a slice of cheese on it, Perths. Gael. _ceapaire_, id.
CAPERCAILYE, CAPERCALYEANE, _s._ The mountain cock, Tetrao urogallus, Linn. S.
_Bellenden._
Gael. _capullecoille_, id.
CAPERNOITIE, CAPERNOITED, _adj._ Crabbed, irritable, peevish, S.
_Hamilton._
Isl. _kappe_, certamen, and _nyt-a_ uti, q. "one who invites strife."
CAPES, _s. pl._
1. The grain which retains the shell, before it is milled, Loth.
2. The grain which is not sufficiently ground; especially where the shell remains with part of the grain, Loth.
3. Flakes of meal which come from the mill, when the grain has not been thoroughly dried, S. B.
_Morison._
CAPYL, CAPUL, _s._ A horse or mare.
_Douglas._
Gael. _capull_, Ir. _kabbal_, C. B. _keffyl_, Hisp. _cavallo_, id.
CAPITANE, _s._ Caption, captivity.
_Bellenden._
CAPLEYNE, _s._ "A steylle _capleine_," a small helmet.
_Wallace._
Germ. _kaeplein_, from _kappe_, tegumentum capitis.
_To_ CAPPER, _v. a._
1. To seize ships, to go a-privateering, Ang.
2. To catch, to seize, violently to lay hold of; used in a general sense, Ang.
Dan. _kapre_, to exercise piracy.
CAPPIT, _adj._ Crabbed, ill-humoured, peevish, S.
_Philotus._
Isl. _kapp_, contention, or Flandr. _koppe_, a spider; as we call an ill-humoured person an _ettercap_, S.
CAPREL, _s._ A caper, as in dancing.
Fr. _capriole_, id.
_Polwart._
CAPROWSY, _s._ A short cloak furnished with a hood.
_Evergreen._
Fr. _cappe-rosin_, a red coloured cloak.
_To_ CAPSTRIDE, _v. a._ To drink in place of another, to whom it belongs, when the vessel is going round a company, S.
E. _cap_ and _stride_.
CAPUL, _s._ A horse.
V. ~Capyl~.
CAR, _adj._ Left, left-handed.
V. ~Ker~.
CAR, CAAR, _s._ A sledge, a hurdle, S.
Ir. _carr_, id.
_Wallace._
CARAGE, _s._
V. ~Arage~.
CARALYNGIS, _s. pl._ Dancing.
_Houlate._
Fr. _caroll-er_, to dance, to revel.
CARAMEILE, _s._ An edible root.
V. ~Carmele~.
CARCAT, CARKAT, CARCANT, _s._
1. A necklace, E. _carcanet_.
_Maitland P._
2. A pendant ornament of the head.
_Watson's Coll._
CARDINAL, _s._ A long cloak, or mantle, worn by women, S.
_Statist. Acc._
_To_ CARE, _v. a._ To drive.
V. ~Cair~.
CARE-BED LAIR, A disconsolate situation; q. "_lying_ in the _bed_ of care," S. B.
_Ross._
CARECAKE, KERCAIK, _s._ A small cake, baked with eggs, and eaten on _Yule-day_, in the north of S.
V. Next term.
CARE SONDAY, according to some, that immediately preceding Good Friday, but generally used to signify the fifth in Lent, S.
V. ~Carlings~.
_Bellenden._
Germ. _kar_, satisfactio, from _karr-en_, _ker-en_, emendare; or Su. G. _kaer-a_, to complain.
CARGE, _To carge_, in charge.
_Wallace._
O. Fr. _carguer_, used as _charger_.
CARIE, _adj._ Soft, pliable.
_Kelly._
CARYBALD, _s._
_Maitland Poems._
Perhaps from Fr. _charaveau_, a beetle.
CARKINING, _s._ A collar.
V. ~Carcat~.
_Houlate._
CARL, CAIRLE, CARLE, CARLL, _s._
1. A man, S. B.
A. S. _carl_, Isl. _karl_, O. Teut. _kaerla_, masculus.
2. Man, as distinguished from a boy.
_Wyntown._
3. A clown, a boor, S. A. Bor.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _ceorl_, Isl. _karl_, Belg. _kaerle_, rusticus.
4. One who has the manners of a boor.
_Kelly._
5. A strong man.
_Wallace._
Germ. _kerl_, fortis, corpore robusto praeditus.
6. An old man, S. A. Bor.
_Wyntown._
Su. G. Isl. _karl_, id.
~Carl-crab~, _s._ The male of the black-clawed crab, Cancer pagurus, Linn. S.
_Sibbald._
_Carl-hemp_, _s._
1. The largest stalk of hemp, S. A. Bor.
2. Used metaph. to denote firmness of mind.
_Burns._
~Carl-again~, _To play carl-again_, to return a blow, to give as much as one receives, Ang.
~Carl~ _and_ ~Cavel~,
V. ~Kavel~.
~Carl-doddie~, _s._ A stalk of rib-grass, S. Plantago lanceolata, Linn.
_Doddie_, bald.
~Carlie~, _s._ A little man, a dimin. from _carl_, S.
_Cleland._
~Carlish~, ~Carlitch~, _adj._
1. Coarse, vulgar.
A. S. _ceorlic_, vulgaris.
_Dunbar._
2. Rude, harsh in manners.
_Popul. Ball._
~Carlin~, _s._
1. An old woman, S.
_Philotus._
2. A contemptuous term for a woman, although not far advanced in life, S.
_Douglas._
3. A witch, Loth. Twedd.
_Pennecuik._
4. The last handful of corn cut down in harvest-field, when it is not shorn before Hallowmas, S. B. If before this, it is called the _Maiden_.
Su. G. _kaering_, _kaerling_, anus.
~Carlin-heather~, _s._ Fine-leaved heath, Erica cinerea, Linn. S. also called _Bell-heather_.
~Carlin-spurs~, _s. pl._ Needle furze or petty whin, Genista Anglica, Linn., S. B. q. "the spurs of an old woman."
~Carlin-teuch~, _adj._ (gutt.) As hardy as an old woman, S. B.
_Teuch_, S., tough.
CARLING, _s._ The name of a fish, Fife.; supposed to be the Pogge, Cottus cataphractus, Linn.
CARLINGS, _s. pl._ Pease _birsled_ or broiled, Ang. according to Sibb. "pease broiled on _Care_-Sunday."
_Ritson._
CARMELE, CARMYLIE, CARAMEIL, _s._ Heath pease, a root, S. Orobus tuberosus, Linn.
_Pennant._
Gael. _cairmeal_, id.
CARNAIL, _adj._ Putrid.
_Wallace._
Fr. _charogneux_, putrified, full of carrion, Cotgr.
CARNELL, _s._ A heap, a dimin. from _cairn_.
_Bellenden._
_To_ CARP, CARPE, _v. a._
1. To speak, to talk, to relate, whether verbally, or in writing.
_Wyntown._
O. E. id.
_P. Ploughman._
2. To sing.
_Minstrelsy Border._
Lat. _carpo_, _-ere_, to cull.
~Carping~, _s._ Narration. O. E. id.
V the _v._
CARRALLES, _s. pl._ Carols, or songs, sung within and about kirks, on certain days; prohibited by act of Parliament.
V. ~Caralyngis~ and ~Gysar~.
_Acts Ja. VI._
~Carol-ewyn~, _s._ The name given, Perths. to the last night of the year; because young people go from door to door singing _carols_, for which they get small cakes in return.
CARRITCH, CARITCH, _s._ The vulgar name for a catechism; more commonly in pl. _caritches_, S.
_Magopico._
2. Used somewhat metaph.
_Ferguson._
CARRY, _s._ A term used to express the motion of the clouds before the wind, S. B.
CARSE, KERSS, _s._ Low and fertile land, generally, that which is adjacent to a river, as _the Carse of Gowrie_, _the Carse of Stirling_, &c. S.
_Barbour._
Su. G. _kaerr_ and Isl. _kiar_, _kaer_, both signify a marsh.
_Carse_ is sometimes used as an adj.
_Lord Hailes._
CARTAGE, _s._ Apparently for _carcase_.
_Douglas._
CARTE, _s._ A chariot, especially one used in war.
Chaucer, _carte_, id. Ir. _cairt_, C. B. _kertuyn_, A. S. _craet_, id.
CARTIL, _s._ A cart-load, Ang.; perhaps contr. from _cart_ and _fill_ or _full_.
CARTOW, _s._ A great cannon, a battering piece.
_Spalding._
Teut. _kartouwe_, id.
CARUEL, KERVEL, _s._ A kind of ship.
_Douglas._
Fr. _caravelle_, id. Teut. _kareveel_. Hisp. _caravela_, Isl. _karf_.
CASCHET, CASHET, _s._ The _fac simile_ of the king's superscription.
_Acts Ja. VI._
From Fr. _cachet_, a seal. This term has the same signification with _caschet_, S.
CASEABLE, _adj._ Naturally belonging to a particular situation or case.
_Baillie._
_To_ CASS, _v. a._ To make void, to annul.
_Acts Ja. IV._
Fr. _cass-er_, id. L. B. _cass-are_, irritum reddere.
CASS, _s._
1. Chance, accident, O. E. id.
_Wallace._
2. Work, business.
_Barbour._
Fr. _cas_, matter, fact, deed.
CASSIE, CAZZIE, _s._
1. A sort of basket made of straw, S. B.
_Brand._
It is also written _cosie_.
2. Used in Orkney instead of a corn riddle.
_Statist. Acc._
Teut. _kasse_, capsa, cista, Fr. _casse_, Ital. _cassa_, L. B. _cassa_, id. Su. G. _kasse_, reticulum, in quo pisces portantur, &c.
CAST, _s._
1. A twist, a contortion, as, _His neck has gotten a cast_, or a _wrang cast_, S.
2. Opportunity, chance, S.
3. A turn, an event of any kind, S.
_Ross._
4. Lot, fate.
_Hamilton._
5. Aim, object in view.
_Douglas._
6. Subtle contrivance, wile, stratagem.
_Wyntown._
7. Facility in performing any manual work, such especially as requires ingenuity or expertness, S.
_Douglas._
8. Legerdemain, sleight of hand.
_Houlate._
9. The effect of ingenuity, as manifested in literary works.
_Douglas._
C. B. _cast_ signifies a trick, techna; Su. G. _kost_, modus agendi.
CAST, _s._
1. A district, a tract of country, S.
2. That particular course in which one travels, S.
_Ross._
CAST, _s._ _A cast_ of herrings, haddocks, oysters, &c., four in number, S.
Su. G. _kast-a_, to cast, to throw. _Ett kast sill_, quaternio halecum.
_To_ CAST, _v. a._ To use, to propose, to bring forth. "To _cast_ essonyies," LL. S. to exhibit excuses.
Su. G. _kast-a_, mittere.
_To_ CAST _a clod between persons_, to widen the breach between them, S. B.
_Ross._
_To_ CAST _a stone at_ one, to renounce all connexion with one, S.
_To_ CAST ~out~, _v. n._ To quarrel, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ CAST ~up~, _v. a._ To throw any thing in one's teeth, to upbraid one with a thing, S.
_Ross._
_To_ CAST ~up~, _v. n._
V. ~Upcasting~.
_To_ CAST ~Words~, to quarrel, S. B.
_Wyntown._
Su. G. _ordkasta_, to quarrel.
CASTELWART, _s._ The keeper of a castle.
_Wyntown._
From _castle_ and _ward_.
CASTOCK, CASTACK, CUSTOC, _s._ The core or pith of a stalk of colewort or cabbage; often _kail-castock_, S.
_Journal Lond._
Belg. _keest_, medulla, cor, matrix arboris, the pith.
CAT and CLAY, the materials of which a mud-wall is constructed, in many parts of S. Straw and clay are well wrought together, and being formed into pretty large rolls, are laid between the different wooden posts by means of which the wall is formed, and carefully pressed down so as to incorporate with each other, or with the twigs that are sometimes plaited from one post to another, S.
CAT and DOG, the name of an ancient sport, S.
It seems to be an early form of _Cricket_.
CATBAND, _s._ The name given to the strong hook used on the inside of a door or gate, which being fixed to the wall, keeps it shut.
_Act Sedt._
Germ. _kette_, a chain, and _band_.
CATCHY, _adj._ Disposed to take the advantage of another, S. from the E. _v. catch_.
CATCHROGUE, _s._ Cleavers or goose-grass, an herb, S. Galiam aparine, Linn.
CATCLUKE, CATLUKE, _s._ Trefoil; an herb, S. Lotus corniculatus, Linn.
_Douglas._
"Named from some fanciful resemblance it has to a _cat_ (cat's) or a _bird's foot_;" Rudd. Dan. _katte-cloe_, a cat's claw or _clutch_.
_To_ CATE, CAIT, _v. n._ To desire the male or female; a term strictly applied to cats only.
V. ~Caige~, ~Caigie~.
_Colvil_.
Su. G. _kaat_, salax, lascivus, _kaett-ias_, lascivire.
CATECHIS, _s._ A catechism.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
CATER, _s._ Money, S. B. q. what is _catered_.
V. ~Catour~.
_Shirrefs._
CATERANES, KATHERANES, _s. pl._ Bands of robbers, especially such as came down from the Highlands to the low country, and carried off cattle, corn, or whatever pleased them, from those who were not able to make resistance, S. _Kaitrine_, _Kettrin_.
_Stat. Rob. II._
Ir. _ceatharnach_, a soldier, _ceatharb_, a troop.
CAT-FISH, SEA-CAT, _s._ The Sea-wolf, S. Anarhicas lupus, Linn.
Sw. _haf-kat_, i. e. sea-cat.
_Sibbald._
CAT-GUT, _s._ Fucus filum, Orkn.
_Neill._
CAT-HARROW, _s._ "_They draw the Cat Harrow_; that is, they thwart one another."
_Lyndsay._
CATHEL-NAIL, _s._ The nail by which the body of a cart is fastened to the axle-tree, Fife.
CATINE, _s._
_Polwart._
CATMAW, _s._ "To tumble the _catmaw_," to go topsy-turvy, to tumble, S. B.
CATOUR, _s._ A caterer, a provider.
_Wallace._
O. Teut. _kater_, oeconomus.
V. ~Katouris~.
CAT-SILLER, _s._ The mica of mineralogists, S.; the _katzen silber_ of the vulgar in Germany.
CATTER, CATERR, _s._ Catarrh.
_Bellenden._
CATTLE-RAIK, _s._ A common, or extensive pasture, where cattle feed at large, S.
V. ~Raik~.
From _cattle_, and _raik_, to range.
CATWITTIT, _adj._ Harebrained, unsettled, q. having the _wits_ of a _cat_, S.
_To_ CAUCHT, _v. a._ To catch, to grasp.
_Douglas._
Formed from the pret. of _catch_.
_To_ CAVE, KEVE, _v. a._
1. To push, to drive backward and forward, S.
2. To toss. "_To cave the head_," to toss it in a haughty or awkward way, S.
_Cleland._
_To_ ~Cave~ _over_, _v. n._ To fall over suddenly, S.
_Melvill's MS._
~Cave~, _s._
1. A stroke, a push, S.
2. A toss.
Isl. _akafr_, cum impetu, vehementer.
_To_ ~Cave~, _v. a._
1. To separate grain from the broken straw, after threshing, S. B.
2. To separate corn from the chaff, S. A.
Teut. _kav-en_, eventilare paleas; or the v. both as signifying to toss, and to separate, may be viewed as the same with Isl. _kaf-a_ volutare; _kafa i heya_, to toss, ted, or _cave_ hay.
CAVEL, CAUIL, CAFLE, KAVEL, KEVIL, _s._
1. Expl. "a rod, a pole, a long staff."
_Chr. Kirk._
Su. G. _kafle_, pertica, bacillus; Germ. _keule_, a club.
2. A lot, S. _keul_, S. A.
Hence, "to cast _cavels_," to cast lots. _Cavel_, id. Northumb.
_Wallace._
3. By Rudd. _cavillis_ is not only translated lots, but "responses of oracles."
_Douglas._
4. State appointed, allotment in Providence, S. B.
_Ross._
5. A division or share of property, as being originally determined by lot, S. B.
_Law Case._
Su. G. Isl. _kafle_, which primarily means a rod, is transferred to a lot in general. Teut. _kavel_, a lot, _kavel-en_, to cast lots.
_To_ ~Cavell~, _v. a._ To divide by lot, S. B.
_Law Case._
CAVIE, _s._ A hencoop, S.
_J. Nicol._
Teut. _kevie_, id. aviarium, Lat. _cavea_.
CAUIS, 3. _p. sing._ Falls suddenly over.
V. ~Cave~ _over_, _v._
_Douglas._
CAUITS, _s. pl._ Apparently, cat-calls. From S. _caw_, to call.
_Henrysone._
CAULD, _s._ A dam-head, S. A.
_Lay Last Minstrel._
Teut. _kade_, a small bank.
CAULD BARK, "To lie in the _cauld bark_," to be dead, S. B.
_Ross._
Perhaps a corr. of A. S. _beorg_, sepulchre, q. cold grave.
CAULER, _adj._ Cool.
V. ~Callour~.
CAULMES.
V. ~Calmes~.
CAUPE, CAUPIS, CAULPES, CALPEIS, _s._ An exaction made by a superior, especially by the Head of a clan, on his tenants and other dependants, for maintenance and protection, under the name of a _benevolence_. This was generally the best horse, ox or cow the retainer had in his possession.
_Acts Ja. IV._
Isl. _kaup_ denotes a gift; Su. G. _koep-a_, dare.
CAUPONA, Expl. "a sailor's cheer in heaving the anchor."
_Complaynt S._
Fr. _à un coup_, at once, altogether.
CAUSEY, CAUSAY, _s._ A street, S.
Teut. _kautsije_, id.
_Douglas._
_To keep the causey_, or, _the crown of the causey_, to appear openly, to appear with credit and respectability.
_Rutherford._
~Causey-Cloaths~, _s. pl._ Dress in which one may appear in public, S.
_Baillie._
~Causey-Faced~, _adj._ One who may appear in public without blushing, S. B.
~Calsay-Paiker~, _s._ A street walker.
V. ~Paiker~.
~Causey-Tales~, _s. pl._ Common news, q. street news, S.
CAURE, Calves; the pl. of _cauf_, a calf. It is commonly used in the West of S.
_Popular Ball._
I am assured that the word is the same in Norway. A. S. _cealfru_, id.
CAUTIONER, _s._ A surety, a sponsor, S. a forensic term.
_Acts Ja. V._
_To_ CAW, _v. a._ To drive.
V. ~Call~.
CAWK, _s._ Chalk, S. _Caulk_, A. Bor.
_Wallace._
A. S. _cealc_, Alem. _calc_, Dan. Belg. _kalck_, Isl. _kalk_, C. B. _calch_, Lat. _calx_, id.
CAWKER, _s._
1. The hinder part of a horse's shoe sharpened, and pointed downwards, to prevent the horse from sliding, S.
2. Metaph. a dram, a glass of ardent spirits, S.
Isl. _keikr_, recurvus, _keik-a_, recurvi; as referring to the form of the _caulker_.
CAWLIE, _s._ A contemptuous name for a man, S.; pron. like E. _cowl_.
_Cleland._
CAZARD, _s._ Apparently, an emperor, or Caesar; as the latter is sometimes written _Caser_.
_Chron. S. Poet._
CAZZIE, _s._ A sort of sack or net made of straw, S. B.
V. ~Cassie~.
_To_ CEIRS, SERS, _v. a._ To search.
_Douglas._
Fr. _cherch-er_, Ital. _cerc-are_, id.
CELICALL, _adj._ Heavenly, celestial.
_Douglas._
CENCRASTUS, _s._ A serpent of a greenish colour, having its speckled belly covered with spots resembling millet-seeds.
_Watson's Coll._
Fr. _cenchrite_, Lat. _cenchrus_, id.
CEST, CESSIT, _pret._ Seized.
_Wallace._
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