Chapter C: B. keibr, Corn. keber, a rafter; Ir. cabar, a coupling;

Teut. _keper_, a beam, a brace.

CABROCH, _adj._ Lean, meagre; _skeebroch_, Galloway.

_Evergreen._

Ir. Gael. _scabar_, thin.

CACE, CAIS, _s._ Chance, accident. _On cace_, by chance.

_Douglas._

Fr. _cas_, id.

_To_ CACHE, CAICH, CADGE, _v. a._ To toss, to drive, to shog, S.

_Douglas._

Belg. _kaats-en_, to toss, Ital. _cacc-iare_, to drive.

CACHE-KOW, _s._ A cow-catcher, a cow-stealer.

_Douglas._

CADDIS, _s._ Lint for dressing a wound, S.

Gael. _cadas_, a pledget.

_To_ CADGE.

V. ~Cache~.

CADGELL, _s._ A wanton fellow.

V. ~Caigie~.

CADIE, _s._

1. One who gains a livelihood by running of errands, or delivering messages; a member of a society in Edinburgh, instituted for this purpose, S.

_Ferguson._

2. A boy; especially as employed in running of errands, or in any inferior sort of work, S.

3. A young fellow; used in a ludicrous sense, S.

_Burns._

Fr. _cadet_, a younger brother.

CADGY, CADY, _adj._

V. ~Caigie~.

CADUC, _adj._ Frail, fleeting.

_Complaynt S._

Fr. _caduque_, Lat. _caduc-us_, id.

CAFF, _s._ Chaff, S.

_Ramsay._

A. S. _ceaf_, Germ, _kaf_, id. palea.

CAFLIS, _pl._ Lots.

V. ~Cavel~.

CAHUTE, _s._

1. The cabin of a ship.

_Evergreen._

2. A small or private apartment of any kind.

_Douglas._

Germ. _kaiute_, _koiute_, Su. G. _kaijuta_. id.

CAIB, _s._ The iron employed in making a spade, or any such instrument; Sutherl.

Gael. _ceibe_, a spade.

_Statist. Acc._

CAIF, KAIF, _adj._ Tame, South of S.

Sw. _kufw-a_, to tame.

_Gl. Sibb._

_To_ CAIGE, CAIDGE, _v. n._ To wanton, to wax wanton.

_Philotus._

Su. G. _kaett-jas_, lascivire.

~Caigie~, ~Caidgy~, ~Cady~, ~Keady~, _adj._

1. Wanton, S. _Kiddy_, Ang.

_Lyndsay._

2. Cheerful, sportive; having the idea of innocence conjoined, S.

_Ramsay._

Dan. _kaad_, Su. G. _kaat_, salax, lascivus; Isl. _kaat-ur_,
hilaris.

~Cadgily~, _adv._ Cheerfully, S.

_Ferguson._

CAIK, _s._ A stitch, a sharp pain in the side, South of S.

_Gl. Sibb._

Teut. _koeck_, obstructio hepatis.

CAIK, _s._ A cake of oat-meal, S.

_Knox._

~Caik-Fumler~, _s._ A parasite, a toad-eater; or perhaps, a covetous wretch.

_Douglas._

CAIL, _s._ Colewort, S.

V. ~Kail~.

CAYNE, _s._ An opprobrious term.

_Kennedy._

CAIP, CAPE, _s._ The highest part of any thing, S.

Hence, _caip-stane_, the cope-stone, S.

Teut. _kappe_, culmen.

CAIP, _s._ A coffin.

_Henrysone._

A. S. _cofe_, cavea.

_To_ CAIR, KAIR, _v. a._ To drive backwards and forwards, S. _Care_, Gl. Sibb.

Isl. _keir-a_, Su. G. _koer-a_, vi pellere.

_To_ CAIR, CAYR, _v. n._ To return to a place where one has been before.

_Wallace._

A. S. _cerr-an_, to return, Belg. _keer-en_, Germ. _ker-en_, to
turn.

CAIR, CAAR, CARRY, KER, _adj._ Left.

Hence, _cair-handit_, _carry-handit_, left-handed, S.

V. ~Ker~.

CAIRD, CARD, KAIRD, _s._

1. A gipsy, one who lives by stealing, S.

_Ross._

2. A travelling tinker, S.

_Burns._

3. A sturdy beggar, S.; synon. with _Sornar_.

4. A scold, S. B.

Ir. _ceard_, _ceird_, a tinker.

CAIRN, _s._

1. A heap of stones thrown together in a conical form, S.

_Pennant._

2. A building of any kind in a ruined state, a heap of rubbish, S.

_Burns._

Gael. Ir. _carne_, C. B. _carneddaw_, id.

CAIRT, _s._ A chart or map.

_Burel._

Teut. _karte_, Fr. _carte_, id.

CAIRTS, _s. pl._ Cards, as used in play, S.

Fr. _carte_, id.

~Cairtaris~, _s. pl._ Players at cards.

_Knox._

CAIR-WEEDS, _s. pl._ Mourning weeds, q. "weeds of care."

_Dunbar._

_To_ CAIT, _v. n._

V. ~Cate~.

CAITCHE, CAICHE, _s._ A kind of game.

_Lyndsay._

Teut. _ketsc_, ictus pilae, _kaets-en_, ludere pila.

CALCHEN, _s._ (gutt.) A square frame of wood, with ribs across it, in the form of a gridiron, on which candle-fir is dried in the chimney, S. B.

Isl. _kialke_, a sledge, _sperru-kialki_, rafters.

CALD, CAULD, _adj._

1. Cold, S.

_Popular Ball._

2. Cool, deliberate, not rash in judgment.

_Douglas._

Moes. G. _kalds_, A. S. _ceald_, Alem. _chalt_, Isl. _kalt_,
frigidus.

~Cald~, ~Cauld,~ _s._

1. Cold, the privation of heat, S.

_Wyntown._

2. The disease caused by cold, S.

~Cauld Coal~. _He has a cauld coal to blaw at_, "He is engaged in work that promises no success," S. Prov.

~Caldrife~, ~Cauldrife~, _adj._

1. Causing the sensation of cold, S.

_Ross._

2. Very susceptible of cold, S.

3. Indifferent, cool, not manifesting regard or interest, S.

_Ferguson._

_Cald_, and _rife_, q. "abounding in cold."

~Cauldrifeness~, ~Coldrifeness~, _s._

1. Susceptibility of cold, chilness, S.

2. Coolness, want of ardour, S.

_Baillie._

~Cauld Steer~, Sour milk and meal _stirred_ together in a _cold_ state, S. B.

CALFLEA, _s._ Infield ground, one year under natural grass; probably thus denominated from the _calves_ being fed on it, Ang.

CALFING, _s._ Wadding.

V. ~Colf~.

CALICRAT, _s._ Apparently an emmet or ant.

_Burel._

_To_ CALKIL, _v. a._ To calculate.

Fr. _calcul-er_, id.

_Complaynt S._

_To_ CALL, CA', CAA, CAW, _v. a._

1. To drive, to impel in any direction, S.

_Barbour._

2. To strike, with the prep. _at_, S.

_Sir Egeir._

Dan. _kage_, leviter verberare.

_To_ ~Call~, ~Ca'~, _v. n._

1. To move quickly, S.

_Ross._

2. To go in, or enter, in consequence of being driven, S.

_Bord. Minstrelsy._

~Call~, ~Caw~ _of the water_, the motion of it in consequence of the action of the wind, S.

~Caller~, _s._ One who drives horses or cattle under the yoke.

_Barry._

CALLAN, CALLAND, CALLANT, _s._

1. A stripling, a lad; "a young _calland_," a boy, S.

_Baillie._

2. Applied to a young man, as a term expressive of affection, S.

_Waverley._

3. Often used as a familiar term, expressive of affection to one considerably advanced in life, S.

_Ramsay._

Fr. _gallant_, Douglas uses _gallandis_ for _juvenes_.

CALLOT, _s._ A _mutch_ or cap for a woman's head, without a border, Ang.

Fr. _calotte_, a coif.

CALLOUR, CALLER, CAULER, _adj._

1. Cool, refreshing; "_a callour day_," a cool day, S.

_Douglas._

2. Fresh, not in a state of putridity, S., as _callour meat_, _callour fish_, &c.

_Bellenden._

3. Having the plump and rosy appearance of health, as opposed to a sickly look, S. Isl. _kalldur_, frigidus.

CALOO, CALLOW, CALAW, _s._ The pintail duck, Anas acuta, Linn. Orkn.

_Barry._

CALSAY, _s._ Causeway, street.

_Acts Ja. VI._

CALSHIE, CALSHAGH, _adj._ Crabbed, ill humoured, S.

_Morison._

Isl. _kals-a_, irridere, _kalzug-ur_, derisor.

CALMES, CAUMS, _s. pl._

1. A mould, a frame, S.

_Acts Ja. VI._

2. The small cords through which the warp is passed in the loom, S., synon. _heddles_.

3. _In the caulms_, in the state of being framed or modelled, metaph.

_Baillie._

Germ. _quem-en_, quadrare; Su.G. _bequaem_, Belg. _bequaam_, fit,
meet.

CALSUTER'D, _adj._ Apparently for calfuter'd, caulked.

_Chron. S. Poet._

Fr. _calfeutrer_, Dan. _kalfatre_, to caulk.

CALVER, _s._ A cow with calf, S.

Teut. _kalver-koe_, id.

CAMBIE-LEAF, _s._ The water-lily, Nymphaea alba et lutea, Linn. S. B.

CAMDUI, s. A species of trout.

_Sibbald._

Gael. _cam_, crooked, and _dubh_, black.

CAMY, CAMOK, _adj._

1. Crooked.

_Maitland Poems._

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._