Chapter 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._