Chapter 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._

CH.

Words, of Goth. origin, whether S or E., beginning with _ch_, sounded hard, are to be traced to those in the Germ. or Northern languages that have _k_, and in A. S. _c_, which has the same power with _k_.

_To_ CHACK, _v. n._ To clack, to make a clinking noise, S.

_Cleland._

_To_ CHACK, _v. a._ To cut or bruise any part of the body by a sudden stroke; as when the sash of a window falls on the fingers, S.

E. _check_. Teut. _kack-en_, _kek-en_, increpare; synon. S. B.
_Chat_, q. v.

CHACK, CHATT, _s._ A slight repast, taken hastily, S.

Q. a _check_ for hunger.

CHACK, CHECK, _s._ The Wheat-ear, a bird, Orkn. Motacilla oenanthe, Linn.

V. ~Stane-Chacker~.

_Barry._

Nearly the same with the last part of its Germ. name, _stein
schwaker_.

CHACKARALLY, _s._ Apparently some kind of checkered or variegated cloth.

_Watson's Coll._

CHACKE-BLYND-MAN, _s._ Blind man's buff.

_Bp. Forbes._

_Jockie-blind-man_, Angus, id.

CHACKLOWRIE, _s._ Mashed cabbage, mixed amongst barley-broth, Aberd.

CHAD, _s._ Gravel, such small stones as form the bed of a river, S. B.

Teut. _kade_, litus, ora.

~Chaddy~, _adj._ Gravelly; as, _chaddy ground_, that which chiefly consists of gravel, S.

_To_ CHAFF, _v. n._ To chatter, to be loquacious, Loth.

Teut. _keff-en_, gannire, latrare.

CHAFTIS, CHAFTS, _s. pl._ Chops, S. A. Bor. _chafts_.

_Peblis to the Play._

Su. G. _kiaeft_, _kaeft_, Isl. _kiaft-ur_, the jaw-bone. A. Bor.
_chafts_, _chefts_, id. Hence also E. _chops_.

~Chaft-Blade~, _s._ The jaw-bone, S.

~Chaft-Talk~, _s._ Talking, prattling, Aberd. from _chaft_ and _talk_.

_Poems Buchan Dial._

_To_ CHAIPE, _v. n._ To escape.

_Wallace._

Fr. _eschapp-er_, Ital. _scapp-are_, id.

CHAIPES, CHAPIS, _s. pl._ Price, rate, established value of goods.

_Acts Ja. I._

A. S. _ceap_, price; from _ceap-an_, to buy.

_To_ CHAISTIFIE, _v. a._ To chastise.

_Bellenden._

_To_ CHAK, _v. a._ To check.

_Wallace._

~Chak~, _s._ The act of checking, stop.

V. ~Char~.

_To_ CHAK, _v. n._

1. To gnash, to snatch at an object with the chops, as a dog does, S.

_Douglas._

2. It expresses the sharp sound made by any iron substance, when entering into its socket; to click, S.

3. _To chak to_, to shut with a sharp sound.

_Bellenden._

CHAKIL, _s._ The wrist.

V. ~Shackle-Bone~.

_Watson's Coll._

CHALANDRIE, _s._ Probably, imitations of singing birds.

_Burel._

Fr. _calandre_, a species of lark.

CHALDRICK, CHALDER, _s._ The name given in the Orkney Islands to the Sea-pie, Hoematopus ostralegus, Linn.

_Statist. Acc._

Isl. _tialldur_, id. Pennant's Zool.

CHALMER, _s._ Chamber.

_Douglas._

~Chalmer-Glew~, _s._ "Chambering, secret wantonness," Gl. Sibb.

V. ~Glew~.

CHALOUS, Sir Gawan and Sir Gal. i. 11.

V. ~Cholle~.

CHAMBERERE, _s._ A chamberlain.

Fr. _chambrier_, id.

_King's Quair._

CHAMBRADEESE, _s._ A parlour; a name still used by some old people, Fife.

V. ~Deis~.

Fr. _chambre au dais_, a chamber with a canopy.

_To_ CHAMP, _v. a._ To chop, to mash, S. _Chomp_, Lancash., to cut things small.

Germ. Belg. _kapp-en_, id.

_Godscroft._

CHAMPIT, _adj._ Having raised figures, imbossed, diapered.

_Palice of Honour._

Teut. _schamp-en_, radere, scalpere.

CHANCY, _adj._

1. Fortunate, happy, S.

_Douglas._

Fr. _chanceaux_, id.

2. Foreboding good fortune, S. Any person or thing viewed as inauspicious, is said to be _no chancy_, S.

_Ross._

CHANDLER, CHANLER, _s._ A candlestick, S.

_Ramsay._

Fr. _chandelier_, a branch for holding candles, used obliquely.
Grose mentions _chaundler_.

~Chanler-Chafted~, _adj._ Lantern-jawed; having chops like a _chandler_ or candlestick, S. B.

_Journal Lond._

CHANNEL, _s._ Gravel, S. (synon. _chad_) perhaps from _channel_, the bed of a river.

V. ~Chingle~.

~Channelly~, _adj._ Gravelly, S.

_Statist. Acc._

_To_ CHANNER, _v. n._ To fret, to be in a chiding humour, S.

_Minstrelsy Border._

CHANOS, _adj._ Gray.

V. ~Canois~.

_Douglas._

CHANTERIS, _s. pl._ Laics endowed with ecclesiastical benefices.

_Bannatyne Poems._

CHAP, _s._

1. A fellow; a contemptuous term; sometimes _chappie_, or "little _chap_," S.

_Burns._

2. Like _chield_, it is also applied to a female, S. B.

_Ross._

Su. G. _kaeps_, _keips_, _kaebs_, homo servilis conditionis.

_To_ CHAP, _v. a._

1. To strike with a hammer, or any instrument of similar use, S.

Teut. _kapp-en_, incidere; Belg. _schopp-en_, to strike, Sewel.

_To_ ~Chap~ _hands_, to strike hands, especially in concluding a bargain, S.

2. To chop, to cut into small pieces, S.

Teut. _kapp-en_, conscindere minutim.

_To_ ~Chap~ _aff_, to strike off.

Su. G. _kapp-a_, to amputate.

_To_ ~Chap~, _v. n._

1. To strike: "the knock's _chappin_," the clock strikes, S.

2. _To chap at a door_, to knock, to rap, S.

_Sir Egeir._

~Chap~, ~Chaup~, ~Choppe~, s. A stroke of any kind, a blow, S.

_Burns._

Teut. _kip_, ictus; Moes. G. _kaupat-jan_, colaphos ingerere.

2. A tap or rap, S.

_Minstrelsy Border._

Z. Boyd uses _choppe_ in the same sense.

~Chapping-Sticks~, _s._ Any instrument which one uses for striking with, S.

_Kelly._

_To_ CHAP, CHAUP _out_, CHAUPS, _v. a._

1. To fix upon any person or thing by selection, S. Hence the phrase, _Chap ye, chuse ye_.

_Ramsay._

2. Suddenly to embrace a proposal made in order to a bargain; to hold one at the terms mentioned, S.

Belg. _kipp-en_, to choose; which seems only a secondary sense of
the v. in Teut. as signifying to lay hold of.

~Chap~, _s._ The act of choosing; _Chap and choice_, great variety, S. B.

_Ross._

CHAP, _s._ A shop.

_Many._

CHAPIN, _s._ Chopin, a quart, S.

_Shirrefs._

CHAPYT,

V. ~Chaipe~.

CHAPMAN, _s._ A pedlar, a hawker, S., a merchant, O. E.

_Statist. Acc._

A. S. _ceapman_, Sw. _koepman_, a merchant.

CHAR, _s._ Carriages.

_Barbour._

Fr. _char_, a waggon, a car.

_To_ CHAR, _v. a._

1. To stop.

_Douglas._

2. _To char by_, to turn aside.

_Douglas._

A. S. _cerr-an_, to turn, to turn from, divertere.

CHAR. _On char_, to a side.

_Douglas._

A. S. _cerre_, turning, bending, winding.

_To_ CHAR, _Char doute_. Perhaps, "murmur distrust."

_Barbour._

A. S. _cear-ian_, to complain, to murmur.

CHARBUKILL, _s._

1. A carbuncle.

_Douglas._

2. An ulcer.

_Polwart._

Fr. _escarboucle_, _carboucle_, the pestilent botch or sore, termed
a carbuncle.

CHARD, _pret._

V. ~Chier~.

CHARE, _s._ A chariot.

_Douglas._

Fr. _char_, id.

CHARE, _s._ Care, charge.

_Ross._

Like E. _charie_, from A. S. _car_, cura, or _cearig_, solicitus.

CHARGES, _s. pl._ Rents.

_Buik of Discipline._

Fr. _charge_, pension, rente.

CHARLEWAN, CHARLEWAYNE, _s._ The constellation _Ursa Major_, also called the Plough, S.

_Douglas._

A. S. _carleaswagn_, Su. G. _karlwagn_, Dan. _karlvogn_.

CHARNAILL BANDIS, _s. pl._ Strong hinges used for massy doors or gates, riveted, and often having a plate, on each side of the gate, S. _centre-hinges_, E.

_Wallace._

Fr. _charniere_, a hinge, a turning joint.

CHARRIS.

V. ~Char~, _v._

CHASBOL, CHESBOL, CHESBOWE, _s._ Poppy.

_Complaynt S. Douglas._

CHASE, _s. Brak a chase_, perhaps, begun a pursuit.

_Knox._

CHASS, _s._ Case, condition.

_Wallace._

_To_ CHASTY, _v. a._ To chastise, to correct.

_Barbour._

Fr. _chasti-er_, id.

_To_ CHAT, _v. a._ To bruise slightly, S.; synon. _chack_.

CHAT THE, "Hang thyself;" Rudd.

_Douglas._

CHAUDMELLÉ, _s._ A sudden broil or quarrel.

_Skene._

Fr. _chaude_, hot, and _meslée_, _melée_, broil.

CHAUD-PEECE, _s._ Gonorrhoea.

Fr. _chaude-pisse_, id.

_Polwart._

_To_ CHAW, _v. a._

1. To fret, to gnaw.

_Douglas._

2. To provoke, to vex, S.

O. F. _chaloir_, to put in pain.

CHEATS, CHITS, _s._ The sweet-bread. _Chits and nears_, a common dish in S. i. e. kidneys and sweet-breads.

_Watson's Coll._

CHECK, _s._ A bird.

V. ~Chack~.

CHEEK-BLADE, _s._ The cheek-bone. S.

_Cleland._

CHEESE-HAKE, _s._ A frame for drying cheeses when newly made, S.

V. ~Hake~.

CHEESE-RACK, _s._ The same with _Cheese-hake_, S.

_Ferguson._

_To_ CHEIM, _v. a._ To divide equally; especially in cutting down the backbone of an animal, S. B.

Apparently corr. from the E. v. _chine_, used in the same sense,
from _chine_, the backbone. Fr. _eschin-er_, id.

_To_ CHEIP, CHEPE, _v. n._

1. To peep, to chirp, as young birds in the nest, S. _Cheepe_, O. E.

_Complaynt S._

2. To squeak with a shrill and feeble voice, S.

_Godscroft._

3. To mutter; applied metaph. to man, S.

_Bannatyne Poems._

4. To creak, S.

Isl. _keyp-a_, vagire puerorum; _keipar_, puerorum vagitus.

~Cheip~, _s._ This admits of the same various significations as the _v._ S.

~Cheiper~, _s._ The cricket, an insect; denominated from the noise it makes, Loth.

_To_ CHEIPS, _v. a._ To buy or sell.

_Maitland Poems._

A. S. _ceap-an_, emere, vendere.

_To_ CHEIS, CHEISS, CHES, CHESE,

1. To choose.

_Fordun._

2. To appoint; used in an oblique sense.

_Sir Tristrem._

Moes. G. _kes-an_, A. S. _ceos-an_, Belg. _kies-en_, Su. G. _kes-a_,
id. Chauc. _chese_.

CHEITRES, Dunbar, Maitland Poems, p. 48. read _chekis_.

CHEK, _s._ 1. Cheek.

_Douglas._

2. The post of a gate.

_Douglas._

CHEKER, CHECKER, _s._ The exchequer.

_Stat. Rob. III._

CHELIDERECT, _s._ A kind of serpent.

_Burel._

Fr. _chelydre_, Lat. _chelydrus_, id.

CHEMAGÉ.

V. ~Chemys~.

_Wallace._

_Chemes hie_, i. e. high dwelling, seems the true reading.

CHEMER, _s._ A loose upper garment.

V. ~Chymour~.

_Barbour._

CHEMYS, CHYMES, CHYMMES, CHYMIS, _s._ A chief dwelling; as the manor-house of a landed proprietor, or the palace of a prince.

_Baron Courts._

O. Fr. _chefmez_, _chefmois_, the chief mansion-house on an estate;
L. B. _caput mansi_.

CHENYIE, CHENYÉ, _s._ A chain.

_Complaynt S._

CHENNONIS, _s. pl._ Canons belonging to a cathedral.

_Houlate._

_To_ CHEPE, _v. n._ To chirp.

V. ~Cheip~.

CHESBOW, _s._ The poppy.

V. ~Chasbol~.

_To_ CHESE, _v. a._ To choose.

V. ~Cheis~.

CHESYBIL, _s._ An ecclesiastical dress, O. E. _chesuble_, a short vestment without sleeves.

_Wyntown._

L. B. _casubla_, Fr. _casuble_, id. a little cope.

CHESS, _s._ The frame of wood for a window, a sash, S.

Fr. _chassis_, id.

_To_ CHESSOUN, _v. a._ To subject to blame, to accuse.

_Priests of Peblis._

Fr. _achoisonn-er_, id.

CHESSOUN, CHESOWNE, _s._ Blame, accusation, exception.

_Priests of Peblis._

Fr. _achoison_, accusation.

CHESTER, _s._ The name given to a circular fortification in some parts of S.

_Statist. Acc._

Lat. _castra_, adopted into A. S. in the form of _ceaster_, a fort,
a castle.

CHESWELL, _s._ A cheese-vat.

_Kelly._

CHEVERON, _s._ Armour for a horse's head.

_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._