Su. G. bus-a, cum impetu ferri; Teut. boes-en, impetuose pulsare.

Bustuousness, s. Fierceness, violence
Douglas.

BUT, prep. Without.
V. Bot.

BUT, adv.
 1. Towards the outer apartment of a house, S.
Dunbar.
 2. In the outer apartment.
Dunbar.
To gae but, to go forward, or into, the outer apartment; sometimes called the but-house, S. It is also used as a prep. Gae but the house, S.
V. Ben.

A. S. bute, buta, Teut. buyten, extra, foras; forth, out of doors.

BUT, s. The outer apartment of a house, S.
Dunbar.

BUT, prep. Besides.
Barbour.

A. S. butan, praeter.

BUT, v. imp. Expressive of necessity, S.
V. Boot.

BUT, s. Let, impediment, S. This is merely the prep. used as a substantive.

BUT AND, prep. Besides.
V. Botand.

BUTER, BUTTER, s. Bittern.
V. Boytour.

BUTT, s.
 1. A piece of ground, which in ploughing does not form a proper ridge, but is excluded as an angle, S.
 2. A small piece of ground disjoined from the adjacent lands.

Fr. bout, end, extremity.  L. B. butta terrae, agellus.

 3. Those parts of the tanned hides of horses which are under the crupper, are called butts, probably as being the extremities, S.

BUTWARDS, adv. Towards the outer part of a room, S. B.
Ross.

BWNIST, adj. Uppermost.
Dunbar.

From boon, contr. from abone, above, corresponding to modern boonmost, uppermost, q. v. Belg. bovenste, id. from boven, above.

C

CA, CAW, s. A walk for cattle, a particular district, S. B.
V. Call, Caw, v.
Ross.

CA, s. A pass or defile between hills, Sutherl.
Statist. Acc.

To CAB, v. a. To pilfer, Loth.

CABARR, s. A lighter.
V. Gabert.
Spalding.

CABBACK, s. A cheese.
V. Kebbuck.

CABBIE, KEBBIE, s. A box, made of laths, narrow at the top, used as a pannier for carrying grain on horseback; one being carried on each side of the horse; Sutherl.
Statist. Acc.

CABBRACH, adj. Rapacious, laying hold of every thing, S. B.
Ross.

CABELD, adj. Reined, bridled.
Dunbar.

Teut. kebel, a rope.

CABIR, KABAR, KEBBRE, s.
 1. A rafter, S.
Douglas.
 2. The same term is used to denote the transverse beams in a kiln, on which grain is laid for being dried, S.

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.

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.