An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 136

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 136

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._