An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 137
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 137
~Cauld Steer~, Sour milk and meal _stirred_ together in a _cold_ state, S. B.
CALFLEA, _s._ Infield ground, one year under natural gra.s.s; 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 womans 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.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
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, CALs.h.a.gH, _adj._ Crabbed, ill humoured, S.