An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 138

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 138


_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 pa.s.sed 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.


CALSUTERD, _adj._ Apparently for calfuterd, 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~.


_Melvills MS._


2. To romp, Loth.







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