An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 147

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 147


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 kings 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_ Ca.s.s, _v. a._ To make void, to annul.


_Acts Ja. IV._


Fr. _ca.s.s-er_, id. L. B. _ca.s.s-are_, irritum reddere.


Ca.s.s, _s._


1. Chance, accident, O. E. id.


_Wallace._


2. Work, business.


_Barbour._


Fr. _cas_, matter, fact, deed.


Ca.s.sIE, 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. _ka.s.se_, capsa, cista, Fr. _ca.s.se_, Ital. _ca.s.sa_, L. B.


_ca.s.sa_, id. Su. G. _ka.s.se_, 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._







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