An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 151

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 151


Isl. _kaup_ denotes a gift; Su. G. _koep-a_, dare.


CAUPONA, Expl. "a sailors cheer in heaving the anchor."


_Complaynt S._


Fr. _a 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 a.s.sured 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~.


c.a.w.k, _s._ Chalk, S. _Caulk_, A. Bor.


_Wallace._


A. S. _cealc_, Alem. _calc_, Dan. Belg. _kalck_, Isl. _kalk_, C. B.


_calch_, Lat. _calx_, id.


c.a.w.kER, _s._


1. The hinder part of a horses shoe sharpened, and pointed downwards, to prevent the horse from sliding, S.


2. Metaph. a dram, a gla.s.s of ardent spirits, S.


Isl. _keikr_, recurvus, _keik-a_, recurvi; as referring to the form of the _caulker_.


CAWLIE, _s._ A contemptuous name for a man, S.; p.r.o.n. like E. _cowl_.


_Cleland._


CAZARD, _s._ Apparently, an emperor, or Caesar; as the latter is sometimes written _Caser_.


_Chron. S. Poet._


CAZZIE, _s._ A sort of sack or net made of straw, S. B.


V. ~Ca.s.sie~.


_To_ CEIRS, SERS, _v. a._ To search.


_Douglas._


Fr. _cherch-er_, Ital. _cerc-are_, id.


CELICALL, _adj._ Heavenly, celestial.


_Douglas._


CENCRASTUS, _s._ A serpent of a greenish colour, having its speckled belly covered with spots resembling millet-seeds.


_Watsons Coll._







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