An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 149

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_To_ CATE, CAIT, _v. n._ To desire the male or female; a term strictly applied to cats only.

V. ~Caige~, ~Caigie~.

_Colvil_.

Su. G. _kaat_, salax, lascivus, _kaett-ias_, lascivire.

CATECHIS, _s._ A catechism.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

CATER, _s._ Money, S. B. q. what is _catered_.

V. ~Catour~.

_s.h.i.+rrefs._

CATERANES, KATHERANES, _s. pl._ Bands of robbers, especially such as came down from the Highlands to the low country, and carried off cattle, corn, or whatever pleased them, from those who were not able to make resistance, S. _Kaitrine_, _Kettrin_.

_Stat. Rob. II._

Ir. _ceatharnach_, a soldier, _ceatharb_, a troop.

CAT-FISH, SEA-CAT, _s._ The Sea-wolf, S. Anarhicas lupus, Linn.

Sw. _haf-kat_, i. e. sea-cat.

_Sibbald._

CAT-GUT, _s._ Fucus filum, Orkn.

_Neill._

CAT-HARROW, _s._ "_They draw the Cat Harrow_; that is, they thwart one another."

_Lyndsay._

CATHEL-NAIL, _s._ The nail by which the body of a cart is fastened to the axle-tree, Fife.

CATINE, _s._

_Polwart._

CATMAW, _s._ "To tumble the _catmaw_," to go topsy-turvy, to tumble, S.

B.

CATOUR, _s._ A caterer, a provider.

_Wallace._

O. Teut. _kater_, oeconomus.

V. ~Katouris~.

CAT-SILLER, _s._ The mica of mineralogists, S.; the _katzen silber_ of the vulgar in Germany.

CATTER, CATERR, _s._ Catarrh.

_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._

CATTLE-RAIK, _s._ A common, or extensive pasture, where cattle feed at large, S.

V. ~Raik~.

From _cattle_, and _raik_, to range.

CATWITt.i.t, _adj._ Harebrained, unsettled, q. having the _wits_ of a _cat_, S.

_To_ CAUCHT, _v. a._ To catch, to grasp.

_Douglas._

Formed from the pret. of _catch_.

_To_ CAVE, KEVE, _v. a._

1. To push, to drive backward and forward, S.

2. To toss. "_To cave the head_," to toss it in a haughty or awkward way, S.

_Cleland._

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