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4. A scold, S. B.

Ir. _ceard_, _ceird_, a tinker.

CAIRN, _s._

1. A heap of stones thrown together in a conical form, S.

_Pennant._

2. A building of any kind in a ruined state, a heap of rubbish, S.

_Burns._

Gael. Ir. _carne_, C. B. _carneddaw_, id.

CAIRT, _s._ A chart or map.

_Burel._

Teut. _karte_, Fr. _carte_, id.

CAIRTS, _s. pl._ Cards, as used in play, S.

Fr. _carte_, id.

~Cairtaris~, _s. pl._ Players at cards.

_Knox._

CAIR-WEEDS, _s. pl._ Mourning weeds, q. "weeds of care."

_Dunbar._

_To_ CAIT, _v. n._

V. ~Cate~.

CAITCHE, CAICHE, _s._ A kind of game.

_Lyndsay._

Teut. _ketsc_, ictus pilae, _kaets-en_, ludere pila.

CALCHEN, _s._ (gutt.) A square frame of wood, with ribs across it, in the form of a gridiron, on which candle-fir is dried in the chimney, S.

B.

Isl. _kialke_, a sledge, _sperru-kialki_, rafters.

CALD, CAULD, _adj._

1. Cold, S.

_Popular Ball._

2. Cool, deliberate, not rash in judgment.

_Douglas._

Moes. G. _kalds_, A. S. _ceald_, Alem. _chalt_, Isl. _kalt_, frigidus.

~Cald~, ~Cauld,~ _s._

1. Cold, the privation of heat, S.

_Wyntown._

2. The disease caused by cold, S.

~Cauld Coal~. _He has a cauld coal to blaw at_, "He is engaged in work that promises no success," S. Prov.

~Caldrife~, ~Cauldrife~, _adj._

1. Causing the sensation of cold, S.

_Ross._

2. Very susceptible of cold, S.

3. Indifferent, cool, not manifesting regard or interest, S.

_Ferguson._

_Cald_, and _rife_, q. "abounding in cold."

~Cauldrifeness~, ~Coldrifeness~, _s._

1. Susceptibility of cold, chilness, S.

2. Coolness, want of ardour, S.

_Baillie._

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