An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 137

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~Cauld Steer~, Sour milk and meal _stirred_ together in a _cold_ state, S. B.

CALFLEA, _s._ Infield ground, one year under natural gra.s.s; probably thus denominated from the _calves_ being fed on it, Ang.

CALFING, _s._ Wadding.

V. ~Colf~.

CALICRAT, _s._ Apparently an emmet or ant.

_Burel._

_To_ CALKIL, _v. a._ To calculate.

Fr. _calcul-er_, id.

_Complaynt S._

_To_ CALL, CA', CAA, CAW, _v. a._

1. To drive, to impel in any direction, S.

_Barbour._

2. To strike, with the prep. _at_, S.

_Sir Egeir._

Dan. _kage_, leviter verberare.

_To_ ~Call~, ~Ca'~, _v. n._

1. To move quickly, S.

_Ross._

2. To go in, or enter, in consequence of being driven, S.

_Bord. Minstrelsy._

~Call~, ~Caw~ _of the water_, the motion of it in consequence of the action of the wind, S.

~Caller~, _s._ One who drives horses or cattle under the yoke.

_Barry._

CALLAN, CALLAND, CALLANT, _s._

1. A stripling, a lad; "a young _calland_," a boy, S.

_Baillie._

2. Applied to a young man, as a term expressive of affection, S.

_Waverley._

3. Often used as a familiar term, expressive of affection to one considerably advanced in life, S.

_Ramsay._

Fr. _gallant_, Douglas uses _gallandis_ for _juvenes_.

CALLOT, _s._ A _mutch_ or cap for a woman's head, without a border, Ang.

Fr. _calotte_, a coif.

CALLOUR, CALLER, CAULER, _adj._

1. Cool, refres.h.i.+ng; "_a callour day_," a cool day, S.

_Douglas._

2. Fresh, not in a state of putridity, S., as _callour meat_, _callour fish_, &c.

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

3. Having the plump and rosy appearance of health, as opposed to a sickly look, S. Isl. _kalldur_, frigidus.

CALOO, CALLOW, CALAW, _s._ The pintail duck, Anas acuta, Linn. Orkn.

_Barry._

CALSAY, _s._ Causeway, street.

_Acts Ja. VI._

CALs.h.i.+E, CALs.h.a.gH, _adj._ Crabbed, ill humoured, S.

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