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Isl. _kaup_ denotes a gift; Su. G. _koep-a_, dare.
CAUPONA, Expl. "a sailor's 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 blus.h.i.+ng, 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 horse's 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.
_Watson's Coll._
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