An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 151

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._