An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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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._
