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Page 18 of 85 for the letter C

caup, cap, cop, cappy, caap, coop, caupit, cappit, cappie, kapp, brose-caup, cauper, capper, copper,
caup [kɑ:p, kɔ:p, N. I. ka:p]
n. A turned wooden bowl, a quaich.
dim. caupie
v. To bulge, twist, or warp.
pt. pp. caupit adj. Twisted, bent.

Compounds and phrases etc.

brose-caup: a wooden bowl for an oatmeal dish
cauper: a wood-turner, a maker of wooden bowls
caur, corr, car, carr, caar, cawr, ker, caur-haundit, car-haundit, car-haunit, corry-handed, cairy-handed, ker-haundit, caurie-fistit, caurrie-fistit, carrie-fistit, corrie-fistit, cuarry-fistit, carrie, corry-fisted, kerrie-fisted, corrie-fisted, corrie, caurie, carr-hann,
caur [kɑ:r, kɔ:r, N. ka:r, ke:r, kɛr]
also caurie
adj. Left, left-handed. Awkward.

Compounds and phrases etc.

caur-haundit, caurie-haundit, caurie-fistit: left-handed
caurie-fister: a left-handed person
caur, cyar, carr, kyar, kar, caar, cawr, motorcaur, car, motor-cawr, tramcaur,
caur [kɑ:r, kɔ:r, N. I. ka:r]
n. A car.

Compounds and phrases etc.

motorcaur: motorcar
tramcaur: a tramcar
trottle-caur: U. A low vehicle for moving hay
cause, cahse, caase, caas, cos, gaase,
cause [kɑ:z, kɔ:z N. I. ka:z]
n. Cause.
v. To cause make, to cause something to be made.
pt. pp. caused
causey, causie, cassie, causy, cassey, cossey, caasie, caasey, calsay, cawsey, calsea, calsey, calsie, cassied, causeyd,
causey ['kɑ:zɪ, 'kɔ:zɪ, 'kɑ:se, N. I. 'ka:zɪ]
n. A causeway, A street or pavement laid with cobble-stones as distinguished from flagstones. The paved or hard-beaten place in front of or round about a farmhouse. A close. A cobble-stone.
v. To pave with small stones.
pt. pp. causeyd

Compounds and phrases etc.

causey stane: a paving stone, a cobble stone
Causeybank, Causewaybank, Caaseybank, Caasiebank,
Causeybank ['kɑsbɑŋk]
pn. Causewaybank. (Berwickshire)
caustic, cowstic, cowstick, caastick,
caustic ['kɑ:stɪk, 'kɔ:stɪk, N. I. 'ka:stɪk]
adj. Caustic.
Caustrim, Caastrim, Caustrum, Caustrem,
Caustrim ['kɑstrəm, 'kʌustrəm]
pn. Coldstream. (Borders)
Cavan,
Cavan ['kɑ:vən, 'kavən]
pn. Cavan. (County Cavan)

Compounds and phrases etc.

Coonty Cavan: County Cavan.
cave, caive, kave, kaive, kev, keave, kyauve, kyave, kiauve, kev, kaew, keuve, kyeuve, kyauven, caven, kew, kyaved, kyauved, caved, kyauvin, kyauvan, kaav, caav, caavie, kaavie, kaavie, cavin,
cave [ke:v, MN. kja:v, I.Sh. ka:v]
v. To toss or throw, separate grain from the broken straw. MN. To move or toss about restlessly. To knead. To toil, wrestle laboriously, to struggle, to expend much energy to little effect. I.Sh. To dive as snow, to eat greedily.
pt. caved, ceuve [MN. kju:v]
pp. caved, caven [MN. 'kja:vən]
n. A toss of the head.
dim. cavie I.Sh. A blizzard.

cavin [MN. 'kja:vɪn]
adj. Hard-working, struggling hard in the grip of poverty or physical disability.
n. The act of struggling or of working hard.

Compounds and phrases etc.

cave up: the act of rearing

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