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cattie, catty,
cattie [katɪ]
n. A kind of game, rounders.
cattergully, catterwurrie,
cattiewurrie [ˈkatərwʌrɪ]
n. A violent dispute or wrangle.
v. To wrangle violently.
cattle, cattle-liftin, cattlie,
cattle [katl]
n. Cattle, birds and beasts in general, contemptuous term.
dim. cattlie A cattleman.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
cattle-liftin: Helping cattle to their feet in spring weakness due to poor fodder in winter.
Cauder, Cauther, Cawder, Cawther, Cuther, The_Cauders, The_Cauthers, The_Cawders,
Cauder [ˈkɔːdər]
locally Cauther [ˈkɑːðər, ˈkɔːðər]
East, Mid and Wast Cauder: pn. East, Mid and West Calder (West Lothian).
Together known as The Cauders or The Cauthers.
ca$dron, caadron, caaldron, caudron, cawdron,
caudron [ˈkɑːdrən, ˈkɑːdrən, N. I. ˈkaːdrən, -ðrən]
n. A cauldron.
ca, ca$, ca$d, ca$ed, ca$f, ca$ft, caa, caad, caaf, caafie, caaft, caar, caav, caav-grund, cad, caed, caf, caff, caff, caffie, caffie$s_mooie, caffie$s_mooies, cafft, caft, calf, calfd, calfie, calfie$s_mooie, calfie$s_mooies, car, carr, cau, cau$, cau$, cau$d, caued, cauf, cauf, cauf_kintra, cauffie, cauf-grund, cauf-grunn, caufie, caufie$s_mouie, caufie$s_mouie, cauft, caur, cauve, cav, caw, cawd, cawed, cawf, cawr, corr, cyave, kaa, kaad, kaaed, kaaf, kaff, kalf, new-cauft, quey-calf, quey-cauf,
cauf [kɑːf, kɔːf, N. I. kaːf]
Contracted cau' [kɑː, kɔː N. I. kaː]
n. A calf.
pl. caur [kɑːr, kɔːr, N. I. kaːr]
dim. caufie
v. To calve.
pt. pp. cauft, cau'd
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
caufie's mouie: MN. A small cowrie shell Cypraea Europaea.
cauf-grund: The place of one's birth and early life.
cauf kintra: The place of one's birth and early life.
new-cauft: Newly calved.
quey-cauf: A female calf.
sookin caufie: A suckling calf.
ca$f, ca$fs, caaf, caafs, caf, caff, cafs, cafsf, cauf, caufs, cauve, cauves, cav, cavs, cawf, cawfs, cyave, cyaves,
cauf [kɑːf, kɔːf, N. I. kaːf]
n. The calf of the leg.
pl. caufs
caak, caaker, cack, cacker, calter, cauk, cauker, caulk, caulker, cawk, cawker, chack, chawk, cock, cocker, kakker, kalk, kalker, shack, shacker,
cauk [kɑːk, kɑːk, N. I. kaːk]
n. Chalk.
v. To mark with chalk, calk, to fix a guard on a horse's foot to prevent it slipping. To challenge for repayment of a debt.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
cauker [ˈkɑːkər, ˈkɑːkər, N. I. ˈkaːkər]: A chalker, a marble made of chalk. The iron point in a horse-shoe that prevents slipping. A dram of liquor. A bumper. A stroke of the strap.
caal, caald, call, caul, cauld, cawld, coul, cowl, kald,
caul [S. SW. kɑːl(d)]
n. A weir or dam which diverts the water into the mill-lade.
 
Perhaps from Gaelic caol, sometimes with hypercorrective final /d/ by analogy with auld, cauld, etc.
Caacuttie, Caacutty, Caulcuttae, Caulcuttie, Caulcutty, Cawcuttae, Cawcuttie, Cawcutty,
Caulcuttae [ˈkɑːlkʌteː, ˈkɔːlkʌteː]
pn. Calcutta (India).

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