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Caaseybank, Caasiebank, Causewaybank, Causeybank,
Causeybank [ˈkɑsbɑŋk]
pn. Causewaybank (Berwickshire).
Causeyend,
Causeyend [ˈkɑːzɪɛn(d), ˈkɔːzɪ-, ˈkɑːse-, N. I. ˈkaːzɪ-, -en(d), N. -əi(ə)n(d)]
pn. Causewayend (West Lothian).
caastick, caustic, cowstic, cowstick,
caustic [ˈkɑːstɪk, ˈkɔːstɪk, N. I. ˈkaːstɪk]
adj. Caustic.
cavalier [ˈkavəliːr]
n. arch. A horseman, especially a cavalryman.
Cavan,
Cavan [ˈkɑːvən, ˈkavən]
pn. Cavan (County Cavan).
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
Coonty Cavan: County Cavan.
caav, caavie, caavin, caive, cavaburd, cave, caved, cavelt, caven, caveset, cavie, cavin, cavsie, ceuve, cyaav, cyav, foolakavi, foulakaavie, foulakauvie, foulakavie, fugle-ca, fugle-ca$, gaive, gaivelt, gave, gavlet, geave, gevlet, kaav, kaavabord, kaavaburd, kaave, kaaveset, kaavi, kaavie, kaavie, kaavin, kaavset, kaavsie, kaew, kaive, kauve, kauveset, kauvie, kauvsie, kav, kava, kavabord, kavaburd, kave, kavi, keave, kefset, kefsi, kefsie, keuve, kev, kev, kew, kiauve, kyauvan, kyauvan, kyauve, kyauved, kyauvin, kyauvin, kyav, kyave, kyaved, kyeuve, kyufset, kyufsit, moorie-caavie, moorkaavie, moorkavie, mouricaavie, mourie-cavie, mourie-kaavie, mourie-kauvie, murkavi, snaw-kaavi, snaw-kaavie,
cave [keːv, MN. kjaːv, S. geːv]
n. A toss of the head.
dim. cavie
v. To toss or throw, separate grain from the broken straw. S. To move about in a clumsy, purposeless or restless fashion. MN. To move or toss about restlessly. To knead. To toil, wrestle laboriously, to struggle, to expend much energy to little effect.
pt. caved, ceuve [MN. kjuːv]
pp. caved, caven [MN. ˈkjaːvən]
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
cavin [MN. ˈkjaːvɪn]: The act of struggling or of working hard. Hard-working, struggling hard in the grip of poverty or physical disability.
cavle [S. geːvl]: To toss the head upwards and downwards. pt. pp. cavelt
cave up: The act of rearing.
foulakaavie: I.Sh. A dense flock of birds.
kaavaburd [ˈka:vəbʌrd, -bord]: I.Sh. A thick fall of snow.
kaave [I.Sh. kaːv]: I.Sh. To dive as snow, to eat greedily.
kaavset, kaavsie: I.Sh. Unhandy, awkward, clumsy.
kaavie: I.Sh. A blizzard.
mourie-kaavie: I. A violent blzzard.
snaw-kaavie: I. A snowstorm.
caive, caive, cave, kaive, kave, kev,
cave [keːv]
n. A case for spirit-bottles, a square-shouldered bottle.
cavel, cavel-tree, cavil, gaivle, kavel, kavel-tree, kavl, kavlin-tree, kavl-tree, kavvel, kavvel, kavvelin-tree, kavvle,
cavel [I.Sh. ˈkavəl]
v. To take a fish off the hook by means of a wooden stick with a notch on the lower end.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
cavel(in)-tree: An instrument for removing hooks.
caivel, caivels, cavel, cavels, cavil, cavill, cavils, kavel, kavil, kavill, kavils, kevil, kevill,
cavel [keːvl]
n. A piece of wood used in casting lots, a lot cast, a division or assignment by lot, ones fate or chance. A mean fellow.
v. To draw lots, to divide or assign by lot.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
cuist cavels: To draw lots.
caive, cave, cavey, cavie, cavy, kaive, kave, kavie, kevie,
cavie [ˈkeːv(i)]
n. A hen-coop, a rabbit hutch, a slatted rack.

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