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Cavan,
Cavan [ˈkɑːvən, ˈkavən]
pn. Cavan (County Cavan).
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
Coonty Cavan: County Cavan.
caav, caavie, caavin, caive, 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, kaave, kaaveset, kaavi, kaavie, kaavie, kaavin, kaavset, kaavsie, kaew, kaive, kauve, kauveset, kauvie, kauvsie, kav, kava, 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.
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.
ca, ca$, ca$_ower, ca$an, ca$d, ca$ed, ca$er, ca$in, ca$in$, caa, caa$d, caa$ed, caa$en, caa_tee, caad, caaed, caaen, caaer, caain, caain-time, caal, caaled, caall, caalled, caallin, caalt, caas, caa-tee, caa-tö, caa-tui, cad, cadtee, caen, cah, cahd, cahin, cain, cal, calt, ca-throwe, caud, caw, caw$d, caw_aboot, caw_it, caw_ower, caw_tae, caw_throu, cawd, cawed, cawed_tae, cawer, cawin, cawin-time, cawit, coy, kaain, kall, kaw, misca, misca$, misca$d, misca$ed, miscaa, miscaa$d, miscaa$ed, miscaad, miscaaed, miscaaled, miscaalt, miscad, miscahd, miscalt, miscaud, miscaw, miscaw, miscaw$d, miscawd, miscawed, new-ca$d, new-ca$d, new-caad, new-caaed, new-cawed, ootca, oot-ca, oot-ca$, oot-caw, outca,
caw [ˈkɑː, ˈkɔː, N. I. kaː]
n. A call.
v. To call. To order a drink. To abuse, miscall. To urge forward, to drive, to turn a handle etc. To drive in nails etc. To drive or bring home from the fields. To be driven, to drive on one's way, to proceed, to plod on.
pt. pp. cawed
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
caw awa: To proceed, persevere.
caw aboot: To circulate or spread something around. pt.cawed aboot.
caw ag(a)in: Oppose.
caw doun: To knock down, demolish.
cawer: A caller.
cawin [ˈkɑːɪn, ˈkɔːɪn, N. I. ˈkaːɪn]: A calling or vocation. Calling, driving or turning.
cawin-time: The time when sheep are gathered from the hills.
caw it: ... call it.
caw-me-tae-you: WC. The heartsease Viola tricolor.
caw oot: To dislocate.
caw ower: Knock over.
caw tae: To close (a door etc.), to give a hand. pt. cawed tae.
caw throu: Rummage through, search for.
miscaw: To miscall, insult. pt. miscawed
new-cawed: Newly driven, newly turned, newly churned.
oot-caw: SW. A small, enclosed pasturage to which cattle are driven.
Cadder, Cauder, Cawder,
Cawder [ˈkɑːdər, ˈkɔːdər]
pn. Cadder (East Dunbartonshire).
Cawdor,
Cawdor [ˈkaːdər]
pn. Cawdor (Highland).
Cammonell, Cawmonell,
Cawmonell [ˈkɑːmɔnəl]
pn. Colmonell (South Ayrshire).

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