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Leighton, Revised by Alexander

"Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV."

_ skill; knowledge; acquirements.
CANNA, CANNAE, cannot.
CANNIE, KANNIE, _adj._ cautious; prudent.
CANNILY, _adv._ prudently; cautiously.
CANTY, _adj._ cheerful; lively.
CANTEL, _s._ the crown of the head.
CANTRAP, _s._ an incantation; a spell; mischief artfully
performed.
CAP, _v. n._ to crown; to surmount.
CAP, KAP, _s._ a wooden bowl.
CAPERCAILYE, CAPERCALYEANE, _s._ the wood-grouse or cock of
the wood, _Tetrao urogallus_ (Linn.)
CAPERNOITED, _adj._ peevish; irritable; crabbed; snappish.
CARDINAL, _s._ a long cloak worn by women, generally those
of a red colour, and commonly provided with a hood.
CAR-HANDED, _adv._ left-handed.
CARL, CAIRLE, CARLL, _s._ an old man.
CARLIE, _s._ a diminutive man.
CARLIN, _s._ an old woman.
CARLINS-E'EN, _s._ the last night of the year.
CARLISH, _s._ boorish; clownish.
CARRITCH, CARITCH, _s._ the catechism.
_To_ CARP, _v. a._ to contend.
CARSE, KERSS, _s._ a low and fertile tract of land adjacent
to a river.
CASTOCK, CASTACK, _s._ the stalk or inner core of cabbage
or greens.
_To_ CAST-OUT, _v. n._ to quarrel.
_To_ CAST-UP, _v. a._ to upbraid; to throw in one's
teeth.
CATCHY, _adj._ ready to take advantage of another.
CATTLE-RAIK, _s._ a common on which cattle are fed; the
feeding range of cattle.


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