BYSPRINT, part. pa. besprinkled.

BYSSYM, BISSOM, s. an unworthy female.

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To CA, v. a. to call; to strike; to drive.

To CAB, v. a. to pilfer.

CABBACK.  See KEBBUCK.

CADDIS, s. lint for dressing a wound.

CADIE, s. an errand-runner; a carrier of parcels.

CAFF, s. chaff.

CAIGIE, s. wanton.

CAIGIELY, adv. cheerfully; wantonly.

CAIK, s. a flat cake made of oatmeal.

To CAIKLE, v. a. to make a noise like a hen.

CAIRD, s. a gipsy; a travelling tinker.

CAIP, CAPE, s. the highest part of anything.

CAIRN, s. a conical heap of stones.

CAIR-WEEDS, s. mourning weeds.

CALD, CAULD, s. cold.

CALLAN, CALLANT, s. a stripling.

CALLER, adj. cool; refreshing.

CALLOT, s. a cap for a woman’s head.

CALM-SOUGH, to say little.

CALSAY, CAWSAY, s. a causeway street; that part of a street which is bounded by the flags.

CAM, pret. came.

CAM-NOSED, adj. hook-nosed.

CAMPY, adj. bold; brave.

CAMSHAUCHEL’D, part. adj. distorted.

CAMSTERIE, CAMSTAIRIE, adj. unmanageable; perverse.

CANE, KAIN, s. a duty paid by a tenant of land to the owners in kind.

CANKERT, adj. ill-tempered; cross.

CANN, CAN, s. 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.