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CAI 111 CAI
CÀISG, CÀSG, CÀSGA, s. J. (Casgair,) Tlie
passover ; Easter.
CAISG, -IDH, CH-, 1'. a. Restrain, check,
stop, still, calm, quell, quiet, put an end
to.
CAISG, ge7i. of Casg, which see.
CAlSG'EAR,fut. pass, of Caisg. Shall be
checked, or quelled.
CAISGIDH, flit. (if. of Caisg. Shall re-
strain, check, or stop.
CAISIALL, -ILL, -LAN, 5. m. (Cus, s. and
lall,) A shoemaker's sti'ap.
CAISIL-CHRÒ, s. f. (Caisiol, and Crò,)
A coffin, or bier ; a circular paling.
t Caisiolachd, s. f. Battlements.
CAISIOL, -iL, -EAN, s. /. A buhvark; a
hurdle wall, or mound ; a cruive in a river
for fishing.
CAISLEACH, -icH, 5. /. A ford ; a footpath
; a smooth ploce.
CAISLEACH-SPUING,^./. Touchwood,
spunk.
CAISLEACHADH, -aidh, j. m. and pres.
part. V. Caislich, A stirring up, shaking, as
of a bed.
t Caislean, "Ein, s. m. A castle, garrison,
tower.
f Caislear, s. 7n. (Caisiol, and PVar,) A
projector ; castle-builder.
t Caisli, adj. (Cas, adj. and Li,) Polished,
made smooth.
CAISLICH, -IDH, CH-, V. a. Shake, stir up
(as a bed) ; rouse.
CAISLICHTE, adj. a.nd perf. pari . v. Cais-
lich. Shaken, stirred up ; roused ; polished,
smoothed, burnished.
CAISiMEACHU, -an, s.f. (Cas, adj. and
Imeachd.) An alarm ; wai-ning ; a hint, a
war-song.
CAISiMEACHDACH, adj. (Caismeachd,)
That alarms, alarming; gives warning or
notice.
CAISMEAIIT, -EiRT, -an, 5./. (Cas, and
lomart,) Heat of battle ; armour ; a band
of combatants.
CAISMEARTACH, -ich, -ichean, s. m.
(Caismeait,) An armed man.
CAISREABHACHD, s.f. Legerdemain,
juggling.
CAISREABHAICHE, s. m. A juggler, a
conjurer.
CAISREAG, -EiG, -AN, s.f. A curl, a ring-
)
CAISTE, adj. &ud i>ei-f. part. v. Cas, twist-
ed, curled, twined.
CAISTEAL, -EiL, -AN, s. m. A castle, a
fort, a tower, a garrison ; a turreted mfi-
sion.
CAIT, gen. of Cat, whi.;h see,
t Cait, s.f. A sort, or kind.
CAIT, \ adv. i. e. Ciaàit, or Àite. Where,
C'ÀITE, i in what j.lace. C'àit' an robh
thu ? where was you 9
CÀITE, adj. and pret. part. v.
nowed, sifted.
Càth. Win-
CAITE, adj. and perf. part. v. Caith. Spent,
more pi'operly, Cailhte.
CÀITEACH, -icH, -icHEAN, s. f.
Chaff;
husks ; refuse ; a measure made of rusli-
es.
f Caiteach, s.f. A ship's main sail.
CAITEACH, -EiCHE, adj. Extravagant,
more properly, Caitliteach.
CAITEACHAS, -ais, s. m. (Caiteach,)
Extravagance. See Caithteachas.
CÀI TEAG, -EIG, -AN, s. f. A basket ; a
butter pot.
CAITE AG, s.f. A place made of straw u>
contain oats or barley in a bai'u ; a small
bit.
CAITEAN, -EIN, s. m. See Caitein.
CAITEAS, -Eis, s. m. (Caith.) Caddice,
scrapings of linen, applied to wounds.
CAITEIN, Ì -IN, -EAN, 5. m. Shag, a
CAITHTEIN, \ nap on cloth; a ruf-
fling of the sea surface; a springing
breeze.
CAITEINEACH, -biche, adj. (Caitein.)
Shaggy, rough ; nappy ; ruffled as the
sea.
CAITH, -IDH, CH-, V. a. and n. Spend,
wear, waste, consume, exhaust, squan-
der.
t Caith, adj. See Caidh.
t CÀITH, -IDH, CH-, V. a. (Càtha.) Winnow;
sift.
CAITH-BHEART, -eirt, -an, s.f. (Cath,
and Beart,) Battle armour.
CAITHEACH, -eich, -eichean, s. m.
(Caith.) A spendthrift; a prodigal.
CAITHEADH, -mu, pres. part. v. (Caith.)
CAITHEAMH, -eimh, s. m. and pres.
part. V. (Caith.) Spending, consuming,
wasting ; consumption, a disease ; casting,
putting, shooting.
CAITHEAMH-AIMSIRE, -aimsreach,
s.f. (Caitheamh, and Aimsir,) Pastime,
let.
CAISREAGACH, -aic he, adj. ( Caisreag,
Curled ; wrinkled ; shrivelled.
CAISREAGAN, s. to. ;;/. of Caisreag.
sport, diversion.
CAITHE-BEATHA, s. f Moral con-
Curia, ringlets.
CAISRIG, -IDH, CH-, V. a. Consecrate.
duct, behaviour, conversation, mode of living.