Caddle. (1) n. Dispute, noise, row, contention (A.); seldom or never so used now.—N. & S.W.
'What a caddle th' bist a makin', Jonas!'—Wilts Tales, p. 82.
'If Willum come whoam and zees two [candles] a burnin', he'll make a vi-vi-vine caddle.'—Wilts Tales, p. 42.
(2) n. Confusion, disorder, trouble (A.B.C.S.).—N. & S.W.
'Lawk, zur, but I be main scrow to be ael in zich a caddle, alang o' they childern.'—Wilts Tales, p. 137.
(3) v. To tease, to annoy, to bother (A.B.C.). See Caddling. 'Now dwoan't 'e caddle I zo, or I'll tell thee vather o' thee!' 'I be main caddled up wi' ael they dishes to weish.'—N. & S.W.
''Tain't no use caddlin I—I can't tell 'ee no more.'—Greene Ferne Farm, ch. viii.
(4) v. To hurry. 'To caddle a horse,' to drive him over-fast.—N.W. (5) v. To loaf about, only doing odd jobs. 'He be allus a caddlin' about, and won't never do nothin' reg'lar.'—N. & S.W. (6) v. To mess about, to throw into disorder. 'I don't hold wi' they binders [the binding machines], they do caddle the wheat about so.'—N. & S.W.
Caddlesome. Of weather, stormy, uncertain. ''T 'ull be a main caddlesome time for the barley.'—S.W.
Caddling. (1) adj. Of weather, stormy, uncertain.—N. & S.W. (2) adj. Quarrelsome, wrangling (C.).—N. & S.W.