An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

CAMSTRUDGEOUS, adj. The same with [Camsterie]; Fife.

Isl. kaempe, miles, and striug, animus infensus.

To CAN, v. a. To know.
Henrysone.

Teut. konn-en, noscere; posse.

Can, Cann, s.
1. Skill, knowledge, S. B.
Ross.
2. Ability, S. B.
Ross.

CAN, pret. for Gan, began.
Wallace.

CANALYIE, CANNAILYIE, The rabble, S. Fr. canaille, id.
J. Nicol.

CANDAVAIG, s.
1. A foul salmon, that has lien in fresh water till summer, without migrating to the sea; Ang.
2. Used as denoting a peculiar species of salmon, Aberd.
Statist. Acc.

Gael. ceann, head, and dubhach, a black dye.

CANDLEMAS CROWN, A badge of distinction conferred, at some grammar schools, on him who gives the highest gratuity to the rector, at the term of Candlemas, S.
Statist. Acc.