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

CANE, KAIN, CANAGE, s. A duty paid by a tenant to his landlord in kind; as "cane cheese;" "cane fowls," &c. S.
Ramsay.

L. B. can-um, can-a, tribute, from Gael. ceann, the head.

To Pay the Cain, To suffer severely in any cause, S.
Ritson.

To CANGLE, v. n. To quarrel, to be in a state of altercation, S.
Ramsay.

Isl. kiaenk-a, arridere.

Cangling, s. Altercation, S.
Z. Boyd.

Cangler, s. A jangler, S.
Ramsay.

CANKERT, CANKERRIT, adj. Cross, ill-conditioned, S.
Douglas.

CANNA DOWN, CANNACH, s. Cotton grass, Eriophorum vaginatum, Linn. S.

Gael. cannach, id.