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

CARALYNGIS, s. pl. Dancing.
Houlate.

Fr. caroll-er, to dance, to revel.

CARAMEILE, s. An edible root.
V. [Carmele].

CARCAT, CARKAT, CARCANT, s.
1. A necklace, E. carcanet.
Maitland P.
2. A pendant ornament of the head.
Watson's Coll.

CARDINAL, s. A long cloak, or mantle, worn by women, S.
Statist. Acc.

To CARE, v. a. To drive.
V. [Cair].

CARE-BED LAIR, A disconsolate situation; q. "lying in the bed of care," S. B.
Ross.

CARECAKE, KERCAIK, s. A small cake, baked with eggs, and eaten on Yule-day, in the north of S.
V. [Next term].

CARE SONDAY, according to some, that immediately preceding Good Friday, but generally used to signify the fifth in Lent, S.
V. [Carlings].
Bellenden.

Germ. kar, satisfactio, from karr-en, ker-en, emendare; or Su. G. kaer-a, to complain.