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

CAULER, adj. Cool.
V. [Callour].

CAULMES.
V. [Calmes].

CAUPE, CAUPIS, CAULPES, CALPEIS, s. An exaction made by a superior, especially by the Head of a clan, on his tenants and other dependants, for maintenance and protection, under the name of a benevolence. This was generally the best horse, ox or cow the retainer had in his possession.
Acts Ja. IV.

Isl. kaup denotes a gift; Su. G. koep-a, dare.

CAUPONA, Expl. "a sailor's cheer in heaving the anchor."
Complaynt S.

Fr. à un coup, at once, altogether.

CAUSEY, CAUSAY, s. A street, S.

Teut. kautsije, id.

Douglas.
To keep the causey, or, the crown of the causey, to appear openly, to appear with credit and respectability.
Rutherford.

Causey-Cloaths, s. pl. Dress in which one may appear in public, S.
Baillie.