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

Isl. keikr, recurvus, keik-a, recurvi; as referring to the form of the caulker.

CAWLIE, s. A contemptuous name for a man, S.; pron. like E. cowl.
Cleland.

CAZARD, s. Apparently, an emperor, or Caesar; as the latter is sometimes written Caser.
Chron. S. Poet.

CAZZIE, s. A sort of sack or net made of straw, S. B.
V. [Cassie].

To CEIRS, SERS, v. a. To search.
Douglas.

Fr. cherch-er, Ital. cerc-are, id.

CELICALL, adj. Heavenly, celestial.
Douglas.

CENCRASTUS, s. A serpent of a greenish colour, having its speckled belly covered with spots resembling millet-seeds.
Watson's Coll.

Fr. cenchrite, Lat. cenchrus, id.

CEST, CESSIT, pret. Seized.
Wallace.