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C.vtMDEAL, kaemj'-jal ,n.f. tedious way of
speaking j an objection (fadtharainn-
eaelul).
Caimdealacu, kaemaj'-ja-laeli, tedious,
drawling.
Caime, kaèm'-à, n. m. n. f. crookedness,
degree of crookedness ; blindness of an
eye.
Caime, kaem'-a, deg. more or most crook-
ed ; tha am bata ni's caime, the staff is
more crooked.
Caimean, kaera'-an' n. f. a mote; dura-
dan. Is.
Cain, kafn, v. traduce, revile, dispraise,
backbite, slander, satirise ; càineam is
aoiream a' bhaoibh rinn an t-òran, let
me revile, lampoon, or satirise the .fury
that composed the song ; n. J. a fine ; pay-
ment in kind, given to a blacksmith;
chuir iad cain air, they fined him; a.
white, fair; cu cain, a white dog, tri-
bute; dh' ùlàdh e chain a bh' aig Parr-
aig air Eirinn, he would drink the tribute
that Ireland paid St. Pntiick.
Caineab, kàèn"-ub, n.f. hemp, (Is.) can-
vas, M. L. ; written more often and pro-
perly, caineab.
Caineabach, kàèn'-ub-ach, n. J. rope-
yam.
Caineadh, kàen''-A, n. m. traducing, slan-
dering ; pi. scolding, traducing, slander-
ing, back-biting.
Caineal, kaen'-al, n. m. cinnamon.
C AixGis, kàèng'-èsh, n. /. Pentecost, Whit-
suntide.
Cainneag, kàen'-àg, n./. a hamper(cisean),
Sk. ; mote, H.
Cainnt, kàennty', n. f. talk, language;
speech ; conversation, discourse ; pt.
saying, speaking, talking ; conversing ;
discoursing.
Cainnteacii, kàenty'-ach, a. loquacious,
talkative.
Cainnteal, kàenty'-al, n. m. a press, a
crowd. H.
Cainnteab, kàènty"-at', a speaker, an
orator. H.
Cair, kary', n. /. a grinning expression
of countenance; the ripple of the sea;
a gum ; an image, M. L. ; v. mend, re-
pair ; air a eharadh, mended.
Cairbh, kaer'-uv, n. /. carcase, a dead
body (clusach) ; cairbh sprèidlie neogh-
loinn, the carcase of vnclean cattle.
Caibbhinn, kàèr'-vvènn, n.f. the carcase of
a person ; cairbhinn an righrean, the car-
cases of their kings. Bible.
Cairbheiste, kaer'-asht-a, n. /.baggage,
luggage (Lewis) ; rent-service (borlan-
achd, IVest H.) Sk. ; flogging. N.
Cairc, kàèr'k, n. /. strait, predicament.
Is. ; 's e bha 'na chair c, he tvas in a cu-
rious predicament ; /lurry-burry.
CAiBn, karjj, n.f. cont. fir cairdeas, gun
chaird, without partiality, without leni-
ty, Ps. metre. ; kindness ; fasgadh is
caird, shelter and kindness. Sg.
Cairdeach, kàrjj'-àch, a. related, connect-
ed ; tha iad cairdeach da chiile, they are
connected or related to each other; do
na h-uaislean tha thu cairdeach, you are
related to the gentry. Sg. A.
Cairdealachd, kàrjj'-àll achg, n.f. friend-
liness, benevolence, kindness, goodness,
good-will.
Cairdean, kaijj'-unn, «. m. and f. pi.
friends, relations ; in the shape of cousins,
bad.
Cairdeas, karjj'-us, n. m. friendship, re-
lationship, connexion, fellowship.
Cairdeil, karjj'-al, a. friendly, kind, ten-
der ; related, connected ; gu cairdeil,
kindly.
Cairean, kàry"-an', n. m. the gum, pa-
late ; tha caithlean am chàirean, there is a
seedling in my gum ; do m' chàirean ni's
milse, to my palate sweeter. Bible.
Cairfhiadh, kàèr'-eà-gh', n. m. a hart,
stag.
Cairge, kar'-èg-à, dat. of carraig, a head-
land, a natural quay ; tha am bata tigh-
inn thun na cairge, the boat is coming to
point.
Cairich, kàr'-èch, v. mend, repair, order,
lay to one's charge ; sooth, cajole ; inter,
bury ; cairich an altair, repair their
altar ; na cairich am peacadh oime, lay
not their sins to our charge, Bible ; cairich
r' an taobh e, place it aside them ; cairich
air falbh e, cajole himaway; chairichiad
's an uaigh e, they laid him in the grave,
they interred him.
Cairidh, kar'-e, n. f. a weir; cairidh a
caradh an eisg, a weir to deceive the fish
Song.
Cairmeal, kàry"-mal, n. m. wild liquor-
ice; corra-meille, wild pease. Dr. Arm-
strong says, that we, the Islanders, were
accustomed to make mead of it. Pen-
nant.
Cairneach, kàrry"-nyach, n. /. a quarry,
or any place like it; scàimeach, a de-
serted quarry, or place like an old quarry.
Obs. ospray. Shd.
Cairnean, kàèrn'-an', n. m. egg-jhell.
Arm.
Cairt, kàrty', n. f. a cart; roth nn eart-
ach, the cart wheel ; bark, chart ; cairt
dharaich, the bark nf an oak tree-, v. tan,
cart; cairt an leathrach, tan the leather;
cairte, tanned, called; leathrach cairte,
tanned leather -, cleaned ; tha bhathaich