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CAL 1
Callda, adj. Tame : cicur. Voc. 140.
Calldach, -aich, -ean, s. m. (Call), Loss : dam-
num. " A mhionnaicheas chum a chalkkach fein."
Salm. XV. 4. Who swears to his own hurt. Qui
jurat in damnum suum.
Calldain, -f, *. m. Gen. xxx. 37. Vide Calltuinn.
Calloid, -e, -ean, s.f. Vide Callaid, et CoUaid.
Callta, adj. C. S. Id. q. Callda.
Calltach, -aich, -ean. Vide Calldach.
Calltag, -aig, -an, s. /. Black guOlemot, a bird.
" Eun dubh a' chriilain." Light/.
• Calltarnach, s.f. A truss of weeds : herbarum
raanipulus. Sh. et O'R.
Calltuinn, -e, s. m. Hazel : corylus. Voc. 64.
Calluinn, -e, s.f. New year's day : calendae Janua-
riffi. It is derived from the Latin, but the common
people explain it by " Callan," a shout, noise;
because, on new year's eve, they surround each o-
thers houses, thrashing the wall with clubs, and
repeating rude rhymes till the circle is completed.
Tliis is supposed to operate as a charm against
fairies, demons, and spirits of every order. Vide
Caisein-uchd. B. Bret. Callanet. In Bretagne,
the practice still seems to hold. " Apres avoir
chante quelques cantiques pieux ils crient tout
haut, ma calannet, i. e.
j' ai annonce." Pelletier.
Calria, adj. Brave, daring, resolute, strong: fortis,
audax, robustus.
" Cho-fhreagair na creaga 's na beanntai',
" Do airm nan cuiridh'nibh calma."
S.D. 150. marff.
The rocks and hills resounded to the arms of the
brave warriors. Consonabant rupes montesque ad
arma heroum validorum. " Calma sin o aois mhic
bhig." MS. penes Sir J. Grant. Daring wast thou
from thy childhood. Audax (tu) iste ab aetate fi-
lii parvi. Hebr. cbjl chalam, valuit.
Calmachd, s./. iW. Ì (Calma), Courage, strength:
Calmadachd, ind. V audacia, vires, virtus. C.
Calm-adas, -AIS, «.WJ.) S.
Calmai, adj. Tern. viii. 319. Vide Calma.
Calman, -ain, -an, s. m. (Calma, et Eun), A dove,
pigeon : columba. Sm. Salm. Ixviii. 13. Vide
Columan.
Calmar, -aire, adj. (Calma), Brave: fortis. R.
M'D. 64.
Calmar, -air, s. m. (Calma, et Fear), Calmar, one
of the heroes of Fingal : nomen viri. Fiiiff. i. 133.
* Calmas, -ais, s. m. Llh. i. e. Calmachd, q. vide.
Calm-lann, -a, -an, s.f (Caiman, et Lann), A
dove-cot: columbarium. Macf V.
Calmunnach, -aiciie, adj. (Calma), i?. M'D. 350.
Vide Calma.
Calpa, -an, -ANNAN, s. 111. 1. Calf of the leg:
sura. Voc. 16. " Caol a' chalpa." Voc. 16. Small
of the leg : pars surae exilior. " Meall a' chalpa."
Voc. 16. Calf of the leg : crassissima surae pars.
" Mar gheala bhradan do chosan,
" Le d' ghearr osan mu d' chalpa."
Stew. 441.
As the white salmon thy legs, with thy short hose
3 CAM
on thy calf. Ut salar albus tibiae tuae cum tibiali
brevi tuo circum suram tuam. 2. A pillar: co-
lumna. C. S. " Calpa' Earcuill." Pillars of Her-
cules : Calpe. 3. A tier or ply of a rope, cable,
or thread : pUca funis vel filorum. C. S. 4. Tlie
shrouds or standing rigging of a ship : rudentes
majores navis, rmut. term. " Calp' na tàirnge."
A haulyard, hoisting rope : funis trochleas navis,
naut. term. 5. Principal of money put to interest:
sors vel caput pecuniae in usuram locatae. C. S.
" Calp' is riadh." C. S. Principal and interest.
Pecunia in usuram locata cum proventu suo. Germ.
Kalb. ArcJ). i_JLs haulib, a body, trunk, bust ;
t-^ helb, kernel, marrow, middle.
Calpach, -aich, -aichean, s. m. et/. Vide Colp-
ach.
Calpach, ì -aiche, adj. (Calpa), Stout legged :
Calpannach, j crassas habens suras. C. S.
CÀL-PHLEADHAG, -AIG, -AN, Vel PlEADHAG-CHÀIL,
S.f (Càl, et Pleadhag), A garden dibble : pasti-
num hortulanum. Voc. 51.
Calum, -uim, s. m. 1. Hardness on the skin, a
crust, a corn : callus, crusta, callus pedis digito-
rum. " Callum." Voc. 26. B. Bret. Calet, hard.
2. Malcolm, a man's name : Columbus, Milcolura-
bus, viri nomen. Voc. 128. Mal-colm, et Mil-Co-
lumbus, owe their prefixes to the appearance of
the tonsure of St. Columba, whose name was simp-
ly Calura. Vide Maol.
Caluman, -ain, -an, Voc. 74. Vide Columan.
CAM, -AiDH, CII-, V. a. (Cam, adj.) 1. Bend : cur-
va. C. S. 2. Blind : caeca. C. S.
CAM, gen. Chàim, et comp. Caime, adj. 1.
Crooked, bent : curvus, flexus. " M' iuthar cow."
Fing. iv. 242. My crooked bow, [lit.) yew : meus
taxus, i. e. arcus curvus. 2. Blind of one eye :
altero oculo captus. Voc. 28. 133. 3. Awry,
\vrongly directed : obliquus, oblique directus.
" Chaith thu cam e." C. S. You have shot, or
thrown it awry. Jaculatus es eum oblique. Scot.
Camy. Wei. et B. Bret. Camm, et Cam. Gr.
Kaix-ifKii, flexus ; Ka,aT™, curvo. Pers. ^ hhem,
or kham, curved, crooked.
♦ Cam, A\ m. Deceit : dolus, fraus. OR.
- Cama, adj. Brave, strong : fortis, strenuus. Sh.
et OR.
• Camabhil, -e, s./. Camomil : chama;melum. Toe.
59.
» Camach, s.f. Power: potentia. Llh. et OB.
« Cama-dhubh, s. f the hand, or thigh bone : ul-
na, vel OS femorale. 3ISS.
Camadh, -aidii, s. m. et pres. part, i: Cam. A bend,
crook, a bending : flexura, curvatura, actus cur-
vandi. C. S. Wei. Camu, to bend. Arab, ^j+al
khemi, crookedness, curvature. Span, Comba.
Camag, -aig, -an, s.f (Cam, adj.) 1. A curl :
cincinnus. C. S. 2. A crook : pedum. C. S. 3.
A club : clava. N. H. 4. A bay, arm of the
sea : maris sinus. Sh. et OB. 5. A clasp : fibu-
la. Sh. 6. Any thing crooked, or curved : quod-