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walls. — Smifh. Chàireadh e orm, he xcould assert to me,
he would make me belkxe.
Cairb, s.y. A fusee ; a chariot; a ship ; a plank.
Cairbean, ein, s. m. A species of basking shark, by sailors
called a sailfish. It is found on the western coasts of the
northern seas ; according to LinntEus, in the Arctic circle.
Tliey have been caught, however, among the Orkneys and
Hebrides, in Ballishannon Bav in Ireland, and in Wales.
They measure in length from thirty-six to forty feet. Pen-
nant mentions one which he saw caught in Arran. *
Cairbeil, «./. 'A large eel.
Cairbh, r. a. Man a fleet; shake, quiver. Pre^ a. cairbh ;
fut. aff. a. cairbhidh.
Cairbue, s.f. A dead body; a carcass ; a corpse. N.pl.
cairbhean ; d. pi. cairbhibh. Air na cairbhibh, on the car-
casses. — Stew. G. B.
W. cwrv, a corpse. Heb. careb, a dead body embalmed.
Cairbhean, n.^/. of cairbh. Carcasses; corpses.
Cairbhinn, i.y. (£«ff. carrion.) A carcass, a corpse ; lean
meat ; carrion. N. pi. cairbhinnean ; d. pi. cairbhinnibh.
Cairbhinnean an righrean, the carcasses of their kings. —
Stew. Ezek. Cha 'n eil crioch air an cairbhinnibh, there is
no end to their corpses. — Stew. Na/i.
Cairbiiinneacm, (7. Full of carcasses; of, or pertainine to,
a corpse or carcass; like a corpse or carcass; cadaverous.
C.iiRBniNNEACHD, s. f. A slaughtering, a massacring;
cadaverousness.
Cairbixn", s.f. A carabine. N. pi. cairbinnean.
Cairbinneach, ich, s. m. A toothless person; also, urf-
jectixeli/, toothless.
t Cairc, cairce, i.y. Hair; fur; eagerness.
+ Cairceach, a. Hairy; eager. Gu cairceach, eager/;/.
Caircheas, ais, s. m. A little vessel ; a twist.
Caird, cairde, ^./. (Ir. id. Corn. \\exA, affection.) Friend-
ship ; a bosom friend ; delay, respite, rest ; scruple. Fas-
gadh is caird, shelter and rest. — Fingalian Poem. Gun
chaird, incessantly ; without scruple.
Cairde, n. pi. {Ir. id.) Friends; relations. Asp. form,
chairde. Mo chairde san fhrith, my friends in the forest.—
Oss. Fing. Cairde gaoil, kinsfolk.
Cairdeacii, a. (from caird.) {IF. caredig. /;■. cairdeoch,
related. Corn, caradow.) Related ; connected by birth or
by marriage ; friendly. Do na h-uaislean tha thu cairdeach,
thou art related to the gentry. — Old Song. Com. and sup.
cairdiche.
Cairdealachd, s.f. (caird-amhuileachd.) Friendliness.
Cairdealas, ais, s. m. Friendliness.
Cairdeax, «. pi. of caird, (or contracted for caraidean.)
Friends, relations, cousins. Cha bu cheo mo chairdean,
my friends were not as mist. — Oss. Manos. Cairdean,
nigheanan an da bhràthar, cousins, the daughters of two
brothers; cairdean, mic an da bhràthar, cousins, the sons
of two brothers ; cairdean, mic an da pheathar, cousins, the
sons of two sisters ; cairdean, nigheanan an da pheathar,
cousins, the daughters of two sisters. — Macd.
Cairdeas, eis, s. m. Relationship, friendship, fellowship.
Cairdeas no comunn, nor friendship nor fellowship; cairdeas
tola, blood relationship ; cairdeas marraiste, affiniti/ ; comhal-
tas gu ceud, is cairdeas gu fichead, the relation of fostering
connects by hundreds, the relation of blood unbi bu twenties. —
G.P.
Cairdeil, a. (caird-amhuil.) Friendly; /i/tra/Zj/, friendlike.
Cair-diiearg, s.f. A blush. — Shaw.
Caireachan, ain, s. m. A big-mouthed person.
Caireag, eig, s.f. A prating young girl. N. pi. caireagan.
CAiREAGACH,a. Prating; applied toagarrulousyoungfemale.
CXirean, ein, s. m. The gum of the mouth ; a palate ; the
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taste of the mouth ; a grin ; a beloved person ; a darling.
K. pi. càireanan and càirein. Do m'chairein, to mi/ [gums]
taste. — Stew. Song Sol. ref. Do chairean, thi/ palate. —
Stew. O.T.
CAiREAN.iCii, o. Having gums; of gums.
Cair-fhiadh, -fheidh, s. m. A hart, a stag. iV. ;;/. caiv-
fheidh. — /;•. id. Arm. kavo.
Cairich, r. a. (//•. cairrigh.) Repair, mend ; inter, bury ;
raise a monumental mound ; accuse, lay to one's charge.
Pret. a. chàirich, mended; fut. aff. a. càirichidh. Chàinch
e 'n altair, he repaired the altar. - Stew. K. Na cairich am
peacadh oirnne, lay not the sin [to our charge] on us. —
Stew. N^umb. r
Caihid, i'. m. ; provincial for caraid ; which see.
Cairinn, ò\ c. A darling, in/, car-us, rfc«/-.
t Cairleum, r. a. and n. Tumble about; beat or toss
about. — Shaw.
CairiMeal, eil, i. m. Wild pease, heath pease; the crobiis
tuberosus of Linnseus.
The ancient Caledonians are said to have made much use of
this root as an article of food. The llebridians. according to
Pennant, chew this root like tobacco, and also make a fermented
hquor from it. They say that it is a ijood medicine; that it promotes
expectoration, and is very serviceable in pulmonary complaints. It
grows in heaths and birchwoods to thesi/e of a filbert: sometimes
four or five roots are joined by fibres. The stalk of it is green, and
bears a red tlower. When the root is pounded and infused, with
yeast superadded, as is done by many of the llebrideans, a palat-
able and w holesome liquor is produced. .Some have supposed that
this is the cliara which the soldiers of Valerius found, as is men-
tioned by Ccesar de Bella Civ. hb. iii.
Cairn, gen. sing, of cam. Of a cairn.
Cairneach, ich, s. m. A kingsfisher, an osprey ; also, in
allusion to his dwelling-place, a druid.
Cairneach, a. {from cam.) Rocky, stony, shelvy. lasgair
cairneach, a king-^/isher, an osprey.
Cairnean, e\n,s. m. An egg-shell. Caimean uibh, an
egg-shell.
Cairreall, eill, s. m. A noise; the sound of distant
music ; harmony, melody, caroling.
Cairreallacii, a. Harmonious, caroling.
CAiRT, s.f {Luf. q\iart-us.) A quarter of a yard ; a fourth
part of a yard. Slat agus càirt, a yard and a quarter.
Leth-chrun an càirt, half-a-crown a quarter.
Cairt, cartach, s. f. A cart; bark of a tree or rhind; a
card ; a chart, a charter ; a deed or bond ; rarehi a stone,
a rock. X. pi. cairlean. Cairt nomha, a new curt. — Stew.
Sam. Fuidh 'n chairt, under the bark. — Macint. A cluich'
air chairtean, playing at cards ; cuidhle na cartach, the
cart-wheel.
Span, carreta, a cart. Ir. cairt. W. cart. Lat. charta,
paper, and corte.x, bark. Swed. kort, a coi-d.
Cairt, v. a. {[r. id.) Cleanse, as a stable; strip off the
bark; tan as leather. Pret. a. chairt, cleansed ; fut. aff. a.
cairtidh, shall cleanse.
Cairt-cheap, -chip, s. The name of a cart-wheel. - Ir. id.
Cairteag, eig, s.f {dim. of cairt.) A little cart; a tumbrel.
N. pi. cairteagan.
Cairteal, eil, «. OT. {Span. ca.Tt(i\.) A quarter of any thing,
a gill ; a lodging ; a chartuiary ; a challenge ; an edict.
N. pi. cairtealan.
Cairtealan, n. pi. of cairteal. Quarters, lodgings; also
a chartuiary, a ciiallenge. Air chairtealan, on quarters ;
quartered, lodged. — Old Song. Nan cairtealaibh geamh-
raidh, in their winter quarters. — Macdon.
Cairtear, eir, s. in. A carter, a carman, a waggoner,
Ir. cairteoir.
Cairt-iùil, s.f. A mariner's compass. — Macint. Also a
sea-chart. Air cairt-iùil air falbh uainn, our sea-chart away
from us. — Old Song.