22 THB DIALECT OF form), the onrved and notched pieoe of wood which butchers nse to stretch the hind-legs of the slaaghtered aninud. Halliwell says cambn'l means hock in Derbyshire, and quotes Blount, who uses camhren (1621) for the instrument above-mentioned. Canker, the rust of iron. Cankerdyke, {gl. kangk'ur dauk), a ditch or watercourse containing a deposit of iron. Cannle, candle. CaniLOt, generally used at length instead of can*t : a peculiarity of the dialect, seen also in cUmot, mtmnot, sMnotf winnot — all which see. Cant (pronounced not as can't for cannot, but as cant, religious whinmg), nimble, active, lightfooted, &c. Used chiefly now in the case of aged persons : ' He's pretty cant for an old man. See Peebles to the Flay {circa 1460) : ' A young man stert into that steid (place), As cant as any colt.* — 11. 61, 52. Again in the Tcde of the Uplandie Mouse and the Burgee Mouse :
- Fra fate to fate he cast her to and fra,
Whiles up, whiles down, as cant as any kid.' — ^11. 169, 170. Cap, to surprise ; to take by surprise ; to please. ' Sho's cajyp'd wi' a husband,' t. e. pleased with. ' That caps all,' «'. e surpasses alL Caper-a-fram, or Cater-a-firan, all on one side ; askew. Capper, something surprising ; as, ' That's a cappevy i. e. that beats all Capple (pronounced cappil), a patch or piece of leather to mend a ^oe. When they thra^ with the hand they place the striking part of the flail into a kind of leather socket, that also is a cajole, Capplesnod, a word given to me, but the meaning not exactly defined. Card (pronounced caird), a kind of oomb used to dress wool, having wires set in leather, somewhat as brushes are made. These cards are now made by most ingenious machinery. See Preface, '^Home Manufacture of (?loth.' Cast, a stone to pitch with in ' cots and twys ' (which see) and other games. Catohed (the past tense of to ccUeh), caught. A woman and her servant were trying to catch a horse, which continually eluded their efforts. A man coming by at the time said, 'Ho! mistress, yon galloway has a varry bad fault ; yo cannot catch him.' To whom she repHed, ' Ah I master, he's a vfaur nor that ; he's nowt when he is catehed* Catlap, a name sometimes given to weak tea. Caussey (^L kausi), a footpath. O.Fr., catu»ie. Occurs in Sir David Lindsay's SuppUcaUon in Contemplation of Side Tails :
