An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 140

CANDAVAIG, _s._

1. A foul salmon, that has lien in fresh water till summer, without migrating to the sea; Ang.

2. Used as denoting a peculiar species of salmon, Aberd.

_Statist. Acc._

Gael. _ceann_, head, and _dubhach_, a black dye.

CANDLEMAS CROWN, A badge of distinction conferred, at some grammar schools, on him who gives the highest gratuity to the rector, at the term of Candlemas, S.

_Statist. Acc._

CANE, KAIN, CANAGE, _s._ A duty paid by a tenant to his landlord in kind; as "_cane_ cheese;" "_cane_ fowls," &c. S.

_Ramsay._

L. B. _can-um_, _can-a_, tribute, from Gael. _ceann_, the head.

_To Pay the Cain_, To suffer severely in any cause, S.

_Ritson._

_To_ CANGLE, _v. n._ To quarrel, to be in a state of altercation, S.

_Ramsay._

Isl. _kiaenk-a_, arridere.

~Cangling~, _s._ Altercation, S.

_Z. Boyd._

~Cangler~, _s._ A jangler, S.

_Ramsay._

CANKERT, CANKERRIT, _adj._ Cross, ill-conditioned, S.

_Douglas._

CANNA DOWN, CANNACH, _s._ Cotton gra.s.s, Eriophorum v.a.g.i.n.atum, Linn. S.

Gael. _cannach_, id.

_Grant._

CANNA, CANNAE, cannot; compounded of _can_, v., and _na_ or _nae_, not, S.

_Percy._

CANNAS, CANNES, _s._

1. Any coa.r.s.e cloth, like that of which sails are made, S. B.

Fr. _cannevas_, E. _canvas_.

2. A coa.r.s.e sheet used for keeping grain from falling to the ground when it is winnowed by means of a _wecht_, S. B.

Hence,

~Cannes-braid~, s. The breadth of such a sheet, S. B.

_Ross._

3. Metaph. the sails of a ship, S. B.

_Poems Buchan Dial._

CANNEL, _s._ Cinnamon.

_Statist. Acc._

Fr. _cannelle_, Teut. Dan. _kaneel_, Isl. _ka.n.a.l_.

Hence,

~Cannel-waters~, _s. pl._ Cinnamon waters, S.

CANNELL BAYNE, The collar-bone.

_Wallace._

Fr. _canneau du col_, the nape of the neck.

_To_ CANNEL, _v. a._ To channel, to chamfer, S.

Fr. _cannel-er_, id.