▪ I. ˈcaddow1 Obs. exc. dial.
Also 5 cadaw, 5–7 cadowe, 6 cadow, caddawe, caddowe, 9 dial. caw-daw.
[perh. f. ca, ka jackdaw (Sc. kae) + daw. (The Ir. cudhóg, Gael. cathag, Manx caaig jackdaw can hardly be connected.)]
A jackdaw.
| 1440 Promp. Parv. 57/2 Cadaw, or keo, or chowghe [v.r. ko; cadowe or koo], monedula. 1530 Palsgr. 202/1 Caddawe a byrde, chucas. 1552 Huloet, Caddowe, or choughe, byrde; some call them Jacke dawe. 1573 Tusser Husb. (1878) 101 Kill crowe, pie, and cadow. 1579 Marr. Wit. & Wisd. (1849) 26 She can cackle like a cadowe. 1621 Ainsworth Annot. Pentat. Lev. xi. 15 Crows, caddows, pies, and the like. 1792 Osbaldistone Brit. Sportsm. 85/1 Caddow, a bird, otherwise called a chough or jackdaw. 1842 Few Words to Churchw. (Camb. Camden Soc.) i. 14, Rubbish, brought together by the jackdaws or caddows. 1864 Atkinson Prov. Names of Birds, Caddow, caw-daw. |
▪ II. ˈcaddow2 Obs. or dial.
Also 6 caddo, 6–7 caddowe, 7 cadow(e, caddoe.
[Cf. caddis1 3 b; also Gaelic cudadh, cudath tartan (not Irish—O'Reilly); but it is doubtful whether this is from Eng. or the converse. The Manx cadee, and the Ir. cadas cotton, can hardly be related.]
A rough woollen covering: see quot. 1880.
| 1579 Richmond Wills (1853), ij fledg blankets vs. ij caddow blankets ij s. iiij d. 1588 Middlesex County Records I. 177 [Walter Hassellwrick stole]..vnum straggulum voc' an Irish Caddo [worth twenty shillings]. 1588 Lanc. Wills (1861) III. 135 A blankett and an Irish caddow checked. 1601 Weever Mirr. Mart. B iij, I stretcht my lims along the bed..Thrice ore the caddow I mine armes outspred. 1610 Holland Camden's Brit. ii. Ireland 63 They..make of their course wool Caddowes also or Coverlets. 1611 Cotgr., Couverture veluë, an Irish Rug, Mantle, or Cadowe. 1681 J. Chetham Angler's Vade-m. xxxiv. §15 (1689) 190 Outlandish Cadows and Blanckets. c 1860 Staton Rays fro' Loomenary (Bolton) 40 Peggy wove caddows on a loom as they had ith back place. 1880 Antrim & Down Gloss. (E.D.S.) Cadda, Caddaw, a quilt or coverlet, a cloak or cover; a small cloth which lies on a horse's back. |