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▪ I. † ˈcadgel Sc. Obs. ‘A wanton fellow’ (Jam.).1603 Philotus xcvi, To tak a ȝoung man for his wyfe, Ȝon cadgell wald be glaid.▪ II. † ˈcadgel, v. Obs. exc. dial. Also cagel. † 1. trans. To entangle. Hence ˈcadgelled.1648 Hexham Dutch Dict. (1660) In het garen vallen, to be catch, cadgeld, or entan...
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cadge
▪ I. cadge, n.1 (kædʒ) [App. a variant of cage perh. confused with cadge v. to carry about; but it does not appear what is the source of the earliest quotation, which the later merely follow.] 1. Falconry. (See quots.)1615 Latham Falconry (1633) Wds. of Art expl., Cadge, is taken for that on which F...
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