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cadgy
ˈcadgy, a. Sc. and north. dial. Also cadgie, caidgie. [Of uncertain origin. Cf. Suffolk kedge in same sense; also Da. kaad wanton, lascivious.] 1. Wanton, lustful: amorous.a 1724 [cf. cadgily]. 1733 Cock-laird in Chambers Songs Scotl. (1829) A cock-laird, fou cadgie, Wi' Jennie did meet. 1823 Lockha...
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cadgily
cadgily, adv. Sc. (ˈkædʒɪlɪ) [f. cadgy + -ly2.] Cheerfully, merrily; wantonly.a 1724 Gaberlunzie Man i, He..cadgily ranted and sang. a 1774 Fergusson Poems (1789) II. 28 Whare cadgily they kiss the cap. 1814 Saxon & Gael. I. 108 ‘Hoot gude-man’ she wad say, sae cadgily ‘set a stout heart to a stay b...
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kedgy
kedgy dial. f. cadgy, brisk, sprightly.1719 Ramsay Ep. to Arbuckle 132 When we're kedgy o'er our claret. 17.. ― Ep. to Hamilton ii, Kedgy carles think nae lang, When stoups and trunchers gingle.
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caige
† caige, v. Sc. Obs. [see cadgy.] intr. ? To wax wanton.1603 Philotus v, Now wallie as the Carle he caiges, Gude⁓man quha hes maid ȝour mustages?
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cadye
† ˈcadye, a. Sc. Obs. [cf. Da. kaad lascivious, wanton; and see cadgy: the formal relation of the two words is obscure.] Wanton, lascivious.1552 Lyndesay Monarche 2657 Kyttoke thare, als cadye as ane Con. [1877 Peacock N.W. Lincoln. Gloss. (E.D.S.) Caddy, hale, hearty.]
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kedge
▪ I. kedge, n. (kɛdʒ) [? short for kedge-anchor. Also catch: see catch n.3] = kedge-anchor.1769 Falconer Dict. Marine (1789), Kedge, a small anchor used to keep a ship steady whilst she rides in a harbour or river, particularly at the turn of the tide... The kedges are also..useful in transporting a...
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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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