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_To_ CATE, CAIT, _v. n._ To desire the male or female; a term strictly applied to cats only.

V. ~Caige~, ~Caigie~.

_Colvil_.

Su. G. _kaat_, salax, lascivus, _kaett-ias_, lascivire.

CATECHIS, _s._ A catechism.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

CATER, _s._ Money, S. B. q. what is _catered_.

V. ~Catour~.

_s.h.i.+rrefs._

CATERANES, KATHERANES, _s. pl._ Bands of robbers, especially such as came down from the Highlands to the low country, and carried off cattle, corn, or whatever pleased them, from those who were not able to make resistance, S. _Kaitrine_, _Kettrin_.

_Stat. Rob. II._

Ir. _ceatharnach_, a soldier, _ceatharb_, a troop.

CAT-FISH, SEA-CAT, _s._ The Sea-wolf, S. Anarhicas lupus, Linn.

Sw. _haf-kat_, i. e. sea-cat.

_Sibbald._

CAT-GUT, _s._ Fucus filum, Orkn.

_Neill._

CAT-HARROW, _s._ ”_They draw the Cat Harrow_; that is, they thwart one another.”

_Lyndsay._

CATHEL-NAIL, _s._ The nail by which the body of a cart is fastened to the axle-tree, Fife.

CATINE, _s._

_Polwart._