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cairnean, an egg-shell:
cairt, bark (of a tree), Ir. cairt; Lat. cortex; root qert, cut, Lit. kertù, cut, Eng. rend.
cairt, a cart, so Ir., W. cart; from the Eng. cart.
cairt, a card, so Ir.; G. is from Sc. carte, which is direct from the Fr. carte. The Eng. modifies the latter form into card. They are all from Lat. charta, paper. E. Ir. cairt meant "parchment".
cairt, cleanse, Ir. cartaighim, E. Ir. cartaim, W. carthu, purge, kar-to‑. The root idea is a "clearing out"; the root ker, kar, separate, is allied to sker in ascart, and especially in sgar.
cairteal, a quarter; from Late Lat. quartellus, Norse kvartill, Lat. quartus, fourth.
caisbheart, cais’eart, foot gear (shoes or boots), Ir. coisbheart; from cas+bheart, q.v.
caisd, listen, Ir. coisteacht, listening, E. Ir. coistim, O. Ir. coitsea, auscultet: co-étsim, co and éisd, listen, q.v. O’R. gives the modern Ir. cóisdeacht with o long, which would seem the most natural result from co-éisd.
càise, cheese, Ir., E. Ir. cáise, W. caws, Br. kaouz; from Lat. cāseus, whence Eng. cheese.
caiseal, bulwark, castle, Ir. caiseal, E. Ir. caisel, caissle; from Lat. castellum.
caisean, anything curled, etc.; from cas, curled, q.v.
caisg, check, stop, Ir. coisgim, O. Ir. cosc, castigare, W. cosp, *kon-sqo‑, *seqô, I say; Lat. inseque; Gr. ἔννεπε, say, ἔνι-σπε, dixit; Eng. say, Ger. sagen.
Càisg, Easter, Ir. Cáisg, O. Ir. cásc, W. pasc; from Lat. pascha, Eng. paschal.
caisil-chrò, a bier, bed of blood, M. Ir. cosair chró, bed of blood—to denote a violent death, E. Ir. cosair, bed. the expression appears in the Ossianic Ballads, and folk-etymology is responsible for making G. casair into caisil, bulwark. The word cosair has been explained as co-ster‑, root ster, strew, Lat. sternere, Eng. strew.
caisleach, a ford, footpath; from cas-lach, rather than cas-slighe, foot-way.
caislich, stir up, caisleachadh, shaking up, etc.; from cas, sudden.
caismeachd, an alarm (of battle), signal, march tune. The corresponding Ir. is caismirt, alarm, battle, M. Ir. caismert, E. Ir. cosmert.
caisrig, consecrate; see coisrig.
caisteal, a castle, M. Ir. castél, E. Ir. castíall; from Lat. castellum, whence Eng. castle.
