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CARVATH, CARVETH. From Carvath in St. Austell, or Carvath in Cuby; from car-veth, the city grave, or castle burying-place.

CARVER. From car-veor, the great rock.

CARVERTH. From Carverth in Mabe; which Hals renders "rock-strength; or from car-veth, rock-grave;" and he says, "those gentlemen, from living at Carveth or Carveth in Mabe, were transnominated from Thoms to Carverth." The name seems to be from car-verth, the green town. Hence the U. S. name Cravarth. Cf. Carvath.

CARVETH. See Carvath.

CARVILL. See Carvall.

CARVOLTH. From Carvolth in Crowan, probably the same as Carvolghe or Corvaghe, a manor in the parish of Morvah, which may mean the dwelling with the little wall (velgig, dim. of val, gual, a wall).

CARVOSOE, CARVOSSO, CARVOSSOE. From Carvowsa in Ludgvan, or Carvis in Roche; from car-vose, a rock or castle intrenched by a ditch; or, as Pryce renders it, "the intrenched castle."

CARWITHEN. From Carwithenick in Constantine; from car-wythen-ick, the castle in the woody place.

CARY. See Carew.

CARYHAYES. See Carhayes.

CASABOM, CASEBOUME. From casa-bron, the dirty hill. Cf. the local name Lambron, Lamborn.

CAUSE, CAUSSE. See Caws.

CAUTHERN. From coit-hoarn, the wood containing iron.

CAVAL. See Kivell.

CAVALL. "Who out of a supposed allusion to this