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▪ I. ˈcaddow1 Obs. exc. dial.
Also 5 cadaw, 5–7 cadowe, 6 cadow, caddawe, caddowe, 9 dial. caw-daw.
[perh. f. ca, ka jackdaw (Sc. kae) + daw. (The Ir. cudhóg, Gael. cathag, Manx caaig jackdaw can hardly be connected.)]
A jackdaw.
1440Promp. Parv. 57/2 Cadaw, or keo, or chowghe [v.r. ko; cadowe or koo], monedula. 1530Palsgr. 202/1 Caddawe a byrde, chucas. 1552Huloet, Caddowe, or choughe, byrde; some call them Jacke dawe. 1573Tusser Husb. (1878) 101 Kill crowe, pie, and cadow. 1579Marr. Wit. & Wisd. (1849) 26 She can cackle like a cadowe. 1621Ainsworth Annot. Pentat. Lev. xi. 15 Crows, caddows, pies, and the like. 1792Osbaldistone Brit. Sportsm. 85/1 Caddow, a bird, otherwise called a chough or jackdaw. 1842Few Words to Churchw. (Camb. Camden Soc.) i. 14, Rubbish, brought together by the jackdaws or caddows. 1864Atkinson Prov. Names of Birds, Caddow, caw-daw.
▪ II. ˈcaddow2 Obs. or dial.
Also 6 caddo, 6–7 caddowe, 7 cadow(e, caddoe.
[Cf. caddis1 3 b; also Gaelic cudadh, cudath tartan (not Irish—O'Reilly); but it is doubtful whether this is from Eng. or the converse. The Manx cadee, and the Ir. cadas cotton, can hardly be related.]
A rough woollen covering: see quot. 1880.
1579Richmond Wills (1853), ij fledg blankets vs. ij caddow blankets ij s. iiij d. 1588Middlesex County Records I. 177 [Walter Hassellwrick stole]..vnum straggulum voc' an Irish Caddo [worth twenty shillings]. 1588Lanc. Wills (1861) III. 135 A blankett and an Irish caddow checked. 1601Weever Mirr. Mart. B iij, I stretcht my lims along the bed..Thrice ore the caddow I mine armes outspred. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. ii. Ireland 63 They..make of their course wool Caddowes also or Coverlets. 1611Cotgr., Couverture veluë, an Irish Rug, Mantle, or Cadowe. 1681J. Chetham Angler's Vade-m. xxxiv. §15 (1689) 190 Outlandish Cadows and Blanckets. c1860Staton Rays fro' Loomenary (Bolton) 40 Peggy wove caddows on a loom as they had ith back place. 1880Antrim & Down Gloss. (E.D.S.) Cadda, Caddaw, a quilt or coverlet, a cloak or cover; a small cloth which lies on a horse's back. |
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