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the Welsh Bwg, Cornish Bucha, a spirit or ghost, primarily 

 an ohject that causes terror. Till a comparatively recent 

 periodj the Welsh word was used in its original sense. Thus 

 in Coverdale's version of the Bible (1535) , Psalm 91, 5, is thus 

 translated : — " So that thou shalt not nede to be afrayed for 

 eny hugges (=evil spirits) by night.^^ Such an etymology 

 at all events carries out the idea, so common in ancient times, 

 that works like these were made by the help of evil spirits. 

 Compare DeviFs Dyke, &c. 

 Call- Wood. Close by Corsham. This is probably from the Welsh 

 coll, which signifies a hazel. Thus coll-lwyn means " hazel- 

 grove.'^ This name would thus signify " hazel-wood." 

 Cad- WORTH -j The names of two of the ancient Hundreds now 

 Caw-don. J joined together and regarded as one. In either word, 

 it is conceived, the former portion is from the Welsh coed 

 (== a wood) . The one word means the " dwelling or settle- 

 ment in the wood" — the other the " hill by the wood." 

 Cane. The name given to a steep hill between Melksham and 

 Devizes. In Gaelic and Irish we have Ceann, meaning a 

 head, or hill. In Welsh ci/n signifies " chief." Cane-Hill 

 may be simply a reduplicative word. In the Court Rolls of 

 the manor of Bradford Hundred we meet with the entry, 

 " Broughton cum Cane" but as yet no explanation can be 

 given. 

 Calne. This is without doubt a Celtic word, though it is not easy 

 to say what it means. It is spelt Canna in Domesday. 

 Bishop Gibson, in his edition of the Saxon Chronicle, says 

 that it was situated on the bank of a river, bearing the same 

 name. If so, the name has been lost, the river flowing by 

 Calne being now called the Marlen. There are three rivers 

 in England called Colne, one of them giving the name to 

 Colne-ceaster (now Colchester) in Essex. 

 Cat-combe. 1 The former place is in Hilmarton, the latter in 

 Cat-ley. J Wootton Bassett. I am inclined to think that the 

 former portion of these words is a modern form of the 

 Cornish word coed (Corn, coat, coit,) a wood, and that they 



