96 Contributions towards a Wiltshire Glossary. 
*Cam. Perverse, cross. “A’s as cam and as obstinate as a mule.” (Wilts 
Tales, p. 138. 
Cam-handed. Awkward. NW. 
*Cammock, Oxonis arvensis, L., Restharrow. (D.) 
Cammocky. Tainted, as cheese or milk when the cows have been feeding 
on cammock, S.W. 
Canary-seed. Seed-heads of Plantain. N. & S.W. 
Candle. “To strike a candle,” to slide, as school-boys do, on the heel, so as 
to leave a white mark along the ice. S.W. 
Cank. To overcome (H.); perhaps a perversion of conguer. The winner 
“canks’’ his competitors in a race, and you “cank”’ a child when you give 
it more than it can eat. N.W. 
Canker. Fungus, toadstool. (A.B.) N.W: 
Canker-berries. Wild Rose hips. S.W. (Salisbury.) 
*Canker-rose. The mossy gall on the Dog-rose, formed by Cynips rose ; 
often carried in the pocket as a charm against rheumatism. (Great Estate, 
ch. 4.) 
Carpet. To blow up, to scold; perhaps from the scene of the fault-finding 
being the parlour, not the bare-floored kitchen. “Measter carpeted I 
sheamvul s’marning.” “I had my man John on the carpet just now and 
gave it him finely.” N.W. 
Carriage. A water-course, a meadow-drain. (A.B.H.) N. & S.W. 
Carrier. A large water-course. (Wild Life, ch. 20.) N. & 8.W. 
Carry along. To prove the death of, to bring to the grave. “I be afeard 
whe’er that ’ere spittin’ o’ blood won’t car’n along.” N.W. 
Cart. “At cart,” carrying or hauling, as “ We be at wheat-cart [coal-cart, 
dung-cart, ete.] to-day.” N.W. 
Cass’n. Canst not. (A.) N.W. 
Cassocks. Couch-grass, S.W. (Som. bord.) 
Casulty. adj. Of weather, unsettled, broken. Casalty. (Wilts Arch. 
Mag,, vol. xxii., p. 109.) N.W. 
Cat-Kidney. A game somewhat resembling cricket, played with a wooden 
“cat’’ instead of a ball. N.W. (Brinkworth.) 
Catch. (1) Of water, to film over, to begin to freeze. (Bevis, ch. 40; 
Wild Life, ch. 20.) Keach, Keatch, Ketch, (A.B.H.) N.&S.W. 
(2) To grow thick, as melted fat when setting again. N.&S.W. 
* (3) To catch and rouse.” P “In the catch-meadows . .. « 
