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it is necessary to make the most of the water by catching and rousing it as 
often as possible.” (Agric. of Wilts, ch. 11.) 
_-*(4) “~The same as Catch-meadow. (Jbid, ch. 12.) 
*Catch-land. The arable portion of a common field, divided into equal parts, 
____ whoever ploughed first having the right to first choice of his share, (D.) 
*Catch-meadow, Catch-work meadow, or Catch. A meadow on 
the slope of a hill, irrigated by a stream or spring, which has been turned so 
as to fall from one level to another through the carriages. (Agric. of 
__ Wilts, ch. 12.) 
Cc atching, Catchy. Of weather, unsettled, showery. (Agric. of Wilts, 
4 ch, 3.) N. & S.W. 
Caterpillar. A cockchafer. N.W. 
*Cat-gut. The ribs of the Plantain leaf; so called by children when drawn 
, out so as to look like fiddle-strings. (Great Estate, ch. 2.) 
at’s-love. Garden Valerian, on which cats like to roll. S.W. 
C at’s-tail. Equisetum, Horse-tail. (Great Estate, ch. 2.) N.W. 
Cave. (1) 2. The chaff of wheat and oats (D.): in threshing, the broken 
bits of straw, etc. Cavin, Cavings, or Keavin in N. Wilts. 
_ *(2) ~~». To separate the broken straw from the grain. 
#( aving-rake. The rake used for separating cavings and grain on the 
___ threshing-floor. 
Caving (or Caffing) rudder, or rudderer. * (1) The winnowing 
_ fan and tackle. (D.) 
(2) A coarse sieve used by carters to get the straw out of the horses’ 
chaff. N.W. 
Cham. Tochew. (A.B.) NW. 
Chap. Of ground, to crack apart with heat. N.W. 
rm, “All in a charm,” all talking loud together. A.S. eyrm, clamour 
 (A.): especially used of the singing of birds. “Thousands of starlings, the 
: _ noise of whose calling to each other is indescribable—the country folk call 
it a ‘charm,’ meaning a noise made up of innumerable lesser sounds, each 
interfering with the other.” (Wild Life, ch. 12.) N. & S.W. 
Atter-mMag, Chatter-pie. A chattering woman. N.W, 
wm, Chawn. A crack in the ground. (A.) N.W, 
eeses. Fruit of Malva sylvestris, L., Common Mallow. N.W. 
erky. Having a peculiar dry taste, as beans. (Village Miners.) N.W. 
Chel ‘Ty-pie. Valeriana officinalis, L., All-heal, from its smell. S.W. 
Chevil (or Chevril) Goldfinch. A large variety of Goldfinch, with a 
white throat. (Birds of Wilts, p. 203.) N.&S.W, 
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