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wall, keeps it shut. 2. A chain drawn across a street for 

 defence in time of war. Germ., kette, a chain, and band. 



Cat-fish^ Sea-cat. — The sea-wolf (6".). Anarhicas lupus 

 (Linn.) Sw., haf-cat — i.e. sea-cat. — Sibbald. 



Cat-gut. — Thread fucus, or sea laces. Fucus filum 

 (Linn.), Orkney, "Neill's Tour." 



Cat-Harrow. — " They draw the Cat-Harrow " — that is, 

 they thwart one another. — Loth. Ang., Lyndsey. 



Cat-heather. — A finer species of heath, low and slender, 

 growing more in separate, upright stalks than the common 

 heath, and flowering only at the top {Aberd.). 



Cat-hole. — i. The name given to the loop-holes or 

 narrow openings in the wall of a barn {S.). 2. A sort of 

 niche in the wall of a barn, in which keys and other neces- 

 saries are deposited in the inside, where it is not perforated. 



Cat-hud. — The name given to a large stone, which serves 

 as a back to a fire on the hearth in the house of a cottager 

 {Dumfr.). Sw. G., kaette, denotes a small cell or apartment, 

 which corresponds to the form of the country fireside ; also 

 a bed j a pen. Hud might seem allied to Teut. huyd-en, 

 co?iservare, as the stone is meant to guard this enclosure 

 from the effects of the fire. 



Catling. — Small catgut strings for musical instruments, 

 also a kind of knife used in surgery. 



Cat-louJ). — I. A very short distance as to space {S.) ; 

 q. as far as a cat may leap (Hogg). 2. A moment ; as, " I'se 

 be wi' ye in a catloup^' — i.e., instantly. " I will be with you 

 as quickly as a cat can leap." 



Catmaw. — " To tumble the catmaw^^ to go topsy-turvy, 

 to tumble (S. B.). 



Catmint. — An herbaceous plant {Mentha felina), that 

 cats delight to roll on. 



Cafs Carriage. — The same play that is otherwise called 

 the "King's Cushion," q.v. {Loth.). 



