1 84 CONCERNING CATS. 



Catterbatch. — A broil, a quarrel {Fife). Teut., kaier, a 

 he-cat, and boetse^ rendered cavillatio^ q., "a cat's quarrel." 



Caiwiitit. — Harebrained, unsettled ; ^., having the wits 

 of a cat (S.). 



Kittie. — A North-country name for a cat, male or female. 

 Kitling. — Sharp ; kitten-like. 



" His kitting eyes begin to run 

 Quite through the table where he spies 

 The horns of paperie butterflys." 



Herrick, Hesperides, 



Kittenhood.—^tdite of being a kitten. 



" For thou art as beautiful as ever a cat 

 That wantoned in the joy of kittenhood." 



SOUTHEY. 



Kittenish^ kitten-like. 



" Such a kittenish disposition in her, I called it ; . . . 

 the love of playfulness." — Richardson. 



Kit, or kitten. — A young cat. A young cat is a kitten 

 until it is full-grown, then kittenhood ceases. 



A school-boy being asked to describe a kitten, replied : 

 **A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing like mad at 

 nothing whatever, and generally stopping before it gets 

 there." 



Puss ge7itle77ian, — An effeminate man. — Davis, Glossary. 

 *' I cannot talk with civet in th' room, 

 A fine puss gentleman that's all perfume." 



Cowter's Conversations. 



