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129 Catch up. To lighten up, as of a fire ; to dry up, as of clothes, &c. Also thus, ^'catching" (changeable) weather. Cat-in-the-pan. ^^He turned cat in the pan," i.e., he proved himself a traitor. Also a play of head over heels round a bar while still holding on. Cats and dogs. The catkins of the willow. Cauch. A mess. This is a Celtic Cornish word for ordure, manure, dung. Cauchy. Messy, dirty, sloppy. Caudle. A mess, a muddle. Caudler. One who messes and muddles. An impro- vident person ; a foolish spendthrift. Caulk. A "drop" of liquor. "I've had a bit of a caulk but not a drop more." Mrs, Parr's Adam & Eve, Cauuter. A cross-handed blow. Oawed. A sheep affected with the rot. c. OLackin, or Chackt. Very thirsty, very dry in the throat." " I'm chackin with thirst." Chacks. The cheeks. "I'll scat your chacks, that I will, you gashly' great bufilehead." Chad. A small fish like a bream. Chad. "To put a chad, i.e., a turn of a rope in the horse's mouth. /. H, NankivelL I,