10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CASTOCK»
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castock in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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An etmological dictionary of the scottish language
To CAST up, v. n. V. Upcasting. To CAST Words, to quarrel, S.B. Wyntown. Su, G.
ardkasta, to quarrel. CASTELWART, a. The keeper of a castle. Wyntown. From
castle and ward. CASTOCK, CASTACK, CUSTOC, s. The core or pith of a stalk of
...
2
Promptorium parvulorum sive clericorum: lexicon ...
1587, occur "maguderis, wortestokk, cauletum, cawlegarthe." " Calstocke,
kalstocke, pii de chou." palsg. In Scotland "castock or kail-castock, the stem of the
colewort," according to Jamieson. * In the Dictionary of Synonyms of names of
plants, ...
Royal Historical Society (Great Britain), [Galfridus Anglicus] (Dominican friar), Albert Way, 1843
3
Promptorium parvulorum sive clericorum, lexicon ...
MS. 1587, occur “ maguden'n, wortestokk, caulelum, cawlegarthe." “ Calstocke,
kalstocke, pié de Man." PALSG. In Scotland “castock or kail-castock, the stem of
the colewort," according to Jamieson. 4 In the Dictionary of Synonyms of names
of ...
Galfridus (Grammaticus), Albert Way, 1843
4
Auld yule, and other poems [ed. by W. Lindsay].
Anither a castock had cuttit, And howkit the inside awa' ; Wi' pob and a coal syne
he put it Tae the keyhole, and stoutly did blaw. Then the reek frae the wicked
thing bokit, And spued till the biggin' was fu' ; Cries Wattie, " Tae dede we'll be ...
William Knight, William Lindsay (bookseller), 1869
5
The Proverbs of Scotland, collected and arranged, with ...
Every day is no Yule day ; cast the cat a castock. The first half of this proverb is
used literally by the Italians and Dutch. A “castock” is the stalk or core of a
cabbage. Everydog has its day. Every dud bids anither gude-day. Every fault has
its fore.
Alexander HISLOP (Publisher.), 1870
6
The Ballad Minstrelsy of Scotland: Romantic and Historical. ...
In the second four lines he craves, as his due, the castock or stem, — having had
coleworts for their supper, a dish common to the peasantry of Scotland. In the
third four lines, he asks his brose (oatmeal, and the decoction of the coleworts ...
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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
Su. G. ordkasta, to quarrel. CAT CASTELWART, s. The keeper of à castle.
Wyntown. From castle and ward. CASTOCK, CASTACK, CUSTOC, s. The core or
pith of a stalk of colewort or cabbage ; often kail-castock, S. Journal Loud. Belg.
keest ...
8
Walks and wanderings in the world of literature, by the ...
Why, we bored a hole in each castock, extending from one extremity to the other,
which we aptly called a smoker, and then, after having placed a quantity of loose
flax, together with a small piece of red-hot peat in this perforation, we crept on ...
9
The Proverbs of Scotland
Every day is no Yule day ; cast the cat a castock. The first half of this proverb is
used literally by the Italians and Dutch. A "castock" is the stalk or core of a
cabbage. Every dog has its day. Every dud bids anither gude-day. Every fault has
its fore.
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Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. A-Kut
The core or pith of a stalk of colewort or cabbage ; often hail-castock, S. See Sup.
" The swingle-trees flew in flinders, as gin they had been as freugh as kail-
cattacks." Journal from London, p. 5. " Every day's no Yule-day, cast the cat a
cattock.
