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 ALHONDBURT AND HUDDERSFIELD. 21 Kirkateel (or style) at Kirk Heaton. Exceptions to this rule are tecichy which is iaiche, and preach, praich. The same takes place in some words even where ch is preceded hj i ; thus, flitch is flidcy hatch is heck, itch is eke, pitch is pik, thatch is ihak, ditch is dyke ; but it does not take place m hitch, caich^ detch, match, stitch, epetch, stretch, and totUch (the substantive), but the verb to watch is sometimes toake (which see). Lastly, the word much is mich, and such is sich, Cafflng, funking. In the Craven dialect to eaff is to run off a bargain, or abandon anything. Cafier (perhaps the same as caviller, or possibly from to cajfle), a shuffler, excuse-maker, &o. Cailingy weakly, sickly, &c. Cail appears to mean to wane away. Caitiff, a deformed person, lame in the legs, arms, &c., or simply one intirm. Hunter says, ' This word is used in a memorial sent from Hallamshire to the Council of the North, 1640 : '* Aged 80 and above, being a very caitiff and lame for impotent old age. That the same word,' he adds, ' should describe that which caUs for pity and that which deserves reprobation, is not creditable to human nature.' Perhaps this is hardly the wav to regard the connection. The word originally meant a captive, and it is eas^ to see why a lame person, confined to house, bed, &c., should receive that name. Why a cap- tive should be a despicable fellow is another question. Cal (pronounced kcU), vb. to crouch. ' He c(ds ovver t' fire o' t' day.' Calf, pronounced cauf by some, cofe by others. A butcher in a neighbouring township, well known to us, ordinarily pronounced the wo^ as above, in the local form ; but when ccdling at the parsonage, whero the inmates may be assumed not to understand such forms, he kindly adapts himself to them by invariably pronouncing the word as cat/. Calf-lickedy having a lock of hair turned up and hanging over the forehead. Calhoil, or Callinhoil, i. e. calling-hole (the a pronounced as in shall), a house where people go for news, and where neighbours* doings are talked over. Connected perhaps with cailet, which means a scold, and to scold. Call {gl, kaul ; pronounced as usual), to call evilly, abuse, scold, &c. Callifiigle, to cheat. See Fugle, Calling {caU like shall), gossiping. Callis (a as in shall). When a bone has been broken and begins to heal, or when it enlarges owing to a wotmd, it is said to caUie, Cambril, Camber-rail, or Cameril (the first is the Almondbury
 * He sworo at me and called me.'