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 127 Cabobble. To mystify, to deceive. "T'ull niver do for'ee to try to cabobble Uncle Zibedee." Mrs. Parr's Adam & Eve. Caboolen stones, (w.f.p. and b.v.) See Min- nies. Caddie. To do household work in an untidy and irregular manner. Caddler. One who '^caddies about the house/' i.e., working but messing. Cader. A small frame of wood on which a fisherman keeps his line. Polwhele. (Cantor^ Penzance, m.a.c.) Calf. Refuse of any kind, rubbishy stuff. Cage. A set, as " a cage of teeth." Cagged. Annoyed, vexed. Cag Mag. Tough old geese; food which none can relish. (Gaelic and Welsh, cag magu. Brewer.) In Celtic Cornish cagal means rubbish, dirt. Borlase. Cake. A fool, a poor thing. '*A regular cake." Brewer derives it from the Greek word hahos, bad. Cal. Tungstate of Iron. Calcar. The lesser weaver, or sting fish. The lance fish. Sefinen. h.r.c. Call-out. To have the banns called in Church. u.J.T. Calve's snout. The snap-dragon. Antirrhinum minus. Borlase.