_Baillie._

3. Easily, so as not to hurt or gall, S.

_Rutherford._

4. Gently, applied to a horse obeying the rein, S.

_Waverley._

~Canniness~, s.

1. Caution, forbearance, moderation in conduct, S.

_Baillie._

2. Crafty management.

_Baillie._

CANOIS, CANOS, CANOUS, adj. Gray, h.o.a.ry. Lat. _can-us_.

_Douglas._

_To_ CANT, _v. n._ To sing in speaking, to repeat after the manner of recitation, S.

Lat. _cant-are_, to sing.

_To_ CANT, _v. a._ To set a stone on its edge, a term used in masonry, S.

Germ. _kant-en_, id.

_To_ CANT, _v. n._ To ride at a hand-gallop, S. B. _Canter_, S.

CANT, _adj._ Lively, merry, brisk.

_Barbour._

~Canty~, _adj._ Lively, cheerful; applied both to persons and to things, S.

_Burns._

Ir. _cainteach_, talkative, prattling; Su. G. _gant-a_, ludificare.

CANTEL, CANTIL, _s._ A fragment.

_Sir Egeir._

Teut. _kanteel_, pinna, mina, Fr. _chantel_, a piece broken off from the corner or edge of a thing.

CANTEL, _s._ The crown of the head, Loth. Teut _kanteel_, a battlement.

CANTEL, _s._ A juggling trick.

_Houlate._

L. B. _cantell-ator_, praestigiator, magus.

~Cantelein~, _s._ Properly an incantation, used to denote a trick.

_Lyndsay._

Lat. _cantilen-a_, a song.

CANTRAIP, CANTRAP, _s._

1. A charm, a spell, an incantation, S.

_Ramsay._

2. A trick, a piece of mischief artfully or adroitly performed, S.

_Waverley._

Isl. _gan_, _gand_, witchcraft, or _kiaen_, applied to magical arts, and _trapp_, calcatio.

_To_ CAP, _v. n._ To uncover the head, in token of obeisance; q. to take off one"s cap.

_Baillie._

_To_ CAP, _v. a._ To excel, Loth.

Teut. _kappe_, the summit.

CAP, _s._ A wooden bowl for containing meat or drink, S.

_Ramsay._

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