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▪ I. † cauf Obs.
[Prob. illiterate form of corf, basket.]
(See quot.)
1662Blount Glossogr. (1670) Cauf, a little trunk or chest with holes in it, wherein Fishermen keep Fish alive in the water, ready for use. (Hence in Coles, Phillips, Kersey, Bailey, Johnson, and mod. Dicts.)
▪ II. cauf
Sc. f. calf1, chaff; dial. f. corf.
1862in Hislop Prov. Scot. 28 A wamefu's a wamefu' wer't but o' bare cauf. |