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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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CADDEL, CADDLE, n. and v. [kɑdl]

†1. n.

(1)  Sc. form of St.Eng. caudle, a hot drink mixture. See also Cathel.Sc. 1724–1727 Ramsay T. T. Misc. (1733) 213:
If I gae alang wi' ye, Ye mauna fail To feast me with caddels And good hacket-kail.

Comb.: caddel-dish, a dish for preparing or containing a caudle.Ags. 1740 Private Inventor (per Fif.¹):
(Among the silver plate) a Caddel-dish.

(2) Eggs beaten up for culinary purposes, specif. scrambled eggs (Sh., ne.Sc. 1975). Hence by extension: any sticky sloppy mixture, as badly made jam, badly mixed paint, etc. (Dmf. 1956). Fair Isle 1953: 
A man was coming home with his 'cap-ful' of norries (puffins') eggs when the lot fell and the eggs were broken. Gathering the lot up he exclaimed ' So it will aye mak' caddel'.

2. v.

(1) tr. To stir or mix into a mess. Known to Bnff.², Kcb.⁹ 1938. Ppl.adj., caddled; used fig.Kcb.⁶ 1914:
A child who is not hungry will sit and caddle its porridge or broth.Id.:
I have heard an irregularly planned village described as having “its hooses a' caddled throughither.”

(2) intr. To be disordered, violently upset.Lnk. c.1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. 58:
His wame caddled like onny mill trows.