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Quotation dates: 1827
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CAUF, CAUVE, CAWVE, n.2 Gen.Sc. forms of Eng. calf (of the leg). Fif.10 1938 says "rare."Sc. 1827 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) II. 8:
Think shame o' yoursel, . . . for daurin to use that word, and the sinnies o' the cauf o' your richt leg yet knotted wi' the cramp.Sc. 1827 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) II. 310:
Thin in the cauves, and thick about the ankles. [Vol. I. p. 288: cawve.]
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