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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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CAUDRON, Cawdron, Cauthron, Ca'dron, n. Sc. forms of Eng. cauldron, a pot. Known to Bnff.², Abd.², Fif.¹⁰, Gsw.², Lnk.³ 1938. The form cawdron appears 1771 in T. Pennant Tour in Scot. 1769 p. 65 in the place-name Cawdron Glen (Glen Devon). [′kɑ(:)drən, ′kǫ(:)drən, ′kɑ(:)ðrən]Ags. 1821 J. Ross Peep at Parnassus 16:
The cauthron trottlet on the sods Into the elfin link, While she threw in snails, bats, and toads To thicken Satan's skink.em.Sc. 1991 David Angus in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 66:
Tube-conceivit in the lab?
Naw! A bairn tae leuch an sab;
Yae auld-farrant bairn - no modren -
The ingredient o oor caudron.Edb. 1773 R. Fergusson Sc. Poems (1925) 46:
While Sandy Fife, to mak content, On Bells plays Clout the caudron To them that day.Lnk. c.1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. 58:
A meikle deel ding the doup out o' their ca'dron.