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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

†CADGELL, v.2 Also cadgel. “To carry after a rough manner. A person having got a rough ride is said to have been cadgell'd” (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 106). Also intr. to be tossed or jolted about. [kɑdʒ(ə)l]Lnk. 1808 W. Watson Poems 85: 
Yet it maun cadgel i' the scale O' wha ne'er try't the like o't.

[A frequentative of Cadge, v.2]

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