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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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

†CADUAC, n. “A casualty. It seems to be used nearly in the same sense with Eng. windfall” (Sc. 1825 Jam.2, s.v. cadouk).Sc. 1819 Scott Leg. Montrose ii.:
The borrowings and lendings went on as before out of our pay, where the caduacs and casualties were all cut off.

[O.Sc. cadouk, caddouck, an accidental gain, a windfall, 1637 (D.O.S.T.); Fr. caduc, from Lat. caducum, inclined to fall, perishable, etc., used by Juvenal to mean a windfall.]

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