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From: "Ed Thompson" <>
Subject: [AYR] RE: Archaic terms
Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2004 09:20:58 +0000

I've been testing the online version of the Dictionary of the Scottish
Language. There is no entry for 'causewayman', perhaps because 'causeway' is
a standard English word, meaning a cobbled or paved part of a street. Scots
forms of 'causeway' are very variable, but closer to cauc, caus: CASSIE,
cassy, cassay, cassey, casey, casy, cassa, calsay, calsy, calse, calsa,
calsaye, calcay, calsey, calsie, calcie, causey, cawsey.
So a causewayer would seem to be another name for a paviour.


Ed

Edward H. Thompson, Dundee, Scotland
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