Sc. Obs. [cf. Gaelic caithteach (pron. kai·tſăχ) wasting, caithte, spent, worn out, lean, lank.] ‘A puny wight’ (Jam.).
a. 1605. Montgomerie, Flyting, 513. Then the cummers that ȝee ken came all with a clak, To coniure that coidȝoch, with clewes in their creeles.
