caut

Definitions

1. To emit the characteristic call of a panther.
   obsolete
2. To make a noise similar to the call of a panther.
   broadly, figuratively, obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“A Panther Cauteth, which word is taken from the sound⟳ of his voice.”

“If I have⟳ done Service to Men in what I have⟳ ſaid, I ſhall hope⟳ I have⟳ done Service to God; and that will be better than a ſilly Speech made for me, full of whining and cauting, which I utterly deſpiſe, and have⟳ never been uſed to; yet ſuch a one I expect⟳ to have⟳ my Ears tormented with, as I am paſſing along the Streets[.]”

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