What does caut mean?
Caut means (obsolete) To emit the characteristic call of a panther..
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/kɔːt/ · verb
(obsolete) To emit the characteristic call of a panther..
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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Caut means (obsolete) To emit the characteristic call of a panther..
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A Panther Cauteth, which word is taken from the sound of his voice.
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