cavilla

căvilla, ae, f. dim. [perh. for calvilla, from calvor; but cf. Sanscr. kava, stingy],

• a jeering, raillery, scoffing (ante- and post-class., and very rare): aufer cavillam: non ego nunc nugas ago, * Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 11 (638); Mart. Cap. 4, § 423.—Access. form căvil-lum, i, n., Ap. Met. 1, 7, 12; Aur. Vict. Epit. 9; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 46 Müll.

cavilla, ae, f. (Demin. v. cavus, eig. das leere, nichtige Gerede; dah.) I) der neckende Scherz, die Neckerei, das Aufziehen, Plaut. aul. 638. – Nbff. cavillum, ī, n., Apul. met. 1, 7. Paul. ex Fest. 46, 10, u. cavillus, ī, m., Apul. met. 2, 19: Abl. cavillo (v. cavillum od. -us), Aur. Vict. epit. 9, 14 u. 23, 6. Iulian. bei Augustin. op. imperf. c. Iulian. 3, 50 in. – II) die Sophisterei, Mart. Cap. 4. § 423.

1 cavilla, ~us, ~um [OF chevilleetc. (?) < clavicula; but cf. Ar. ka‘b, Sp. tobillo] 1 ankle. cratibus pedumque nodis et tibiarum, quas vulgo ~as dicimus, plantarum vice utebatur Ben. Pet. Mir. Thom. II 27; ut ‥ maximus digitorum sub ~a pedis interius pedi videretur unitus Ib. 34; quedam [ligamenta] grossiora duriora, sicud in cubitu, ~is et anchis Ric. Med. Anat. 219; cavicule pedum grosse et grasse et valde foris preeminentes significant hominem verecundum. ‥ cujus ~e pedum habent nervos valde manifestos et venales, significant hominem audacem M. Scot Phys. 93; nonnulle [anime in stagno purgatorii] vix usque ~am pedum immerse fuerunt (Visio Thurchilli) M. Par. Maj. II 500; 1243 fecit illi quandam plagam quadam lancea supra kivillum pedis JustIt 756 r. 20; fiat flebotomia de sophena sub ~a pedis exterius Gilb. V 129v. 2; Aquarius habet crura usque ad inferiora ~arum [v. l. †clavicularum] Rob. Angl. (II) 6 p. 168; qui habuit tibiam dextram a genu usque ad ~am ‥ apostematam Gad. 27v. 1; 1423 uti valeas licite calligis secularibus super †casullas ascendentibus Reg. Heref. 33; hec ~a, a nankyle, ‥ a hankyl WW. 2 peg or pin: a (of iron); b (of wood); c (unspec.). a 1251 in eadem [capella] kivellos ferri ad cathenas ad claudendum fenestras vitreas fieri Liberate 27 m. 6; 1296 in ‥ iij paribus gemell’ ad wykett’ bargie, xij kevillis ferri ad castrum Ac. Galley Newcastle 184.  b in solucione carpentarii prosternentis meremium et inde faciendi [sic] carucas et ~as FormMan 32; pyn of tymbyr, ~a [v. l. quilla] PP; a pege, ~a, cavillula diminutivum, ‥ a pyne of wodde, ~a CathA.  c 1211 in wrangis et kivillis ad batellum viij d. ob. Pipe Wint. 155; 1241 in butoriis, chivillis, sepo, uncto et in cista ad ferramenta reponenda Liberate 15 m. 5 (cf. Pipe Chesh 68); 1281 quod ‥ possint facere duas parvas logias ad ferrum suum comburendum sine clavo et ~a, pariete et muro ChartR 93 m. 7; 1293 invenit ‥ hostium suum clausum infra de quadam kivilla Gaol Del. 87r. 13d.; 1321 digitos quorundam eorum in foraminibus postium cum kivillis fixerunt Pat 155 m. 16d.; s1373 ipse dictos pilos firmavit cum ~a in foramine cujusdam postis Ghost Stories 86; thuribulum pendeat super †canillam Ord. Ebor. I 117; hec ~a, a nayle or a pyn WW. 3 peg or pin (special uses): a axle-pin, linchpin. b yoke-pin or sim.. c peg of loom. d peg of stringed instrument (mus.). e ‘kevel’, tile-pin. f pin, skewer (for fastening sack); cf. 2 broca 1a. g pin of windlass, siege-engine or sim.. h clapper of bell or sim.. a transeat axis per modiolos sive tympana, ~a gemina coercitus Neckam NR II 168; ~a [gl.: chevile, †knul (l. kivil)] axis firmiter sit intrusa Id. Ut. 108.  b ~am [gl.: teypin, †knul (l. kivil)] temonis juxta restim anteriorem erectam manu forti veredus teneat Neckam Ut. 108; c1280 ~um (Cart. Coton) Antiq. XXVII 167 (in figura).  c cindulas habeat [textor] trabales, columbaribus distingtas et e diversa regione sese respicientes, ~is [gl.: kyviles] ad modum pedorum curvatis Neckam Ut. 106.  d si verus rex noster David, magister ipse citharista, ‥ edocuerit, attentabo movere manus, aptare digitos, ~as erigere, torquere plectrum H. Bos. LM 1302B.  e 1222 pro iiijm de kevildis, iiij d. ob. Ac. Build. Hen. III 144; 1259 pro iiijm ~arum ad tegulas Ib. 374; 1253 in kivill’ ligneis emptis ad tegulas ponendas Pipe Wint. 11M59/B1/24 r. 12d.; 1276 computat in ijd de prig emptis cum iiijm †cunillarum ad idem Banstead 307 (cf. ib. 354: 1277 pro j busello †canill’ tegul’); 1282 in ijm de cuvillis factis ad tascham ad petras camere cooperiend’ KR Ac 460/27 A 2 (cf. ib. A 3: in kevill’ ad lat’); 1310 in mmd sclatis ad unam novam cameram cooperiendam ‥; in latheis emptis pro eisdem ‥; in kevillis emptis, x d. Comp. Swith. 390; 1403 in ‥ viijm ~is ad idem [cooperimentum] Ib. 425; 1478 (v. concavillatio).  f 1258 j equum de precio x s., sellam sumeri et saccum cum kyvill’ ad hernes’ militum ‥ portandum SelPlMan 63; 1343 j saccum de corio cum uno chevili de ferro ad attachiandum dictum saccum IPM 70/1.  g 1254 mittat regi ‥ iiij kivillos ferreos, fundos et cordas ad duo ingenia Cl 209; emant ‥ xm clavorum et duas ~as ad magnum ingenium regis Ib. 259; 1284 pro emendacione vj grossorum kevillorum ad ‥ virgas [ingeniorum] KR Ac 467/9; 1329 pro duobus ~is ferreis ‥ pro hauka ‥ verne, super quibus ~is verti seu girari habent trendelli KR Ac 467/7; 1333 pro iiij ~is grossis emptis pro trendell’ duorum vernorum portand’ Ib. 469/12 m. 18 (cf. ib.: ingenium [sc. vernum] continet ij bandas pendentes cum ~is curtis); 1346 pro j coffro ad ~as predictorum ingeniorum [guns] imponendas (Pipe) EHR XXVI 689.  h declarat ‥ ~a—sic enim ferrum illud pensile vocant quod Greci rectius ῥόπαλον nominant, cujus pulsu campana sonum reddit—mentem concionatoris Beleth RDO 24. 36; 1334 (v. campernolla a); 1449 cuidam fabro ‥ locato ad emendandum j †kanillum oriscopii ferreum portantem le sayllor Ac. Churchw. Som 184. 4 tooth, tine (of harrow). 1318 in j libra ferri pro kivillis ferreis ad j magnam herciam faciendam emptis Ac. Man. Wint. (Bolton Priors); 1321 in xxv kevillis ferreis ad j herciam faciendis et eisdem in eadem imponendis Ib. (Whitchurch); 1377 in ~is [corr. from tyndis] ferreis ij herciarum acuendis et elongandis Ib.; 1350 in ij herciis nudis emptis xvj d; in j hercia cum ~is empt’ ‥ xij d. Comp. Worc. I 57 (cf. ib. 65: in ij herciis novis cum kavillis); 1449 de ‥ ij herciis cum ~is ferreis prec’ inter se ij s. vj d; iiij herciis ligni prec’ inter se xviij d. Crawley 484. 5 ‘kevel’, sledge-hammer, or mattock. 1368 pro ‥ pikkis, hakkis et keveillis faciendis Ac. Durh. 571; 1517 item ij †canille ferree; item j pike de ferro Ib. 293. 6 ‘pin and web’ (eye disease). perla est directe coram pupilla in centro; et aliquid de pupilla in circuitu remanet illius infeccionis non infectum; et vocatur kevilla in oculo, A. †piri[l. pin], G. espingle Gad. 108v. 2.

2 cavilla [etym. dub.; (?) same as1 cavilla; cf. Ar. ka‘ba = knucklebone or dice] , cavel, lot (cf.EHR LXXIV 669–70). 1201 terre que fuerunt predicti Hugonis partite sunt in tres per †ruvuliam [MS: (? )kuvillam] CurR II 31; 1212 honor iste partitus est per duas †conillas [l. covillas], scilicet com[iti] Simon’ et com[iti] Seher Fees 92; 1220 de gaveles[v. l. cavellis] vero, ubi rex et comes impartiuntur (Stat. Alex. II 2) APScot 68; stallangiator nullo tempore potest habere loth, cut neque cavyl de aliquo mercimonio cum burgense nisi infra nundinas, quando quilibet potest habere loth et cavyl (Leg. IV Burg. 54) Ib. 31.

căvilla, (16) æ, f. , ¶ 1 plaisanterie, baliverne : aufer cavillam Pl. Aul. 638, trêve de plaisanterie ¶ 2 sophisme : Capel. 4, 423.

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