Caul (Hastings' Dictionary)

1. (n-;n) The fatty envulojie of the liver, which, with the fat of the kidneys and other inward parts (Ex 29"", Lv3Sete.), was to be burnt on the altar as an offering by lire unto the Lord. In IIos 13' the rending of the caul or enclosure (i^;?) of the heart is a term of uttermost destruction. See Mkdicin'e. 2. 0':';f Is 3", RV ' networks.' This was most probably the small heati-veil, now of line net- work or art muslin with floral ilesigns, worn in the East over the brow and crown, and fastened loosely behind the neck under the hair. It is counted indelii'ato to go to the door or garden without it. Much art is often expended upon it. It is fringed with silk embroidery, and adorned with gohl thread, tiny gilt discs, and other orna- ments The Heb. shitlii.^ seems to have the same root-meaning as the Arab. mutas/inhOa.;, applied Conatantine Porphyron, d« Tftrm., is hardly an independent authority, but dciteiids on I lioroitles, whom ho very often i|uot«a. to the network or interlacing of tree-branches ; and similarly, the Arab, term for fine damask of branch and foliage-like design is mu-slmjidr, from ahajarah, a tree. G. M. AlACKIK. CAUSE The obsol. phrase 'for his c.' = 'for his sake ' is used 2 Co 7" ' I did it for his c. that had done the wrong ' {IveKtv). Cf. Ps 69* Pr. Bk. ' Let not them that trust in thee ... be ashamed for my c' (•?, AV 'for my sake,' RV 'through me'). Twice 'c' is used in the vague sense of 'matter' (as if on the way to Ital. cosa, Fr. chose) : 1 K 12" ' the c. was from the Lord' (ijo, LXX iieraaTpoipii, RV ' it was a thing brought about of the Lord) ; 2 Ch 10" ' the c. was of God ' (n;;j, LXX as before, the only occurrences of the Gr. as of the Heb.; RV ' it was brought about of God '). Causeless is an adv. in 1 S 25^' ' thou hast shed blood c' ; but not in Pr 26^ ' the curse c. shall not come ' (both cjn, RV here ' that is c.,' after Geneva). J. HASTINGS. CAUSEWAY This is the spelling of mod. edd. of AV (except in Pr 15""") for the 1611 spelling 'causey.' But the words are not the same. A causey is a mound or dam, made by treading (late Lat. calcidre), and a causeway is a way or road formed on such a mound. It occurs 1 Ch 26"' " ; Is 7' AVm (1611 causeway) for ' highway ' in text : the Heb. (njpif me^llah) means a way 'cast up' or raised up. J. Hastings.