Cair

name, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Acronym of confidential aviation incident reporting. Australia, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
  2. 2
    Alternative form of caer (“Welsh fortress”). alt-of, alternative
Verb
  1. 1
    To go. intransitive, obsolete
  2. 2
    To carry. obsolete, transitive
  3. 3
    To toss backwards and forwards; mix up; overhandle; stir about. dialectal, transitive
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Acronym of Clean Air Interstate Rule. US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
  2. 2
    Acronym of Council on American-Islamic Relations. US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

Etymology

From Middle English cairen, kayren, from Old Norse keyra (“to whip, lash, fling, toss, prick on, drive”), from Proto-Germanic *kaurijaną (“tu turn, sweep”). Cognate with Icelandic keyra (“to run, drive, urge”), Swedish köra (“to drive, go, run”), Danish køre (“to drive”), Norwegian Bokmål kjøre (“to drive”), Norwegian Nynorsk køyra (“to drive”), Old English ċierran (“to turn, change, go, come”). More at char.

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