cat¹ n [ = the common domesticated animal].
   1 Comb cat berry: wild lily-of-the valley (Maianthemum canadense) ~ 1974 SCOTT & BRASSARD 4).
   2 Phr cat's gale: heavy winds presaged by skittery cats, cp GALE v.
   P 148-62 Cats' gales can blow any time of year.
   turn cat out of skin: to turn head over heels.
   1977 BURSEY 311 was on the beach receiving the sticks of wood as they were thrown over the bank. One of them stood on end, turned 'cat o'er the skin' and fell on top of my head. P 108-78 He gave me such a fright I nearly jumped cat out of skin.

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