Cau'dle1, n.
(kaw'dl), n. [O. Fr. chaudel, N. Fr. chaudeau, dim. of L. Lat. calidum, a sweet drink, from Lat. calidus, warm.] A kind of warm drink for sick persons, being a mixture of wine with eggs, bread, sugar, and spices.
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(kaw'dl), n. [O. Fr. chaudel, N. Fr. chaudeau, dim. of L. Lat. calidum, a sweet drink, from Lat. calidus, warm.] A kind of warm drink for sick persons, being a mixture of wine with eggs, bread, sugar, and spices.
To make into caudle; to dress with caudle; to make warm as caudle. Shak.