Obs. [Deriv. uncertain: the dates are against its identification with next word, which the sense alone might permit.] A familiar spirit.
1657. Bp. H. King, Poems, III. (1843), 87. Rebellion wants no Cad nor Elfe But is a perfect witchcraft of it self.
1658. Osborn, Adv. Son (1673), 34. Love … cannot hold without Jealousie, nor break without Repentance, and must needs render their sleep unquiet, that have one of these Cadds or Familiars still knocking over their pillow.
