Causey, a massive construction of stones, flanks, and fascines; or an elevation of fat viscid earth, well beaten; serving either as a road in wet marshy places, or as a mole to retain the waters of a pond, or prevent a river from overflowing the lower grounds. See Road.—The word comes from the French chausse, anciently wrote chaulfée; and that from the Latin calceata, or calceata; according to Sonner and Spelman, à calcaro. Bergier rather takes the word to have had its rise à pediment calcei, quibus terratur. Some derive it from the Latin calce, or French chaux, as supposing it primarily to denote a way paved with chalk stones.

Causeway, (calceatum or calcea), more usually denotes a common hard raised way, maintained and repaired with stones and rubbish.

Devil's Causeway, a famous work of this kind, which ranges through the county of Northumberland, commonly supposed to be Roman, though Mr Hersley suspects it to be of later times.

Giant's Causeway, is a denomination given to a huge pile of stony columns in the district of Coleraine in Ireland. See Giant's Causeway.

Causin, Nicholas, surnamed the Jesuit, a French Jesuit, was born at Troyes in Champagne, in the year 1580; and entered into the Jesuits order when he was 26 years of age. He taught rhetoric in several of their colleges, and afterwards began to preach, by which he gained very great reputation. He increased this reputation by publishing books, and in time was preferred to be confessor to the king. But he did not discharge this office to the satisfaction of Cardinal Richelieu, though he discharged it to the satisfaction of every honest man; and therefore it is not to be wondered at that he came at length to be removed. He died in the Jesuits convent at Paris in 1611. None of his works did him more honour than that which he entitled La Cour Sainte. It has been printed a great many times; and translated into Latin, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, and English. He published several other books both in Latin and French.