"ca canny" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1922, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, The Worst Journey in the World:",
          "text": "[…] the inevitable result was that the willing horses were overworked. It was a point of honour not to ca’ canny.",
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          "text": "I walked away from the fire and tore up green bracken, caw-cannying not to slash my fingers on stalks.",
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        "To go carefully or slowly; to take care."
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        "(Scotland) To go carefully or slowly; to take care."
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