Glossary.

Letter C

CADDIS

worsted galloon, so called because it resembles; the caddis-worm

CADE

a cask or barrel

CAGE

a prison

CAIN-COLOURED

red (applied to hair)

CAITIFF

a captive, a slave; hence, a witch

CALCULATE

prophesy

CALIVER

a hand-gun

CALLET

a trull

CALLING

appellation

CALM

qualm

CAN

to know, be skillful in

CANAKIN

a little can

CANARY

a wine brought from the Canary Islands

CANDLE-WASTERS

persons who sit up all night to drink

CANKER

a caterpillar; The dog-rose

CANSTICK

a candlestick

CANTLE

a slice, corner

CANTON

a canto

CANVAS

to sift: hence, metaphorically, to prove

CAPABLE

subject to; Intelligent; Capable of inheriting; Ample, capacious

CAPITULATE

make a combined force

CAPOCCHIA

a simpleton

CAPRICIO

caprice

CAPRICIOUS

lascivious

CAPTIOUS

capacious

CARACK

a large ship of burden

CARBONADO

meat scotched for broiling; to scotch for broiling

CARD

the taper on which the points of the compass; are marked under the mariner's needle

CAREIRE

the curvetting of a horse

CARKANET

a necklace

CARL

a churl

CARLOT

a churl

CASTILIAN

a native of Castile; used as a cant term

CASTILIANO VULGO

a cant term, meaning, apparently, to use discreet; language

CATAIAN

a native of Cathay, a cant word

CATLING

cat-gut

CAUTEL

deceit

CAUTELOUS

insidious

CAVALERO

a cavalier, gentleman

CAVIARE

the roe of sturgeon pickled; metaph. a delicacy; not appreciated by the vulgar

CEASE

decease; put off, made to cease

CENSURE

judgment; to judge, criticise

CENTURY

a hundred of anything, whether men, prayers, or; anything else

CEREMONY

a ceremonial vestment, religious rite, or; anything ceremonial

CERTES

certainly

CESS

rate, reckoning

CHACE

a term at tennis

CHAMBER

a species of great gun

CHAMBERER

an effeminate man

CHANSON

a song

CHARACT

affected quality

CHARACTER

a letter, handwriting; to carve or engrave

CHARACTERY

handwriting; That which is written

CHARE

a turn of work

CHARGE-HOUSE

a free-school

CHARLES' WAIN

the constellation called also Ursa Major, or; the Great Bear

CHARNECO

a species of sweet wine

CHAUDRON

entrails

CHEATER

for escheator, an officer who collected the fines to be paid into the Exchequer; A decoy

CHEQUE

a technical term in falconry; when a falcon; flies at a bird which is not her proper game she; is said to cheque at it

CHEQUES

perhaps intended for ethics

CHEER

fortune, countenance

CHERRY-PIT

a game played with cherrystones

CHEVERIL

kid leather

CHEWIT

cough

CHILDING

pregnant

CH'ILL

vulgar for 'I will.'

CHIRURGEONLY

in a manner becoming a surgeon

CHOPIN

a high shoe or clog

CHRISTENDOM

the state of being a Christian

CHRISTOM

clothed with a chrisom, the white garment; which used to be put on newly-baptized children

CHUCK

chicken, a term of endearment

CHUFF

a coarse blunt clown

CINQUE PACE

a kind of dance

CIPHER

to decipher

CIRCUMSTANCE

an argument

CITAL

recital

CITE

to incite

CITTERN

a guitar

CLACK-DISH

a beggar's dish

CLAP I' THE CLOUT

to shoot an arrow into the bull's eye of the target

CLAW

to flatter

CLEPE

to call

CLIFF

clef, the key in music

CLING

to starve

CLINQUANT

glittering

CLIP

to embrace, enclose

CLOUT

the mark in the middle of a target

COAST

to advance

COBLOAF

a big loaf

COCK

a cockboat; a euphemism for God; vulgar term for phallus

COCK-AND-PIE

an oath

COCKLE

tares or darnel

COCKNEY

a cook

COCK-SHUT-TIME

the twilight, when cocks and hens go to roost

COG

to cheat, dissemble

COGNIZANCE

badge, token

COIGN

projecting corner stone

COIL

tumult, turmoil

COLLECTION

drawing a conclusion

COLLIED

blackened. Othello;

COLOUR

pretence

COLOURABLE

specious

COLT

to defraud, befool

CO-MART

a joint bargain

COMBINATE

betrothed

COMBINE

to bind

COMMODITY

interest, profit

COMMONTY

used ludicrously for comedy

COMPACT

compacted, composed

COMPARATIVE

drawing comparisons; a rival

COMPARE

comparison

COMPASSIONATE

moving comparison

COMPETITOR

one who seeks the same thing, an associate in; any object

COMPLEMENT

accomplishment

COMPLEXION

passion

COMPOSE

to agree

COMPOSTION

composition

COMPTIBLE

tractable

CON

to learn by heart; To acknowledge

CONCEIT

conception, opinion, fancy

CONCUPY

concubine

CONDITION

temper, quality

CONDOLEMENT

grief

CONDUCT

escort

CONFECT

to make up into sweetmeats

CONFOUND

to consume, destroy; Coriolanus;

CONJECT

conjecture

CONSIGN

to sign a common bond, to confederate

CONSORT

company; to accompany

CONSTANCY

consistency

CONSTANT

settled, determined

CONSTANTLY

firmly

CONSTER

to construe

CONTEMPTIBLE

contemptuous

CONTINENT

that which contains anything; That which is contained

CONTINUATE

uninterrupted

CONTRACTION

the marriage contract

CONTRARY

to oppose

CONTRIVE

to conspire; to wear away

CONTROL

to confute

CONVENT

to convene, summon; to be convenient

CONVERT

to change

CONVERTITE

a convert

CONVEY

to manage; To filch

CONVEYANCE

theft, fraud

CONVICT

convicted

CONVICTED

overpowered, vanquished; A doubtful word

CONVINCE

to conquer, subdue

CONVIVE

to feast together

CONVOY

escort

CONY-CATCH

to cheat

CONY-CATCHING

poaching, pilfering

COOLING CARD

used metaphorically for an insurmountable obstacle

COPATAIN HAT

a high-crowned hat

COPE

to reward, to give in return

COPY

theme

CORAGIO

courage!

CORAM

an ignorant mistake for Quorum

CORANTO

lively dance

CORINTH

a cant term for a brothel

CORINTHIAN

a wencher

CORKY

dry like cork

CORNUTO

a cuckold

COROLLARY

a surplus

CORPORAL

corporeal, bodily

CORPORAL OF THE FIELD

an aide-de-camp

CORRIVAL
rival
COSTARD
the head
COSTER-MONGER
peddling, mercenary
COTE
a cottage
COTE
to quote, instance
COTE
to come alongside, overtake
COT-QUEAN
an effeminate man, molly-coddle
COUCHINGS
crouchings
COUNT CONFECT
a nobleman composed of affectation
COUNTENANCE
fair shew
COUNTERFEIT
portrait
A piece of base coin
COUNTERPOINT
a counterpane
COUNTERVAIL
to counterpoise, outweigh
COUNTRY
belonging to one's country
COUNTY
count, earl
COUPLEMENT
union
COURT HOLY-WATER
flattery
COVENT
a convent
COVER
to lay the table for dinner
COWISH
cowardly
COWL-STAFF
the staff on which a vessel is supported between two men
COX MY PASSION
an oath, a euphemism for 'God's Passion.'
COY
to stroke, fondle
to condescend with difficulty
COYSTRIL
a kestrel, a cowardly kind of hawk
COZEN
to cheat
COZENAGE
cheating
COZENER
a cheater
COZIER
a tailor
CRACK
to boast
CRACK
a loud noise, clap
A forward boy
CRACKER
boaster
CRACK-HEMP
a gallows-bird
CRANK
a winding passage
CRANKING
winding
CRANTS
garlands. A doubtful word
CRARE
a ship of burden
CRAVEN
a dunghill cock
CREATE
formed, compounded
CREDENT
creditable
Credible
Credulous
CREDIT
report
CRESCIVE
increasing
CRESTLESS
not entitled to bear arms, lowborn
CRISP
curled, winding
CROSS
a piece of money, so called because the coin was formerly stamped with a cross
CROW-KEEPER
one who scares crows
CROWNER
a coroner
CROWNET
a coronet
CRY
the yelping of hounds
A pack of hounds
A company, use contemptuously
CRY AIM
to encourage
CUE
the last words of an actor's speech, which is the signal for the next actor to begin
CUISSES
pieces of armour to cover the thighs
CULLION
a base fellow
CUNNING
skill
CUNNING
skilful
CURB
to bend, truckle
CURRENTS
occurrences
CURSTNESS
shrewishness
CURTAIL
a cur
CURTAL
a docked horse
CURTAL-AXE
a cutlass
CUSTALORUM
a ludicrous mistake for Custos Rotulorum
CUSTARD-COFFIN
the crust of a custard-pudding
CUSTOMER
a common woman
CUT
a cheat
'To draw cuts' is to draw lots
CYPRESS
a kind of crape