Callyvan'. _s._ A pyramidal trap for catching birds.
Car'riter. _s._ Character.
Câs. Because.
Cass'n, Cass'n't. Canst not: as, _Thee cass'n do it_, thou
canst not do it.
Catch corner. A game commonly called elsewhere puss in the corner.
Cat'terpillar. _s._ The cockchafer; _Scarabeus
melolontha_.
_West_ of the Parret this insect is called _wock-web_,
oak-web, because it infests the _oak_, and spins its web on
it in great numbers.
Chaíty. _adj_. Careful; nice; delicate.
To Cham. _v. a._ To chew.
Chámer. _s._ A chamber.
Change, _s._ A shift; the garment worn by females next the
skin.
Chay'er. _s._ A chair; chayer--_Chaucer_.
Chick-a-beedy. _s._ A chick.
'Chill. I will.
Chim'ley. _s._ A chimney.
Chine. _s._ The prominence of the staves beyond the head of a
cask. This word is well known to coopers throughout England, and
ought to be in our dictionaries.
To Chis'som. _v. n._ To bud; to shoot out.
Chis'som. _s._ a small shoot; a budding out.
Chit'terlins. _s. pl._ The frills around the bosom of shirt.
Choor. _s._ A job; any dirty household work; a troublesome
job.
Choor'er, Choor'-woman. _s._ A woman who goes out to do any
kind of odd and dirty work; hence the term _char-woman_ in
our polished dialect; but it ought to be _choor-woman_.
To Choóry. _v._ To do any kind of dirty household work.
Chub'by. _adj._ Full, swelling; as _chubby-faced_.
Claps, _s._ A clasp.
To claps, _v. a._ To clasp.
Clávy and Clávy-piece. _s._ A mantel-piecce.
[_Clavy_ was probably given to that piece of wood or other
material laid over the front of the fireplace, because in many
houses the keys are often hung on nails or pins driven into it;
hence from _clavis_ (Latin) _a key_, comes _clavy_,
the place where the keys are hung.]
Clavy-tack. _s._ The shelf over [tacked on to] the mantel-
piece.
Clear-and-sheer. _adv._ Completely; totally.
Cleve-pink. _s._ A species of Carnation which grows wild in
the crannies of Cheddar-cliffs: a variety of the _Dianthus
deltoides_; it has an elegant smell.
To Clim, to Climmer. _v. a._ To climb; to clamber.
Clin'kers. _s.pl._ Bricks or other earthy matter run into
irregular shapes by action of heat.
Clinker-bell. _s._ An icicle.
Clint. _v.a._ To clench; to finish; to fasten firmly.
Cliver-and-Shiver. _adv._ Completely; totally.
Clit. _v. n._ To be imperfectly fermented: applied to bread.
Clit'ty. _adj._ Imperfectly fermented.
Clize. _s._ A place or drain for the discharge of water
regulated by a valve or door, which permits a free outlet, but no
inlet for return of water.
Coäse. _adj._ Coarse.
Coathe. _v. a._ To bane: applied to sheep.
Cob-wall, _s._ Mud-wall; a wall made of clay mixed with
straw.
Cockygee. _s._ Cockagee; a rough sour apple.
Cocklawt. _s._ A garret; cock-loft.
Originally, most probably, a place where the fowls roosted.
Cock-squailing. _s._ A barbarous game, consisting in tying a
cock to a stake, and throwing a stick at him from a distance till
he is killed.
Cock-and-Mwile. _s._ A jail.
Col'ley, _s._ A blackbird.
To Collogue, _v. n._ To associate in order to carry out some
improper purpose, as thieves. [Two such rascals _collogue_
together for mischief. Rob Roy, p. 319, ed. 1821.]
Collo'gin. _s._ (g _hard_). An association for some
improper purpose.
[Johnson defines it _flattery; wheedling_; which does not
convey the correct meaning.]
Colt-ale, _s._ (Sometimes called _footing_ or foot-ale)
literally ale given, or money paid for ale, by a person entering
on a new employment, to those already in it.
Comforts (comfits.) _s. pl._ Sugared corianders, cinnamon,
&c.
Com'ical. _adj._ Odd; singular.
Contraption. _s._ Contrivance; management.
Coop. _interj._ Come up! a word of call to fowls to be fed.
To Cork. _v. a._ Cawk; calk; to set on a horse's shoes sharp
points of iron to prevent slipping on ice.
To Count, _v. n._ To think; to esteem.
Cow-baby, _s._ A coward; a timid person.
To Crap, to Crappy. _v. n._ to snap; to break with a sudden
sound; to crack.
Crap. _s._ A smart sudden sound.
Craup. _preterite_ of creep.
Cre'aped. Crept.
Creem. _s._ Sudden shivering.
Creémy. _adj._ Affected with sudden shivering.
Creeplin. _part._ Creeping.
Crips. _adj._ Crisp.
Criss-cross-lain. _s._ The alphabet; so called in consequence
of its being formerly preceded in the _horn-book_ by a cross to
remind us of the cross of Christ; hence the term. _Christ-Cross-
line_ came at last to mean nothing more than the alphabet.
Crock, _s._ A bellied pot, of iron or other metal, for
boiling food.
Croom. _s._ A crumb; a small bit.
Crowd-string, _s._ A fiddle-string.
Crowdy-kit. _s._ A small fiddle.
Crow'ner. _s._ A coroner.
To be Crowned. _v. pass._ To have an inquest held over a dead
body by the coroner.
Crowst. _s._ Crust.
Crow'sty. _adj._ Crusty, snappish, surly.
Crub, Crubbin. _s._ Food: particularly bread and cheese.
Cubby-hole. _s_. A snug, confined place.
Cuckold _s._ The plant burdock.
To Cull. _v. n._ To take hold round the neck with the arms.
Cute. _adj._ [Acute] sharp; clever.
Cutty. _adj._ Small; diminutive.
Cutty, Cutty-wren._s._ A wren.