The dictionary of syr Thomas Eliot knyght

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• CVbatus, tus, a sittyng on broode, as a benne dothe.
• Cubicularius, a seruant that awayteth in the chamber: a chamberlayne, or grome of the chamber.
• Cubicularis, lare, that perteynethe to the Chaumber.
• Cubiculum, a bedde chamber.
• Cubile, a bedde, sometyme it is taken for a closet.
• Cubito, aui, are, to lye often with one.
• Cubitus, et Cubitum, an elbowe, sometyme a measure called a cubite, that is to say, one foote and an halfe: but a cubite in geome∣trie conteineth .vi. of our common cubites.
• Cubitale, a sorsleue of a garmente, whiche keuereth the arme from the elbowe down∣warde.
• Cubo, cubui, cubare, to lye downe, properly it is of sicke men.
• Cubatio, a lyinge.
• Cubus, is a figure foure square on all par∣tes like a dyce.
• Cucubo, aui, are, to make a noyse lyke an oule.
• Cuculio, onis, a keuerynge of the hedde, whiche men dydde vse when they walked in the nyght.
• Cuculus, et Cucullus, a byrd called a cuckow.
• Cucullus, a cloke to defend rayne & winde.
• Cucuma, a chafar, wherin water is het.
• Cucumer, eris, et Cucumis, a fruite callyd a cocumber.
• Cucumerarius, a garden where cocumbres do growe or be kepte.
• Cucurbita, a frute called a gourde. Also cu∣curbita, & Cucurbitula, is a cup, wherwith Surgyons do drawe out bloud with scary∣sying of the skynne, called cuppynge.
• Cucurbitarium, a place where gourdes be sowen.
• Cucurbitarius, a louer of gourdes.
• Cucurio, iui, iri, to make a noyse like a cock.
• Cudo, cusi, cudere, to strike, as smythes do.
• Cudere pecuniā, to make or coyne moneye, also cudere, to breake or broyse.
• Cuias, cuiatis, of whense.
• Cuius, cuia, cuium, whose. Cuium paecus, whose catall.
• Culcitra, a mattresse.
• Culeus, a sacke, also a measure conteyning xxx. bushels.
• Culex, culicis, a gnatte.
• Culigna, a bolle or dyshe to drynke of.
• Culina, a kechyn, sometyme the meate that is dressed.
• Culinor, aris, ari, to do the office of a cooke.
• Culleolum, the vtter shale of a nut, whiche is grene.
• Culullus, an erthen cup, suche as the galye cuppes be.
• Culmen, culminis, the roufe of a house.
• Culmus, the reede or strawe of corne, from the rote to the eare.
• Culpa, is an offence done not weetinge, or not intendynge to do hurte.
• Culter, et Cultrum, a knyfe.
• Cultellum, a lyttel knife or a whittill.
• Cultrarius, was he that kylled the beast, and diuided him in the sacrifice to Idolles. It maye nowe be taken for a slaughter man.
• Cultus, cultus, apparayle, somtyme it is ta∣ken for honour done to god.
• Cum, with, whan, whiles, where, albeit, for asmoche, as well. Cum mihi tum illi, Aswel to me as to him. In cum is some thing lasse vnderstande, in Tum somme thynge more. Quod cum omnibus confitendum est, tū no∣bis praecipue, whiche thinge oughte to be confessed of all men, and of vs moste spe∣cially. The auncient wryters, whan it syg∣nifyed

• whan, where, and forasmoche, they wrate it Quom.
• Cum dicto, forthewith after that he hadde spoken.
• Cum imperio est, he beareth a rule.
• Cum maxime, excedyngly.
• Cum potestate est, he is in authoritie, or in an high offyce.
• Cum primis, very. Cum primis nobilis, Ve∣ry noble.
• Cum stomacho, dysdaynfully.
• Cum tempore, in a certayne space.
• Cum uema tua, with your lycence.
• Cuma, a towne in Grece.
• Cumae, a citie in Campania.
• Cumanus, a man of that citie.
• Cumatilis, tile, a colour called blewe.
• Cumera, a greatte vesselle, wherin corne was kepte.
• Cumetum, a vessell vsed at weddynges.
• Cuminum, an herbe and sede called cōmyn.
• Cumulo, aui, are, to make an heape, to fyll, to adde more.
• Cumulatim, in an heape, or heaped vp.
• Cumulus, an heape.
• Cunae, et Cunabula, cradels, wherin chyl∣dren be rocked. somtyme it is taken for the age of infancy.
• Cunctator, o••is, a tariar, a differrer.
• Cuncti, all togither.
• Cunctor, et Contor, aris, to tary, to prolōge tyme, to abyde, to doubte.
• Cunctatio, onis, a tarienge, an abydyng, a prolongynge of tyme, a doutynge.
• Cuneus, an axe to cutte woode, whiche is smalle and thyn before, and brode & thycke after, that the wodde may ryue the better. also a wedge to cleaue wodde with. By translation it is a company of fotemē in ba∣tayle, that goth in a lyke order, smal before, and brode behynde: there was a lyke forme in the Theatre or place, where men beheld playes, it is sometyme taken for a compa∣ny of people.
• Cuneatim, in the fourme afore declared.
• Cuneatus, ta, tū, that whiche appereth to be in the sayde fourme of Cuneus.
• Cuniculus, a beaste called a cony.
• Cuniculum, an hole in the grounde.
• Cunila, an herbe called sauery, wherof be dyuerse kyndes.
• Cunire, to dunge as a childe dothe.
• Cunnus, a womans wyket.
• Cupa, a cuppe.
• Cupedinarius, an hucstar that selleth meate and drynke.
• Cupes, Cupedia, et Cupedula, delicate mea∣tes, or desire of deynty meates.
• Cupido, Cupidinis, the sonne of Venus, god of loue. Cupido in the feminine gender, ve∣hement desyre or appetite.
• Cupidus, da, dum, desyrouse. sometyme it signifieth a louer.
• Cupiditas, tatis, couaytise.
• Cupidé, desirously.
• Cuprum, metall called coper.
• Cur, wherfore or why.
• Cura, care, thought, study, diligence, warke or labour, also loue.
• Curatio, cure.
• Curator, gardeyn in socage, or he to whom the custodye of a man madde or folysshe is commytted. Also he to whom any thyng is commytted to suruey, or to prouyde thyn∣ges necessary for a weale publyke, or to or∣der suche thinges as he hath in charge, cō∣cernynge as well priuate thynges as they that do belonge to a comminaltie: he maye be properly called a suruayour.
• Curatorius, a, um, belonginge to surueinge.
• Curcura, an ilande in the see Adriatike.
• Curculio, onis, a littell worme in grayn cal∣led myte or wyuell. It is also the wesyll of the throte of a man, wherby he draweth wynde.
• Cures, a citie of the Sabines.
• Curetes, a people of the Ile of Crete or Candy.
• Curia, a courte, that is to say, where the se∣nate is, or officers exercisynge suche thin∣ges as they haue in charge. it is sometyme taken for the persons in the courte.
• Curiales, they whiche be of that courte.
• Curio, onis, a bedell or criar.
• Curionem agnum, Plautus calleth a leane lambe.
• Curio, also of Varro is taken for a place, where priestes consulted of thynges con∣cernynge diuine ceremonies.
• Curiosus, sa, sum, curiouse, taken sometyme on the yll parte, where more dylygence is vsed, than is necessary or expedient: some∣tyme on the better parte, where we be ve∣ry carefull and busy about thynges, concer¦nynge eyther our selfes or other men.
• Curiositas tatis, curiosytie, or to moche di∣lygence.
• Curius, the name of a noble Romayne, vnto whom whan the ambassadours of Samny∣tes hadde brought a great somme of golde for a present from theyr people, desyrynge hym to take it, and vse it at his pleasure, he answered, that Marcus Curius hadde le∣uer haue dominion ouer ryche men, than to be ryche him selfe, and that he, which could not be vaynquished in battayl, mought not be corrupted with money.
• Curo, aui, are, to care, to be doinge of a

• thinge. somtyme to prepare, to heale one that is sycke, to take refection or comfort.
• Curriculo, quyckely.
• Curro, cucurri, currere, to runne.
• Cursus, us, et cursura, a course.
• Cursor, oris, he that runneth in poste.
• Cursim, runnynge.
• Cursito, aui, are, to runne often.
• Curso, aui, are, to runne alway or often.
• Cursorius, a, um, pertainyng to runnyng.
• Curruca, a lyttell byrde, whiche hatchethe and bryngeth vp cuckowe byrdes.
• Currus, a carre.
• Curriculus, a lyttell carre.
• Curriculum, a shorte space of tyme. Also a runnynge place.
• Curtus, ta, tum, shorte.
• Curuamen, minis, a crookednesse.
• Curuesco, uesci, uescere, to be croked.
• Curuipes; he that hath a croked fote.
• Curulis & curule, were lyttelle carres, or drayes, hauyng in them chaires of yuorie, wherin they satte, whyche were heed of∣ficers in Rome. somtyme it is vsed of poe∣tes for the same offycers.
• Curuo, uaui, are, to bowe or make croked.
• Curuus, a, um, croked.
• Cuspis, idis, som tyme signifieth the poynte of any weapon, sometyme the stele, some∣tyme a speare heed.
• Custodia, the custody, kepynge, or warde: somtyme he that kepeth, somtyme he that is kepte, somtyme the prison.
• Custodio, diui, dire, to kepe, to obserue.
• Custoditio, the kepynge.
• Custoditus, ta, tum, kepte.
• Custos, odis, a keper.
• Cutis, the inner skynne.