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161. calf n.(2)

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The calf of the leg.

162. callen v.

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(a) To cry out, call, shout; (b) to cry out (sth.), say (sth.) loudly; (c) callen after, to call for (sb.), summon; callen on (upon), call to (sb.), address, invoke, summon, call on (sb. for payment)…

163. camp adj.

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Shaggy (eyebrows).

164. cang adj. & n.

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(a) Foolish; also, lewd, worthless, ?wicked; cang eien, lustful eyes; (b) a fool.

165. canter-cōpe n.

Additional spellings: cantercope
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Eccl. A robe or cope worn by the choirmaster [L cantor] or some other priest during Mass.

166. cānunk n.

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A clergyman living under a rule of canons, a canon.

167. capel n.

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A horse or gelding; a warhorse, cart horse, riding horse, etc.; capel clauer, horse clawer, stable boy; cutted capel, a gelding.

168. carald n.

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A cask; fig. a place of confinement.

169. carflen v.

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To card (flax).

170. carl n.

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(a) A man (usually of low estate); often patronizingly or contemptuously: fellow; (b) a contemptuous term of address: fellow, knave, rascal; (c) as term of association: cloddre (cluster) of carles, a…

171. carling n.

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A kind of ship's timber; ?a timber in the kelson, ?the kelson, ?a mast-step.

172. car-man n.

Additional spellings: carman
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A male human being, a man.

173. carp n.

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(a) Talking, chatting, conversation, discourse; (b) a statement, a saying; a message (spoken or written); (c) a story, tale, poem, song; (d) mention, news; (e) meaning.

174. carre n.

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(a) A cart or wagon; often, a small vehicle carrying half as much as a cart; (b) carre bond, the tire of a cart wheel; carre chain, a cart chain; carre clout, an iron plate protecting the axle of a…

175. cart n.

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(a) A cart, a wagon; also fig.; dong cart, [see dong n.(1), 5.]; fare cart, [see fare n. (1), 8.(b)]; iren-bounden cart, shod cart, a cart with wheels which are bound or reinforced with iron bands…

176. cast n.

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(a) The throwing of a dart, stone, etc.; casting with a sling; throwing or putting the stone as a sport; hurling missiles with a siege engine; (b) the throwing of dice; al is cast on a cast, all is…

177. casten v.

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(a) To throw (sth.) to a distance, fling, hurl; pour or sprinkle (water); (b) sift (sand); (c) scatter (seed), sow; (d) throw at (sb.).

178. cavel n.

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(a) The drawing of lots or a lot so drawn; casten cavel(es, draw lots; cavel fell, the lot fell (upon sb.); (b) a splinter or fragment.

179. chaffā̆re n.

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Trade in goods, buying and selling, commerce, bargaining; driven, usen chaffare, engage in trade, do business; chaffare of lesinges, dishonest trade or bargaining.

180. chaft n.

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(a) Jaw, jawbone; chaft bon; (b) pharynx; pl. tonsils.