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61. calf n.(2)

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The calf of the leg.

62. cang adj. & n.

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

63. cānunk n.

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

64. 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.

65. carald n.

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A cask; fig. a place of confinement.

66. 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…

67. carling n.

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

68. car-man n.

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

69. 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.

70. 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…

71. 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…

72. 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.

73. chaft n.

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

74. chest(e n.

Additional spellings: cheste
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(a) A trunk, chest, casket, box, etc., (for storing or safekeeping); a strongbox (for valuables, documents, money); the Ark (of the Covenant); (b) common chest, public chest or treasury; (c) chest

75. chirche n.

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A consecrated building: (a) for Christian worship and the performance of religious rites; (b) as affording rights of sanctuary to fugitives; taken the chirche; (c) as used for the performance of…

76. clege n.

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?A horsefly [see Craigie DOS].

77. clint n.

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(a) A ledge of rock; a cliff, steep bank; (b) in place names.

78. clọ̄ke n.(2)

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Claw; also fig.; -- only in pl.

79. clǒm n.(1)

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(a) Silence; (b) as interj.: Be silent! Mum's the word!

80. clond n.

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Trouble, difficulty.