_Case_, c. a House, Shop, or Ware-house; also a Bawdy-house. _Toute the Case_, c. to view, mark, or eye the House or Shop. _There’s a peerey, ’tis snitcht_, c. there are a great many People, there’s no good to be done. _’Tis all Bob, and then to dub the gigg_, c. now the coast is clear, there’s good Booty, let’s fall on, and Rob the House. A _Case fro_, c. a Whore that Plies in a Bawdy-house. _Caster_, c. a Cloak. _Cast_, to Bowl. _A bad cast_, an ill laid Bowl, or at great distance from the Jack. _He is Cast for Felon and Dose_, c. found guilty of Felony and Burglary. _Cat_, a common Whore or Prostitute. _Catch-fart_, a Foot-Boy. _Catching-harvest_, when the Weather is Showery and Unsettled. _Catch-pole_, a Serjeant, or Bayliff that Arrests People. _Cat-in-pan_, turn’d, of one that has chang’d Sides or Parties. _Who shall hang the Bell about the Cat’s Neck_, said of a desperate Undertaking. _Catchup_, a high _East-India_ Sauce. _Caterwauling_, Men and Women desirous of Copulation, a Term borrowed from Cats. _Cathedral_, old-fashioned, out of Date, Ancient; also a chief Church in a Bishop’s See. _Catharpin-fashion_, when People in Company Drink cross, and not round about from the Right to the Left, or according to the Sun’s motion; also small Ropes to keep the Shrouds, taut or tight, and the Mast from Rolling. _Catting_, drawing a Fellow through a Pond with a Cat. _Catstick_, used by Boies at Trap-ball. _Cattle_, Whores. _Sad Cattle_, Impudent Lewd Women. _Catmatch_, c. when a Rook is Engag’d amongst bad Bowlers. _Cavalcade_, a publick Show on Horseback. _Cavaulting School_, c. a Bawdy-house. _Caudge-paw’d_, Left Handed. _Caveating_, or _Disengaging_, flipping the Adversary’s Sword, when ’tis going to bind or secure one’s own. _Caw-handed_, awkward not dextrous, ready or nimble. _Changeable-ribbon_, or _Silks_, of diverse Colours, resembling those of Doves-necks, or of the _Opal_ Stone. _Chafe_, _in a great Chafe_, a great heat or pet. _To Chafe_, to fret or fume. _Chafing_, fretting or fuming, _Chafing and fretting_, being the same with fretting and fuming, hence a _Chafing dish_, that carries Fire. _Chaft_, c. well beaten or bang’d; also much rub’d or bath’d. _Chagrin_, moody, out of humour, pensive, melancholy, much troubled. _Chalk_, used in Powder by the Perfumers to mix with their _Grounds_; and also scented Hair-Powders, being cheap and weighing heavy; found to Burn and destroy Wiggs and all Hair in general. _Chanticlere_, a Cock. _Chape_, the Tip at the End of a Fox’s Tail; also the Cap at the End of the Scabbard of a Sword. _Character_, a distinguishing Sign or Mark of Distinction, the same among Great Men or Ministers, that a Badge is among Low and little People. As _a Man of Character_, of Mark or Note, as Privy-Chancellors, Judges, Foreign Ministers, Ministers of State, _&c._ _Chare-women_, Under-drudges, or Taskers, assistants to Servantmaids.