CAKE, _s._ a round, and rather flat loaf of bread (in the shape of a large bun), A 668, 4094, C 322. The phrase '_cake_ of bread,' or simply '_cake_,' is still common in this sense; as, e.g. in Shropshire. Hence it was something like a buckler. CAKELINGE, _s._ cackling, 5. 562. CALCENING, _s._ calcination, G 771. From Lat. _calx_. CALCINACIOUN, _s._ calcination; _of c._, for calcining, G 804. CALCULE, _v._ calculate, A. i. 22. 3; Calculed, _pt. s._ F. 1284; Calculed, _pp._ A. pr. 55. CALCULINGE, _s._ calculation, T. i. 71; iv. 1398. CALDEN, _pt. pl. of_ Calle. CALENDES, _pl._ kalends, introduction to a new time, T. ii. 7. CALF, _s._ calf, B 4575. CALF, _s._ calf (of the leg), A 592. CALKULER, _s._ the calculator or pointer, A. i. 23. 2. See ALMURY. CALLE, _s._ caul, a net used to confine women's hair, A. i. 19. 3; head-dress, D 1018; to 'make a hood above a caul' = to befool, T. iii. 775. CALLE, _v._ call, cry out, B 3724; Calle, _pr. pl._ A 284; Calden, _2 pt. pl._ called, 7. 251. CALME, _adj._ calm, B 2. p 2. 32. CAM, _pt. s. of_ Come. CAMAILLE, _s._ a camel, E 1196. CAMUSE, _adj._ low and concave, A 3934, 3974. See the note to A 3934. CAN, _1 pr. s._ know, L. 1987, B 1726, 1898, D 56; know how, am able, E 304, F 4; can, B 42; understand, F 1266; am able to say, 5. 14; Can _pr. s._ knows, 3. 673; L. 1175; T. iv. 1160; A 210, 3456, B 47, G 600, 620, 1091; has, E 2245; knows (of), A 1780; has skill, T. ii. 1197; _can on_, has knowledge of, F 786; _can hir good_, knows her own advantage, D 231; _can thank_, owes (them) thanks, A 1818; _2 pr. pl._ (_for_ Conne), know, B 1169; _pr. pl._ (_for_ Conne), know, D 1004, F 185. See CONNE, CANSTOW. CANCRE, _s._ cancer, I 427. CANDELE, _s._ candle, T. iii. 859, 1141; Candel, torch, light, 4. 7; Candels, _pl._ R. 1012; Candeles, _pl._ candles, i.e. bright stars, T. v. 1020. CANDLE-STIKKE, _s._ candlestick, I 1036. CANEL-BOON, _s._ collar-bone (lit. channel-bone, with reference to the depression in the neck behind the collar-bone), 3. 943. CANELLE _s._ cinnamon, R. 1370. See _Canel_ in the New E. Dict. CANEVAS, _s._ canvas, G 939. F. _canevas_. CANKEDORT. _s._ state of suspense, critical position, T. ii. 1752. CANON, _s._ the 'Canon,' the title of a book by Avicenna, C 890 (see the note); rule, explanation, A. pr. 68; Canoun, a canon, table, A. ii. 32. 3. CANSTOW, _2 p. s. pr._ knowest thou, A. pr. 20; canst thou, T. iv. 460; B 632, C 521. See CAN. CANTEL, _s._ portion, A 3008. CAPE, _s._ cape, headland, A 408. CAPE, _ger._ to gape, T. iii. 558 _n_; _pr. pl._ A 3841 _n_; gape after, T. v. 1133; Caped, _pt. s._ A 3473 _n_; Caping, _pres. pt._ (_for_ Gaping), A 3444 _n_. See GAPE. CAPEL, _s._ horse, nag, H 64; Capul, A 4088, 4105; cart-horse, D 2150; Caples, _pl._ horses, D 1554. CAPITAIN, _s._ captain, H 230; Capitayn, B 3741, C 582. CAPITAL, _adj._; Capitalles, _pl._ capital, A. ii. 3. 21; Capitals, A. i. 16. 8.