Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and IndexesChaucer, Geoffrey
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Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes
Chaucer, Geoffrey
English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500
CAPOUN, _s._ capon, L. 1389; Capon, D 1839; Capouns, _pl._ C 856.
CAPPE, _s._ cap, A 586, 683; _set the wrightes cappe_, i.e. made a fool of
him, A 3143.
CAPUL; see CAPEL.
CARAYNE; see CAREYNE.
CARBOUCLE, _s._ carbuncle-stone, R. 1120; Carbuncle, HF. 1363.
CARDIACLE, _s._ pain about the heart, C 313. Cotgrave gives _Cardiaque_ as
an adj., one meaning being 'wrung at the heart.'
CARDINAL, _s._; Cardinales, _pl._ cardinals, B 2039, C 342.
CARE, anxiety, sorrow, grief, trouble, 7. 63; T. i. 505, 587; v. 20, 958; A
1321, B 514, 1949, D 990, F 837; ill-luck, 5. 363; Cares, _pl._ anxieties,
miseries, T. i. 264; L. 762, 1955; G 347.
CARE, _v._ feel anxiety, E 1212; Care, _pr. s. subj._ may care, T. iv. 462;
Care thee, _imp. s._ be anxious, A 3298.
CAREFUL, _adj._ full of care, full of trouble, 6. 44, 133; sorrowful, A
1565.
CAREYNE, _s._ corpse, carcase, carrion, 5. 177; A 2013, B 3814, I 441;
Carayne, B 4. p 2. 144.
CARF, cut; see KERVE.
CARIAGE, _s._ a carrying away; _upon c._, in the way of carrying anything
away, i.e. that I can carry away, D 1570; Cariages, _s. pl._ tolls due from
the tenant to his feudal lord imposed by authority, I 752; taxes, B 1. p 4.
52.
CARIE, _v._ carry, convey, L. 1866; A 130, E 585; Carien, _v._ HF. 1280;
Carien, _pr. pl._ B 1814; Carieden, _pt. pl._ A 2900, G 1219.
CARL, _s._ man, A 3469; fellow, rustic, countryman, A 545, C 717, D 1568.
C['A]ROLE, _s._ a dance accompanied with singing, R. 744, 781, 793; L. 687;
Car['o]les, _pl._ R. 759; A 1931.
CAROLE, _v._ dance round singing, 3. 849; Caroled, _pt. s._ carolled, sang,
R. 745; _pp._ danced, R. 810.
CAROLE-WYSE, carol-wise, a way like a carol, L. 201 a.
CAROLING, _s._ carolling, singing, R. 754; dancing, R. 804; Carolinge,
song, G 1345.
CARPE, _v._ talk, discourse, A 474.
CARPENTER, _s._ carpenter, L. 2418, A 361; Carpenteres, _gen._ A 3356,
3861.
CARRIK, _s._ barge, D 1688.
CART, _s._ chariot, HF. 943; B 4. m 1. 22; T. v. 665; cart, D 1539; Carte,
chariot, B 3. m 2. 26; T. v. 278; A 2041, E 2233; cart, A 2022, B 4208;
Cartes, _pl._ cars, chariots, B 5. p 4. 63; carts, 5. 102; vehicles,
vessels, B 3. m 9. 24.
CARTERE, _s._ carter, charioteer, B 5. p 4. 62; A 2022; Carter, carter, 5.
102; D 1540.
CART-HORS, _pl._ chariot-horses, HF. 944.
CARTWHEEL, _s._ D 2255.
CARYINGE, _s._ carrying, C 875.
CAS, _s._ accident, chance, HF. 254, 1052; A 844, 1074, E 316; case, A 797;
affair, L. 409, 1558; occasion, B 36; circumstance, condition, L. 583; T.
ii. 285; B 123, 305, 311, 983; adventure, L. 1630; mischance, L. 1056; _in
cas that_, in case, A. ii. 3. 2; _upon cas_, by chance, A 3661; by
accident, T. i. 271; _in cas if that_, in case that, T. ii. 758; _in no
maner cas_, in no way, D 1831; _set a cas_, suppose that, T. ii. 729; _to
deyen in the cas_, though death were the result, E 859; Cas, _pl._
circumstances, A 2971; cases, matters, C 163. See CAAS.
CAS, _s._ quiver (for arrows), L. 982, A 2358.
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