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
CAST, _s._ occasion, turn, B 3477; contrivance, plan, HF. 1178; A 3605;
casting, throwing, T. ii. 868; Castes, _pl._ contrivances, A 2468.
CASTE, _v._ cast (accounts), B 1406; Casten, _v._ throw, T. ii. 513; _c.
with a spere_, throw with a spear, HF. 1048; fling, A 3330; contrive, HF.
1170; Caste, _1 pr. s._ conjecture, A 2172; Casteth, _pr. s._ casts about,
I 692; considers, G 1414; applies, B 2781; _refl._ devotes himself, G 738;
Cast, _pr. s._ casts, R. 1574; D 782, 783; Caste, _1 pt. s._ cast, threw,
5. 172; _pt. s_. HF. 956; L. 311; B 1761, 2018, H 48; considered, A 2854;
designed, planned, T. i. 75, 1071; contrived, devised, B 406, 584, 805;
determined, T. iv. 34; Casten, _pt. pl._ (they) proposed, L. 2605; plotted,
T. i. 88; laid down, B 5. p 1. 34; _refl._ proposed, intended, B 4265;
Caste, _pt. pl._ threw, R. 773; exhaled, emitted, G 244; Casten, _pp._
thrown, B 1796; Cast, _pp._ overthrown, T. ii. 1389; contrived, B 3891, C
880; cunningly devised, 2. 26; _c. biforn_, premeditated, I 543; _c. out_,
opposed with success, B 1. p 4. 42; Caste, _pr. s. subj._ let (him) cast,
20. 4; Cast, _imp. s._ throw away, T. ii. 222.
CASTEL, _s._ castle, 3. 1318, 1322; F 847; Castelles, _pl._ B 2523.
CASTELLED, _pp. as adj._ castellated, I 445.
CASTEL-WAL, _s._ wall of a castle, B 4050, D 263.
CASTEL-YATE, castle-gate, HF. 1294.
CASTIGACIOUN, punishment, 15. 26.
CASUEL, _adv._. casual, T. iv. 419.
CASUELLY, _adv._ accidentally, by chance, HF. 679; B 4291.
CAT, _s._ A 3347, 3441, D 348, 350, 1775, H 175; Cattes, _gen._ cat's, D
349, 351.
CATAPUCE, _s._ caper-spurge (_Euphorbia Lathyris_), B 4155.
CATEL, _s._ property, wealth, possessions, goods, A 373, 540, B 27, 4017, C
594, I 500, 743.
CAUGHT, -E; see CACCHE.
CAUSE, _s._ cause, 1. 26; A 419; reason, B 1. p 4. 25; T. v. 527; L. 409; A
716, B 252; plea, 2. 46; sake, benefit, B 3. p 1. 32, p 2. 33; Cause
causinge, first cause (see note), T. iv. 829; _by the c. that_, because, A
2488; _by that c._, because, T. iv. 99; Cause why, the reason why, T. iii.
795; the reason for it (was), A 4144, E 2435, F 185; Causes, _pl._ reasons,
B 2224; causes, B 2583.
CAUSE, _v._ cause; Causen, _pr. pl._ F 452.
CAUSELES, _adj._ without any reason, HF. 667; T. iii. 889; Causelees,
without a cause, E 1975.
CAUSELES, _adv._ without cause, causelessly, 4. 159; F 825.
CAUSER, _s._ causer, creator, 4. 46.
CAVE, _s._ cave, HF. 70, 1584; L. 811, 1225; B 3297; used to translate the
astrological term 'puteus,' 4. 119 (see note); Caves, _pl._ 9. 42.
CAVILLACIOUN, _s._ cavilling, D 2136.
CAYTIF, -IVES; see CAITIF.
CEDRE, _s._ cedar, T. ii. 918; Cedres, _pl._ R. 1314.
CELEBRABLE, _adj._ worthy of honour, B 3. p 9. 48; celebrated, B 4. m 7.
20.
CELEBRITEE, _s._ celebrity, B 3. p 9. 38.
CELERE, _s._ cellar, B 2. p 2. 54; Celer, I 411.
CELERER, _s._ cellarer, keeper of a cellar, B 3126.
CELESTIAL, _adj._ heavenly, T. i. 979, 983; A. pr. 64; Celestials, _pl._
HF. 460.
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