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
CROUN, _s._ crown (of the head), A 4041, 4099; Croune, _dat._ HF. 1825;
_voc._ crown, chief, T. v. 547; Crowne, _dat._ (referring to the tonsure),
B 1499.
CROUNED, _pp._ crowned, R. 1266; 1. 144; supreme, F 526; Crowned, T. iv.
1238; A 161.
CROUPE, _s._ crupper, D 1559.
CROUPERES, _pl._ cruppers, I 433. See CROPER.
CROWDING, _s._ pressure, motive power, B 299. See the note.
CROWE, _s._ crow, H 130, 133, 240, 257, 270; A 2692; Crow, 5. 363; Crowes,
_gen._ crow's (see note), T. ii. 403.
CROWE, _v._ crow, T. iii. 1416; _ger._ B 4466; Croweth, _pr. s. refl._
crows, C 362; Crew, _pt. s._ B 4048; Crowe, _pp._ A 3687.
CROWING, _s._ B 4040.
CROWNE, _s. dat._ crown (of the head), B 1499. See CROUN.
CROWNED, _pp. as adj._ surmounted by a crown, A 161; T. iv. 1238. See
CROUNED.
CROYS, _s._ cross, A 699, 4286, B 450, C 532, E 556, I 259; A. i. 5. 3;
Crois, 1. 60; Cros, 1. 82; T. v. 1843.
CRUEL, _adj._ 1. 8; Cruel, stern, B 1. p 1. 33; B 2. m 7. 20 (but see the
note); Cru['e]l, L. 377; D 2001.
CRUELLICHE, _adv._ cruelly, T. iv. 1304.
CRUELTEE, _s._ cruelty, E 1225, I 132.
CRUL, _adj._ curly, A 3314; Crulle, _pl._ A 81. Friesic _krul_, curly.
CRYE, _s._ cry, 5. 256.
CRYE, _v._ cry out, A 636; Cryen, _v._ lament, 4. 112; Crydestow, didst
thou cry out, A 1083; Cryden, _pt. pl._ cried, cried out, 7. 27; A 949,
1756, B 4580; Cryed, _pp._ proclaimed, B 1. p 4. 59; HF. 2107.
CRYINGE, _s._ crying, outcry, A 906.
CRYKE, _s._ creek, A 409; Crykes, _pl._ B 3. m 8. 8.
CUB['Y]TE, _s._ cubit, HF. 1370; Cub['y]tes, _pl._ B 3350.
CUC['U]RBIT[`E]S, _s. pl._ cucurbites, G 794. '_Cucurbite_, a chemical
vessel, originally made in the shape of a gourd, but sometimes shallow,
with a wide mouth, and used in distillation'; Webster. From Lat.
_cucurbita_, a gourd.
CUKKOW, _s._ cuckoo, 5. 358, 603. See COKKOW.
_Culpa, mea_, i.e. I acknowledge my fault, T. ii. 525.
CULPE, _s._ guilt, blame, I 335.
CULTER, _s._ coulter (of a plough), A 3763, 3776, 3785, 3812.
CUNNE, _v._ know (how), HF. 2004 (see note). See CONNE.
CUNNING, _adj._ skilful, 2. 97. See CONNING.
CUNNING, _s._ skill, 5. 167, 487. See CONNING.
CUPPE, _s._ a cup, F 616; Cuppes, _pl._ A 2949. See COPPE.
CURACIOUN, _s._ cure, healing, B 1. p 6. 3; B 2. p 3. 16; B 2463; mode of
cure, T. i. 791.
CURAT, _s._ parish-priest, vicar, A 219, D 2095, I 1008; (the words _vicar_
and _curate_ have now, practically, changed places); Curates, _s. pl._
parish-priests, I 791; Curats, D 1816.
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