CARAJO. _Span._ “The great oath of Spain, which ought never to be written or pronounced in full, practically forms the foundation of the language of the lower orders; it is a most ancient remnant of the phallic abjuration of the evil eye, the dreaded fascination which still perplexes the minds of Orientals, and is not banished from Spanish and Neapolitan superstitions. The word terminates in _ajo_, on which stress is laid; the _j_ is pronounced with a most Arabic guttural aspiration. The word _ajo_ means also garlic, which is quite as often in Spanish mouths, and is exactly what Hotspur liked—a ‘mouth-filling oath,’ energetic and Michael Angelesque.”—Ford’s _Spain_, Introd. p. 35. For “the evil eye,” see; Z. i. 138. CARALS. Catalan for CARAJO, _q.v._ CARAMBA. _Span._ A polite modification of the grosser CARAJO, _q.v._ CARBONERO. _Span._ A charcoal-burner; also a collier. CARCEL. _Span._ A prison. CARCELERO, CARCELERA. _Span._ A male or female jailer; or the latter may be merely the wife of a jailer. CARLINO, CARLISTA. _Span._ A partisan of Don Carlos. CARLO. _Rom._ Heart. P. ii. 125. It also means “throat,” the only meaning in English Rom. P. ii. 96; A. 66; Pp. 299; SC. 91. CARRACHO. _Gal._ A tick, or small parasite found on dogs and cattle. _Carracha_ is a somewhat similar pest of the human body. The word, which is not Spanish, is used by Borrow as an expletive, instead of the coarser CARAJO, _q.v._ CARRASCAL. _Span._ and _Port._ A plantation or grove of the following. CARRASCO. _Span._ and _Port._ The _ilex_, or evergreen oak. CARRETA. _Span._ and _Port._ A long and narrow cart. CARRETERA. _Span._ A high-road. Fr. _voie carrossable_. CARRONADE. _O. Eng._ A short cannon of large bore, usually carried on board ship. The word has nothing to do with cannon, but is derived from the Scotch town of Carron, in Stirlingshire, where these pieces were first made in 1779. They were not used after 1852, and the name is obsolete. CARTA. _Span._ and _Port._ A letter. CASA. _Span._ and _Port._ House. CASPITA. _Span._ “Wonderful!” Milder than CARAMBA, _q.v._ CASTELLANO. _Span._ A Castilian. _Hablar Castellano_, to talk Spanish. CASTUMBA. _Rom._ Castile. CAVALGADURA. _Gal._ See CABALGADURA. CAVALHEIRO. _Port._ See CABALLERO. CÉAD. _Irish_. A hundred. CERRADA. _Span._ and _Port._ Closed, concealed, dark. CERRO. _Span._ and _Port._ A hill, hillock. CHABÍ. _Rom._ A girl. See CHABÓ. CHABÓ, CHABÉ, CHABORÓ. _Rom._ A boy, youth, fellow. P. ii. 181; A. 51; Pp. 528; M. vii. 30; McR. 100. Possibly the origin of the English slang, “chap.” CHACHIPÉ. _Rom._ The truth. P. i. 138; ii. 178; A. 29; Pp. 523; M. vii. 27. CHAI. _Rom._ Irreg. plur. of CHABÓ, _q.v._ Chaps; used commonly for gypsies. CHAL. _Rom._ A lad, boy, fellow; possibly the same as chiel, childe. _Rómano-chal_, a gypsy. McR. 98.