†=Caravance=, _n._ ‘Name of sundry kinds of peas and small
beans.’ _Stanford_.
†=Carrauicins=, _n._ perh.=_caravance_, _q. v._ 4. 4. 45.
=Care=, _v._ To take care. Now only _dial_. 1. 1. 29.
=Carefull=, _a._ Anxious, solicitous. _Arch._ 1. 6. 10.
†=Caroch=, _n._ A coach or chariot of a stately or
luxurious kind. 1. 6. 214. Carroch. 4. 2. 11.
=Carry=, _v._ 1. _tr._ To conduct, manage.
_Arch._ 3. 5. 53.
?†2. _intr._ To be arranged. 3. 3. 126.
=Case=, _n._ 1. The body (as enclosing the soul, etc.).
5. 6. 39.
2. Condition, supposition. Phr. _in case to_: In a condition
or position to; prepared, ready. _Arch._ 4. 7. 85. _Put case_:
Suppose. ?_Arch._ 4. 4. 228.
=Cast=, _v._ †1. To estimate. 2. 1. 81. †2. To devise. 2. 8. 42.
=Castle-soape=, _n._ _Obs._ form of _Castile soap_. 5. 3. 3.
||=Cataputia=, _n._ [In Med. L. and It.]
‘The hearbe spurge.’ Florio. 4. 4. 55.
†=Cater=, _n._ ‘A buyer of provisions or “cates”; in large
households the officer who made the necessary purchases of
provisions.’ _NED._ 1. 3. 13.
=Catholike=, _a._ †Universally efficient. 1. 4. 35.
†=Cause=, _conj._ _Obs._ exc. _dial._
[An elliptic use of the noun for _because_.] Because. 2. 8. 28;
4. 6. 34. Phr. _by cause_. See _By cause_.
†=Cautelous=, _a._ Crafty. 1. 6. 142.
=Caution=, _n._ 1. Security; guarantee. 3. 4. 30; 58.
2. A word of warning. 4. 5. 28.
=Ceruse=, _n._ [White lead.] A paint or cosmetic for the
skin; used vaguely. 4. 4. 53.
=Challengee=, _n._ _Rare_ (perh. coined by Jonson).
One who is challenged. 3. 3. 141.
=Character=, _n._ A cabalistic or magical sign. 1. 2. 9.
=Charge=, _n._ Expenses; outlay. _Arch._ 2. 1. 49; 1. 6. 172.
=Chartell=, _n._ [Form of _cartel_.] A written challenge. 3. 3. 140.
=Chaw=, _v._ A common by-form of _chew_ in the 16-17th c. 4. 2. 53.
=Cheat=, _n._ †Any product of conquest or robbery; booty,
spoil. 1. 7. 4.
=Cheat=, _v._ Phr. _cheat on_: To cheat. 5. 6. 54.
=Cheater=, _n._ †A dishonest gamester; a sharper. 5. 6. 64.
=Check=, _n._ †Reproof, censure. 3. 6. 44.
=Cheese-trencher=, _n._ A wooden plate for holding or
cutting cheese. P. 8.
=Christall=, _n._ [Form of _crystal_.] A piece of
rock-crystal or similar mineral used in magic art. 1. 2. 6.
†=Cioppino=, _n._ [Italianated form of _chopine_.] A kind
of shoe raised above the ground by means of a cork sole or the
like; worn about 1600 in Spain and Italy, esp. at Venice, where
they were monstrously exaggerated. 3. 4. 13 (see note); 4. 4. 69.
=Cipher=, _n._ A means of conveying secret intelligence:
used vaguely. 2. 1. 167·
=Circle=, _n._ 1. An embrace. 1. 4. 94.
2. Sphere (of influence, etc.). 1. 6. 96.
3. A circular figure (of magic). 1. 2. 26.
=Cloake-charge=, _n._ The expense of a cloak
(coined by Jonson). 2. 2. 42.
=Cockscomb=, _n._ †A simpleton. 5. 8. 40.
=Cock-stone=, _n._ †A name of the kidney-bean. 1. 1. 53.
=Cog=, _v._ To cheat, esp. at dice or cards. 1. 1. 48.
†=Cokes=, _n._ A simpleton, one easily ‘taken in.’ 2. 2. 104.
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