=Collect=, _v._ To infer, deduce. _Rare_. 1. 6. 234.
=Come=, _v._ Phr. _come off_: (in imperative as a call of
encouragement to action) Come! come along! 3. 5. 27.
=Comming=, _ppl._ _a._ Inclined to make or meet advances. 4. 4. 180.
=Commoner=, _n._ †A member of the general body of a town-council.
2. 1. 42.
=Complement=, _n._ †1. Anything which goes to make up or fully equip.
3. 4. 33.
†2. Polite or ceremonious greetings. 3. 5. 15.
=Complexion=, _n._ †1. The combination of the four ‘humors’
of the body in a certain proportion; ‘temperament.’ 2. 2. 122.
†2. Bodily habit or constitution. 5. 1. 18.
?3. Appearance of the skin. 1. 4. 63 (or perh. as 2).
†4. A coloring preparation, cosmetic. 4. 4. 12.
5. Appearance, aspect (_fig._). 2. 6. 50.
=Comport=, _v._ Phr. _comport with_: †To act in accordance with.
2. 8. 17.
||=Compos mentis=, _a. phr._ [L. f. _com-potis_.] Of sound mind.
5. 3. 12.
=Compter=, _n._ Old spelling of _Counter_. The name of
certain city prisons for debtors; esp. the two London Compters.
3. 1. 20 (see note).
=Conceit=, _n._ †1. Idea, device. 2. 8. 23. conceipt.
†2. Personal opinion. 4. 4. 200.
3. Phr. _Out of conceipt_: Out of patience, dissatisfied.
2. 8. 18.
Concerne, _v. †intr._ To be of importance. 3. 3. 113.
Concurrence, _n._ A juncture: a condition: used vaguely. 2. 6. 54.
Conduit-head, _n._ †A structure from which water is distributed
or made to issue: a reservoir. 5. 1. 27.
Confine, _v._ Imprison. Const. †_to_. 5. 6. 34.
=Confute=, _v._ To put to silence (by physical means).
5. 6. 18.
=Content=, _a._ †Willing. 1. 1. 133.
=Conuenient=, _a._ †1. Due, proper. 1. 4. 79.
†2. Suitable. 4. 4. 230.
=Conuey=, _v._ To carry from one place to another (†used of
small objects and with connotation of secrecy). 2. 1. 164.
=Coozen=, _v._ [Form of _cozen_.] To cheat. 3. 1. 22.
cossen. 5. 2. 29.
=Coozener=, _n._ [Form of _cozener_.] Impostor. 5. 8. 148.
||=Coquetta=, _n._ Sp. A small loaf. 4. 4. 143.
=Corn-ground=, _n._ _Arch._ A piece of land used for
growing corn; corn-land. 3. 1. 17.
=Cornish=, _a._ Phr. _C. counterfeit_: referring to the ‘Cornish
stone’ or ‘diamond.’ a variety of quartz found in Cornwall. 3. 3. 173.
=Cossen=, _v._ 5. 2. 29. See _Coozen_.
=Councell=, _n._ _Obs._ form of _council_.
3. 1. 34; 5. 2. 20.
=Court=, _v._ Phr. _court it_: To play or act the courtier. 3. 4. 56.
=Court-ship=, _n._ †An act of courtesy (used in _pl._) 1. 6. 201.
=Coyle=, _n._ [Form of _coil_.] ?An embarrassing situation;
a ‘mess.’ 5. 5. 54.
=Crack=, _v. intr._ To break the musical quality of the
voice (used _fig._) 5. 5. 59.
=Cracke=, _n._ †A lively lad; a ‘rogue’ (playfully), a wag. 2. 8. 58.
†=Crambe=, _n._ [Form of _crambo_.] ‘A game in which one player gives
a word or line of verse to which each of the others has to find a
rime.’ _NED._ 5. 8. 110.
=Creak=, _v._ To exhibit the characteristics of; to betray
(a _fig._ use of the _lit._ meaning). 2. 2. 87.
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