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causa ae f cause
Usually in the plural, castra, -ōrum , a military camp . castra pōnere , to pitch camp cāsus, -us , m. [ cadō , fall ], chance; misfortune, loss catapulta, -ae , f. catapult , an engine for hurling stones catēna, -ae , f. chain caupōna, -ae , f. inn causa, -ae , f. cause, reason , quā dē causā , for this reason cēdō, -ere, cessī, cessūrus , give way, retire celer, -eris, -ere , adj.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

charge anything for copies
If you do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the rules is very easy.
— from The Dawn of Day by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

church and from church
He being gone, I to church, and so home, and there comes W. Hewer and Balty, and by and by I sent for Mercer to come and dine with me, and pretty merry, and after dinner I fell to teach her “Canite Jehovae,” which she did a great part presently, and so she away, and I to church, and from church home with my Lady Pen; and, after being there an hour or so talking, I took her, and Mrs. Lowther, and old Mrs. Whistler, her mother-in-law, by water with great pleasure as far as Chelsy, and so back to Spring Garden, at Fox-hall, and there walked, and eat, and drank, and so to water again, and set down the old woman at home at Durham Yard:’ and it raining all the way, it troubled us; but, however, my cloak kept us all dry, and so home, and at the Tower wharf there we did send for a pair of old shoes for Mrs. Lowther, and there I did pull the others off and put them on, elle being peu shy, but do speak con mighty kindness to me that she would desire me pour su mari if it were to be done.....
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Courteous and friendly conduct
Courteous and friendly conduct may, probably will, sometimes meet with an unworthy and ungrateful return; but the absence of gratitude and similar courtesy on the part of the receiver cannot destroy the self-approbation which recompenses the giver.
— from The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in All His Relations Towards Society by Cecil B. Hartley

confused at first Could
And Enid looked, but all confused at first, Could scarce divide it from her foolish dream: Then suddenly she knew it and rejoiced, And answered, 'Yea, I know it; your good gift, So sadly lost on that unhappy night; Your own good gift!'
— from Idylls of the King by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

came afterwards furnished Conversation
A Dish of Wild-fowl that came afterwards furnished Conversation for the rest of the Dinner, which concluded with a late Invention of Will's for improving the Quail-Pipe.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

Citrus acida F C
Citrus acida , F. ( C. notissima , Blanco.) Nom.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. (Trinidad Hermenegildo) Pardo de Tavera

change a final change
A change, a final change includes potatoes.
— from Tender Buttons Objects—Food—Rooms by Gertrude Stein

country and from castle
It was, in fact, the epoch of troubadours, who might be called professional poets and actors, who went from country to country, and from castle to castle, relating stories of good King Artus of Brittany and of the Knights of the Round Table; repeating historical poems of the great Emperor Charlemagne and his followers.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

Cnydfawr a fructiferous Cnydiad
a half smile Cilwenu, v. to simper Cilwg, n. frown of contempt Cinio, n. a meal; a dinner Ciniawa, v. to eat a meal; to dine Cingroen, n. stinking mushroom Cip, n. a quick pull or snatch Cipdrem, n. a quick glance Cipen, n. a grapple, a grapnel Cipgais, n. a scrambling Cipgar, a. snatching; captious Cipio, v. to snatch; to whisk Cipiol, a. snatching; whisking Cipiwr, n. a snatcher Cipyll, n. a dry stump Ciprys, n. a scramble, a brawl Ciprysgar, a. brawling Ciprysu, v. to scramble Cist, n. a chest, a coffer Cistan, n. a small chest Cistbridd, n. potter’s clay Cistfaen, n. a stone chest Cistwely, n. a press-bed Ciw, a. clever, trim, neat Ciwdawd, n. a tribe, clan Ciwed, n. a rabble, a mob Cladd, n. a trench, a pit Cladde, n. a chimney piece Claddedig, a. intrenched, buried Claddedigaeth, n. burying Claddfa, n. a burying place Claddiad, a. burial Claddu, v. to dig a pit; to bury Claer, a. clear, bright, shining Claerder, n. clearness Claerwen, a. bright shining Claf, n. a sick person; a. sick, ill, diseased Clafaidd, a. sickly, indisposed Clafr, n. scurf, leprosy Clafdŷ, n. an infirmary Clafrdŷ, n. lazaretto Clafrlyd, a. leprous; mangy Clafru, v. to grow leprous Clafu, v. to sicken, to fall ill Clafus, a. sickly, indisposed Clai, n. clay; marl Clain, n. prostrate state Clais, n. a stripe; a mark; a bruise; a rivulet Clamp, n. a mass; a lump Clap, n. a lump; a knob Clapio, v. to make a lump, to grow lumpy Clapiog, a. lumpy Clasdir, n. glebe-land Clasg, n. a heap, a pile Casordŷ, n. a cloister-house Clau, a. incessant, even; temperate; sincere Clauar, a. temperate, mild; lukewarm; indifferent, not ardent Clauarder, n. temperateness; indifference; lukewarmness Clauaredd, n. temperature Clauarineb, n. temperateness Clauarwch, n. temperateness Clauaru, v. to make mild Clawdd, n. dike, ditch, pit; fence or hedge, wall Clawr, n. a surface, a cover Claws, n. a close; yard Cleb, n. driveller Clebar, n. clack, silly talk Clebarddus, a. babbling Clebren, n. a prating, gossip Clec, n. crack, smack Cleca, v. to clack, to gossip Clecai, n. a clacker Cleciad, n. a cracking Clecian, v. to crack, to smack Cledr, n. a flat body; a shingle Cledren, n. a shingle; a stave Cledriad, n. a railing, a pailing Cledrog, a. shingled Cledru, v. to pail, to rail Cledrwy, n. lattice-work Cledd, n. rest; the left; sword north Cleddeu, n. a blade; a sword Cleddiwig, n. a delf; a quarry Cleddof, n. a sword cutler Cleddog, a. bearing a sword Cleddyf, n. a blade; a sword Cleddyfwr, n. swordsman Cleddyfyddiaeth, n. swordsmanship Clefri, n. the leprosy Clefryd, n. erruptive disease Clefwch, n. disease, ailment Clefychlyd, a. sickly Clefychu, v. to fall sick Clefyd, n. fever, sickness Clefydog, a. liable to sickness Clegyr, n. cliff, rock Clegyrog, a. rugged, rocky Cleiad, n. casing; a peat Cleiawg, a. clayey Cleibwll, n. claypit Cleidir, n. clay land Cleien, n. rotten stone Cleigio, v. to dip, to immerce Cleilyd, a. clayey, clayish Cleiniad, n. a lying prostrate Cleinio, v. to lie prostrate Cleio, v. to become clay Cleisio, v. to bruise, to mark Cleisiog, a. streaked; bruised Clem, n. slive, slice Clemio, v. to slice, to slive Clep, n. clap, clack Clepai, n. babbling gossip Clepian, v. to babble, to clack Clepio, v. to clack, to prate Clêr, n. minstrels; gadflies Clera, v. to stroll as minstrels Cleren, n. a gad-fly; the rattles in the throat Clerwriaeth, n. minstrelsy Cleudaer, a. incessant Cleuder, n. sincerity Cleufryd, a. honest, sincere Cleufrydedd, n. equanimity Clewt, n. a clatter; a scolding Clewtian, n. to clatter Clicied, n. latch, catch Cliciedu, v. to fasten with latch Cliciedyn, n. a latch Clin, n. a spark, sparkle Clindarddach, n. crackling noise: v. to crackle Clip, n. precipice, crag Clô, n. lock, close; knob Clöad, n. a closing; a locking Clob, n. a knob; a boss Cloben, n. a large bouncer Clobyn, n. a large lump Clocian, v. to cluck as a hen Cloch, n. a bell, a bubble Clochaidd, a. sonorous, noisy Clochdardd, n. a clucking Clochdŷ, n. a steeple; a belfry Clochiad, n. a bubbling Clochydd, n. a bellman, a sexton, a parish clerk Clôd, n. praise; fame Clodadwy, a. commendable Clodfawr, a. celebrated; famous Clodforedd, n. celebrity Clodfori, v. to celebrate, to extol Clodforiad, n. a celebrating Clodforus, a. commendable Clodforwr, n. a praiser Clodiad, n. a praising Clodus, a. extolling, praising Clodwiw, a. commendable Clodymgais, v. to seek fame Cloddfa, n. a quarry Cloddiad, n. a trenching Cloddio, v. to trench, to embank, to dig, to quarry Cloddiog, a. trenched, embanked Cloddiwr, n. a ditcher, a quarry-man; a maker of fences Clöedig, a. closed; locked Clöedigaeth, n. a locking; a conclusion Clöen, n. a boss, a stud Cloer, n. a locker; a closet Cloeren, n. a small window Clofen, n. a knot, or point of ramnification in trees Clofenog, a. branchy, spriggy Clofenu, v. to branch, to sprig Cloff, n. a lame person: a. lame, limping, halting Cloffni, n. lameness Cloffi, v. to lame; to grow lame Cloffiad, n. a laming Cloffrwym, n. a fetter Cloffrwymol, a. fettered Cloffrwymo, v. to fetter Clog, n. a detached stone Clogan, n. a large stone Clogwrn, n. a crag; a rock Clogwyn, n. precipi Clogwynog, a. full of precipiccs Clogyrnog, a. craggy, rocky Cloi, v. to close, to lock Cloig, n. a hasp; a hitch; helm for thatching Cloigen, n. what is tied at the end; a hitch, a whisk of straw Cloigyn, n. a hasp; a hitch Cloigynu, v. to hasp; to hitch Clòl, n. a pate, a skull Clopa, n. a noddle; a knob; a thick head; a club Clopen, n. a noddle, a jolthead Cloren, n. a rump, a tail Cloriad, n. a closing with a lid Clorian, n. scales; balance Clorianu, v. to balance, to weigh Clorianwr, a. a weigher Clorio, v. to put on a cover Cloriog, a. having a lid or cover Cloryn, n. a small lid or cover Clos, n. a pair of breeches Clôs, a. compact, neat, tidy Closyn, n. a pair of breeches Clöyn, n. a boss, the eye-ball Clöynu, v. to emboss, to stud Clud, n. any sort of carriage Cludadwy, a. portable Cludai, n. a carriage Cludeiriad, n. a forming a heap Cludeirio, v. to heap, to pile Cluder, n. a heap, a pile Cludfa, n. a carrying place Cludiad, n. a bearing Cludo, v. to carry, to heap Cludydd, n. a porter, a bearer Cludd, n. an overwhelming Clug, n. a mass; the mumps Clugiar, n. a partridge Clugio, v. to squat; to perch Clun, n. a hip, a haunch Clunhecian, v. to limp Clunlaes, a. a hipshot, limping Clunwst, n. the sciatica Clust, n. an ear; a handle Clust-dlws, n. an ear-ring Clusten, n. an auricle Clustfeiniad, n. a pricking the ears; a listening Clustfeinio, v. to prick up the ears; to listen closely Clustfyddar, a. deaf-eared Clustgyfaddef, n. auricular confession Clustiog, a. having ears Clustiol, a. auricular Clustlipa, a. flap-eared Clustog, n. a cushion, a pillow Clustogan, n. a cushionet Clustogi, v. to cushion Clwc, m. a clucking: a. tender, soft to the touch Clwcian, v. to cluck Clwn, n. a knot, a tie Clwpa, n. a knob, a club Clws, a. compact, neat, trim Clwt, n. a piece; a patch Clwtyn, n. a small patch; a rag; a clout Clwyd, n. plaited work, a hurdle; a roost Clwyden, n. a hurdle; a flake Clwydedig, a. hurdled, wattled Clwydo, v. to wattle, to hurdle Clwyf, n. a disease; a wound Clwyfiad, n. to a sickening; a wounding Clwyfo, v. to sicken; to wound Clwyfol, a. sickening, wounding Clwyfus, a. sickly; wounded Clwys, n. a close, an inclosure Clwys-dŷ, n. a cloister house Clybod, n. the hearing Clyd, a. sheltering, comfortable Clydach, n. a sheltered glade Clydo, v. to render comfortable Clydrwydd, n. comfortableness; a sheltered state Clydwr, n. shelter; refuge Clymiad, n. a knotting, a tying Clymog, a. knotty; entangled Clymu, v. to knot, to tie Clyryn, n. a hornet, a gad fly Clysu, v. to make compact Clytiad, n. a patching Clytio, v. to patch, to piece Clytiog, a. patched; ragged Clytwaith, n. patch-work Clyw, n. the sense of hearing Clywed, v. to hear Clywedig, a. audible Clywedigaeth, n. the hearing Clywedog, a. sonorous Clywiadur, n. a hearer Cna, n. a knob, a door-button Cnaif, n. a crop, a shearing Cnap, n. a knob; a button Cnapen, n. a knob; a bowl Cnapio, v. to form knobs Cnapiog, a. knobbed, knappy Cnapiogrwydd, a. ruggedness Cnawd, n. human flesh Cnawdio, v. to incarnate Cnawdol, a. carnal, fleshly Cnawdoli, v. to incarnate Cnawdoliad, n. incarnation Cnawdoliaeth, n. incarnation Cnawdolrwydd, n. carnality Cnec, n. a crash, a snap, a jar Cnecian, v. to crash; to jar Cnecus, a. jarring; wrangling Cneifdŷ, n. a shearing house Cneifiad, n. a shearing Cneifiedig, a. shorn, fleeced Cneifio, v. to shear, to clip Cneifion, n. clippings, flocks Cneifiwr, n. a shearer Cnes, n. a deposit; prey Cneua, v. to get a nutting Cneuen, n. a nut Cneuo, v. to become a nut Cneullu, v. to become a kernel Cneullyn, n. a kernel Cnic, n. a slight rap, a snap Cnif, n. toil, pain, trouble Cniffiad, n. a skirmishing Cnith, n. a soft touch or tap Cnithio, v. to tap, to twitch Cno, n. a bite; a chewing Cnöad, n. a biting; a chewing Cnöawl, a. biting; a chewing Cnoc, n. a rap, a knock Cnocell, n. a raper; a pecker Cnocellu, v. to rap; to peck Cnocio, v. to knock, to beat Cnociwr, n. one that knocks Cnod, n. a crop; a bunch Cnofa, n. a gnawning, a griping Cnoi, v. to gnaw, to chew Cnöwr, n. a chewer; a biter Cnu, n. a bundle; a fleece Cnuch, n. a junction; a joint Cnud, n. a group; a pack Cnul, n. a passing bell, a knell Cnüog, a. fleecy Cnwb, n. a bunch, a knob Cnwc, n. a bump, a lump Cnwd, n. a crop; a covering Cnwff, n. a lump; a lunch Cnwpa, n. a knob; a club Cnwyf, n. a mash, a crush Cnydfawr, a. fructiferous Cnydiad, n. a producing, a crop Cnydio, v. to fruitify, to crop Cnydiol, a. fructiferous, fruitful Co, n. rotundity; concavity Còb, n. a tuft; a thump Côb, n. a cloak; a top coat Coban, n. a mantle; a coat Cobiad, n. a thumping Cobio, v. to tuft; to thump Cobyn, n. a tuft, a bunch Coblyn, a thumper; a pecker; a goblin Cocos, n. cockles; cogs of a wheel Cocraeth, n. fondling Coch, n. a red colour: a. red Cochder, n. redness Cochddu, a. of a reddish black Cochfelyn, a. copper-coloured Cochgangen, n. a chub fish Cochi, v. to redden; to blush Cochiad, n. grouse, red game Cochl, n. a mantle, a cloak Cochlas, a. of red blue; purple Cochrydd, a. crimson, ruddy Cochwydd, n. ruddy appearance Cochwyn, a. of a reddish white Côd, n. a bag, a pouch, a budget Codaid, n. a bag-full Coden, n. a bag, a pouch Codenog, a. having bags Codenu, v. to bag; to blister Codi, v. to rise; to swell up Codiad, n. a rising; a raising Codog, a. having bag; rich Codwm, n. a fall, a tumble Codymiad, n. a tumbling Codymu, v. to fall, to tumble Codymwr, a tumbler; a wrestler Coed, n. wood, trees, timber Coeda, v. to gather wood Coeden, n. a tree, a standing tree Coedog, a. having trees, woody Coedol, a. of the wood; wooden Coedwal, n. a wood covert Coedwig, n. wood; forest Coedwr, u. a woodman Coedwrych, n. a quickset Coeg, a. empty; vain; saucy Coegaidd, spiteful, saucy; vain Coegchwedl, n. an empty state Coegdyb, n. an idle whim Coegddall, a. half blind Coegddellni, n. purblindness Coegedd, n. silliness Coegen, n. saucy wench Coegenaidd, a. coquettish Coegfalch, a. conceitedly proud Coegfalchedd, n. conceitedness Coegfeddyg, n. a quack doctor Coegfeddiginiaeth, n. quackery, empyrism Coegfolach, n. vain boasting Coegfran, n. a jackdaw Coegfrwnt, a. obscene; vile Coegio, v. to make void; to trick Coegni, n. sauciness Coegsiarad, n. empty talk Coegsiared, v. to talk foolishly Coegwr, n. a vain person Coegymddangosiad, n. a false appearance
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

called away from Constantinople
When he was called away from Constantinople by the wars that demanded his personal attention, he left his mother as regent during his absence.
— from Women of Early Christianity by Mitchell Carroll

Canada and France Climate
Map references: North America Area: total area: 242 km2 land area: 242 km2 comparative area: slightly less than 1.5 times the size of Washington, DC note: includes eight small islands in the Saint Pierre and the Miquelon groups Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 120 km Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: focus of maritime boundary dispute between Canada and France Climate: cold and wet, with much mist and fog; spring and autumn are windy Terrain: mostly barren rock Natural resources: fish, deepwater ports Land use: arable land: 13% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 0% forest and woodland: 4% other: 83% Irrigated land: NA km2 Environment: vegetation scanty *Saint Pierre and Miquelon, People Population: 6,652 (July 1993 est.)
— from The 1993 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

cathartic and from containing
A powerful cathartic, and, from containing mercury, not adapted for frequent use.
— from Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume II by Richard Vine Tuson

custom at first confined
The custom, at first confined to princes, gradually extended to the higher aristocracy, and as the moral perceptions of a nation bends itself to unison with civil law, the inferior gentry began to contract marriages of this kind.
— from Woman, Church & State The Original Exposé of Male Collaboration Against the Female Sex by Matilda Joslyn Gage

city at fifteen cents
[Pg 34] Strawberries are sold in New York city at fifteen cents each.
— from Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 3, January 19, 1884. A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various

came a fleeting change
There came a fleeting change over her, but not in her face, he thought, because not a muscle moved, and the white stayed white.
— from The U. P. Trail by Zane Grey


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