Bowing, even calling and leaving cards, even a dinner-party—we can do all those things to the Wilcoxes, if they find it agreeable; but the other thing, the one important thing—never again.
— from Howards End by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster

2. ¿Cómo arreglaba la cuenta?
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler

I am so cold and wet through," called a little child outside.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

They have been the property of the Theater so long, and so many rising geniuses have enlarged or altered them, inserting a speech, or a whole scene, or adding a song, that no man can any longer claim copyright in this work of numbers.
— from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

— N. failure; nonsuccess[obs3], nonfulfillment; dead failure, successlessness[obs3]; abortion, miscarriage; brutum fulmen &c. 158[Lat]; labor in vain &c. (inutility) 645; no go; inefficacy[obs3]; inefficaciousness &c. adj.; vain attempt, ineffectual attempt, abortive attempt, abortive efforts; flash in the pan, "lame and impotent conclusion" [Othello]; frustration; slip 'twixt cup and lip &c. (disappointment) 509.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

Cader buwch, cow’s udder Cadernid, n. strength Cadfarch, n. a war horse Cadfiled, n. the march of battle Cadfiliad, n. a general Cadflaen, n. the van of an army Cadfridog, n. a general Cadganu, v. to forswear Cadgorn, n. a horn of battle Cadlan, n. a field of battle Cadlas, n. a close, a croft, a yard Cadlys, n. an intrenchment Cadnaw, Cadno, n. a fox Cadnoes, n. a she fox Cadraith, n. military discipline Cadrawd, n. rage of battle Cadres, n. a line of battle Cadseirch, n. war-harness Cadu, v. to battle, to conflict Cadw, n. a keeping; a flock, a herd; v. to keep, to preserve Cadwad, n. a keeping Cadwadog, n. a preservative Cadwadol, a. preservative Cadwadwy, a. preservable Cadwaith, n. action, battle Cadwedig, preserved, guarded, kept, saved Cadwedigaeth, n. preservation Cadwedigol, a. preservative Cadweidiaeth, n. preservation Cadweini, n. knight-service Cadwen, n. a bandage, a chain Cadwent, n. a field of battle Cadwfa, n. a reservoir Cadwr, n. a warrior Cadwraeth, n. preservation Cadwraidd, n. radiation of sinews Cadwy, n. a covering a rug Cadwyd, v. to keep, to preserve Cadwydd, n. a brake Cadwyn, n. a bond, a chain Cadwynad, n. a chaining Cadwynedigaeth, n. catentation Cadwyno, v. to chain Cadwynodi, v. to rhyme alternately Cadwynog, a. chained Cadwynol, a. chaining Cadwynor, n. a binder in chains Caddug, n. an obscurity; an eclipse Caddugo, to obscure, to darken Caddugol, a. gloomy, obscure Cae, n. an inclosure, a hedge, a field; a. inclosed, shut, close Caead, n. a cover, a lid; a. inclosed, shut, closed Caeadlen, n. a curtain Caeadrwydd, n. inclosed state Caeadu, v. to inclose, to close Cael, v. to get, to have Caenen, n. a covering; a layer Caenenu, v. to incrustate Caeniad, n. a coating over Caenu, v. to incrust Caeog, a. inclosed, wreathed Caeol, a. tending to close Caeor, n. a sheep fold Caer, n. a fort; a wall; a city Caerog, a. fortified, fenced Caeru, v. to wall, to fortify Caerwaith, n. fortification Caeth, n. a bondman, a slave Caeth, a. bound, straight Caethder, n. restriction Caethedig, a. restricted Caethes, n. a female slave Caethforwyn, n. a bondwoman Caethfyd, n. a state of slavery Caethglud, n. a captive Caethgludiad, n. a carrying captive Caethgludo, v. to carry captive Caethaid, n. a straitening Caethiant, n. confinement Caethiw, a. confined, servile Caethiwed, n. slavery, bondage Caethiwedig, a. confined Caethiwo, v. to confine, to enslave Caethiwol, a. confining Caethlwnc, difficult swallowing Caethnawd, n. a slavish state Caethrawd, n. bondage Caethu, v. to confine, to enslave Caethwas, n. a bondman Caf, n. a void, a hold, a cave Cafall, n. a cell, a chancel Cafn, n. a trough, a canoe Cafniad, n. a scooping Cafnu, v. to scoop, to hollow out Caffad, n. attainment Caffael, v. to get, to obtain Caffaeliad, n. a getting hold of Caffawd, n. acquirement Caffell, n. a grasper, a valve Caffiad, n. grasping; a throwing about the arms, to seize Cagl, n. sheep dung; mire Caglog, a. bedaggled, daggled Caglu, v. to bedaggle Cangen, n. a nymph; a branch Cangenog, a. having branches Cangeniad, n. a branching Cangenu, v. to branch out Canghell, n. a chancel Canghellog, a. having a chancel Canghellor, n. a chancellor Canghelloriaeth, n. chancellorship Canghellydd, n. a chancellor Caib, n. a mattock, a hoe Cainc, n. a branch, a bough Cail, n. a fold, a sheep-fold Caill, n. a testicle Cain, clear, bright, fair, beautiful Cair, n. berries Cais, n. an effort; a getting Cala, n. a stem, a stalk Calaf, n. a reed, a stalk Calafog, a. having a reed Calan, first day of every month Calch, n. lime, enamel Calchiaid, n. a coat of enamel Calchaidd, a. calcareous Calchdo, n. enamel covering Calchedig, a. covered with lime Calchiad, n. a liming Calchog, a. calcareous, limed Calchwr, n. a lime burner Caled, n. hardness, hardship; a. hard, hardy; severe Calededd, n. hardness, obduracy Caledi, n. hardness; hardship Calediad, n. a hardening Caledrwydd, n. hardness Caledu, v. to harden Caledwch, n. hardness Calen, n. a whetstone Calon, n. a heart; a centre Calondid, n. heartiness Calonog, hearty, valiant Calonogi, to hearten up, to encourage Calonogrwydd, n. heartiness Call, n. what starts out Call, a. wise, prudent Callaidd, a. somewhat cunning Callawr, n. a cauldron Callder, n. circumspection Called, n. stalks of pulse, thistles, and the like Calledd, n. discreetness Callestr, n. pyrites; flint Callestrol, a. flinty, of flint Callineb, n. circumspection Callod, n. fungi; agaric Callodryn, n. a knotted stalk Calloraid, n. a chaldron-ful Cam, n. circumvention; a step, stride, or pace; a. crooked; Camarfer, n. misusage Camder, n. crookedness Camdriniaeth, n. mismanagement Camdroi, v. to pervert Camdybiad, n. misconception Camddeall, v. to misunderstand Camddirnad, v. to misapprehend Camddodi, v. to misplace Camedd, n. a bending Cameg, n. felly of a wheel Camen, n. a whirl, a curve Camenw, n. misnomer Camaenwad, n. misnaming Camfa, n. stile or step Camfarnu, v. to misjudge Camfeddiant, n. usurpation Camfeddylio, v. to misconceive Camgred, n. heresy Camgyfrifiad, n. a misreckoning, a miscounting Camgymmeriad, n. a mistake Camgymmeryd, v. to mistake Camlas, n. a trench, a ditch Camlwrw, n. a fine for injury Camlywodraeth, n. misgovernment Camosod, v. to misplace Camosodiad, n. a misplacing Camp, n. a feat; a game Campfa, n. a place for games Campio, v. to strive at games Campus, a. excellent, masterly Campwri, n. masterpiece Camraw, n. a shovel Camre, n. a pace, a step Camreoli, v. to misgovern Camrifo, v. to miscount Camsyniad, n. misconception Camsynied, v. to misconceive Camwedd, n. iniquity, injustice Camweddog, a. iniquitious Camweddu, v. to transgress Camweddus, a. iniquitious Caraweithred, n. a misdeed Camwri, n. perversion, abuse Camymddwyn, v. to misconduct Camymddygiad, misconducting Camystum, n. distortion Camystyr, n. a wrong sense Camystyriaeth, n. misconstruction Camystyried, v. to misapprehend Cân, n. a descant, a song Càn, n. sight; brightness; whiteness, flour: a. white Canad, n. a bleaching Canaid, n. a luminary Canawd, n. a descanting Canbost, n. a prop, a baluster Candryll, a. all to pieces Canedig, a. blanched, whitened Canfed, a. hundredth Canfod, v. to behold, to perceive Canfodadwy, a. perceptible Canfodiad, n. a perceiving Canfys, n. the ring-finger Canhauol, n. pellitory Caniad, n. license, consent: n. a song, music Caniadaeth, n. science of song Caniatâd, n. permission Caniatâol, a. permissive Caniatâu, v. to permit, to consent Canlyn, v. to follow, to pursue Canlyniad, n. a following Canlyniadol, a. consequential Canlynol, a. following Canlynwr, n. a follower Canllaw, support; ballustrade Canllawiaeth, n. supportation Canmol, v. to commend Canmoladwy, a. commendable Canmoliad, n. commendation Canmoliaeth, n. commendation Canmoliaethol, commendatory Canmoliant, n. commendation Cannu, v. to contain Cannwynol, a. congenial Canol, n. a middle, a centre Canolaidd, a. middling; central Canolbarth, n. a middle point Canoldir, n. an inland region Canoli, v. to centre Canoliad, n. what is central Canolig, a. middling, ordinary Canolog, a. middlemost, central Canolydd, n. a middle man Canon, a song; a canon, a rule Canonwr, n. a canonist Canplyg, a. hundredfold Canryg, n. rye-flour Cant, n. an orb, rim, or verge of a circle; a hundred Cantel, n. a rim of a circle Cantell, n. a rim or verge Cantor, n. a singer Cantores, n. a songstress Cantref, n. a canton, a hundred Cantro, a. centuple Cantroed, a. centipede Cantwr, n. a singer Cantwraig, n. a songstress Cànu, v. to bleach, to whiten Canu, v. to sing; to play music Canwaith, a hundred times Canwelw, a. of a bluish white Cànwr, n. a bleacher Canwr, n. a singer Canwraidd, a. hundred-rooted Canwraig, n. a songstress Canwriad, n. a centurion Canwyl, n. a horse-mask Canwyll, n. a candle Canwyllbren, n. a candlestick Canwyllwr, a dealer in candles Canwyllydd, n. a chandler Canwyllyr, n. a chandelier Canwyr, n. a plane Canwyro, v. to plane; also to mark beasts by cutting the ear Canwyrydd, n. a planer Canyddiaeth, n. the art of singing Canys, conj.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

I waited, expecting he would say something I could at least comprehend; but his hand was now at his chin, his finger on his lip: he was thinking.
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë

Thou, thou, the Ideal Man, Fair, able, beautiful, content, and loving, Complete in body and dilate in spirit, Be thou my God.
— from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

cold as a stone, cold as marble, cold as lead, cold as iron, cold as a frog, cold as charity, cold as Christmas; cool as a cucumber, cool as custard.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

If he was dressed in the very cheapest and least costly fashion, to the islanders he seemed attired in very splendour, and his jacket of dark crimson cloth and a little feather that he wore in his cap sufficed to win for him the name of the Prince, which he never lost afterward.
— from Luttrell Of Arran by Charles James Lever

It made Tom uncomfortable; but he resolved to make the best of it, and, if he could not force Mr. Catherwood to like him, he could at least compel his respect.
— from Brave Tom; Or, The Battle That Won by Edward Sylvester Ellis

I can at least cheerfully join in the prayer of the honest Presbyterian clergyman, that, as he has come among us seeking an earthly crown, his labours may be speedily rewarded with a heavenly one.
— from Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since — Volume 2 by Walter Scott

Exactly fronting me as I entered was another block of buildings, comprising a little chapel, a reception-room, and the quarters of the "Governess."
— from The Retrospect by Ada Cambridge

Bound hand and foot, he was then tossed with little ceremony and less compunction into a corner of the room, and there left to bemoan his hard fate.
— from Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by John Roby

A receiving instrument which moves in accordance with impulses of currents received, and in so moving opens and closes a local circuit, which circuit may include as powerful a battery as required or desirable, while the relay may be on the other hand so delicate as to work with a very weak current.
— from The Standard Electrical Dictionary A Popular Dictionary of Words and Terms Used in the Practice of Electrical Engineering by T. O'Conor (Thomas O'Conor) Sloane

While the popular belief has not attained this conviction by the same conscious and logically conducted process of reasoning, it has been unconsciously led through the same process, by what is open to the observation of human faculties, even in the less civilized portions of the human race.
— from Creation or Evolution? A Philosophical Inquiry by George Ticknor Curtis

They soon commenced a long conversation, and being somewhat anxious to learn the subject of it, I lay listening very attentively.
— from Journal of Voyages Containing an Account of the Author's being Twice Captured by the English and Once by Gibbs the Pirate... by Jacob Dunham

YERKES, ROBERT M. Chimpanzees; a laboratory colony.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1971 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office