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Chitering , sb. twittering, MD; chyteryng , S2. Chivache , sb. riding, expedition, CM, MD, C 3; c hivachie , C ; c hevache , C M.—AF. — from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew
H2 anchor C hapter 3.C . C rack, c rack—crack, c rack—crack, crack—so this is Paris! — from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne
FIRST DECLENSION SECOND DECLENSION rîpa barbarî captîvus castellum impedîmentum THIRD DECLENSION animal arbor avis c aedês c alamitâs c alcar c aput c îvis cliêns collis cônsul dêns dux eques fînis flûmen fôns frâter homô hostîs ignis imperâtor însigne iter iûdex labor lapis legiô mare mâter mênsis mîles môns nâvis opus ôrâtor ôrdô pater pedes pês pôns prînceps rêx salûs sanguis soror tempus terror turris urbs victor virtûs vîs Adjectives of the First and Second Declensions barbarus dexter sinister summus Prepositions Adverbs Conjunctions in with the abl. — from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge
ANT: Unite, c ollocate, c lassify, c onvene, c ongregate, c onglomerate, conglutinate, commingle, join, consociate, co-ordinate. — from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows
V. rap, snap, tap, knock, ping; c lick; c lash; c rack, c rackle; c rash; pop; slam, bang, blast, boom, clap, clang, clack, whack, wham; brustle[obs3]; burst on the ear; crepitate, rump. — from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
Cf. validus LESSON LVIII, § 332 commeātus, -ūs , m.. provisions lātitūdō, -inis , f., width (latitude) longitūdō, -inis , f., length (longitude) magnitūdō, -inis , f., size, magnitude mercātor, mercātōris , m., trader, merchant mūnītiō, -ōnis , f., fortification (munition) spatium, spatī , n., room, space, distance; time cognōscō, cognōscere, cognōvī, cognitus , learn ; in the perfect tenses, know (re-cognize) c ōgō, c ōgere, c oēgī, c oāctus , c ollect; compel (cogent) dēfendō, dēfendere, dēfendī, dēfēnsus , defend 298 incendō, incendere, incendī, incēnsus , set fire to, burn (incendiary). — from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge
The four c ompeting c andidates, C rawford, C lay, C alhoun, and Adams, could hardly be paralleled, Clinton being judge, by an equal number of the twelve Cæsars of Suetonius. — from A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3 by De Alva Stanwood Alexander
soft clay or mud c auld, c old, c auld-hertit, c old-hearted, 'c ause, because, cawpable, capable, ceevil, civil, 'cep', except; but, chairge, charge, chappin', knocking; hammering; striking, cheenge, change, cheengeable, changeable, cheengt, changed, cheep, chirp; creak; hint; word, cheir, chair, cheirs, chairs, ch'ice, choice, chiel', child; young person; fellow, term of fondness or intimacy chimley-piece, chimney piece; mantle, chuise, choose, claes, clothes; dress, clan, group; class; coterie, clankin', clanking, clapper-clash, gossip, clash, blow; slap; mess, also gossip; tittle-tattle; tale-bearing clean, altogether; entirely, also comely; shapely; empty; clean clearin', clearing, clim', climb, cloods, clouds, cloot, clout; box (ear); beat; slap, also patch; mend close parin', give a short measure, cobblet, cobbled, cobblin', cobbling; shoemaking, comena, do not come, comfortin', comforting, comin', coming, comman', command, comman'ments, commandments, committit, committed, comparet, compared, compleen, complain, compleenin', complaining, comprehen', comprehend, conceivin', conceiving, concernin', concerning, concernt, concerned, condescen', condescend, conduc', conduct, conneckit, connected, considert, considered, conteened, contained, contert, contradicted; thwarted, contrairy, contrary, contrive, design, convic', convict, cooardly, cowardly, cooncil, council, coonsel, counsel, coont, count, coontenance, countenance, coontin', counting, coontit, counted, coonts, counts, coopered, tinkered up, coorse, coarse, also course coortin', courting, corbie, crow; raven, corbie-steps, corbel steps, projections on a gable resembling a step correc', correct, couldna, could not, crack, news; story; chat; gossip, cracks, news; stories; chats; gossip, craps, crops; produce of the field, cratur, creature, cratur', creature, craturs, creatures, crawin', crowing, creakin', creaking, creepit, crept; crawled, cried, called; summoned, croont, crowned, cry, call; summon, cryin', calling; summoning, cuist, cast, cunnin', cunning, cuttit, cut; harvested, dacent, decent, danglin', dangling, dauchter, daughter, daur, dare; challenge, daured, dared; challenged, daurna, dare not; do not dare, daursay, dare say, dawin', dawning, Dawvid, David, declaret, declared, declarin', declaring, 'deed, indeed, dee'd, died, dee'dna, did not die, deein', doing, also dying dees, dies, deevil, devil, deevils, devils, defen', defend, deid, dead, deif, deaf, deifer, deafer, deil, devil, deith, death, deiths, deaths, denner, dinner, denyin', denying, depen', depend, describit, described, dewotit, devoted, didna, did not, diffeeclety, difficulty, differ, difference; dissent, also differ difficlety, difficulty, dignities, dignitaries, dignity, dignitary, din, sound; din; report; fame, dinna, do not, direc', direct, direckit, directed, direckly, directly; immediately, direc'ly, directly; immediately, dis, does, disapp'intit, disappointed, discipleen, discipline, discontentit, discontented, discoontenance, discountenance; refuse to approve of, discoorse, discourse, disgeist, digest, disgracin', disgracing, disna, does not, disrespec', disrespect, dist, dust, disturbit, disturbed, div, do, dochter, daughter, doesna, does not, dogsure, quite certain, doin', doing, doo, dove, darling—term of endearment dooble, double; duplicate, also double dealing; devious doobt, suspect; know; doubt, have an unpleasant conviction doobtfu', doubtful, doobtin', suspecting; knowing, also doubting doobtless, doubtless, doobtna, do not suspect; do not know, also does not doubt doobts, suspects; knows, also doubts doon, down, door-sill, threshold, doos, doves, dottlet, crazy; in dotage, douce, gentle; sensible; sober; prudent, dour, hard; stern; stiff; sullen, dowy, sad; lonely; depressing; dismal, also ailing doze, dose, drap, drop; small quantity of, drappin', dropping, drappit, dropped, dreid, dread, dreidfu', dreadful; dreadfully, dreidit, dreaded, drogues, drugs, drunken, drunken, du, do, duer, doer, duin', doing, dull, deaf; hard of hearing, dune, done, du't, do it, dwall, dwell, dyke, wall of stone or turf, earth-dyke, wall of earth, Ebberdeen, Aberdeen, edder, adder, e'e, eye, eemage, image, een, eyes, e'en, even; just; simply, also eyes; evening efter, after; afterwards, efterwards, afterwards, elbuck, elbow, en', end, encoonter, encounter, endeevour, endeavour, eneuch, enough, enew, enough, Englan', England, enstance, instance, enterest, interest, er', ere; before, etin, giant, also ogre exackly, exactly, excep', except, expeckit, expected, experrience, experience, explainin', explaining, fa', fall; befall, fac', fact, fac's, facts; truths; realities, factor, manager of property, lets farms; collects rents; pays wages faddomless, fathomless, failt, failed, faimilies, families, faimily, family, faimily-name, family name; surname, fain, eager; anxious; fond, also fondly; gladly fa'in', falling, fairmer, farmer, Faith!, Indeed!; Truly!, exclamation faither, father, faithers, fathers, faithfu', faithful, fallow, fellow; chap, fancyin', fancying, fa's, falls, faund, found, fause, false, fau't, fault; blame, fauvour, favour, fauvoured, favoured, fawvour, favour, fearfu', fearful; easily frightened, fears, makes afraid; frightens; scares, fearsome, terrifying; fearful; awful, feart, afraid; frightened; scared, feathert, feathered, feelin', feeling, fell, very; potent; keen; harsh; sharp, intensifies; also turf feow, few, fess, fetch, fillsna, does not fill, — from Donal Grant by George MacDonald
Cyuca Cuba Cayagua Cuga Kauguge Cayga Keugue Cayega Esquga C ayhuga C eaugy C iyuga C ayaga C ayuhoga Cayua Cauaga Gaugoke Ciuga Cajaga Caiuga Cyega Kukey Cuygey Caucy Cugga Caugy Cayago Chaugy Caugh Cayugia Caughe Cauguay Kiucky Cayoha Canuga Kikuwa Cayuago Caugey Cauyga Cayueg Kajuke Cajuka Payuga Caugia Cayuag Cajauga Kajuka Cauguga Kaucky Cayaga Cogugar Cayuage Caugua Couga Cuyahja Cahucia Cayuga Kayuga Keyuka Cayuge Cyuga Cayug Caoga Ceuaga Canugua Caygua Cayauga Cuagua Caouga Gayuga Caguga Kiuga Caugga Kayga Caiuka Cayuka Kugogue Cycuga Cayeugo Couga Caugay Cayyuga Cayugay Kauga Ceuga Cayouga Caluga Cyug Cayhaigue Keugey Keugeageh Cuyuga Cyugiah Kyuga Cayuah Cauga Cyuga Chaquga Cayugu Caugy Cayugua Cayega Cayugo Ceauga Cayugga Cuyugo Cayuig Cahuga [Pg 191] — from A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River by Barlow Cumberland
What are the principal parts of the following verbs: Abide, awake, belay, bend, bereave, beseech, bet, betide, blend, bless, blow, build, burn, burst, c atch, c lothe, c reep, c row, c urse, dare, deal, dig, dive, dream, dress, dwell, freeze, geld, gild, gird, grave, grind, hang, heave, hew, kneel, knit, lade, lay, lean, leap, learn, light, mean, mow, mulet, pass, pay, pen, plead, prove, quit, rap, reave, rive, roast, saw, seethe, shake, shape, shave, shear, shine, show, sleep, slide, slit, smell, sow, speed, spell, spill, split, spoil, stave, stay, string, strive, strow, sweat, sweep, swell, thrive, throw, wake, wax, weave, wed, weep, wet, whet, wind, wont, work, wring? — from The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown
And this is repeated indefinitely, like the bells of the village pealing on a holiday: "c luck, c lick, c lock; c luck, c lick, clock!" — from The Wonders of Instinct: Chapters in the Psychology of Insects by Jean-Henri Fabre
c ircuitous, c ircumlocution, c itation, c landestine, c larify, clemency, coadjutor, coagulate, coalesce, coercion, cogency, cognizant, cohesion, coincidence, collusion, colossal, comatose, combustible, commendatory, commensurate, commiserate, communal, compatibility, compendium, complaisant, comport, composite, compulsive, compulsory, computation, concatenate, concentric, concessive, concomitant, condign, condiment, condolence, confiscatory, confute, congeal, congenital, conglomerate, congruity, connivance, connoisseur, connubial, consensus, consistence, consort, constriction, construe, contentious, context, contiguity, contiguous, contingent, contortion, contravene, contumacious, contumacy, contumelious, convergent, conversant, convivial, correlate, corrigible, corroborate, corrosive, cosmic, covenant, crass, credence, crescent, criterion, critique, crucial, crucible, cryptic, crystalline, culmination, culpable, cumulative, cupidity, cursive, cursory, cutaneous, cynosure. — from The Century Vocabulary Builder by Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) Bachelor
3. When ly follows l , we have two Ells of course, but in fact no doubling: as, real, really; oral, orally; c ruel, c ruelly; c ivil, c ivilly; c ool, coolly; wool, woolly . — from The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown
C hicker, c hicker, c hacker, c hacker, c hacker, chack!” sputtered the monkey, dancing up and down in the tree. — from Mother Carey's Chicken: Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle by George Manville Fenn
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