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cæb cæf cǣc cēac cæderbēam cederbēam
[ box ] C cæb- = cæf- cǣc- = cēac- cæderbēam = cederbēam cæf
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

caedês calamitâs calcar caput cîvis cliêns
FIRST DECLENSION SECOND DECLENSION rîpa barbarî captîvus castellum impedîmentum THIRD DECLENSION animal arbor avis caedês calamitâs calcar caput cîvis 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

called Cura Curia Curopolis Curene Cureschata
Many places were sacred to this Deity, and called Cura, Curia, Curopolis, Curene, Cureschata, Curesta, Curestica regio.
— from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Jacob Bryant

cirm cerr cierr cers cærs cert
[ L. cerefolium] cerge = carig cerlic = cirlic cerm = cirm cerr == cierr cers- = cærs- cert- = ceart-, cyrt- certare charioteer , ÆL 18 295 .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

calamitās calcar caput cīvis cliēns collis
DECLENSION rīpa barbarī captīvus castellum impedīmentum THIRD DECLENSION animal arbor avis caedēs 274 calamitās calcar caput cīvis cliēns collis cōnsul dēns dux eques fīnis flūmen fōns frāter homō hostīs ignis imperātor īnsigne iter iūdex labor lapis legiō mare māter mēnsis mīles mōns nāvis opus ōrātor ōrdō pater pedes pēs pōns prīnceps rēx salūs sanguis soror tempus terror turris urbs victor virtūs vīs 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

C Customerless C Confounded C Clouted
Anxious C. Customerless C. Confounded C. Clouted C. Minced C. Loutish C. Tired C. Exulcerated C. Borne down C. Proud C. Patched C. Sparred C. Fractured C. Stupified C. Abashed C. Melancholy C. Annihilated C. Unseasonable C. Coxcombly C. Spent C. Oppressed C. Base C. Foiled C. Grated C. Bleaked C. Anguished C.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

Camisene Chamath Chamane Choma Chom Cuma
[12] Camisene, Chamath, Chamane, Choma, Chom, Cuma, Camæ, Camelis, Cambalidus, Comopolis, Comara, &c. All these are either names of places, where the Amonians settled; or are terms, which have a reference to their religion and worship.
— from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Jacob Bryant

chip chip chip che char che
I hear a song sparrow singing from the bushes on the shore,— olit , olit , olit, — chip , chip , chip , che char ,— che wiss , wiss , wiss .
— from Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

cast catch caught caught chide chid
, be) was been arise arose arisen awake awoke, awaked awaked bear bore borne, born 53 beat beat beaten beget begot begotten begin began begun behold beheld beheld bend bent bent bereave bereft , bereaved bereft , bereaved 54 beseech besought besought bet bet bet bid (command) bade bidden bid (money) bid bid bind bound bound bite bit bitten bleed bled bled bless (see p. 298 ) blow blew blown break broke broken breed bred bred bring brought brought build built built burn (see p. 298 ) burst burst burst buy bought bought cast cast cast catch caught caught chide chid chidden choose chose chosen *cleave (split) 55 cleft , clove cleft , cleaved (cloven, adj. )
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by George Lyman Kittredge

Champlain channel character chieftain chuckles cinnamon
boundary brier brilliant brogue bronze bureau burglary burial cancer candor canvass cannon captive camphor carcass carrier cashier castor catechism caterpillar cavalry cayenne chaplain Champlain channel character chieftain chuckles cinnamon claimant clamor cleanly
— from The Alberta Public School Speller Authorized by the Minister of Education for Alberta by Anonymous

coagulate commemorate commiserate communicate compassionate confederate
ATE. Bate, date, fate, gate, grate, hate, mate, pate,§ plate, prate, rate, sate, state, scate,† slate, abate, belate, collate, create, debate, elate, dilate, estate, ingrate, innate, rebate,¶ relate, sedate, translate, abdicate, abominate, abrogate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, accurate, adequate, affectionate, advocate, adulterate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, animate, annihilate, antedate, anticipate, antiquate, arbitrate, arrogate, articulate, assassinate, calculate, capitulate, captivate, celebrate, circulate, coagulate, commemorate, commiserate, communicate, compassionate, confederate, congratulate, congregate, consecrate, contaminate, corroborate, cultivate, candidate, co-operate, celibate, considerate, consulate, capacitate, debilitate, dedicate, degenerate, delegate, deliberate, denominate, depopulate, dislocate, deprecate, discriminate, derogate, dissipate, delicate, disconsolate, desolate, desperate, educate, effeminate, elevate, emulate, estimate, elaborate, equivocate, eradicate, evaporate, exaggerate, exasperate, expostulate, exterminate, extricate, facilitate, fortunate, generate, gratulate, hesitate, illiterate, illuminate, irritate, imitate, immoderate, impetrate, importunate, imprecate, inanimate, innovate, instigate, intemperate, intimate, intimidate, intoxicate, intricate, invalidate, inveterate, 83 inviolate, legitimate, magistrate, meditate, mitigate, moderate, necessitate, nominate, obstinate, participate, passionate, penetrate, perpetrate, personate, potentate, precipitate, predestinate, predominate, premeditate, prevaricate, procrastinate, profligate, prognosticate, propagate, recriminate, regenerate, regulate, reiterate, reprobate, reverberate, ruminate, separate, sophisticate, stipulate, subjugate, subordinate, suffocate, terminate, titivate,§ tolerate, vindicate, violate, unfortunate, bait, strait, waite, await, great, tête-à-tête, eight,|| weight, straight.
— from Practical Guide to English Versification With a Compendious Dictionary of Rhymes, an Examination of Classical Measures, and Comments Upon Burlesque and Comic Verse, Vers de Société, and Song-writing by Tom Hood

Christian clerks Christians Chunargarh Chunam Chupra
See Mrs. Law Cause of Siraj-ud-daula's attack on the English Chambon, M Chandernagore booty taken at cemetery at council at deserters from garrison of possibility of its capture by English land forces alone terms of capitulation of Chatrapur Chauth Chevalier, M. Chinese Chinsurah Chittagong Choquova Christian clerks Christians Chunargarh Chunam Chupra or Chapra.
— from Three Frenchmen in Bengal The Commercial Ruin of the French Settlements in 1757 by Samuel Charles Hill

chŭck churroùk churroùk Chukàr chukàr chōŭk
Here is an attempt to syllable it:— "Chŭck, chŭck ... churroùk, churroùk, Chukàr, chukàr, chōŭk!"
— from Wild Spain (España agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Abel Chapman

C C Calumniae causa Causa cognita
C.C. Calumniae causa, Causa cognita, Conjugi carissimae, Consilium cepit, Curiae consulto.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

called cadlock cadlick chadlock chedlock carlock
Also called cadlock, cadlick, chadlock, chedlock, carlock, charlock, callock, etc. Kelles, s. pl. cases of maggots,
— from The Book of Husbandry by Anthony Fitzherbert

certiorari challenge champerty chancellor chancery Chancery
Book of Common Prayer; bordars; borough; Boston; bot; Boyle, Robert; Bracton, Henry de; brass; brawling; breach; breach of the peace; bread; Brewster; bribery; brick; bridge; bridgebot; Bristol; brokers; Bullock, case of; burgbot; burgess; burglary; burh; burial; burning; butcher; butler; Calais; Calvin; Cambridge University; canals; cannon; capitalism; carbon dioxide; carpenter; carriages; carucage; carver; castle; castle-guard; cathedral; Catholics; cattle; cavaliers; Cecil, William; censorship; ceorl; certiorari; challenge; champerty; chancellor; chancery; Chancery Court; charter; chattel; Chaucer, Geoffrey; chemistry; chevage; Chief Justice; Chief Justiciars; child; child abuse; children; childwyte; Christian; chivalry; Christmas; church; Church of England; church sanctuary; Cicero; circuit; citizen; city; civil; civil courts; civil war; claim; clans; class; clergy; clerics; cloth-maker; coaches; coal; coffee houses; coin; Coke, Edward; College of Physicians and Surgeons; colonies; 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King William and Mary; King William I, The Conqueror; king's peace; knight; knight's fee; knights' guild; knitting; laborer; ladies; land; landlord; land-owner; larceny; lastage; Latin; law merchant; lawsuit; lawyer; Laxton; lay; leap year; lease; leather; leet court; legacy; legerwite; legislation; legitimacy; Leibniz, Christian; Leicester; letters; libel; Liberi Quadripartitus; library; license; life; life-estate; lighthouse; limb; linen; Lion of Justice; literacy; literature; Littleton, Thomas; livery; Lloyds; Locke, John; London; Long Parliament; longitude; lord; Lords, House of; loriner; lottery; loyalty; machine; magistrates; Magna Carta; magnate; maiden; mail; magic; malicious prosecution; maintenance; Manchester; manor; manor courts; manufacturing; manumission; Marco Polo; market; marriage; marriage agreement; marriage portion; marshall; marquise; Massachusetts; Master of Arts; masters; Matilda; Mayflower; mayor; Maypole; mead; measures; meat; medicine; melee; member; merchandise; 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roads; robbery; Robin Hood; Roemer, Olaus; Roman law; Root and Branch Petition; roundheads; royal court; Royal Navy; Royal Society; royalists; Rump Parliament; Russia; sacrament; sacrifice; sailor; sake and soke; sale; salt; saltworks; sanctuary; Sandwich; Saxon; scaetts; scavage; scholar; school; science; scolds; scot; scrofula; scutage; seal; seamen; searchers; search warrant; sedition, seditious; seisin; self- defense; self-help; Separatists; serf; serjeanty; servant; service; servitude; settlement; sewer; Shakespeare, William; shaving; sheep; Shelley's case; sheriff; sheriff's turn; shillings; ships; shipwreck; shire; shire courts; shire-gemot; shoemaker; Short Parliament; shrine; sickness; silver; Slade's case; slander; slave; slingshot; smallpox; smith; Smithfield; socage; sokemen; soldiers; solicitor; son; Spanish Armada; speedy pursuit; spinning; spinning jenny; spinning wheel; spinsters; spouse; St. Augustine; St. Germain; St. Lazarus; St. Paul's Church; statute of laborers; squire; staple; Star Chamber Court; strangers; steam; steel; stengesdint; Stevinus; steward; stock-and-land lease; stocking-frame knitters; stocks; stolen goods; stone; Stonehenge; straw; streets; stretbreche; subtenants; successor; sue; suit; summary; summon; Sunday; Supporters of the Bill of Rights Society; surety; surgery; surname; swearing; swords; tale; tallage; tanner; tavern; tax; tea; team; Ten Commandments; tenancies; tenancy, tenant; tenants in common; tenement; tenure; term; testament; Thames, River; theft; thegn; Theodore; theology; theow; thermometer; Thirty Years' War; tile; tiler; tin; title; tolls; tories; Torricelli, Evangelista; tort; torture; tournament; Tower Hill; Tower of London; town; town-reeve; trades, tradesmen; transportation; treason, high and petit; treasure trove; treasury; trespass; trespass on the case; trial by combat (battle); trover; turnpike; twelve; tyne; umbrella, Unitarians; university; usury; use-trust; vagrants, vagrancy; vassal; verderer; verdict; vessels; vikings; vill; villages; villeinage; villeins; vintner; Virginia; wall; Wallis, John; War of the Roses; ward, wardship; wardmoot; wardrobe; warrantor, warranty; waste; water; watermen; watermill; waterwheel; Watt, James; wealthy; weapon; weaving, weavers; webs; wed; wedding; weights; weir; well; wer, wergeld;
— from Our Legal Heritage: King AEthelbert - King George III, 600 A.D. - 1776 by S. A. Reilly

Cold Chisel Cold chisel Cold chisels
Cold Chisel Cold chisel: Cold chisels are usually made out of 5 ⁄ 8 -in.
— from The Library of Work and Play: Working in Metals by Charles Conrad Sleffel

cedar cellar cigar crocus cleanse custom
2 cedar cellar cigar crocus cleanse custom mayor mirror parlor sponge shovel gloves circus govern common Add —ed, —ing to shop, grin, stir, skip, chat, strap, sun, grip, mop; as, shopped, shopping.
— from The Alberta Public School Speller Authorized by the Minister of Education for Alberta by Anonymous

Cáctus Caléndula Callítriche Cánna Cánnabis Cápri
Bárometz Béllis Byssus Cáctus Caléndula Callítriche Cánna Cánnabis Cápri-fícus Carlína Caryophýllus Cáffia Céreus Chondrílla
— from The Botanic Garden. Part II. Containing the Loves of the Plants. a Poem. With Philosophical Notes. by Erasmus Darwin


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