Is it for this that General Count O'Reilly, Who took Algiers, declares I used him vilely? 'Did not the Italian Musico Cazzani Sing at my heart six months at least in vain? Did not his countryman, Count Corniani, Call me the only virtuous wife in Spain? — from Don Juan by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron
caucus conclave clique conventicle meeting
[formal gathering of members of a council: script] assembly, caucus, conclave, clique, conventicle; meeting, sitting, seance, conference, convention, exhibition, session, palaver, pourparler, durbar[obs3], house; quorum; council fire [N.Am.], powwow — from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
Some substantives have different meanings in the two numbers: as, aedis , temple , aedēs , house ; auxilium , aid , auxilia , auxiliaries ; carcer , jail , carcerēs , race-barriers ; Castrum , Castle , castra , camp ; comitium , meeting-place , comitia , election ; cōpia , abundance , cōpiae , troops ; facultās , ability , facultātēs , wealth ; fīnis , end , fīnēs , boundaries ; grātia , favour , grātiae , thanks ; impedīmentum , hindrance , impedīmenta , baggage ; littera , letter (of the alphabet) , litterae , epistle ; rōstrum , beak , rōstra , speakers stand . — from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane
I must say that all the cavaliers who knew me, the court councillors, chamberlains, court musicians, and other good people, were vexed and disappointed at my leaving. — from Life of Mozart, Vol. 1 (of 3) by Otto Jahn
cohesión cohesion contiguity cohete m
for parroquiana clima , m. , climate coaligado , -a , joined, allied cobertizo , cover, shelter cobijar , to protect, shelter cobro , collection cocina , kitchen cocinar , to cook cocinera , cook cocotero , coconut tree codicia , cupidity codiciar , to covet, envy codicioso , -a , covetous codo , elbow coexistir , to coexist cohesión , cohesion, contiguity cohete , m. , firecracker, rocket cohibido , -a , restrained coincidencia , coincidence coincidente , coincident cola , tail colaboración , collaboration colaborador , collaborator colar , to filter, pass through colcha , coverlet colchón , m. , mattress colchoneta , quilt colectivo , -a , collective colega , m. , colleague coleto , jacket; —— de ante , buff doublet colgar , to hang colina , hill colindar , to be contiguous, border on colmena , hive colmillo , eye-tooth, tusk colocación , position colocar , to place Colón , Columbus colonia , colony coloniaje , m. , period during which Spanish-American colonies were under Spanish rule; colonial system colonial , colonial colonización , colonization colono , settler, farmer color , m. , color colosal , colossal columbrar , to discern, perceive columna , column columpio , swing comandante , commander; in Argentine army, lieutenant-colonel; —— general de armas , commander-in-chief comarca , district combate , m. , struggle, combat combatiente , combatant combatir , to fight combinación , combination, chance, preparation, plan combinar , to combine comenzar , to begin comer , to eat comercial , commercial comercio , commerce cometa , m. , comet cometer , to commit comisaría , commissariat, police court; —— de guerra , office of paymaster general como , as; like cómo , how; ¿—— le va? — from Argentina, Legend and History by Lucio Vicente López
Cronje Coenraad Cyffer Charles Marais
This memorial was dated the 5th of January 1706, and was signed by Jan Rotterdam, Henning Huising, Abraham Diemer, Nicolaas Diepenauw, Jan van Meerland, Jacob de Savoye, Willem Mensink, Stephanus Vermey, Guillaume du Toit, Pieter van der Byl, Adam Tas, Jacob van Brakel, Jacob Plunes, Hercules du Pré, Jacobus van der Heiden, Wessel Pretorius, Jan Elberts, Hans Jacob Conterman, Nicolaas Elberts, Jean le Roux, Ary van Wyk, Pieter de Mont, Pierre Meyer, Reinier van de Zande, Jacobus Louw, Daniel Sevenhofen, Ferdinandus Appel, Matthys Greef, Willem van Zyl, Daniel Hugo, Jacques Theron, Etienne Niel, Jean du Buis, Jacques Malan, Douwe Frederiks, Christiaan Wynoch, François du Toit, Claude Marais, Arend Gildenhuis, Cornelis van Niekerk, Nicolaas van der Westhuizen, Pierre de Villiers, Paul Couvret, Abraham Vivier, Abraham Bleusel, Jacques Pienard, Pierre Vivier, Esaias Costeux, Pierre Mouy, Etienne Bruere, David Senekal, J. le Roux, Jacob Vivier, Pierre Rousseau, Salomon de Gourney, Pierre Cronje, Coenraad Cyffer, Charles Marais, Louis le Riche, Nicolaas Meyboom, Jacob Cloete, and Jan Hendrik Styger. — from Willem Adriaan Van Der Stel, and Other Historical Sketches by George McCall Theal
Colonial cattle Condiments Confectioner master
Acton, Eliza Addington, Surrey Aigredouce Albans, St., Abbey of Ale —Cock —Elder —Kentish Alfred and the cakes Al-fresco meals Alfric, Colloquy of Amber puddings Angelica Anglo-Danish barbarism Anglo-Celtic influence Anglo-Saxon names of meats Animal food Anthropophagy Apicius, C. Apuleius Arms and crests on dishes Arnold's Chronicle Arthur Ashen-keys, pickled Asparagus Assize of ale Australian meat Babies' Book Bacon, Lord Keeper Bag pudding Baker —Parisian Bakestone Banbury cake Bannock Banquet, order of a fourteenth century Barba, M. Bardolf, a dish Bardolph Bartholomew de Cheney —St., Hospital of, at Sandwich Battalia pie Beef, powdered —Martlemas Beer —composition of the ancient Bees, wild Bellows Birch wine Bit and bite Blackcaps Bolton, Charles, Duke of Book of St. Albans Books of demeanour Branderi Brass cooking vessels Brawn Bread Britons, diet of the —Northern and Southern Brittany Broach or spit turner Broom-buds, pickled Broth Bun Butler, ancient duties of the Butter Caerleon Caesar, evidence of Cakes Calais Calves, newly-born —removal of, from the mother, while in milk Cannibalism Carps' tongues Carving, terms of Castelvetri Caudles and possets Caviary Charlet Chaucer, G. Chaworth's (Lady) pudding Cheesecakes, Mrs. Leed's, etc., Cheeses Chimney, kitchen China broth China earth Christmas Clare Market Cleikirai Club Clermont, B. Coals Cobham, Lord Cockle Colet, Dean College wine Colonial cattle Condiments Confectioner —master Confectionery Conserves Cook —master Cookery-books, lists of —with the names of old owners Cook's-shops Cooking utensils, great value of —lists of Cooper, Joseph Copley, Esther Copper, art of tinning Cornish pasty Coryat, Thomas Court, the ancient Cows Crab-apple sauce Creams Cromwell, Oliver —his favourite dishes Cuisine bourgeoise of ancient Rome —English, affected by fusions of race —Old French Cuisinier Royal, Le Curds and cream Danish settlers Danish settlers, their influence on our diet Deer-suet, clarified DelaHay Street Deportment at table, gradual improvement in the Dishes, lists of —substituted for trenchers —different sizes and materials of —mode of serving up Dods, Margaret Dripping-pans Dumplings, Norfolk Earl, Rules and Orders for the House of an East-Cheap Eating-houses, public Ebulum Edward III. — from Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine by William Carew Hazlitt
Now as a matter of fact not one of these words is really obsolete in England, and most of them are in everyday use; for instance, adze, affectation, agape, to age, air (appearance), appellant, apple-pie order, baker's dozen, bamboozle, bay window, between whiles, bicker, blanch, to brain, burly, catcall, clodhopper, clutch, coddle, copious, cosy, counterfeit money, crazy (dilapidated), crone, crook, croon, cross-grained, cross-patch, cross purposes, cuddle, to cuff (to strike), cleft, din, earnest money, egg on, greenhorn, jack-of-all-trades, loophole, settled, ornate, to quail, ragamuffin, riff-raff, rigmarole, scant, seedy, out of sorts, stale, tardy, trash. — from America To-day, Observations and Reflections by William Archer
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