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cedro m cedar celebrar
cedro , m. , cedar. celebrar , to celebrate.
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler

corrupt MD corrumpen C
Corumpable , adj. corruptible, C. Corumpen , v. to corrupt, MD; corrumpen , C.—OF. corrumpre ; Lat. corrumpere .
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

company MD C2 compaynye
Companie , sb. company, MD, C2; compaynye , S; compainie , S2.—OF. companie , from compain , an associate at meals; from Lat.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

ceīce MtLR cēace ceig
= cæf-, ceaf-, cif- cēgan (VHy), cēgian = cīegan cehhettung = ceahhetung ceīce (MtLR) = cēace ceig- (N) = cīg-
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

choke me cried Costello
May this pot of four half choke me, cried Costello, if she aint in the family way.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

country MD C2 C3
Contree , sb. country, MD, C2, C3; contre , MD, C; contreie , S2; contreye , S2; cuntre , S2, MD, C; contrai , S2, MD.—OF.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

coche m coach carriage
coche m coach, carriage, car.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

Cyprus Macedonia Calabria Cateland
And all these were subject to Rome and many more, as Greece, Cyprus, Macedonia, Calabria, Cateland, Portugal, with many thousands of Spaniards.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

chum messmate coadjutor confidant
SYN: Associate, companion, acquaintance, familiar, ally, chum, messmate, coadjutor, confidant, adherent.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

Caspios montes conclusi clamorem
Homines autem inter Caspios montes conclusi clamorem exercitus, vt creditur, audientes, montem frangere coeperunt, et cùm alio tempore post decem annos redirent Tartari, montem confractum inuenerunt.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 02 by Richard Hakluyt

confirmed my correspondent continues
This is confirmed," my correspondent continues, "by what I was told by a Russian Jew, a student at the Zürich Polytechnic, who had a Russian comrade living with a mistress, also a Russian student, or pseudostudent.
— from Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women by Havelock Ellis

changed my course completely
Later I changed my course completely to throw off any possible pursuit.
— from Outwitting the Hun: My Escape from a German Prison Camp by Pat O'Brien

condition Mr Cavendish chuckled
"Do you know how those bills happened to be in that condition, Mr. Cavendish?" chuckled the captain.
— from The Yacht Club; or, The Young Boat-Builder by Oliver Optic

coche m coach carriage
coche , m. , coach, carriage.
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler

certaine man called Chingis
In the prouince of Yeka Mongol, there was a certaine man called Chingis.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 02 by Richard Hakluyt

Cluny Macpherson Castle Cluny
The brass mounting of one of the last form, which was found under 6 feet of moss on the hill of Benibreae, in Lochaber, with other brass ornaments for a shield or armour, shown in the accompanying woodcuts, has been deposited in our Museum by Cluny Macpherson, Castle Cluny.
— from Highland Targets and Other Shields by James Drummond

C Maj C C
Stowe; 22d N. C., Maj. C. C. Cole; 34th and 38th N. C. Thomas’s Brigade , Col. Edward L. Thomas; 14th Ga., Col. R. W. Folsom; 35th Ga., 45th Ga., Maj. W. L. Grice; 49th Ga., Lieut.-Col.
— from From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America by James Longstreet

coffer MD C2 C3
Cofre , sb. box, coffer, MD, C2, C3, P; cofer , S2; cofres , pl. , S2.—AF. cofre ; Lat. cophinum (acc.); see Brachet.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

C Meyer Co C
Private Henry C. Meyer, Co. C, 2nd N. York Cavalry, is hereby detailed on special duty as Clerk in the Adjt.
— from Civil War Experiences under Bayard, Gregg, Kilpatrick, Custer, Raulston, and Newberry, 1862, 1863, 1864 by Henry C. (Henry Coddington) Meyer


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