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complete stop conclude See
SYN: Limit, end, put an end to, close, finish, complete, stop, conclude, [See BOUND, v and ACCOMPLISH].
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

Crowch sb cross S
Crowch , sb. cross, S; see Crouche .
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

ceðen S cheðen S
one’s country, native land, relatives, kith, friends, PP, S2; kith , PP; kuth , PP; cuth , PP; kutthe , PP; kitthe , PP; cuððe , S, PP; couthe , PP; kythez , pl. , S2; ceðen , S; cheðen , S; kuþþes , manners, S2.—AS. cýððu ( cýð ): OHG.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

could sing comic songs
Cook, if in a good temper, could sing comic songs, and the housemaid, if she happened not to be offended with you, could imitate a hen that has laid an egg, a bottle of champagne being opened, and could mew like two cats fighting.
— from The Railway Children by E. (Edith) Nesbit

Curt sb court S
Curt , sb. court, S; see Court .
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

cheap stuff cause she
Don't get cheap stuff, 'cause she ain't used to it."
— from The Princess and Joe Potter by James Otis

crude so coarsely spiced
The things that go down with us are so crude, so coarsely spiced; they tickle such a vulgar palate—Now in France, for instance," he suggested.
— from Their Silver Wedding Journey — Volume 1 by William Dean Howells

cedat sed corpora sibi
Jam vero etiam ante venereos congressus palæstrâ cum iis decertare, palamque, ac sine rubore amplecti licet; neque ulla est carnis teneritas quæ complexuum tactioni cedat: sed corpora sibi mutuo resistunt ac voluptate contendunt.
— from The Greek Romances of Heliodorus, Longus and Achilles Tatius Comprising the Ethiopics; or, Adventures of Theagenes and Chariclea; The pastoral amours of Daphnis and Chloe; and the loves of Clitopho and Leucippe by of Emesa Heliodorus

C2 stordy CM S
Sturdy , adj. obstinate, stern, cruel, rash, Prompt., C2; stordy , CM, S; stourdy , SD.—OF.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

conscientious scruples concerning slave
When he had been in that city some time, he mentioned that his wife owned land in Carolina, which he was very desirous to cultivate, but was prevented by conscientious scruples concerning slave-labor.
— from Isaac T. Hopper: A True Life by Lydia Maria Child

Catholic soldiers committed some
1689 After the flight of the King, the Roman Catholic soldiers committed some irregularities; and in January, 1689, a squadron of the Fourth Horse , with a detachment of Sir George Hewyt's Horse (now Sixth Dragoon Guards), marched to Lewes and Chichester, where they caused three regiments of Irish Roman Catholics
— from Historical Record of the Third, or Prince of Wales' Regiment of Dragoon Guards Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1838 by Richard Cannon


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