Tom thought his cap a very knowing affair, but confessed that he had a hat in his hat-box; which was accordingly at once extracted from the hind-boot, and Tom equipped in his go-to-meeting roof, as his new friend called it.
— from Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes

After the review, with the first approach of day, deserters from the great king arrived, bringing Cyrus information about the royal army.
— from Anabasis by Xenophon

a half smile Cilwenu, v. to simper Cilwg, n. frown of contempt Cinio, n. a meal; a dinner Ciniawa, v. to eat a meal; to dine Cingroen, n. stinking mushroom Cip, n. a quick pull or snatch Cipdrem, n. a quick glance Cipen, n. a grapple, a grapnel Cipgais, n. a scrambling Cipgar, a. snatching; captious Cipio, v. to snatch; to whisk Cipiol, a. snatching; whisking Cipiwr, n. a snatcher Cipyll, n. a dry stump Ciprys, n. a scramble, a brawl Ciprysgar, a. brawling Ciprysu, v. to scramble Cist, n. a chest, a coffer Cistan, n. a small chest Cistbridd, n. potter’s clay Cistfaen, n. a stone chest Cistwely, n. a press-bed Ciw, a. clever, trim, neat Ciwdawd, n. a tribe, clan Ciwed, n. a rabble, a mob Cladd, n. a trench, a pit Cladde, n. a chimney piece Claddedig, a. intrenched, buried Claddedigaeth, n. burying Claddfa, n. a burying place Claddiad, a. burial Claddu, v. to dig a pit; to bury Claer, a. clear, bright, shining Claerder, n. clearness Claerwen, a. bright shining Claf, n. a sick person; a. sick, ill, diseased Clafaidd, a. sickly, indisposed Clafr, n. scurf, leprosy Clafdŷ, n. an infirmary Clafrdŷ, n. lazaretto Clafrlyd, a. leprous; mangy Clafru, v. to grow leprous Clafu, v. to sicken, to fall ill Clafus, a. sickly, indisposed Clai, n. clay; marl Clain, n. prostrate state Clais, n. a stripe; a mark; a bruise; a rivulet Clamp, n. a mass; a lump Clap, n. a lump; a knob Clapio, v. to make a lump, to grow lumpy Clapiog, a. lumpy Clasdir, n. glebe-land Clasg, n. a heap, a pile Casordŷ, n. a cloister-house Clau, a. incessant, even; temperate; sincere Clauar, a. temperate, mild; lukewarm; indifferent, not ardent Clauarder, n. temperateness; indifference; lukewarmness Clauaredd, n. temperature Clauarineb, n. temperateness Clauarwch, n. temperateness Clauaru, v. to make mild Clawdd, n. dike, ditch, pit; fence or hedge, wall Clawr, n. a surface, a cover Claws, n. a close; yard Cleb, n. driveller Clebar, n. clack, silly talk Clebarddus, a. babbling Clebren, n. a prating, gossip Clec, n. crack, smack Cleca, v. to clack, to gossip Clecai, n. a clacker Cleciad, n. a cracking Clecian, v. to crack, to smack Cledr, n. a flat body; a shingle Cledren, n. a shingle; a stave Cledriad, n. a railing, a pailing Cledrog, a. shingled Cledru, v. to pail, to rail Cledrwy, n. lattice-work Cledd, n. rest; the left; sword north Cleddeu, n. a blade; a sword Cleddiwig, n. a delf; a quarry Cleddof, n. a sword cutler Cleddog, a. bearing a sword Cleddyf, n. a blade; a sword Cleddyfwr, n. swordsman Cleddyfyddiaeth, n. swordsmanship Clefri, n. the leprosy Clefryd, n. erruptive disease Clefwch, n. disease, ailment Clefychlyd, a. sickly Clefychu, v. to fall sick Clefyd, n. fever, sickness Clefydog, a. liable to sickness Clegyr, n. cliff, rock Clegyrog, a. rugged, rocky Cleiad, n. casing; a peat Cleiawg, a. clayey Cleibwll, n. claypit Cleidir, n. clay land Cleien, n. rotten stone Cleigio, v. to dip, to immerce Cleilyd, a. clayey, clayish Cleiniad, n. a lying prostrate Cleinio, v. to lie prostrate Cleio, v. to become clay Cleisio, v. to bruise, to mark Cleisiog, a. streaked; bruised Clem, n. slive, slice Clemio, v. to slice, to slive Clep, n. clap, clack Clepai, n. babbling gossip Clepian, v. to babble, to clack Clepio, v. to clack, to prate Clêr, n. minstrels; gadflies Clera, v. to stroll as minstrels Cleren, n. a gad-fly; the rattles in the throat Clerwriaeth, n. minstrelsy Cleudaer, a. incessant Cleuder, n. sincerity Cleufryd, a. honest, sincere Cleufrydedd, n. equanimity Clewt, n. a clatter; a scolding Clewtian, n. to clatter Clicied, n. latch, catch Cliciedu, v. to fasten with latch Cliciedyn, n. a latch Clin, n. a spark, sparkle Clindarddach, n. crackling noise: v. to crackle Clip, n. precipice, crag Clô, n. lock, close; knob Clöad, n. a closing; a locking Clob, n. a knob; a boss Cloben, n. a large bouncer Clobyn, n. a large lump Clocian, v. to cluck as a hen Cloch, n. a bell, a bubble Clochaidd, a. sonorous, noisy Clochdardd, n. a clucking Clochdŷ, n. a steeple; a belfry Clochiad, n. a bubbling Clochydd, n. a bellman, a sexton, a parish clerk Clôd, n. praise; fame Clodadwy, a. commendable Clodfawr, a. celebrated; famous Clodforedd, n. celebrity Clodfori, v. to celebrate, to extol Clodforiad, n. a celebrating Clodforus, a. commendable Clodforwr, n. a praiser Clodiad, n. a praising Clodus, a. extolling, praising Clodwiw, a. commendable Clodymgais, v. to seek fame Cloddfa, n. a quarry Cloddiad, n. a trenching Cloddio, v. to trench, to embank, to dig, to quarry Cloddiog, a. trenched, embanked Cloddiwr, n. a ditcher, a quarry-man; a maker of fences Clöedig, a. closed; locked Clöedigaeth, n. a locking; a conclusion Clöen, n. a boss, a stud Cloer, n. a locker; a closet Cloeren, n. a small window Clofen, n. a knot, or point of ramnification in trees Clofenog, a. branchy, spriggy Clofenu, v. to branch, to sprig Cloff, n. a lame person: a. lame, limping, halting Cloffni, n. lameness Cloffi, v. to lame; to grow lame Cloffiad, n. a laming Cloffrwym, n. a fetter Cloffrwymol, a. fettered Cloffrwymo, v. to fetter Clog, n. a detached stone Clogan, n. a large stone Clogwrn, n. a crag; a rock Clogwyn, n. precipi Clogwynog, a. full of precipiccs Clogyrnog, a. craggy, rocky Cloi, v. to close, to lock Cloig, n. a hasp; a hitch; helm for thatching Cloigen, n. what is tied at the end; a hitch, a whisk of straw Cloigyn, n. a hasp; a hitch Cloigynu, v. to hasp; to hitch Clòl, n. a pate, a skull Clopa, n. a noddle; a knob; a thick head; a club Clopen, n. a noddle, a jolthead Cloren, n. a rump, a tail Cloriad, n. a closing with a lid Clorian, n. scales; balance Clorianu, v. to balance, to weigh Clorianwr, a. a weigher Clorio, v. to put on a cover Cloriog, a. having a lid or cover Cloryn, n. a small lid or cover Clos, n. a pair of breeches Clôs, a. compact, neat, tidy Closyn, n. a pair of breeches Clöyn, n. a boss, the eye-ball Clöynu, v. to emboss, to stud Clud, n. any sort of carriage Cludadwy, a. portable Cludai, n. a carriage Cludeiriad, n. a forming a heap Cludeirio, v. to heap, to pile Cluder, n. a heap, a pile Cludfa, n. a carrying place Cludiad, n. a bearing Cludo, v. to carry, to heap Cludydd, n. a porter, a bearer Cludd, n. an overwhelming Clug, n. a mass; the mumps Clugiar, n. a partridge Clugio, v. to squat; to perch Clun, n. a hip, a haunch Clunhecian, v. to limp Clunlaes, a. a hipshot, limping Clunwst, n. the sciatica Clust, n. an ear; a handle Clust-dlws, n. an ear-ring Clusten, n. an auricle Clustfeiniad, n. a pricking the ears; a listening Clustfeinio, v. to prick up the ears; to listen closely Clustfyddar, a. deaf-eared Clustgyfaddef, n. auricular confession Clustiog, a. having ears Clustiol, a. auricular Clustlipa, a. flap-eared Clustog, n. a cushion, a pillow Clustogan, n. a cushionet Clustogi, v. to cushion Clwc, m. a clucking: a. tender, soft to the touch Clwcian, v. to cluck Clwn, n. a knot, a tie Clwpa, n. a knob, a club Clws, a. compact, neat, trim Clwt, n. a piece; a patch Clwtyn, n. a small patch; a rag; a clout Clwyd, n. plaited work, a hurdle; a roost Clwyden, n. a hurdle; a flake Clwydedig, a. hurdled, wattled Clwydo, v. to wattle, to hurdle Clwyf, n. a disease; a wound Clwyfiad, n. to a sickening; a wounding Clwyfo, v. to sicken; to wound Clwyfol, a. sickening, wounding Clwyfus, a. sickly; wounded Clwys, n. a close, an inclosure Clwys-dŷ, n. a cloister house Clybod, n. the hearing Clyd, a. sheltering, comfortable Clydach, n. a sheltered glade Clydo, v. to render comfortable Clydrwydd, n. comfortableness; a sheltered state Clydwr, n. shelter; refuge Clymiad, n. a knotting, a tying Clymog, a. knotty; entangled Clymu, v. to knot, to tie Clyryn, n. a hornet, a gad fly Clysu, v. to make compact Clytiad, n. a patching Clytio, v. to patch, to piece Clytiog, a. patched; ragged Clytwaith, n. patch-work Clyw, n. the sense of hearing Clywed, v. to hear Clywedig, a. audible Clywedigaeth, n. the hearing Clywedog, a. sonorous Clywiadur, n. a hearer Cna, n. a knob, a door-button Cnaif, n. a crop, a shearing Cnap, n. a knob; a button Cnapen, n. a knob; a bowl Cnapio, v. to form knobs Cnapiog, a. knobbed, knappy Cnapiogrwydd, a. ruggedness Cnawd, n. human flesh Cnawdio, v. to incarnate Cnawdol, a. carnal, fleshly Cnawdoli, v. to incarnate Cnawdoliad, n. incarnation Cnawdoliaeth, n. incarnation Cnawdolrwydd, n. carnality Cnec, n. a crash, a snap, a jar Cnecian, v. to crash; to jar Cnecus, a. jarring; wrangling Cneifdŷ, n. a shearing house Cneifiad, n. a shearing Cneifiedig, a. shorn, fleeced Cneifio, v. to shear, to clip Cneifion, n. clippings, flocks Cneifiwr, n. a shearer Cnes, n. a deposit; prey Cneua, v. to get a nutting Cneuen, n. a nut Cneuo, v. to become a nut Cneullu, v. to become a kernel Cneullyn, n. a kernel Cnic, n. a slight rap, a snap Cnif, n. toil, pain, trouble Cniffiad, n. a skirmishing Cnith, n. a soft touch or tap Cnithio, v. to tap, to twitch Cno, n. a bite; a chewing Cnöad, n. a biting; a chewing Cnöawl, a. biting; a chewing Cnoc, n. a rap, a knock Cnocell, n. a raper; a pecker Cnocellu, v. to rap; to peck Cnocio, v. to knock, to beat Cnociwr, n. one that knocks Cnod, n. a crop; a bunch Cnofa, n. a gnawning, a griping Cnoi, v. to gnaw, to chew Cnöwr, n. a chewer; a biter Cnu, n. a bundle; a fleece Cnuch, n. a junction; a joint Cnud, n. a group; a pack Cnul, n. a passing bell, a knell Cnüog, a. fleecy Cnwb, n. a bunch, a knob Cnwc, n. a bump, a lump Cnwd, n. a crop; a covering Cnwff, n. a lump; a lunch Cnwpa, n. a knob; a club Cnwyf, n. a mash, a crush Cnydfawr, a. fructiferous Cnydiad, n. a producing, a crop Cnydio, v. to fruitify, to crop Cnydiol, a. fructiferous, fruitful Co, n. rotundity; concavity Còb, n. a tuft; a thump Côb, n. a cloak; a top coat Coban, n. a mantle; a coat Cobiad, n. a thumping Cobio, v. to tuft; to thump Cobyn, n. a tuft, a bunch Coblyn, a thumper; a pecker; a goblin Cocos, n. cockles; cogs of a wheel Cocraeth, n. fondling Coch, n. a red colour: a. red Cochder, n. redness Cochddu, a. of a reddish black Cochfelyn, a. copper-coloured Cochgangen, n. a chub fish Cochi, v. to redden; to blush Cochiad, n. grouse, red game Cochl, n. a mantle, a cloak Cochlas, a. of red blue; purple Cochrydd, a. crimson, ruddy Cochwydd, n. ruddy appearance Cochwyn, a. of a reddish white Côd, n. a bag, a pouch, a budget Codaid, n. a bag-full Coden, n. a bag, a pouch Codenog, a. having bags Codenu, v. to bag; to blister Codi, v. to rise; to swell up Codiad, n. a rising; a raising Codog, a. having bag; rich Codwm, n. a fall, a tumble Codymiad, n. a tumbling Codymu, v. to fall, to tumble Codymwr, a tumbler; a wrestler Coed, n. wood, trees, timber Coeda, v. to gather wood Coeden, n. a tree, a standing tree Coedog, a. having trees, woody Coedol, a. of the wood; wooden Coedwal, n. a wood covert Coedwig, n. wood; forest Coedwr, u. a woodman Coedwrych, n. a quickset Coeg, a. empty; vain; saucy Coegaidd, spiteful, saucy; vain Coegchwedl, n. an empty state Coegdyb, n. an idle whim Coegddall, a. half blind Coegddellni, n. purblindness Coegedd, n. silliness Coegen, n. saucy wench Coegenaidd, a. coquettish Coegfalch, a. conceitedly proud Coegfalchedd, n. conceitedness Coegfeddyg, n. a quack doctor Coegfeddiginiaeth, n. quackery, empyrism Coegfolach, n. vain boasting Coegfran, n. a jackdaw Coegfrwnt, a. obscene; vile Coegio, v. to make void; to trick Coegni, n. sauciness Coegsiarad, n. empty talk Coegsiared, v. to talk foolishly Coegwr, n. a vain person Coegymddangosiad, n. a false appearance
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

Nor was he soon killed, as being covered with his helmet and his breastplate in all those parts of his body where he might be mortally wounded; he also pulled his neck close to his body, till all his other limbs were shattered, and nobody durst come to defend him,
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

So I to the office till night, about several businesses, and then went and sat an hour or two with Sir W. Pen, talking very largely of Sir J. Minnes’s simplicity and unsteadiness, and of Sir W. Batten’s suspicious dealings, wherein I was open, and he sufficiently, so that I do not care for his telling of tales, for he said as much, but whether that were so or no I said nothing but what is my certain knowledge and belief concerning him.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Capt. Clark walked on shore this evening and killed a buffaloe cow, we left 2 Canoes and six men to dress the Cow and bring on the meat, they did not overtake us this evening.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

numbers of gees & goslings, the gees cannot fly at this Season—goose berries are ripe and in great abundance, the yellow Current is also Common, not yet ripe Killed a buffalow & Campd on the Lard Side near an old Indian fortified campy one man Sick & 3 with Swellings, the Indian woman verry Sick.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

"If I," said he, "under such circumstances could encounter and overcome this task, is there, can there be in the whole world, a youth to find any excuse for its non-performance?" Humphrey Davy had but a slender chance to acquire great scientific knowledge, yet he had true mettle in him, and he made even old pans, kettles, and bottles contribute to his success, as he experimented and studied in the attic of the apothecary-store where he worked.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

“South or north, I know a black cloud when I see it; and you must not set forward while it is so threatening.
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

“Wal, now, Tom,” he said, “ye re’lly is too bad, as I al’ays have told ye; ye know, Tom, you and I used to talk over these yer matters down in Natchez, and I used to prove to ye that we made full as much, and was as well off for this yer world, by treatin’ on ’em well, besides keepin’ a better chance for comin’ in the kingdom at last, when wust comes to wust, and thar an’t nothing else left to get, ye know.”
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

File: cc319.png File: cc320.png TABLE 8 SEASONAL MARCH OF EARTHQUAKES AFTER DAVISSON AND KNOTT A B C D E F G Region Limiting Dates Number of Shocks Maximum Month Amplitude Expected Amplitude Ratio of Actual to Expected Amplitude Northern Hemisphere 223-1850 5879 Dec. 0.110 0.023 4.8 Northern Hemisphere 1865-1884 8133 Dec. 0.290 0.020 14.5 Europe 1865-1884 5499 Dec. 0.350 0.024 14.6 Europe 306-1843 1961 Dec. 0.220 0.040 5.5 Southeast Europe 1859-1887 3470 Dec. 0.210 0.030 7.0 Vesuvius District 1865-1883 513 Dec. 0.250 0.078 3.2 Italy: Old Tromometre 1872-1887 61732 Dec. 0.490 0.007 70.0 Old Tromometre 1876-1887 38546 Dec. 0.460 0.009 49.5 Normal Tromometre 1876-1887 38546 Dec. 0.490 0.009 52.8 Balkan, etc. 1865-1884 624 Dec. 0.270 0.071 3.8 Hungary, etc.
— from Climatic Changes: Their Nature and Causes by Ellsworth Huntington

Browne, the successor of Allen in the See of Dublin, a rank Lutheran at heart, had been commissioned by the king and by Cranmer, his consecrator, to establish the new doctrine at once.
— from The Irish Race in the Past and the Present by Augustus J. Thébaud

And the king and his chiefs gave him garments and ornaments, and also villages, for the amusement of great men is not without fruit; and so Phalabhúti, having been originally poor, immediately obtained by the favour of the Guhyaka 3 wealth bestowed by the king; and by continually reciting the words mentioned above, he became a special favourite of the monarch for the regal mind loves diversion.
— from The Kathá Sarit Ságara; or, Ocean of the Streams of Story by active 11th century Somadeva Bhatta

The āl 87 or Indian madder-dye is another plant to which objection is felt, and the Alia subcastes of Kāchhis and Banias consist of those who grow and sell it.
— from The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 1 by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell

This circuit, however, is not confined to the use of two-party lines, but may be extended to four parties by simply duplicating the ringing keys and by connecting them with the proper current for selectively ringing the other stations.
— from Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by American School of Correspondence

In the Central Provinces they are said to be known as Baigas, concerning whom Captain Ward writes 73 that “the decision of the Baiga in a boundary dispute is almost always accepted as final, and, from this right as children of the soil and arbiters of the land belonging to each village, they are said to have derived their title of Bhūmia, the Sanskrit bhūmi meaning the earth.”
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 1 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

" Catholics always keep a blessed candle in the house.
— from Reasonableness of Catholic Ceremonies and Practices by John J. (John James) Burke

Wage earners generally are without employment; manufactories have put out their fires; the warehouses full of goods are under attachment; farm produce is moved very slowly to market; fancy stock of horses, cattle and sheep are unsalable; farm mortgages are foreclosed as rapidly as the laws allow; skilled workmen meet absolute necessities by half time, and common laborers move from place to place in useless search for employment, their families being barely kept alive by charity.
— from Rural Wealth and Welfare: Economic Principles Illustrated and Applied in Farm Life by Geo. T. (George Thompson) Fairchild

The primitive Church was, as we well know, agitated by contending factions.
— from The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible by Richard Heber Newton