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
nurses and stared at by children and
I tell you what it is, old fellow: you’re uncommonly bad company, and I’ve a good mind to ram my knife through you, and carry you into camp to my friend Ralph Rover, who’ll skin and stuff you to such an extent that your own mother wouldn’t know you, and carry you to England, and place you in a museum under a glass case, to be gazed at by nurses, and stared at by children, and philosophised about by learned professors. — from The Gorilla Hunters by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
November as secretly as be could all
Angus, taking advantage of Mackenzie's absence in Mull, gathered, in the latter end of November, as secretly as be could, all the boats and great galleys within his reach, and, with this large fleet loaded with his followers passed through the Kyles under silence of night; and, coming to Lochcarron, he sent his marauders ashore in the twilight. — from History of the Mackenzies, with genealogies of the principal families of the name by Alexander Mackenzie
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