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- Interesting facts, information and meanings of Old English words beginning with the Letter C
- The old English Letter C
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The Letter C
The Elizabethan alphabet contained just 24 old English letters as opposed to the 26 letters used in the modern English alphabet. The following picture of the Letter C of the modern English alphabet is depicted in an ornate style typical of those used with old English letters. |
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An old style Letter C
Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter C
The following dictionary contains old Elizabethan words and their meanings beginning with Letter C. If you find some words amusing click the following link to have FUN with some insults from the Elizabethan Era. Shakespearean Insults Generator |
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Letter C | | | CADE
a cask or barrel
CAGE
a prison
CAIN-COLOURED
red (applied to hair)
CAITIFF
a captive, a slave; hence, a witch
CALCULATE
prophesy
CALIVER
a hand-gun | | CALLET
a trull
CALLING
appellation
CALM
qualm
CAN
to know, be skillful in
CANAKIN
a little can
CANARY
a wine brought from the Canary Islands | | CANDLE-WASTERS
persons who sit up all night to drink
CANKER
a caterpillar
CANSTICK
a candlestick
CANTLE
a slice, corner
CANTON
a canto
CANVAS
to sift: hence, metaphorically, to prove |
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CAPITULATE
make a combined force
CAPOCCHIA
a simpleton
CAPRICIO
caprice
CAPRICIOUS
lascivious
CAPTIOUS
capacious
CARACK
a large ship of burden
CARBONADO
meat scotched for broiling | | CARD
the taper on which the points of the compass are marked under the mariner's needle
CAREIRE
the curvetting of a horse
CARKANET
a necklace
CARL
a churl
CARLOT
a churl
CASTILIAN
a native of Castile |
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CASTILIANO VULGO
to use discreet language
CATAIAN
a native of Cathay
CATLING
cat-gut
CAUTEL
deceit
CAUTELOUS
insidious
CAVALERO
a cavalier, gentleman
CAVIARE
the roe of sturgeon pickled; metaph. a delicacy not appreciated by the vulgar
CEASE
put off, made to cease
CENSURE
to judge, criticise
CEREMONY
a ceremonial vestment, religious rite, or anything ceremonial
CERTES
certainly
CESS
rate, reckoning
CHACE
a term at tennis
CHAMBER
a species of great gun
CHAMBERER
an effeminate man
CHANSON
a song | | CHARACT
affected quality
CHARACTER
a letter, handwriting, to carve or engrave
CHARACTERY
handwriting That which is written
CHARE
a turn of work
CHARGE-HOUSE
a free-school
CHARLES' WAIN
the constellation called also Ursa Major, or the Great Bear
CHARNECO
a species of sweet wine
CHAUDRON
entrails
CHEATER
for escheator, an officer who collected the fines to be paid into the Exchequer A
decoy
CHEQUE
a technical term in falconry; when a falcon flies at a bird which is not her proper
game she is said to cheque at it
CHEER
fortune
CHERRY-PIT
a game played with cherrystones
CHEVERIL
kid leather
CHEWIT
cough
CHILDING
pregnant | | CH'ILL
vulgar for 'I will.'
CHIRURGEONLY
in a manner becoming a surgeon
CHOPIN
a high shoe or clog
CHRISTOM
clothed with a chrisom, the white garment which used to be put on newly-baptized
children
CHUCK
chicken, a term of endearment
CHUFF
a coarse blunt clown
CINQUE PACE
a kind of dance
CIPHER
to decipher
CIRCUMSTANCE
an argument
CITAL
recital
CITE
to incite
CITTERN
a guitar
CLACK-DISH
a beggar's dish
CLAP I' THE CLOUT
to shoot an arrow into the bull's eye of the target
CLAW
to flatter
CLEPE
to call |
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CLIFF
clef, the key in music
CLING
to starve
CLINQUANT
glittering
CLIP
to embrace, enclose
CLOUT
the mark in the middle of a target
COAST
to advance
COBLOAF
a big loaf | | COCK
a cockboat
COCK-AND-PIE
an oath
COCKNEY
a cook
COCK-SHUT-TIME
the twilight, when cocks and hens go to roost
COG
to cheat, dissemble
COGNIZANCE
badge, token
COIGN
projecting corner stone |
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COIL
tumult, turmoil
COLLECTION
drawing a conclusion
COLLIED
blackened. Othello;
COLOUR
pretence
COLOURABLE
specious
COLT
to defraud, befool
CO-MART
a joint bargain
COMBINATE
betrothed
COMBINE
to bind
COMMODITY
interest, profit
COMMONTY
used ludicrously for comedy
COMPACT
compacted, composed
COMPARATIVE
drawing comparisons | | COMPETITOR
one who seeks the same thing, an associate in any object
COMPLEMENT
accomplishment
COMPLEXION
passion
COMPOSE
to agree
COMPTIBLE
tractable
CON
to learn by heart, to deceive
CONCEIT
conception, opinion, fancy
CONCUPY
concubine
CONDITION
temper, quality
CONDOLEMENT
grief
CONDUCT
escort
CONFECT
to make up into sweetmeats
CONFOUND
to consume, destroy Coriolanus; | | CONSIGN
to sign a common bond
CONSORT
to accompany
CONSTANCY
consistency
CONSTANT
settled, determined
CONSTER
to construe
CONTINUATE
uninterrupted
CONTRACTION
the marriage contract
CONTRARY
to oppose
CONTRIVE
to conspire to wear away
CONVENT
to convene
CONVERT
to change
CONVERTITE
a convert
CONVEY
to manage |
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CONVEYANCE
theft, fraud
CONVINCE
to conquer, subdue
CONVIVE
to feast together
CONVOY
escort
CONY-CATCH
to cheat
CONY-CATCHING
poaching, pilfering
COOLING CARD
used metaphorically for an insurmountable obstacle | | COPATAIN HAT
a high-crowned hat
COPE
to reward, to give in return
COPY
theme
CORAGIO
courage
CORANTO
lively dance
CORINTH
a brothel
CORINTHIAN
a wencher |
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CORKY
dry like cork
CORNUTO
a cuckold
COROLLARY
a surplus
OF THE FIELD
an aide-de-camp
CORRIVAL
rival
COSTARD
the head
COSTER-MONGER
peddling, mercenary
COTE
a cottage or to quote or to overtake
COT-QUEAN
an effeminate man, molly-coddle
COUNT CONFECT
a nobleman composed of affectation
COUNTERFEIT
portrait A piece of base coin
COUNTERPOINT
a counterpane
COUNTERVAIL
to counterpoise, outweigh
COUPLEMENT
union
COURT HOLY-WATER
flattery
COVENT
a convent
COVER
to lay the table for dinner
COWISH
cowardly
COWL-STAFF
the staff on which a vessel is supported between two men
COX MY PASSION
an oath, a euphemism for 'God's Passion.' | | COY
to stroke, fondle to condescend with difficulty
COYSTRIL
a kestrel, a hawk
COZEN
to cheat
COZENAGE
cheating
COZENER
a cheater
COZIER
a tailor
CRACK
to boast or a loud noise
CRACKER
boaster
CRACK-HEMP
a gallows-bird
CRANK
a winding passage
CRANKING
winding
CRANTS
garlands. A doubtful word
CRARE
a ship of burden
CRAVEN
a dunghill cock
CREATE
formed, compounded
CREDENT
creditable
CREDIT
report
CRESCIVE
increasing
CRESTLESS
not entitled to bear arms, lowborn
CRISP
curled, winding
CROSS
a piece of money, so called because the coin was formerly stamped with a cross | | CROW-KEEPER
one who scares crows
CROWNER
a coroner
CROWNET
a coronet
CRY
the yelping of hounds A pack of hounds
CRY AIM
to encourage
CUE
the last words of an actor's speech, which is the signal for the next actor to
begin
CUISSES
pieces of armour to cover the thighs
CULLION
a base fellow
CUNNING
skill
CUNNING
skilful
CURB
to bend, truckle
CURRENTS
occurrences
CURSTNESS
shrewishness
CURTAL
a docked horse
CURTAL-AXE
a cutlass
CUSTALORUM
a ludicrous mistake for Custos Rotulorum
CUSTARD-COFFIN
the crust of a custard-pudding
CUSTOMER
a common woman
CUT
a cheat 'To draw cuts' is to draw lots |
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Interesting examples of Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter C The above examples of old Elizabethan words beginning with Letter C are fascinating. The language and vocabulary had not been formalised in the Elizabethan era. New words, some beginning with the Letter C were still being invented. Elizabethan dictionaries were not available - it was not possible to look up the spellings or meanings of Elizabethan words beginning with the Letter C . Old Elizabethan words were therefore spelt and written in a variety of different formats. The above online dictionary containing old Elizabethan words beginning with the Letter C provide a valuable reference source when studying the literary works and plays of famous Elizabethan authors such as William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe. Elizabethan Language Guide - An Elizabethan Online Dictionary Click the following links to access more information about the old English Elizabethan Language and the Elizabethan Online Dictionary for an easy to follow Elizabethan language guide. Elizabethan Online Dictionary
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Letter C - Elizabethan online dictionary containing words beginning with the Letter C
- Interesting facts, information and meanings of Old English words beginning with the Letter C
- The old English Letter C
- Elizabethan online dictionary containing words beginning with the Letter C
- The old English Letter C
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