The C section of Robert Cawdrey's 1604 dictionary A Table Alphabeticall.

 

Not content with a mere transcription, I have also translated Cawdrey's 400 year old English into modern E2 English, through a process involving the OED, much research and many educated guesses.

The main entries may appear in as many as five parts :
          Original {Corrected} [Repaired] (Modern) <E2>

Original is exactly as it appears in Cawdrey.
Corrected fixes what I believe to be a typo.
Repaired swaps I with J, and U with V, as necessary for current alphabetic usage.
Modern gives the modern American spelling.
E2 removes plurals and verb endings and such, so it links to an existing node.

Each operation is performed on its left-hand neighbor. The results are omitted if nothing changed. Only the rightmost word is hard-linked.

A leading (f) indicates French origin, a leading (g) indicates Greek origin.

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See Also Main Entry, Introduction, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I/J, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U/V

 

CAlamitie (calamity)
trouble, affliction
calcinate
to make salt
calefie (calefy)
make warme, heate, or chafe
(g) calygraphie (calligraphy)
fayre writing
calliditie (callidity)
craftines, or deceit
calumniation
a discrediting by worde, or false accusation
camphire (camphor)
kind of herbe
capacitie (capacity)
largenes of a place: conceit, or receiet
(f) capuchon (capuchin)
a hood
(f) cancell (cancel)
to vndoe, deface, crosse out, or teare
(g) canon
law, or rule
(g) canonise (canonize)
make a saint, to examine by rule
canopie (canopy)
couer
capitall (capital)
deadly, or great, or woorthy of shame, and punishment
capable
wise, apt to learne, bigge, or fit to receiue
capitulation
distinguishing by parts
captious
catching, deceitfull, subtile
captiue [captive]
prisoner
captiuate [captivate]
make subiect, or a prisoner
cardinall (cardinal)
chiefe, or principall
carminate
to card wooll, or deuide
carnalitie (carnality)
fleshlines
carnall (carnal)
fleshly, pleasing the flesh
carpe (carp)
take exception against, or wrangle
(f) cassere (cashier)     -- thanks to mauler for removing the clueless
dismisse, put away, or out of office
casualtie (casualty)
chaunce or hap
castigation
chaistisement, blaming, correction
(g) catalogue
beadroole, or rehearesall of words, or names
(g) category
an accusation
catechiser (catechizer)
that teacheth the principles of Christian religion
cathedrall (cathedral)
church, cheife in the diocesse
catharre (catarrh)
a flowing of humors from the head
(g) catholicke (catholic)
vniuersall or generall
cauill [cavill] (cavil)
to iest, scoffe, or reason subtilly
caution
warning, putting in minde, or taking heede
celebrate
holy, make famous, to publish to commend, to keepe solemlie
celeritie (celerity)
swiftnes, hast
celestiall (celestial)
heauenly, diuine passing excellent
cement
morter, or lime
censor
a corrector, a iudge, or reformer of manners
censure
a correction, or reformation
(g) centre (center)
middest of any round thing or circle
centurion
captaine of a hundren men
ceruse
white leade, or painting that women vse
cessement (cessment)
tribute
chanell (channel)
sinke
(g) character
the fashion of a Letter, a marke, or stampe
(f) chaunt
sing
(f) champion
wilde field, also a challenger
chambering
lightnes, and wanton behauiour in priuate places
charter
a grant of any thing confirmed by seale
(f) cheualrie [chevalrie] (chivalry)
knight-hood
cherubin (cherubim)
order of Angels
chibball (chibbal)
a kind of fruite
(g) chirograph
hand writing
(g) chiromancie (chiromancy)
telling of fortunes, by the lines in the hands
(g) chirurgion (chirurgeon)
a surgion
(g) choller (choler)
a humor causing anger
chough
a kind of bird
(g) christ
annointed
(g) chronickler (chronicler), chronographer
historie writer
(g) chronicall (chronicle)
returning at certaine times
(g) chronologie (chronology)
storie of times past
cibaries
meates, nourishment
cider
drink made of apples
circuit
about
circumcise
to cut the priuie skin
circumference
the round and outmost circuit, or compasse
circumligate
binde about
circumscribe
to compasse about with a line to limit
circumspect
heedie, quicke of sight, wise and dooing matters aduisedly
circumlocution
a speaking of that in many words, which may be said in few
circumstance
a qualitie, that accompaneth any thing, as time, place &c
circumstant
things that are about vs
circumuent [circumvent]
to close in, to deceaue, or intrap craftily
citron
a kind of fruit
ciuilitie [civilitie] (civility)
honest in conuersation, or gentle in behauiour
clamarus (clamorous)
making a great noyse
chassick {classick} (classic)
chiefe, and approued
(f) clauicordes [clavicordes] (clavichord)
mirth
claritude (clarity)
cleerenes, renowne
clemencie (clemency)
gentlenes, curtesie
client
he that is defended
climate
a portion of the worlde betwixt north and south
(g) climactericall (climacteric)
that which ariseth by degrees, as the sixtie third yeere is climactericall of the seauentie
clister (clyster)
medecine
coble (cobble)
amend
coadiutor [coadjutor]
a fellow helper
cockatrice
a kind of beast
caenation (cenation)
supper, or a place to sup in
cogitation
thought, musing
cognition
knowledge
cohaerence (coherence)
ioyning, & vniting together
(f) coin
corner
collect
gather together
colleague
companion
collaterall (collateral)
on the other side, ouer against as two lines drawne equally distant one from another, in due place
collation
recitall, a short banquet
collect
gather
collusion
deceit, cousanage
colume (column)
one side of a page of a booke
combine
heale, or couple together
combination
a ioyning, or coupling together
combure
burne, or consume with fire
combustible
easily burnt
combustion
burning or consuming with fire
comedie (comedy)
a kind of stage play
comicall (comical)
handled merily like a comedie
commemoration
rehearsing or remembring
(f) commencement
a beginning or entrance
(g) comet
a blasing starre
comentarie (commentary)
exposition of any thing
commerce
fellowship, entercourse of merchandise
commination
threatning, or menacing
commiseration
pittie
commodious
profitable, pleasant, fit
commotion
rebellion, trouble, or disquietnesse
communicate
make partaker, or giue part vnto
(f) communaltie (communal)
common people, or common-wealth
communion, communitie (community)
fellowship
compact
ioyned together, or an agreement
compassion
pitty, fellow-feeling
compell (compel)
to force, or constraine
compendious
short, profitable
compensation
a recompence
compeare (compare)
like
competent
conuenient, sufficient, apt
competitor
hee that sueth for the same thing, or office, that another doth
compile
gather together
complement
perfecting of any thing
complet (complete)
fulfilled, finished
Complexion
nature, constitution of the body
(f) complices (complice)
fellowes in wicked matters
compose
make, or ioyne together
composition
agreement, a making, or mingling together
comprehend, comprise
to containe
comprimise (compromise)
agreement, made by parties chosen on either side
comprimit (compromit)
iudge
compte (compt)
fine, decked: trimmed
compulsion
force, constraint
computation
an account or reckoning
compunction
pricking
concauitie [concavitie] (concavity)
hollownes
conceale (conceal)
to keepe close
conception
conceiuing in the wombe
concinnate
made fit, finely apparelled
concise
briefe or short
concoct
to digest meate
concord, concordance
agreement
concrete
ioyned, or congealed together
concruciate clueless
to torment, or vex together
concubine
harlot, or light huswife
conculcate
to treade vnderfoote
concupiscence
desire
concurre (concur)
agree together, runne together or meete
concurse (concourse)
running together of many to a place
condigne (condign)
worthie
condiscende (condescend)
agree vnto, or consent
condole
to be greeued, or sorrowfull with another
conduct
guiding, or hiring
confabulate
to talke together
confection
compounding, making or mingling
confederate
agreeing peaceably together by couenants made
conferre (confer)
talke together
conference
communication, talking together
confidence
trust, hope
confine
to border vpon, to compasse in
confirme (confirm)
establish
(f) confiscation
forfeiture or losse of goods
conflict
battaile, strife, fight
conforme (conform)
to make like vnto, consent
confound
ouerthrow, destroy, mingle together, or disorder
(f) confront
opposse, compare one to another
congeale (congeal)
to harden, or ware hard, or freeze together
congestion
a heaping vp
conglutinate
to ioyne together
congratulate
to reioyce with another for some good fortune
congregate
gather together
congruence, congruitie (congruity)
agreablenes or likenes
coniunction [conjunction]
ioyning together
coniure [conjure]
to conspire together, to sweare by
connexion (connection)
ioyning together
conuiuence {conniuence} [connivence] (connivance)
sufferance, or winking at
conquest
a complayning, or victorie
consanguinitie (consanguinity)
kinred by blood, or birth
consecrate
make holie, to dedicate, or giue vnto
consectarie (consectary)
one that followeth any opinion
consent
agreement
consequence, consequent
following by order
conserue [conserve]
keepe, saue, or maintaine
consideratly (considerate)
wisely, and with aduise, consist, stand
(f) consistorie (consistory)
place of ciuill iudgement
consociate
companie with, or ioyne a companion vnto
consolation
comfort
consonant
agreeable, likelie
consort
a companion, or company
conspicuous
easie to be seene, excellent
conspire
agree together, for to doe euill
constellation
a company of starrs
constitutions (constitution)
lawes, or decrees
construe
expound
consul
a cheife gouernor among the Romanes
consult
take counsaile
consumate (consummate)
accomplish, fulfill, or finish
contagious
that which corrupteth, or infecteth
contaminate
defiled, or corrupted
contaminouse (contaminate)
infectious, defiled
contemplation
meditation, or musing
contend
wrangle
contestate (contestation)
to call to witnes
context
the agreeing of the matter going before, with that which followeth
continent
modest, abstaining, chast: also the firme land where no ile or sea is
contingent
happening by chaunce
contract
make short, also a bargaine, or couenant
contradiction
gaine saying
contribute
bestowe vpon, or giue vnto
contribution
a bestowing of any thing
contributorie (contributory)
giuing a part to any thing
contrite
broken, sorrowfull
contrition
sorrow, sadnes
contriue [contrive]
make
contumacie (contumacy)
stubbornnes, contempt
contumelie (contumely)
slaunder, reproch
contusion
bruised, or beaten
conuent {conuene} [convene]
bring before a iudge
conuenient [convenient]
fit, well beseeming
conuenticle [conventicle]
a little assemblie
conuerse [converse]
companie with
conuert [convert]
turne, change
conuict [convict]
proued guiltie, ouercome
conuince [convince]
to ouercome, confute, or proue manifestly
conuocation [convocation]
an assembling, or calling together
(f) conuoy [convoy]
a waiting vppon: or keeping company in the way
connulsion {convulsion}
a pulling, or shrinking vp
copartner
fellow partaker, or companion
(g) cophin (coffin)
basket, or chest for a dead body to be put in
copious
plentifull, abounding
copulation
ioyning, or coupling together
cordwainer
shoemaker, or trade
cordiall (cordial)
comforting the hart
(f) coriuals [corivals] (corrival)
competitors
carnositie (carnosity)
full of flesh, grosse
corporall (corporal)
bodily
corporate
hauing a bodie
(f) corps (corpse)
deade bodie
corpulent
grosse of body, fat, or great
correspondent
answerable
correllatiues [correllatives] (correlative)
when 2 things are so linked together, that the one cannot be without the otherr
corrigible
easily corrected
corroborate
confirme, or strengthen, or make strong
corroded (corrode)
gnawd about
corrosiue [corrosive]
fretting
(g) cosmographie (cosmography)
description of the world
costiue [costive]
bound in the bodie
(f) couch
bed, lie downe
(f) couert [covert]
hidden place, secrete
(f) counterchange
to change againe
(f) countermaund (countermand)
commaund contrarie
(f) countermine
vndermine one against an other
(f) countermure
to builde, one wall against another
crassitude
fatnesse or thicknesse
(f) counterpoise
make leuell, or to weigh, as heuie as another thing
cowslip
a kind of hearh
(f) counteruaile [countervaile] (countervail)
of equall valew
credence
beliefe
(f) curbe (curb)
restraine, keepe in
credible
which may be beleeued
(f) couerture [coverture]
couering
creditor
he which lendeth, or trusteth an other
credulous
readie to belieue, true
credulitie (credulity)
rashnes in belieuing
(f) creuas [crevas] (crevasse)
rift
(f) crible (cribble)
sifted
criminous, criminall (criminal)
faultie, that wherein is some fault
crisped (crisp)
curled, or frisled
(g) criticall (critical)
which giueth iudgement of sicknes. &c
crocodile
a kind of beast
crucifie (crucify)
fasten to a crosse
crude
raw, not ripe, not digested
(g) crupt
hidden, or secret
(g) crystaline (crystalline)
cleere like glasse, or christall
cubite (cubit)
a foote and a halfe
culpable
blame-worthy, guiltie
culture
husbandry, tilling
curiositie (curiosity)
picked diligence, greater carefulnes, then is seemly or necessarie
cursorilie (cursorily)
swiftly, or briefely
curuefie [curvefie] (curvify)
bowed, or made crooked
custodie (custody)
keeping, or looking to
cymball (cymbal)
an instrument of musicke, so called
(g) cynicall (cynical)
doggish, froward
(g) cypher
a circle in numbering, of no value of it selfe, but serueth to make vp the number, and to make other figures of more value.

 

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