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.
If an entry is marked with clueless, then my search for a modern version of the word has come up empty.
Please msg me with any corrections or suggestions.
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.
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
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