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| callow | n | a low lying damp meadow, often bare.; marsh, [archaïc, from OE calu]
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| carecrows | n | women (or men) who are so devoted to, and fuss over their partners so much that they frighten them away.; [(new word)from care + crow, with scarecrow in mind.]
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| careworn | adj | showing signs of long-term stresses; [forbinding: care + worn]
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| Carichland | n | Kazakhstan; [<"ger-" root in PIE gerbʰ- + "-ich (Substantivisation of the adjective suffix -y)" + "land"]
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| caterwaul | vb | to make a high unpleasant noise like a cat; [OED]
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| chare | n | occasion; [OE ċierr]
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| chary | adj | sorrowful 2. dear, cherished. 3. careful, cautious, frugal, shy; sorrowful, cherished, cautious, shy [from OE ċearig]
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| cheavesborn | n | born out of wedlock; bastard/ illegitimate [OE. ċifesboren (MHG. die Kebse / concubine)]
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| chepstow | n | market; [OE ċeapstow]
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| chickeny | adj | characteristic, resembling or flavored of chicken.; [OE 'chicken' & 'y' suffix]
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| chisness | n | fastidiousness; []
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| chy | v | cry; [unknown]
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| chyrtel | n | wedding gown; [OE ċyrtel, man's tunic or woman's gown]
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| cluethink | v | to look for clues to find out an answer.; infer [compound clue + think]
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| clamstone | n | a small shiny ball of nacre found within certains clams, used for jewelry and decoration; pearl [neologism, from clam + stone]
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| clayware | n | articles made out of clay; []
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| cloud kitchen | n | A cloud kitchen is basically a takeaway outlet that provides no dine-in facility. They function as a production unit with a space for the preparation of food. The food can be ordered online, hence, the name cloud kitchen.; dark kitchen, ghost kitchen. [OE cloud & kitchen]
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| clove | n | narrow valley with steep sides; [Dutch; akin to 'cleave']
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| come-alongs | n | handcuffs; wrist-fetters [OE come & along (s)]
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| comelithe | adj | hospitable; [OE cumliðe]
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| comth | n | coming, arrival, basing; [PG kumþiz; cognate with Greekish βάση]
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| comthy | adj | basic, fundamental, primary; [PG kumþiz + -igaz; cognate with Greekish βασικός]
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| conserm | n | harmony, particularly musical; [calque of NS co-sheirm - sheirm calqued as 'serm' as in 'sermon'. Also mirrors Ic. samhljómur]
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| coomb | n | small dale or valley, like a short and shallow ravine; a big hollow in the ground going along a certain way [from O.E. "cumb"]
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| coreness | n | election; [OE corennes]
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| costen | vb | to try, tempt or prove; provoke, attract, allure, test [from OE costnian by analogy with "fasten" from fastnian]
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| cove | adj | active, strenuous, vigorous; [OE caf]
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| crabword | n | a word, verse or sentence that reads the same backwards or forwards.; palindrome [neologism, from crab + word. Crab a being which is happy going backwards or forward. Taken from Greek, karkinos.]
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| cradle to the grave | phr | lifespan, from birth to death.; 'womb to doom; lifespan [O.E.]
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| craftwork | n | an industrial site where electricity is wrought.; [neologism, from craft + work. Taken from German, kraftwerksee SV "kraftverk".]
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| cride | n | herb, spice; [see Du. kruid, NHG Kraut]
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| crusty-minded | adj | Old, gruff, surly of attitude.; [(new word) crusty & mind(ed).]
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| cudgel | n | a a short thick stick used as a weapon; club [OE cygel; not known except in Old English]
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| custy | adj | charitable, generous; [OE cystig]
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| cutter | n | person who makes, repairs, or alters clothing professionally; tailor [extension of existing word, by analogy of Fr. 'tailour' lit. "cutter"]
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| cwicksilver | n | a chemical element, which is a silvery liquid at room temperature; mercury; [unknown]
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