Part 15

~Courageous~, _a._ Fearless (_from reflection or a sense of duty_), BRAVE, gallant, daring, valorous, chivalrous, valiant, bold, heroic, intrepid, dauntless, resolute, hardy, stout, lion-hearted, with a bold front, UP TO THE SCRATCH.

~Courier~, _n._ Messenger, express, runner.

~Course~, _n._ ~1.~ Race, career.

~2.~ Route, way, track, road.

~3.~ Direction, bearing, point of compass, line of progress.

~4.~ Round, beat.

~5.~ Progress, process.

~6.~ Regularity, order, succession, turn.

~7.~ Deportment, line of conduct, manner of proceeding.

~8.~ Series, system, methodical arrangement.

~9.~ Set of dishes (_at a banquet_).

~Course~, _v. a._ Pursue, hunt, chase, run after, give chase to.

~Course~, _v. n._ Run, move swiftly.

~Courser~, _n._ Racer, race-horse.

~Courses~, _n. pl._ Menses, catamenia, menstrual flux, menstrual discharge.

~Court~, _n._ ~1.~ Royal household, princely retinue.

~2.~ Judicial tribunal, court of justice.

~3.~ Judge, body of judges.

~4.~ Court-yard.

~5.~ Recess from a street.

~Court~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Flatter, coddle, try to please, fawn upon, pay court to.

~2.~ Woo, pay one's addresses to, make love to.

~3.~ Seek, solicit, strive to gain.

~Courteous~, _a._ Polite, civil, affable, urbane, complaisant, gracious, courtly, ceremonious, debonair, respectful, obliging, well- bred.

~Courteousness~, _n._ Politeness, COURTESY.

~Courtesan~, _n._ Prostitute, whore, harlot, strumpet, punk, wench, drab, Cyprian, DEMIREP, night-walker, street-walker, lewd woman, woman of the town, woman of ill-fame.

~Courtesy~, _n._ Politeness, courteousness, civility, urbanity, complaisance, affability, good-breeding, elegance of manners.

~Courtesy~, _v. n._ Make a courtesy.

~Courtly~, _a._ Polished, elegant, polite, COURTEOUS.

~Courtship~, _n._ Wooing.

~Court-yard~, _n._ Court.

~Cousin-german~, _n._ First cousin.

~Cove~, _n._ Inlet, bight, small bay.

~Covenant~, _n._ Agreement, bargain, contract, compact, stipulation, arrangement, treaty, convention, concordat, pact.

~Covenant~, _v. n._ Bargain, stipulate, agree; make a stipulation.

~Cover~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Overspread.

~2.~ Conceal, hide, secrete, cloak, veil, screen, shroud, mask, disguise.

~3.~ Shield, shelter, protect, guard, defend.

~4.~ Clothe, invest, envelop, inwrap, wrap up.

~5.~ Put a covering on.

~6.~ Comprehend, embrace, include, comprise, contain, embody.

~7.~ Counterbalance, countervail, balance, compensate, make up for, be equal to.

~Cover~, _n._ ~1.~ Covering, tegument, integument, capsule, case.

~2.~ Screen, veil, disguise, cloak.

~3.~ Shelter, protection, guard, defence, shield, safeguard.

~4.~ Plate, dish.

~Covercle~, _n._ Lid, small cover.

~Covering~, _n._ COVER, tegument, integument, capsule.

~Coverlet~, _n._ Counterpane.

~Coverlid~, _n._ Counterpane.

~Covert~, _n._ Shelter, refuge, asylum, harbor, sanctuary, retreat, defence.

~Covert~, _a._ Hidden, concealed, secret, disguised, clandestine, underhand, sly, insidious, stealthy.

~Covet~, _v. a._ Desire, long for, lust for, hanker after, aspire to.

~Covetous~, _a._ ~1.~ Greedy, eager, very desirous (_usually in a bad sense, though sometimes in a good sense_), AVARICIOUS, parsimonious, penurious, sordid, mean, mercenary, miserly, niggardly, stingy.

~Covetousness~, _n._ Avarice, parsimony, stinginess, penuriousness, niggardliness, meanness, cupidity.

~Covey~, _n._ ~1.~ Brood.

~2.~ Flock.

~3.~ Set, company, party, bevy.

~Covin~, _n._ (_Law._) Collusion.

~Covinous~, _a._ (_Law._) Fraudulent, deceitful, dishonest, deceptive, collusive.

~Cow~, _v. a._ Overawe, intimidate, frighten, daunt, subdue by fear.

~Coward~, _n._ Dastard, poltroon, craven, milksop.

~Cowardice~, _n._ Pusillanimity, poltroonery, timidity, fear, cowardliness, the white feather.

~Cowardliness~, _n._ COWARDICE.

~Cowardly~, _a._ Pusillanimous, dastardly, craven, fearful, timorous, timid, diffident, faint-hearted, chicken-hearted, white-livered, showing the white Feather.

~Cower~, _v. n._ Crouch, cringe, fawn, stoop, squat, bend the knee.

~Cowl~, _n._ ~1.~ Monk's hood.

~2.~ Chimney-top.

~Cow-pox~, _n._ Kine-pox.

~Coxcomb~, _n._ Beau, fop, dandy, popinjay, exquisite, jackanapee, PETIT-MAÎTRE, prig, man of dress; vain, showy fellow.

~Coxcombry~, _n._ Foppishness, vainglory, priggery.

~Coxcombical~, _a._ Foppish, conceited, vain, priggish, pretentious.

~Coxcomical~, _a._ Foppish, conceited, vain, priggish, pretentious.

~Coy~, _a._ Modest, diffident, shy, shrinking, timid, bashful, reserved, distant, demure.

~Cozen~, _v. a._ Cheat, trick, defraud, deceive, swindle, chouse, dupe, gull, diddle, overreach, circumvent, beguile, victimize, take in, impose upon.

~Cozenage~, _n._ Fraud, deceit, artifice, trickery, deception, imposition, imposture, duplicity, guile, double dealing.

~Cozy~, _a._ [Written also _Cosey_.] ~1.~ Snug, comfortable, easy.

~2.~ [_Eng._] Chatty, talkative, social, conversable.

~Crabbed~, _a._ ~1.~ Sour, tart, rough.

~2.~ Morose, surly, testy, touchy, cross, growling, snarling, snappish, cantankerous, waspish, petulant, peevish, churlish, harsh, acrimonious, caustic, captious, censorious, splenetic, out of sorts, ill-tempered.

~3.~ Difficult, perplexing, trying, unmanageable, tough, intractable, hard to deal with.

~Crabbedness~, _n._ ~1.~ Sourness, roughness, tartness.

~2.~ Asperity, acerbity, moroseness, sullenness, moodiness, churlishness, harshness, ill-temper, bad blood.

~3.~ Difficulty, perplexity, intractability.

~Crab-grass~, _n._ Wire-grass, dog's-tail grass (_Eleusine Indica_).

~Crack~, _n._ ~1.~ Break, cleft, breach, chink, fissure, crevice, cranny, opening.

~2.~ Report, clap, pop, burst, explosion.

~3.~ Snap (_of a whip_).

~Crack~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Break (_partially_), CRAZE.

~2.~ Split, chop, cleave, rend asunder.

~3.~ Snap (_as a whip_).

~Crack~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Break, split, burst, chap, open in chinks.

~2.~ Brag, bluster, vapor, vaunt, boast, gasconade, crow, exalt one's self, magnify one's self, TALK BIG.

~Crack~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Excellent, first-rate, of the first class, first-class.

~Crack-brained~, _a._ Crazy, cracked, insane, crazed.

~Cracked~, _a._ ~1.~ Broken, split.

~2.~ Crazed, crazy, crack-brained, with a bee in the head, insane.

~Cracker~, _n._ Hard biscuit.

~Crackle~, _v. n._ Decrepitate, crepitate, snap.

~Craft~, _n._ ~1.~ Skill, ability, talent, power, cleverness, dexterity, tact, aptitude, aptness, expertness, readiness.

~2.~ Artifice, artfulness, shrewdness, subtlety, cunning.

~3.~ Art, trade, employment, business.

~Craftsman~, _n._ Artisan, mechanic, artificer, workman, hand, operative, handicraftsman.

~Crafty~, _a._ Cunning, artful, deceitful, astute, sly, arch, subtle, shrewd, wily, invidious, intriguing, tricky, crooked, diplomatic, Machiavelian.

~Crag~, _n._ Bough, steep rock.

~Cragged~, _a._ CRAGGY.

~Craggy~, _a._ Cragged, rugged, rough, broken, uneven, scraggy.

~Cram~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Stuff, gorge, glut, fill full, fill to repletion.

~2.~ Crowd, press, compress.

~Cram~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Eat to satiety, eat greedily.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Study for examination.

~Cramp~, _n._ ~1.~ Spasm, crick, convulsion.

~2.~ [_Rare._] Check, restriction, restraint, obstruction.

~3.~ Cramp-iron.

~Cramp~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Affect with spasms.

~2.~ Restrain, obstruct, hinder, check, confine.

~3.~ Fasten with a cramp.

~Cramp-fish~, _n._ Torpedo, electric ray (_Torpedo vulgaris_).

~Cramp-iron~, _n._ Cramp.

~Cranberry~, _n._ Bog-berry.

~Crane-fly~, _n._ Father-long-legs, daddy-long-legs.

~Crane's-bill~, _n._ Geranium.

~Craniognomy~, _n._ Craniology, phrenology.

~Craniology~, _n._ Craniognomy, phrenology.

~Cranium~, _n._ Skull, brain-pan.

~Crank~, _a._ Easy to be overset.

~Crankle~, _v. n._ Crinkle, run in and out.

~Cranny~, _n._ Cleft, crack, fissure, chink, crevice, rift, gap, break, broach, interstice, opening.

~Crapulous~, _a._ [_Rare._] Drunken, drunk, inebriated, intoxicated, FUDDLED.

~Crassament~, _n._ CRASSAMENTUM.

~Crassamentum~, _n._ [L.] Clot (_of blood_), coagulation.

~Cratch~, _a._ Manger, crib.

~Cratch-cradle~, _n._ Cat's cradle, scratch-cradle.

~Crate~, _n._ Hamper.

~Cravat~, _n._ Neckcloth, neckerchief, necktie.

~Crave~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Entreat, beseech, beg, solicit, implore, supplicate.

~2.~ Desire, long for, hanker after, wish for, yearn for.

~Craven~, _n._ Dastard, coward, poltroon, milksop.

~Craving~, _n._ Longing, itching, strong desire.

~Craw~, _n._ Crop, first stomach (_of a bird_).

~Crawfish~, _n._ Crayfish, river-lobster.

~Crawl~, _v. n._ Creep.

~Crayfish~, _n._ CRAWFISH.

~Crayon~, _n._ ~1.~ Pencil.

~2.~ Drawing made with a crayon.

~Craze~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Make crazy, make insane.

~2.~ [_Rare._] Break, crack, crush, grind.

~Crazy~, _a._ ~1.~ Shattered, broken, tottering, rickety, worn out, out of order.

~2.~ Insane, distracted, mad, lunatic, demented, delirious, crack- brained, cracked, crazed, out of one's head, out of one's senses, out of one's wits.

~Cream~, _n._ Choice part, best part.

~Cream-colored~, _a._ Pale yellow.

~Cream of tartar~, Bi-tartrate of potash (_purified_), acid tartrate of potash.

~Create~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Originate.

~2.~ Produce, cause, occasion, be the occasion of.

~3.~ Make, appoint, constitute.

~Creation~, _n._ ~1.~ Invention, origination.

~2.~ Universe, cosmos.

~3.~ Appointment, constitution, nomination.

~Creator~, _n._ ~1.~ Originator, Maker.

~2.~ GOD, Jehovah, the Almighty.

~Creature~, _n._ ~1.~ Being (_animate or inanimate_), thing, substance, body, created being.

~2.~ Animal, living being.

~3.~ Man, person.

~4.~ Dependant, retainer, vassal, parasite, minion, hanger-on.

~Credence~, _n._ Belief, credit, trust, faith, confidence, reliance.

~Credendum~, _n._ [L.] Article of faith, thing to be believed.

~Credentials~, _n. pl._ Testimonials, vouchers, certificates.

~Credibility~, _n._ Trustworthiness, credibleness.

~Credible~, _a._ Trustworthy, to be believed, worthy of belief, not improbable.

~Credibleness~, _n._ Trustworthiness, credibility.

~Credit~, _n._ ~1.~ Belief, trust, faith, confidence, credence, reliance.

~2.~ Reputableness, esteem, regard, good repute, good reputation, high character.

~3.~ Influence (_of a good name_), power.

~4.~ Merit, honor, proof of desert.

~Credit~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Believe, give faith to, put faith in, rely upon, confide in, doubt not, make no doubt of, take upon credit.

~2.~ Place to the credit of, carry to the credit of one's account, enter upon the credit side.

~Creditable~, _a._ Reputable, honorable, estimable.

~Credulity~, _n._ Easiness of belief, readiness to believe (_on slight evidence_).

~Credulous~, _a._ Unsuspecting, unsuspicious, easy of belief, easily duped.

~Creed~, _n._ Belief, tenets, dogmas, doctrines, system of opinions, summary of belief.

~Creed-bound~, _a._ BIGOTED, wedded to an opinion.

~Creek~, _n._ ~1.~ Inlet, cove, bight, small bay.

~2.~ Rivulet, small river.

~Creep~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Crawl.

~2.~ Steal, glide stealthily, come unnoticed.

~3.~ Fawn, cringe, play the sycophant.

~Creeping~, _a._ ~1.~ Crawling.

~2.~ Fawning, sycophantic.

~3.~ (_Bot._) Growing on the ground or on supports.

~Cremation~, _n._ Burning (_especially of the dead_).

~Crenate~, _a._ (_Bot._) Notched, indented.

~Crenated~, _a._ (_Bot._) Notched, indented.

~Crepitate~, _v. n._ Crackle, snap, decrepitate.

~Crescent~, _n._ ~1.~ New moon, moon in her first quarter.

~2.~ Figure of the new moon.

~3.~ Turkish standard.

~4.~ Turkish power, Ottoman Empire.

~Crescent~, _a._ Growing, enlarging, increasing.

~Crescent-shaped~, _a._ (_Bot._) Lunate, lunated.

~Crest~, _n._ ~1.~ Tuft, plume, COMB.

~2.~ Top, crown, summit, highest part.

~Crested~, _a._ ~1.~ With a crest.

~2.~ (_Bot._) Cristate.

~Crestfallen~, _a._ Discouraged, disheartened, dispirited, depressed, dejected, desponding, chap-fallen, melancholy, sad, down-hearted, downcast, cast down, low-spirited, in low spirits.

~Cretaceous~, _a._ Chalky.

~Crevasse~, _n._ [Fr.] Crevice, gap, opening, ravine, gulley, GULCH.

~Crevice~, _n._ Fissure, chink, rift, gap, cleft, crack, cranny, interstice.

~Crew~, _n._ Company, gang, band, set, horde, party.

~Crib~, _n._ ~1.~ Rack, manger, cratch, feeding-place.

~2.~ Bin, bunker.

~Crib~, _v. a._ Enclose (_as in a crib_), cage, encage, confine, imprison, shut up.

~Crick~, _n._ Spasm, cramp, convulsion.

~Crime~, _n._ ~1.~ FELONY, aggravated misdemeanor, gross offence (_especially against human law_), infraction of law.

~2.~ Sin, transgression, iniquity, wickedness, unrighteousness, wrong, delinquency.

~Criminal~, _a._ ~1.~ Wrong, contrary to law.

~2.~ Culpable, guilty.

~Criminal~, _n._ Culprit, delinquent, offender, transgressor, trespasser, malefactor, convict, felon.

~Criminal conversation~, [Abbreviated _crim. con._] Adultery.

~Criminality~, _n._ Guiltiness, guilt, culpability.

~Criminate~, _v. a._ Accuse, charge, arraign, impeach, allege to be guilty.

~Crimination~, _n._ Accusation, impeachment, arraignment, charge.

~Crimp~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Curl, crisp.

~2.~ Plait, form into ridges.

~Crimp~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Decoyman (_for the military service_), insnarer, trapanner.

~Cringe~, _v. n._ Crouch, fawn, truckle, sneak, stoop, bend the knee.

~Cringing~, _a._ Crouching, fawning, servile, sneaking, obsequious.

~Crinkle~, _v. n._ Crankle, run in and out.

~Cripple~, _n._ Lame person.

~Cripple~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Lame, make lame.

~2.~ Disable, weaken, impair the strength of.

~Crisis~, _n._ ~1.~ Acme, height, decisive turn, turning point.

~2.~ Exigency, emergency, juncture, conjuncture, pass, strait, rub, pinch, push, critical situation.

~Crisp~, _a._ ~1.~ Brittle, friable.

~Crispy~, _a._ ~1.~ Brittle, friable.

~2.~ Curled, frizzled.

~Crisp~, _v. a._ Twist, curl.

~Crispin~, _n._ Shoemaker.

~Cristate~, _a._ (_Bot._) Crested.

~Criterion~, _n._ Standard, test, touchstone, measure, rule.

~Critic~, _n._ ~1.~ Reviewer, censor, connoisseur, judge (_of artistic merit_).

~2.~ Censurer, caviller, carper.

~Critical~, _a._ ~1.~ Exact, nice, accurate.

~2.~ Censorious, carping, cavilling, captious.

~Criticise~, _v. a._ Examine and estimate (_as works of art or of literature_), remark upon (_with reference to merits and defects_), pass judgment upon.

~Criticism~, _n._ ~1.~ Art of criticising.

~2.~ Critique, strictures, animadversion, review, critical remarks.

~Critique~, _n._ Criticism, review, critical examination, critical remarks, critical notice.

~Croak~, _v. n._ Murmur, complain, grumble, repine.

~Croaker~, _n._ Murmurer, complainer, grumbler, censurer, fault-finder.

~Crock~, _n._ Soot.

~Crock~, _v. a._ Blacken (_with soot_), soil.

~Crockery~,_ n._ Earthen-ware.

~Crocodile tears~, Affected tears, hypocritical sorrow.

~Crone~, _n._ Old woman (_in contempt_).

~Crony~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Associate, intimate friend, bosom friend, bosom companion.

~Crook~, _n._ Bend, flexure, curvature, turn.

~Crook~, _v. a._ Bend, curve, incurvate, bow, inflect, make crooked.

~Crooked~, _a._ ~1.~ Bent, curved, bowed, winding, not straight.

~2.~ Distorted, twisted, wry, awry, askew, deformed, disfigured.

~3.~ Perverse, froward, dishonest, unfair, dishonorable, knavish, unscrupulous, deceitful, tricky, insidious, crafty, intriguing, diplomatic, Machiavelian.

~Croon~, _v. a._ Hum, sing softly, sing in a low tone.

~Croon~, _n._ ~1.~ Murmur, moan.

~2.~ Simple melody.

~Crop~, _n._ ~1.~ Harvest.

~2.~ Craw, first stomach (_of a bird_).

~Crop~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Lop, clip, cut off.

~2.~ Gather, pluck, pick.

~3.~ Browse, nibble, feed upon.

~Crosier~, _n._ Pastoral staff.

~Cross~, _n._ ~1.~ Gibbet (_made of pieces of wood placed transversely_).

~2.~ [With _The_ prefixed.] Gospel, Christian doctrine, Christian religion, divine revelation.

~3.~ Trial, vexation, trouble, affliction, misfortune.

~4.~ Intermixture (_of blood in races_).

~Cross~, _a._ ~1.~ Transverse, lying athwart.

~2.~ Fretful, peevish, petulant, pettish, snappish, waspish, touchy, testy, crusty, churlish, crabbed, captious, ill-natured, froward, morose, sulky, sullen, spleeny, surly, cynical, snarling, sour, GROUTY, ill-tempered, out of humor, out of temper.

~Cross~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Put across, put athwart.

~2.~ Mark with a line or lines across.

~3.~ Traverse, pass over, go over.

~4.~ Thwart, hinder, obstruct, interfere with.

~Cross-barred~, _a._ Cancellated.

~Crosses~, _n. pl._ Vexations, misfortunes, troubles, trials, afflictions.

~Cross-examine~, _v. a._ Cross-question.

~Cross-grained~, _a._ Stubborn, obdurate, untractable, perverse, wayward, headstrong, refractory.

~Crossing~, _n._ Intersection.

~Cross-question~, _v. a._ Cross-examine.

~Crosswise~, _ad._ Across, transversely, over.

~Crotch~, _n._ Fork, angle, corner.

~Crotchet~, _n._ Whim, freak, quirk, vagary, whimsey, fancy, caprice, maggot, WRINKLE.

~Crotchety~, _a._ Whimsical, fantastic, fantastical, odd, queer, fanciful, capricious, humorsome, wayward, fitful, freakish.

~Crouch~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Couch, squat, lie flat, stoop low, lie close to the ground.

~2.~ Cower, cringe, fawn, truckle.

~Croup~, _n._ ~1.~ Bump (_especially of a horse_), buttocks.

~2.~ (_Med._) Cynanche (_trachealis_).

~Crow~, _v. n._ Boast, brag, vaunt, bluster, swagger, vapor, triumph, chuckle, exult.

~Crowd~, _n._ ~1.~ Throng, multitude, concourse, host.

~2.~ Babble, mob, populace, vulgar mass, lower classes, lower orders, common people.

~Crowd~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Fill by compression, fill to excess.

~2.~ Compress, cram, press, press together.

~3.~ Urge, dun.

~Crowd~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Swarm, flock together, be numerous, come thick.

~2.~ Press forward, make one's way.

~Crown~, _n._ ~1.~ Diadem.

~2.~ Royalty, kingly power, sovereignty.

~3.~ Coronet, coronal, garland, chaplet, wreath, laurel, bays.

~4.~ Dignity, honor, reward, recompense, honorary distinction.

~5.~ Top, summit, crest.

~Crown~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Put a crown upon, invest with a crown.

~2.~ Adorn, dignify, honor.

~3.~ Recompense, reward, requite.

~4.~ Perfect, complete, finish, consummate.

~Crowning~, _n._ ~1.~ Coronation.

~2.~ Perfecting, finishing, consummation.

~Crown-law~, _n._ [_England._] Criminal law.

~Crown-post~, _n._ King-post.

~Crown-wheel~, _n._ Contrate-wheel.

~Crucial~, _a._ ~1.~ Transverse, intersecting.

~2.~ Severe, searching, trying, decisive.

~Cruciate~, _a._ (_Bot._) Cruciform, cross-shaped.

~Cruciform~, _a._ Cross-shaped, CRUCIATE.

~Crucify~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Put to death upon the cross.

~2.~ Subdue (_as the passions, by Christian principles_), overcome, mortify.

~Crude~, _a._ ~1.~ Raw, uncooked, undressed, in a raw state.

~2.~ Immature, unripe, harsh.

~3.~ Coarse, unrefined.

~4.~ Unpremeditated, indigested.

~Crudeness~, _n._ Rawness, crudity.

~Crudity~, _n._ Rawness, crudeness.

~Cruel~, _a._ ~1.~ Unmerciful, inhuman, merciless, unfeeling, uncompassionate, fell, ruthless, barbarous, pitiless, relentless, unrelenting, inexorable, savage, ferocious, brutal, sanguinary, truculent, blood-thirsty, hard-hearted.

~2.~ Severe, hard, sharp, bitter.

~Cruelty~, _n._ Inhumanity, barbarity, brutality, brutishness, ferocity, savageness truculence, blood-thirstiness.

~Cruet~, _n._ Vial, cruse, caster.

~Cruise~, _v. n._ Rove over the sea.

~Cruise~, _n._ Roving voyage.

~Crumble~, _v. a._ Crush, break to pieces, disintegrate, reduce to fragments.

~Crumble~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Fall to pieces, break into pieces, become disintegrated.

~2.~ Perish, fall into decay.

~Crumple~, _v. a._ Wrinkle, rumple.

~Crusader~, _n._ Palmer, pilgrim.

~Cruse~, _n._ Vial, cruet, caster.

~Crush~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Compress, squeeze, bruise, contuse.

~2.~ Break, crumble, disintegrate, comminute, bray, CRAZE.

~3.~ Demolish, break down.

~4.~ Overpower, overcome, overwhelm, subdue, quell, conquer.

~Crust~, _n._ Incrustation, hard coating.

~Crustacea~, _n. pl._ CRUSTACEANS.

~Crustaceans~, _n. pl._ Shell-fish (_with thin, jointed shells, like the lobster_).

~Crustacean~, _a._ Crustaceous.

~Crustaceous~, _a._ Crustacean.

~Crusty~, _a._ Touchy, testy, pettish, waspish, snappish, peevish, fretful, petulant, cross, churlish, crabbed, froward, surly, morose, cynical, snarling, ill-tempered.

~Cry~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Exclaim, clamor, call, make an outcry, cry out.

~2.~ Weep, sob, shed tears.

~3.~ Vociferate, shout, hoot, yell, roar, bawl, squall, scream.

~Cry~, _v. a._ Proclaim, publish, make public, make proclamation of.

~Cry~, _n._ ~1.~ Exclamation, ejaculation, outcry, acclamation.

~2.~ Plaint, lament, lamentation, crying, weeping.

~3.~ Scream, screech, howl, yell, roar.

~4.~ Pack of hounds.

~Cry down~, Decry, depreciate, condemn.

~Crying~, _n._ Weeping, lamentation.

~Crying~, _a._ ~1.~ Weeping, lamenting.

~2.~ Notorious, great, enormous, heinous, flagrant, nefarious.

~Cry out~, Exclaim, clamor.

~Cry out against~, Blame, censure, condemn, complain of.

~Crypt~, _n._ Vault, tomb, catacomb.

~Cry up~, Extol, commend, praise.

~Cub~, _n._ ~1.~ Whelp, young beast (_especially a young bear_).

~2.~ [_In contempt._] Child, young boy or young girl.

~Cubeb~, _n._ Java pepper (_Piper cubeba_).

~Cucking-stool~, _n._ Castigatory, trebuchet, tumbrel, ducking-stool.

~Cuckoo-bud~, _n._ Butter-cup, king's-cup, butter-flower, gold-cup (_Ranunculus bulbosa_).

~Cuckoo-spittle~, _n._ Froth-spit.

~Cucullate~, _a._ ~1.~ Hooded, cowled.

~2.~ Hood-shaped.

~Cucullated~, _a._ ~1.~ Hooded, cowled.

~2.~ Hood-shaped.

~Cud~, _n._ [_Low._] Quid.

~Cudden~, _n._ ~1.~ Clown, stupid rustic.

~2.~ Coal-fish, cuddy (_Gadus carbonarius_ or _Merlangus carbonarius_).

~Cuddle~, _v. n._ Snuggle, nestle, squat, lie close, lie snug.

~Cuddle~, _v. a._ Hug, embrace.

~Cuddy~, _n._ ~1.~ Cabin (_in the fore-part of a boat_).

~2.~ CUDDEN, coal-fish.

~Cudgel~, _n._ Club, bludgeon.

~Cudgel~, _v. a._ Cane, drub, thrash, baste, beat with a cudgel.

~Cudgelling~, _n._ Flogging, whipping, beating, BASTINADO.

~Cudweed~, _n._ Everlasting, goldylocks, IMMORTELLE.

~Cue~, _n._ ~1.~ Hint, suggestion, intimation, catchword, wink, nod.

~2.~ Rod (_in billiards_).

~Cuff~, _n._ Blow, stroke, box.

~Cuff~, _v. a._ Beat, strike, buffet, box.

~Cui bono~, [L.] For whose benefit, of what use.

~Cuirass~, _n._ Breastplate.

~Cul-de-sac~, _n._ [Fr.] Blind alley.

~Cull~, _v. a._ Select, elect, choose, pick, single out, fix upon, pitch upon, pick out.

~Cully~, _n._ Dupe, gull, cat's paw, credulous person.

~Cully~, _v. a._ Cheat, trick, dupe, gull, chouse, deceive, delude, overreach, cozen, diddle, circumvent, beguile, impose upon.

~Culm~, n. ~1.~ Stalk (_of corn, grasses, &c._), stem.

~2.~ Glance-coal, blind-coal, hard-coal, anthracite (_in small

## particles_).

~Culminate~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be on the meridian.

~2.~ Reach the highest point, be at the highest point.

~Culpability~, _n._ Guiltiness, guilt, culpableness, blame, sinfulness, criminality.

~Culpable~, _a._ Blamable, censurable, reprehensible, faulty, blameworthy.

~Culpableness~, _n._ Guiltiness, CULPABILITY.

~Culprit~, _n._ Criminal, malefactor, delinquent, felon.

~Cult~, _n._ Homage, worship.

~Cultivate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Till, raise crops from.

~2.~ Study, investigate, search into.

~3.~ Improve, refine, elevate, civilize, meliorate, make better.

~4.~ Foster, cherish, promote.

~Cultivation~, _n._ ~1.~ Tillage, agriculture, husbandry.

~2.~ Improvement, refinement, culture.

~Culture~, _n._ ~1.~ Agriculture, tillage.

~2.~ Improvement, refinement, cultivation, civilization.

~Cumber~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Overload, oppress, clog, hamper, obstruct, encumber.

~2.~ Distract, trouble, embarrass, perplex, plague, harass, worry, torment.

~Cumbersome~, _a._ ~1.~ Burdensome, embarrassing, troublesome, vexatious, cumbrous.

~2.~ Unwieldy, unmanageable, clumsy, awkward, inconvenient.

~Cumbrous~, _a._ Burdensome, CUMBERSOME.

~Cuneate~, _a._ Cuneiform, wedge-shaped

~Cuneated~, _a._ Cuneiform, wedge-shaped

~Cuneiform~, _a._ Cuneate, wedge-shaped.

~Cunner~, _n._ ~1.~ (_Conch_), Limpet (_Patella_).

~2.~ (_Ich._) Conner, burgall, CHOGSET, blue perch.

~Cunning~, _a._ Crafty, artful, sly, astute, subtle, wily, shrewd, sharp, designing, intriguing, deceitful, TRICKY, crooked, diplomatic, Machiavelian.

~Cunning~, _n._ Craft, art, shrewdness, artifice, deceit, duplicity, subtlety, intrigue.

~Cup~, _n._ ~1.~ Chalice.

~2.~ Draught, potion, cupful.

~3.~ Lot, portion.

~4.~ Cupping-glass.

~Cupboard~, _n._ Buffet.

~Cupful~, _n._ Cup.

~Cupidity~, _n._ ~1.~ Longing, lust, strong desire.

~2.~ Avarice, covetousness, inordinate desire of wealth.

~Cupping-glass~, _n._ Cup.

~Cups~, _n. pl._ Orgies, revels, bacchanals, carousal, wassail, compotation, drinking bout.

~Curative~, _a._ Remedial, sanatory.

~Curator~, _n._ Guardian, custodian, superintendent, keeper.

~Curb~, _n._ ~1.~ CHECK, restraint, hinderance, bridle.

~2.~ Curb-stone.

~Curb~, _v. a._ Check, restrain, control, bridle, put under restraint, keep under.

~Curb-roof~, _n._ Mansard-roof, GAMBREL-ROOF.

~Curb-stone~, _n._ Curb.

~Curcuma paper~, Turmeric paper.

~Curd~, _n._ Caseine, coagulum of milk, coagulated milk.

~Curdle~, _v. a._ Coagulate, turn to curds.

~Curdy~, _a._ Coagulated.

~Cure~, _n._ ~1.~ Remedy, antidote, specific, restorative, reparative, corrective, help.

~2.~ Healing, restoration.

~Cure~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Remedy, heal.

~2.~ Restore to health.

~3.~ Preserve (_from putrefaction_).

~Curiosity~, _n._ ~1.~ Inquisitiveness.

~2.~ Phenomenon, wonder, marvel, rarity, sight, spectacle.

~Curious~, _a._ ~1.~ Inquisitive, scrutinizing, prying, peering.

~2.~ Rare, singular, strange, unusual, unique, extraordinary, queer, out of the way.

~3.~ Elegant, neat, nice, finished.

~Curl~, _n._ ~1.~ Ringlet.

~2.~ Sinuosity, undulation, flexure, wave.

~Curl~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Crisp, turn in ringlets.

~2.~ Writhe, wind, twist.

~3.~ Raise in waves.

~Curl~, _v. n._ Be bent into curls or waves.

~Curl cloud~, (_Meteor._) Cirrus, cat's tail, mare's tail.

~Curmudgeon~, _n._ Miser, niggard, churl, hunks, skinflint, scrimp, lickpenny, screw, mean fellow, sordid wretch.

~Currency~, _n._ ~1.~ Publicity, general reception.

~2.~ Circulation, transmission from hand to hand.

~3.~ Money; aggregate of coin, bills and notes; circulating medium.

~Current~, _a._ ~1.~ Common, general, popular, rife, generally received, in every one's mouth.

~2.~ Circulating (_as money_), passing from hand to hand.

~3.~ Present, existing, instant, now passing.

~Current~, _n._ ~1.~ Stream, moving fluid.

~2.~ Tide, running water.

~3.~ Course, progression.

~Curriculum~, _n._ Course of studies.

~Curry~, _n._ Curry-powder.

~Curry-powder~, _n._ Curry.

~Curse~, _v. a._ Execrate, anathematize, denounce, invoke or imprecate evil upon.

~Curse~, _v. n._ Utter curses.

~Curse~, _n._ ~1.~ Malediction, anathema, execration, imprecation, fulmination, denunciation, ban.

~2.~ Scourge, plague, torment, affliction, trouble, vexation, annoyance, bitter pill, thorn in the side.

~Cursed~, _a._ ~1.~ Accursed, unsanctified, unholy.

~2.~ Detestable, hateful, abominable, execrable, villanous, confounded.

~Cursory~, _a._ Hasty, slight, superficial, careless, desultory, transient, passing, brief.

~Curt~, _a._ Short (_usually in an ill sense, implying crustiness_), brief, concise, terse, laconic.

~Curtail~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Shorten, abridge, retrench, lop, cut short.

~2.~ Diminish, lessen, decrease.

~Curtailment~, _n._ Abbreviation, abridgment, contraction, shortening, reduction, retrenchment.

~Curvature~, _n._ Bending, bend, flexure, crook, curvity, curve, incurvation, ARCUATION.

~Curve~, _n._ Bend, flexure, CURVATURE.

~Curve~, _n. a._ Bend, crook, inflect.

~Curvet~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Leap, bound, vault.

~2.~ Caper, frisk.

~Curvet~, _n._ ~1.~ Leap, bound.

~2.~ Caper, frolic, prank.

~Curvity~, _n._ CURVATURE.

~Cushat~, _n._ Ring-dove, wood-pigeon (_Columba palumbus_).

~Cusk~, _n._ Torsk (_Brosmius vulgaris_).

~Cusp~, _n._ Point, angle, horn.

~Cuspidate~, _a._ (_Bot._) Pointed, acute, sharp, acuminate, acuminated.

~Cuspidated~, _a._ (_Bot._) Pointed, acute, sharp, acuminate, acuminated.

~Custodian~, _n._ Guardian, keeper, curator, warden, superintendent.

~Custody~, _n._ Keeping, care, watch guardianship, protection, safekeeping.

~Custom~, _n._ ~1.~ HABIT (_of a majority_), usage, fashion, practice, rule.

~2.~ Form, formality, observance.

~3.~ Patronage.

~4.~ Tax, impost, duty, tribute, toll.

~Customary~, _a._ Usual, common, wonted, habitual, accustomed, conventional, CONSUETUDINARY.

~Customer~, _n._ Purchaser, buyer.

~Cut~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Divide or sever (_by an edged tool_), chop, make an incision in.

~2.~ Sculpture, carve, chisel.

~3.~ Cross, intersect.

~4.~ Wound, hurt, touch, move, pierce.

~5.~ [_Colloquial._] Slight (_by not recognizing_), avoid recognizing.

~Cut~, _n._ ~1.~ Gash, incision.

~2.~ Channel, passage.

~3.~ Slice, piece.

~4.~ Sarcasm, fling, taunt, cutting remark.

~5.~ Fashion, style, form, shape.

~6.~ Near path, short way.

~7.~ Engraving, engraved picture.

~Cut a dash~, Make a figure, make a great show, show off, cut a figure.

~Cut a figure~, CUT A DASH.

~Cut and dried~, Prepared beforehand, not spontaneous, got up for the occasion.

~Cut capers~, Frolic, be merry, be frolicsome, play pranks, cut didos.

~Cut didos~, CUT CAPERS.

~Cutch~, _n._ Catechu, gambier, Japan earth, Terra Japanica.

~Cut down~, ~1.~ Fell.

~2.~ Diminish, lessen, curtail.

~Cuticle~, _n._ Epidermis, scarf-skin.

~Cutis~, _n._ (_Anat._) Derm, true skin.

~Cut out~, ~1.~ Shape, form, fashion.

~2.~ Outdo, excel, surpass, BEAT.

~3.~ Debar, hinder, prevent.

~Cutpurse~, _n._ Pickpocket, thief, robber.

~Cut short~, ~1.~ Bring to a sudden close, end abruptly.

~2.~ Check suddenly, hinder from proceeding.

~3.~ Abridge, diminish.

~Cut-throat~, _n._ Murderer, assassin, ruffian.

~Cutting~, _a._ ~1.~ Sharp, keen.

~2.~ Severe, sarcastic, satirical.

~Cycle~, _n._ Period, circle of time, revolution of time, round of years.

~Cyclopædia~, _n._ Encyclopædia.

~Cyclopean~, _a._ Gigantic, colossal, vast, enormous, immense, Herculean.

~Cygnet~, _n._ Young swan.

~Cymbiform~, _a._ Boat-shaped.

~Cynanche~, _n._ [Gr.] (_Med._) Inflammation of the throat.

~Cynical~, _a._ Carping, censorious, satirical, sarcastic, captious, snarling, snappish, waspish, pettish, petulant, fretful, peevish, touchy, testy, crusty, churlish, crabbed, cross, morose, froward, surly, ill-tempered, ill-natured.

~Cynic~, _n._ ~1.~ Follower of Diogenes.

~2.~ Misanthrope, man-hater.

~Cynosure~, _n._ ~1.~ Lesser Bear, Ursa Minor.

~2.~ Point or centre of attraction.

~Cyprian~, _n._ Prostitute, courtesan, harlot, whore, drab, strumpet, night-walker, lewd woman, woman of the town, woman of ill-fame.

~Cyst~, _n._ Pouch, sac.

~Czar~, _n._ Emperor of Russia.

~Czarina~, _n._ Empress of Russia.

~Czarowitz~, _n._ Czar's eldest son.

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~Dab~, _v. a._ Strike, slap.

~Dab~, _n._ ~1.~ Blow, stroke.

~2.~ Adept, expert, proficient, master-hand, capital hand, nice hand, DABSTER, good hand.

~Dabble~, _v. a._ Wet, spatter, sprinkle, moisten.

~Dabble~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Play in water, splash about.

~2.~ Work superficially, make slight efforts, fritter away time.

~3.~ Tamper, meddle, take liberties.

~Dabbler~, _n._ Sciolist, quack.

~Dabchick~, _n._ Didapper, dobchick (_Podiceps minor_).

~Dabster~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Expert, adept, DAB.

~Dad~, _n._ [_Childish terms._] Father.

~Daddy~, _n._ [_Childish terms._] Father.

~Daddy-long-legs~, _n._ ~1.~ Father-long-legs, crane-fly.

~2.~ Shepherd-spider, harvest-man.

~Dado~, _n._ Die, cube of a pedestal.