Mr. Thoresby to Mr. Ray 3 2 y 



To Chafe a Laughter. 

 Chid j rebuked, S. cib&e. 

 Chizzel, Wheat-bran. 



To Clatter, make a Noife, talk faft and loud. 

 A Clawt, a tatter'd Cloth, or Rag. 

 CleanCd, dawb'd on as with a Trowel. 

 Clem'd, or clam } d, pined, hungered. 

 Clinch, or clunch-fifted, covetous. 

 I'th' Clout, drunk. 



A Clughe, a Valley between two Iteep Hills. 

 Clumps, bungling. 

 Clukes, Clutches. 

 Clots, Clods, var. dial. 



A Clumpft Fellow, i. e. plain-dealing, that fpeaks at 



the Mouth, Prov. 

 A Clunter, an unnimble S tumbler. 

 Coap, Fight. 

 Cobby, Sawcy. 



Coits, Coats, var. dial. Thou'rt a Lad i' Coits, fpo- 

 ken to Men ludicroufly. , 



Coddy, joyn'd with little, to diminifli, as a little 

 Coddy Lamb, Bird, Fly — is exceeding little, per- 

 haps but a var. dial, for Conny. 



Cokend, choaked. 



Com, came, S. com Mat.n.'zi. 



To Con. i. e. ply a Leflbn as School-boys. 



A Coppin of Yarn. 



A Cottrel, a piece of Iron with a Hole in to fatten. 

 A Cragg, a ftony rocky Bank, &c. 

 A Dijh Cratch, fame with the Cradle, 

 Crawfe, Jolly, Brisk. 

 To Creak as a Door. 

 Cree'd Wheat, hulPd and boyPd. 

 To Crinkle, to crouch, to yield fneakingly. 

 Cowks, or Cinders, Coals burnt in common Fire, not 

 charr'd. 



