Burnette, n. Fr. brunette, cloth died of a brown colour, Butte, but, adv. & conj. Sax. but, fed, 4824-unless, nifi, 13115; I n'ere but loft, non effem nisi perdita, 15942, 16069-only, 11349, which that am but lorne. But, prep. Sax, without, gloff. Ur. I cannot say that I have myself obferved this prepofition in Chaucer, but I may have overlooked it. The Saxons ufed it very frequently, and how long the Scottish writers have laid it afide I am doubtful. It occurs repeatedly in Bp. Douglas; but spot or fault, p. 3, 1.53; poete but perc, p. 9, 1. 19.; but and ben, p. 123, 1. 40, without and within; butan and binnan, originally, I fuppofe, bi utan and bi innan. By and with are often fynonymous. Buxome, adj. Sax. obedient, civil, 13107, 13172. By, prep. Sax. has fometimes the fignification of in; by the morwe, 16965, in the morning or daytime. See the note; by his life, R, 5955, in his lifetime-It is fometimes ufed adverbially; by and by, 1013, 4141, near,hard by.-By and by, figillatim, Prompt. Parv. See R. 4581, thefe were his wordes by and by, i. e. feverally, diftinctly; and fo perhaps this phrase should be understood in the paffages above quoted. Byforne. See Beforne. Byleve, v. Sax. to stay, 10897; T. iii. 624. Byraft, part. pa. of lyreve, v. Sax. bereved, taken away, 1363. Byword, n. Sax. a proverb, T. iv. 769. Volume XIV. E C. Cacche, v. to catch, P. 243. Cadence, n. Fr. F. ii. 114. See the n. on ver. 17354, and Jun. Etymolog. in v. Gairrud, pr. n. of a city in Bretagne, 11120. Caitif, n. & adj. Fr. chetif, a wretch, wretched, 1719, 1948. Galcination, n. Fr. a chymical procefs by which bodies are reduced to a calx, 16272. Calculed, pa. t. Fr. calculated, 11596. Calerveis, R. 7093, is probably mifwritten; the orig. has la poire du caillouel, 12468. Cotgrave fays that caillouet is the name of a very fweet pear. Calidone, pr. n. 12539; it should be Lacedomie. See the n. on ver. 12537. Galiophia, pr. n. F. iii. 182. We fhould rather read Calypfa, with the two Bodl. mfl. for Calypfo. Calle, n. Fr. a fpecies of cap, 6600; T. iii. 775. Cameline, n. Fr. a ftuff made of camel's hair, R. 7367. Camufe, adj. Fr. flat, 3932, 3972. Can, v. Sax. to know, 4467, 5638. See Conne. Cane, pr. n. Cana in Galilee, 5593. Canel, n. Fr. canal, channel, Du. 943. Canelle, n. Fr. cinnamon, R. 1370. Canevas, n. Fr. canvas, 16407. Canon, 12824, the title of Avicenne's great work. See D'Herbelot in v. Ganun. Cantel, n. Sax. a fragment, 3010. Gapel, n. Lat. a horfe, 17013, 4; and gave him caples to his carte, P. P. 109. Capitaine, n. Fr. a captain, 12516. Capitolic, n. Lat. the Capitol at Rome, 14621, 3. Cappe, n. Lat. a cap or hood; to fet a man's cap,588, 3145, to make a fool of him. Captif, adj. Fr. captive, T. iii. 383. Cardiacle, n. Fr. Gr. a pain about the heart, 1247. Carle, n. Sax. a churl, a hardy country fellow, 547. Carole, v. Fr. to dance, 2204; in caroling, 16813, in dancing. Carpe, v. to talk, 476; by carping of tonge, by speech, P. P. 566. Carraine, n. Fr. a carrion, dead or putrified flesh, 2015, 14542. Carrike, n. Fr. a large fhip, 7270. Carte, n. Sax. a chariot, 2024. Carter, n. Sax. a charioteer, 2024. Cas, n. Fr. cas, chance, 846; upon cas, 3661; T. i. 271, by chance. Cas, n. Fr. caffe, a cafe, quiver, 2360. Caffiodore, pr. n. M. 265, Caffiodorus, a Roman fenator and conful, A. C. 513; feveral of his works are extant. See Fabric. Bibl. Lat. and Bibl. Med. At. Caft, n. Sax. a contrivance, 3605, 2470. Cafle, v. to throw, T. iii. 712; L. W. 1931-to contrive, M. 316. Cafteloigne, pr. n. Catalonia in Spain, F. iii. 158. Catapuce, n. Fr. a fpecies of fpurge, 14971. Catel, n. Fr. goods, valuable things of all forts, 542, 3977, 4447. Caterrared,5936. To gon a caterwawed seems to fignify the fame as to go a caterwawing, or caterwawling, as it has been called by later writers. Caton, pr. n. See the n. on ver. 3227. Cecile, Gecilie, pr. n. Cecilia, 15664, 15686. Celerer, n. Lat. Gelerarius, the officer in a monaftery who had the care of the provifions, 13942. Celle, n. Lat. a religious houfe, 172: it seems to be put for a man's head, 13978. See alfo 1378. Celfitude, n. Fr. highnefs, C. L. 611. Genfer, n. Fr. an incenfe-pot, 3340. Cenfing, part. pr. Fr. fumigating with incenfe, 3341. Cercle, v. Fr. to furround, R. 1619. Cerial, adj. Fr. belonging to the fpecies of oak called cerrus, Lat. cerro, Ital. cerre, Fr. 2292. Certain, adj. Fr. is used fometimes as a fubftantive; of unces a certain, 16244; a certain of gold, 16492; i. e. a certain number of ounces, a certain quantity of gold. Certain, certes, adv. certainly, 3495, 6790. Cefed, part. pa. for feifed, C. M. 87, is used in a legal fenfe; to that he be cefed therwith, till that he be poffeffed thereof, till he have feifin thereof. Ceffe, v. Fr. to cease, T. ii. 483. Chace, v. Fr. to chafe, to pursue, 8217, 8269. Chaiere, n. Fr. a chair, 14531; the chair or pulpit of a profeffor or preacher, 7100. Chalons, 4138. See the note. Chamberere, n. Fr. a chambermaid, 5882, 8695. Champartie, n. Fr. a fhare of land, a partnership in power, 1951. Lydgate has the fame expreffion, Tra. 139, b. viii. 17. Chantepleure, n. Fr. a fort of proverbial expreffion for finging and weeping fucceffively, An. 323. See Lydg. Tra. ftan. the laft, where he fays that his book is Lyke chantepleure; now finging now weping. In mf. Harl. 4333, is a ballad which turns upon this expreffion: it begins Moult vaut mieux pleure chante que ne fait chante pleure. Chanterie, n. Fr. an endowment for the payment of a prieft to fing mafs agreeably to the appointment of the founder, 512. There were thirty-five of thefe chanterics eftablished at St. Paul's, which were ferved by fifty-four priefts, Dugd. Hift. pref. p. 41. Chapman, n. Sax. a merchant or trader, 13184, 6. Chapmanbede, n. Sax. the condition of a chapman or tradefiman, 13168. Char, n. Fr. a chariot, 2140, 14366. Charboucle, n. Fr. a carbuncle, 13800. Charge, n. Fr. a load, burthen, business of weight; it n'ere no charge, 2239, it were no harm; of which there is no charge, 10673, from which there is no confequence to be expected; of that no charge, 16217, no matter for that. Charge,v. Fr. to weigh, to incline on account of weight, F. ii. 237-which chargeth not to fay, T. iii. 1582, which it is of no importance to fay. Chargeant, part. pr. burthenfome, M. 269; P. 221. Charmer fe, n. Fr. an enchantrefs, F. iii. 171. Chafelaine, n. Fr. the wife of a chatelain or lord of a caftle, R. 3740. Chaftie, v. Fr. to chaftife, R. 6993. |