A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Capitle], sb. the sum, the chief point, W; see [Chapitre].

[ Cappe], sb. cap, MD; keppen, pl., S.

[ Capret], sb. a wild goat, W2; capretis, pl., W2.—Late Lat. capretus; cp. F. chevrette.

[ Capul], sb. horse, nag, MD, Prompt., PP, HD; capil, MD; capel, C3; caple, MD, PP, HD.—Icel. kapall; Lat. caballus; cp. Ir. capull, Wel. ceffyl.

[ Caracter], sb. a mark, sign, character, W; carecter, W; carracte, Palsg.; carecte, PP; carect, W; caractes, pl., HD; carectes, PP.—Lat. character; Gr. χαρακτήρ, an engraved mark; cp. Prov. caracta.

[ Carayne], sb. carrion, S2; see [Caroigne].

[ Carboncle], sb. a precious stone, MD; carbokyl, Voc.; charboncle, MD; charbucle, MD; charbocle, C2.—OF. carboncle (carboucle, charboucle); Lat. carbunculum (acc.).

[ Carde], sb. teasel, Prompt.;—OF. carde; Late Lat. cardum (acc.), from Lat. carduus, thistle.

[ Carden], v. to card wool, MD, Prompt., S3.—OF. carder, It. cardare (Florio).

[ Cardiacle], sb. pain about the heart, PP, Cath. (n.), C3; cardyacle, Prompt.; cardiakylle, Cath., Voc.; cardiake, Cath.—OF. cardiaque, a malady of the heart (Cotg.); Late Lat. cardiaca, ‘cordis passio’; Gr. καρδιακός, from καρδία, the heart. For the intrusion of l see [Cronique].