byng a waste, go you hence, [84]

cakling chete, a cock, or capon, [83]

can skyl, know, [8]

cante, to speak, [84]

Canting, the language of vagabonds, [23]; list of words, [82]–4; specimen of, [84]–6

Capcases, covers for caps, small bandboxes, [65]

Capon hardy, [12]. For ‘capron hardy,’ ‘a notable whipster or twigger,’ a bold or saucy young scamp. (See the Index to Caxton’s Book of Curtesye, E. E. T. Soc., p. 54.)

cassan, cheese, [83]

caster, a cloak, [82]

casting of the sledge, [46]