Caving (or Caffing) rudder, or rudderer. *(1) The winnowing fan and tackle (D.).—S.W. (2) A coarse sieve used by carters to get the straw out of the horses' chaff.—N. & S.W.
Cawk, Cawket. To squawk out, to make a noise like a hen when disturbed on her nest, &c. 'Ther's our John, s'naw [dost know?]—allus a messin' a'ter the wenchin, s'naw—cawin' an' cawkettin' like a young rook, s'naw,—'vore a can vly, s'naw,—boun' to coom down vlop he war!' Caa-kinn (S.).—N. & S.W. (Clyffe Pypard; Seagry, &c.)
*Centry. Anagallis tenella, L., Bog Pimpernel.—S.W. (Barford.)
Cham. To chew (A.B.C.S.). 'Now cham thee vittles up well.' An older form of Champ.—N. & S.W.
Champ. To scold in a savage snarling fashion. 'Now dwoan't 'ee gwo an' champ zo at I!' Used formerly at Clyffe Pypard.—N.W.
Chan-Chider. See Johnny Chider.—S.W.
Chap. (1) v. Of ground, to crack apart with heat.—N & S.W. (2) n. A crack in the soil, caused by heat.—N. & S.W.
Charm. (1) n. 'All in a charm,' all talking loud together. A.S. cyrm, clamour (A.H.S.), especially used of the singing of birds. See Kingsley's Prose Idylls, i. Also used of hounds in full cry.—N. & S.W.
'Thousands of starlings, the noise of whose calling to each other is indescribable—the country folk call it a "charm," meaning a noise made up of innumerable lesser sounds, each interfering with the other.'—Wild Life, ch. xii.