"When as I view your comely grace,
A callinò castoré me,
Eva, eva, ee, loo, loo, loo, loo, loo, lee,"
of which the last line seems to be unmeaning, and the second to be the Irish A colleen óg, astore mo chree (A caılín óʒ anɼtóր mo cրoiðe) 'Young girl, the treasure of my heart.' The last two words, it will be seen, are conjectural; and were it good Irish we might read, An mín 'the gentle one.'
Camelot (Lear, ii. 2), a town in Somerset, where King Arthur was said to have kept his court. Its site was on a hill, near South Cadbury.
Candles' ends, buts of candles. It was rather a disgusting feat of gallants to swallow them for flap-dragons in honour of their mistresses. 2 Hen. IV. ii. 4.
Canvas (2 H. IV. ii. 4, 1 H. VI. i. 3), to shake and toss in a sieve, of which the bottom was then as now made of canvas. The use of it in those places is figurative.
Card (1 H. IV. iii. 2), to debase by mixture, as when fine and coarse wool were carded together, and so mingled in the cloth thence woven. "You card your beer—if you see your guests begin to get drunk—half small, half strong," etc. (Green's Quip, etc.).
Card of ten, the ten of the suits in a pack of cards. To "face with a card of ten" (T. Sh. ii. 1) seems to mean simply to turn up, play, a ten, the highest except the coat-cards and aces.
Careires. "Pass the careires" (M. W. i. 1), a term of the manége, signifying to go at full speed.