The Complete Works of William Shakespeare - Israel Gollancz William Shakespeare [3639]
CONSCIONABLE - conscientious
CONSIGN - to sign a common bond, to confederate
CONSORT - company
CONSORT - to accompany
CONSTANCY - consistency
CONSTANT - settled, determined
CONSTANTLY - firmly
CONSTER - to construe
CONTEMPTIBLE - contemptuous
CONTINENT - a container; earth; summary or sum
CONTINUATE - uninterrupted
CONTRACTION - the marriage contract
CONTRARY - to oppose
CONTRIVE - to conspire
CONTROL - to confute
CONVENT - to convene, summon
CONVERT - to change
CONVERTITE - a convert
CONVEY - to represent oneself; euphemism for "to steal"
CONVEYANCE - theft, fraud
CONVICT - convicted
CONVICTED - overpowered, defeated
CONVINCE - to conquer, subdue
CONVIVE - to feast together
CONVOY - escort
CONY-CATCH - to cheat
CONY-CATCHING - poaching, pilfering
COOLING CARD - used metaphorically for an insurmountable obstacle
COPATAIN HAT - a high-crowned hat
COPE - to reward, to give in return
COPESMATE - companion
COPY - theme
CORAGIO - courage!
CORAM - possibly a mistake for "quorum"
CORANTO - lively dance
CORINTH - a cant term for a brothel
CORINTHIAN - a wencher
CORKY - dry like cork
CORNUTO - a cuckold
COROLLARY - a surplus
CORPORAL - bodily "Corporals of the field" were army officers who acted as assistants to the sergeant-major
CORRIVAL - rival or partner
COSTARD - the head
COSTER-MONGER - peddling, mercenary
COTE - a cottage
COTE - to quote, instance
COTE - to come alongside, overtake
COT-QUEAN - an effeminate man, molly-coddle
COUCHINGS - crouchings
COUNT CONFECT - a nobleman composed of affectation
COUNTENANCE - fair shew
COUNTERFEIT - deceitful; portrayed (rare)
COUNTERPOINT - a counterpane
COUNTERVAIL - to equal or counterbalance
COUNTRY - traveller
COUNTY - count
COUPLEMENT - union or coupling
COURT HOLY-WATER - flattery
COVENT - a convent
COVER - to lay the table for dinner
COWISH - cowardly
COWL-STAFF - the pole on which a basket is supported between two people
COY (1) - to stroke or caress
COY (2) - to disdain
COYSTRIL - a knave; base fellow
COZEN - to cheat
COZENAGE - cheating
COZENER - a cheater
COZIER - a tailor
CRACK - to boast
CRACK - a loud noise, clap
CRACKER - boaster
CRACK-HEMP - a gallows-bird
CRANK - a winding passage
CRANKING - winding
CRANTS - garlands A doubtful word
CRARE - a ship of burden
CRAVEN - a dunghill cock
CREATE - formed, compounded
CREDENT - believing; credible
CREDIT - report
CRESCIVE - increasing
CRESTLESS - not entitled to bear arms, lowborn
CRISP - curled, winding
CROSS (1) - a piece of money, coin
CROSS (2) - passing from side to side
CROSS (3) - across
CROSS (4) - to meet, face; to pass
CROW-KEEPER - one who keeps crows away from corn-fields
CROWNER - a coroner
CROWNET - a coronet
CRY (1) - the yelping of hounds
CRY (2) - to appeal; to beg
CRY (3) - public report or rumour
CRY AIM - to encourage
CUISSES - armour to cover the thighs
CULLION - a base fellow
CUNNING (1) - skill
CUNNING (2) - bashful
CUNNING (3) - to be strange
CURB - to bend, truckle
CURRENTS - occurrences
CURST -
CURSTNESS - shrewishness
CURTAIL - a cur
CURTAL - a docked horse
CURTAL-AXE - a cutlass
CUSTALORUM - a ludicrous mistake for Custos Rotulorum
CUSTARD-COFFIN - the crust of a custard-pie
CUSTOMER - a common woman
CUT - to slash; to carve; to preclude (from)
CYPRESS (1) - a kind of crape
CYPRESS (2) - tree of durable wood (symbol of mourning)
CYTHEREA - Venus
D
DAEDALUS - mythical figure in Greek history, said to have created the saw, the axe, the augur, and glue He created a pair of wings and flew safely over the Aegean sea
DAFF - to put off; to push; to thrust aside
DAISIED - full of daisies
DALLIANCE - procrastination; idle delay
DAMASK - the color of the damask rose
DAME - mistress of a household; woman of rank; mother
DAMN - to condemn
DAMP - fog, mist
DAN - lord, master
DANGER - reach, control, power
DANKISH - dank, humid
DANSKERS - Danes (Hamlet, 21)
DAPHNE - a beautiful nymph loved by Apollo and Leucippus The gods turned her into a laurel tree
DARE - to challenge;