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. [Greek:  charaktaer], 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. [Greek:  kardiakos], from [Greek:  kardia], the heart.  For the intrusion of l see Cronique.

Care, sb. grief, S, C3, G; cayr, S3; kare, S2.—­AS. cearu:  OS. kara; cp.  OHG. chara.

Care-full, adj. full of grief, S3, C; karful, S2; carefullich, adv. anxiously, P; carfuli, S2.

Caren, v. to be anxious, MD; karien, S; cared, pt. s., G; pl., P.—­AS. cearian.

Carf, pt. s. cut, C2; see Keruen.

Carited, sb. charity, S; see Charitee.

Cark, Carke; see Charge.

Carl, sb. a man. rusticus, colonus, maritus, MD, C3—­Icel. karl; cp.  OHG. karl (Otfrid).

Carl-man, sb. a man; carman, MD; caremane.  MD; carlmen, pl., S.—­Icel. karlmaA deg.r (karmaA deg.r), a man, male.

Carme, sb. a Carmelite friar; karmes, pl., S3.—­OF. Carme (Bartsch); from Church Lat. Carmelus; Heb. Carmel, ’cultivated land.’

Caroigne, sb. carrion, MD, PP, C; caroyne, MD, PP; caroin, S2; careyne, MD, PP; careyn, W2; carayne, MD, S2; caraing, MD; karyun, H; carion, MD; caren.  MD; karyn, MD; careyns, pl.  W.—­OF. caroigne (F. charogne); cp.  It. carogna; from Lat. caro, flesh.  See Crone.