Casses, _s. pl._ the name of a kind of apple, 130/4. Roquefort gives _casse_, as meaning an oak. Cf. Low Lat. _casnus_, F. _chêne_, an oak.
Caste, _v._ to swarm, as bees, 122/6; caste, _pp._ thrown over, as ploughed earth, 33/4.
Castynge, _s._ casting, 13/16. See 13/13.
Chafynge, _pres. pt._ growing warm, 88/2.
Challes, _s. pl._ jaws, 75/3. _Chall_ = _jowl_; see _jowl_ in my Etym. Dict.
Champyon, _s._ flat, open, said of country, 66/15. (The same as _champaign_.) See Tusser’s Husbandry.
Chapmannes, _s. gen._ merchants, purchasers, 118/4.
Chapyter, _s._ chapter, 141/13; _pl._ chapyters, 141/3.
Cheape, _adj._ cheap; _better cheape_, cheaper (where _cheap_ was orig. a sb.), 5/13.
Cheryes, _s. pl._ cherries, 136/3, 140/1.
Chesses, _s. pl._ rows, _note_ to 125/4. A _chase_ is “a row”; see Old Country Words, ed. Britten, p. 59.
Chowe, _v._ chew, 23/11; chowynge, _pr. pt._ 79/7.
Chrisostome, St. Chrysostom, 155/16; Crysostome, 156/30.
Churle hempe, _s._ male hemp (so called), 146/58.
Chylturne, _s._ the name of a kind of soil, 2/5. See note. We find _Ciltern_ as a place-name in the A. S. Chron. an. 1009. And see Old Country Words, ed. Britten, p. 11.
Chyne, _s._ the chine, back, 87/1, 119/4.
Chynynge, _s._ cracking, 138/30. A. S. _cínan_, to crack. Cf. E. _chine_, _chink_.
Clarkes, _s. pl._ clerks, scholars, 7/15.
Clayenge, _s._ putting on the clay, 138/33.
Cleese, _s. pl._ claws, 64/2; clese, 47/3, 9. (Properly _clees_.)
Close, _s._ an inclosure, 66/17; closes, _pl._ 123/2.
Clothe-makers, _s. pl._ cloth-makers, 146/81.
Clot, _s._ clod, 15/47; clottes, _pl._ 15/14.
Clotty, _adj._ lumpy, full of clods, 15/45.
Clouen-footed, _adj._ cloven-footed, 146/27.
Clout, _pp._ clouted, strengthened with nails or pieces of iron, 5/18.
Cocledrake, _an error for_ cocle, drake, _two distinct words_; cocle = corn-cockle, 20/3. _See_ Drake; and see above.
Codde, _s._ cod, 57/5; a pod, 29/11 (where _coddes_, pl. would be better); coddes, _pl._ pods, 20/11.
Codde, _v._ bear fruit (said of peas), 12/38. Cf. _peascod_ = pea-pod; see above.
Cogges, _s. pl._ cogs, 134/9. “But the _cogge-whele_ in a corne-mylne is a great helper, if it be well pycked [clean cut], well _cogged_, and well ronged; sixe ronges and xlviii. _cogges_ are best for a great ryuer;” On Surveying, c. 39. Thus the _rungs_ are the divisions of the smaller, and the _cogs_ of the larger wheel, at the circumference.