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the common dwelling-place. CORDWAIN, Spanish leather. CORIOLANUS, a Roman patrician, who, being driven from the city, took refuge with Aufidius, the leader of the Volsci. COUP, fall, upset. COURIER DE L'EUROPE, a newspaper. COVYNE, artifice. CRACK, gossip. CRAIG, throat, neck. CRAWSTEP, the steplike edges of a gable seen in some old houses. CREEL, basket carried on the back. CREMONY, Cremona [where the best fiddles were made]. CROWDER, fiddler. CUR ME EXAMINAS QUERELIS TUIS?, why do you wear me out with your complaints. CURN, a very little. DAFT, crazy. DAIS, a canopy, a table placed above the others, a room of state. DARGLE, dell. DAURG, day's work. DE APICIBUS JURIS, from the high places of the law. DE PERICULO ET COMMODO REI VENDITAE, concerning the risk and profit of sales. DEAD-THRAW, death-thraw. DEBOSHED, debauched. DEFORCEMENT--SPULZIE--SOUTHRIEF, legal terms for resisting an officer of law. DEIL, devil. DELATE, accuse. DELICT, misdemeanour, QUASI DELICT, apparent offence. DEPONE, to testify. DERNIER RESORT, last resort. DIABLERIE, sorcery, witchcraft. DILIGENCE, writ of execution, coach. DING, to knock, beat down. DIRDUM, uproar, disturbance. DITTAY, an indictment. DIVOT, thin turf used for thatching cottages. DOCH AN DORROCH, the stirrup cup. DOMINUS LITIS, one of the principals in a law suit. DOOL, sorrow, sad consequences. DOOR-CHEEK, door-post. DOUCE, respectable. DRAMATIS PERSONAE, persons of the drama. DRAPPIT, fried. DRIBBLE, a drop. DRIFT, drift-snow. DULCINEA, Don Quixote's imaginary mistress. DUNSTABLE, something simple and matter-of-fact. DYVOUR, bankrupt. EKE, addition. EMBONPOINT, plumpness. EN CROUPE, riding behind one another. ET PER CONTRA, and on the other side. EVITE, avoid. EX COMITATE, out of courtesy. EX MISERICORDIA, out of pity. EXCEPTIO FIRMAT REGULAM, the exception proves the rule. EXOTIC, of foreign origin. FACTOR LOCO TUTORIS, an agent acting in place of a guardian. FARDEL, burden. FASH, FASHERIE, trouble. FECK, space. FEMME DE CHAMBRE, chamber-maid. FIERI, to be made. FLACON, a smelling bottle. FLAP, gust. FLIP, a drink consisting of beer and spirit sweetened. FLORY, frothy. FORBY, besides. FORENSIC, legal. FORFOUGHEN,
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