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 Carpe: m. The wrist, or first part of the palme of the hand.

Carpe: f. A Carpe (fish.)  Carpe de mer. The sea-Carpe; somewhat blacker then the freshwater one, but otherwise very like vnto her.  Saut de la carpe. A turning top ouer tayle.

Carpeau: m. A young Carpe.

Carpendu. pomme de car. The apple called, a Shorte-*start.

Carpie: f. The yoke tree, horne-beame, hard beame, yoke Elme, Witch hasell; (also, as Charpie, ¶Pic.)

Carpion: m. A kind of long-headed, slender-bodied, blacke-backed, and white-bellied Trout; hauing very small scales poudered (especially towards the backe) with blacke and red spots; and growing not to aboue a foot in length.

Carpionne: f. as Carpion. Carpir. as Charpir. ¶Pic. Carpobalsame: m. The fruit of the Balsamum, or Balsame, tree.

Carpot. The halfe, or part, of the fruit, or profit of a vineyard, yeelded as a rent by the tenant, vnto the lord, thereof.

Carquan: m. A carcanet; a (rich) chaine for the necke.

Carquant. The same; or (both) as Carcan. Carquasse: f. A carkas, or dead corpes; the dead bodie of any creature; and hence, a Catch, Pelt, or dead bird, to take downe a Hauke withall.

Carquois: m. A quiuer for arrowes.

Carquois: m. ise: f. Of a quiuer, belonging to a quiuer, kept in a quiuer.

Carrabin. as Carabin. Carracon: m. A small (but strong) carricke.

Carraque: f. The huge ship tearmed a carricke.

Carraquon. as Carracon. Carrat de bois à bastir. A certaine quantitie of timber.

Carré. A Square; a square peece in Cutworke, or Networke; a square bed in a garden.  Oeil de carré. A side, or leering eye; also, a proud, surlie, statelie, big looke.

Carre. le Carre d'un rocher. The edge, or corner of a rocke.

Carre: f. as Caire. Carré: m. ée: f. Squared; square.

Carre: com. Square; broad.  B carre. B sharpe (in Musicke.)  De b carre en b mol. Inconstantly, or vncertainely; from one subiect to another.

Carreau: m. (is generally) a little Square; (particularly) a Diamond, or Picke at cards; also, a cushion; also, a bed in a garden; also, the square of a Pillar (or as Plinthe;) also, a pauing tyle; also, a coping, or planchet of mettall, before it be rounded, or coyned; also, a taylors pressing-yron; also, a square stone layed in leuell with, and at each end of, a bowling alley, and in the middest thereof a pricke set, as the marke whereat (in France) they bowle; See Quarreau. Carreaux. The bends, or wales, of a ship.  Franc du carreau. A certaine boyish Game, for counters.  Frizer les carreaux. To strike a ball vnder the Line, at Tennis.

Carrefour: m. as Quarrefour.

Carreler. To paue with square tyles, or brickes; also, to sole, or coble, shooes. Carrelet: m. A (kind of broad, and short) Plaice; also, a sea-fish that resembles a herring, and is (most) seene before a dearth, or plague.

Carrelure: f. A sole; or, the soling of a shoo.  Carrelure de ventre. Meat, belly-timber, belly-cheere.

Carrer. To square; to make broad, or square.

Se Carrer. To square it; to looke stately, surly, or bigge on't.

Carreure: f. A square; also, breadth, or squarenesse; also, a squaring; also, a making broad, or square.

Carrier: m. A finder of stones, or quarries of stones; also, a stone-digger, a quarrey-man, a worker in Quarries.

Carriere: f. An high way, rode, or street (Langued.) also, a quarrey of stones; also, a Careere, on horsebacke; and (more generally) any exercise, or place for exercise, on horsebacke; as, a horse-race, or, a place for horses to run in; and, their course, running, or full speed therein.  Carriere de Valois. is eight foot broad.  Lance de carriere. Seeke Lance. Donner carriere à son esprit. To recreate his spirit; or, to set his wits a running, his conceit a gadding, his thoughts on a gallop.  Se donner carriere. To raunge, flye out; giue himselfe scope; or to recreate himselfe; to run himselfe out of breath.  Faire le loup à la carriere. See Loup. Parfaire sa carriere. To finish his careere, to run out his course, to end his race.  Prendre bien sa carriere. To part readily from the hand into a strait, and swift, careere.

Carrillon: m. ''A chyming, or knowling of bels. See'' Carillon. Carrillonner. To chyme, or knowle bels; to make a knell.

Carrobe: m. The Carob, Carob-beane, or Carob-beane cod, S. Iohns bread; also, as Carrube. Carroce; &, Carroche. As Carrosse; a Carroche.

Carrochier; ou, Carrocier. as Carrossier. Carrosse. A carouch, or great coach.

Carrossier. A caroach-driuer; a coachman.

Carrot de Galien. Looke Cerat. Carrote: f. as Carote. Carroube: m. as Carrobe; also, as Carroubier. Carroubier: m. The Carob tree, or Beane tree.

Carrouge. as Carrobe. Carrouselle: f. A little hollow reed.

Carrozze: f. A caroach.

Carrozzier: m. A caroach-man, a coachman.

Carrube: m. as Carrobe; also, a small weight (among Mintmen, and Goldsmiths) making but the 24 part of an ounce.

Cartame: m. Bastard-Saffron, Mocke-Saffron, wild Saffron, Saffron Dorte.  Cartame sylvestre. Wild bastard Saffron.

Cartasonne. The Indian, whole-hoofed, and black-horned, Vnicorne.

Carte: f. A paper, or peece of paper; also, a card; also, a childs Horne-booke, or Abcee; also, a Pickadill, or supporter, of Pasteboord couered with linnen. Carte blanche. A Blanke; and hence; Donner la carte blanche à. To offer to receiue, or submit himselfe vnto, any conditions. I'en laisse la carte blanche à eux. I leaue them to**