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Tître | Title |
Cacao ou Cacoyer | Cocoa or Cocoa tree |
Cadavre | Corpse |
Cadodaches ou Cadodaquios | Kadohadacho |
Cadrature | Motion work |
Caffé | Coffee |
Caffés | Cafés |
Caisse | Tub |
Calcul des nombres | Calculating numbers |
Calcul différentiel | Differential calculus |
Calibre | Caliber |
Californie | California |
Callosite | Callosity |
Calus | Callus |
Calvinisme | Calvinism |
Calvinists | Calvinists |
Cambrer un livre | Cambering a book |
Caméléon | Chameleon |
Canada | Canada |
Canadiens, philosophie des | Canadians, philosophy of the |
Canal | Canal |
Canal (en cascade) | Cascading canal |
Canarie | Canary |
Canon | Canon |
Canon | Canon |
Canon | Canon |
Canons des Apôtres | Canons of the Apostles |
Cantharide | Cantharides |
Cap-Breton | Cape Breton |
Capitaine réformé | Reformed captain |
Caporal | Corporal |
Caprons | Hautbois strawberries |
Capuchon | Cowl |
Caractère | Character |
Caractère des nations | Character of nations |
Caractère des sociétés ou corps particuliers | Character of societies and particular groups |
Caracteres d'Imprimerie | Printing type |
Caraibes ou Cannibales | Caribs or Cannibals |
Carcajou, Carcajoux ou Carcaiou | Wolverine |
Cardes | Chard, Swiss chard |
Cardons | Cynara cardunculus, cardoons |
Carême | Lent |
Carene | Careen |
Carillon | Chimes |
Carnaval | Carnival |
Carne | Flesh-colored |
Carreau | Square compartment |
Carrefour | Crossroads |
Cartésianisme | Cartesianism |
Carton | Card |
Cartonnier | Boardmaker |
Cartouche | Cartouche |
Cartouche | Cartridge |
Cas de conscience | Matter of conscience |
Cascade | Cascade |
Case ou Casse d'imprimerie | Printer's case |
Casse-motte | Clod-breaker |
Castor | Beaver |
Castor and Pollux | Castor and Pollux |
Castrati | Castrati |
Casuiste | Casuist |
Catilinettes | Ox-eye daisy, marguerite |
Caucase | Caucasus |
Cause | Cause |
Causes finales | Final causes |
Caves | Cellars |
Cayeux | Offset bulbs |
Ceinture de virginité des modernes | Modern chastity belt |
Celeri | Celery |
Célibat | Celibacy |
Celtiberiens | Celtiberians |
Cenis, les | Cenis |
Censeurs de livres | Censors of books |
Centaures | Centaurs |
Centre d'oscillation | Center of oscillation |
Cercifi, Salsifi | Tragopogon porrifolius, salisify |
Cerisaye | Cherry orchard |
Certitude | Certainty |
Cesure | Caesura |
Ceuta | Ceuta |
Chaîne de montre | Chain, watch |
Chaînette de montre | Chain, watch |
Chair | Flesh, pulp |
Chaise | Chair |
Chambre royale et syndicale de la Librairie et Imprimerie | Royal and Syndical Office of Publishing and Printing |
Chameau | Camel |
Chamfrein | Chamfer, chamfered edge |
Chance, Bonheur | Luck, Happiness |
Chancellerie de Dauphiné | Chancellery of the Dauphiné |
Chancre | Canker |
Chaos | Chaos |
Chapelet | Chapelet |
Chaperon | Count plate |
Charger | Laden, To be |
Charidotès | Charidotes |
Charité | Charity |
Charlatan | Charlatan |
Charmille | Hornbeam, hornbeam hedge |
Charree | Lye ashes |
Chassis | Chase |
Chassis de verre | Frame, cold frame |
Chasteté | Chastity |
Chataigner, Le | Chestnut tree |
Chataigneraye | Chestnut grove |
Chatelain | Lord of the manor |
Chatouillement | Tickling |
Chatrer | Cut back, castrate, clear |
Chaudiere | Vat |
Chaufournier | Lime kiln worker |
Chaussée | Cannon |
Chausser | Earth up, to |
Chauve-souris, vespertilio | Bat |
Chedabouctou | Milford River |
Chef d'Oeuvre | Masterpiece |
Chef du nom et armes | Chef du nom et armes |
Chenaie | Oak grove |
Chetif, Frele | Puny, fragile |
Chevalet | Beam |
Chevalet du tympan | Tympan bridge |
Chevalier errant | Knight errant |
Chevelu | Root hairs |
Cheville | Peg |
Chevre | Nanny goat |
Chevrons de gason | Turf chevrons |
Chicots | Stumps, snags |
Chien de mer | Dogfish |
Chiffes | Rags |
Chiffonnier | Rag seller |
Chiffons | Rags |
Chimbo-Raco | Chimborazo |
Chocolat | Chocolate |
Chocolat | Chocolate |
Choeur | Chorus |
Chondrille | Chondrilla |
Chorages | Skene |
Choux | Cabbages |
Christianisme | Christianity |
Chromatique | Chromatic |
Chronologie | Chronology |
Chronologie sacrée | Sacred chronology |
Chronologique (machine.) | Chronological (machine) |
Chronometre | Chronometer |
Chûte | Drop |
Chute de Terrain | Fall of land |
Chymie | Chemistry |
Chypre, ou Cypre | Cyprus |
Ciboule, Ciboulette | Spring onion |
Cidre | Cider |
Ciseau de Jardinage | Gardening shears |
Ciseau de Relieur | Bookbinder’s scissors |
Citoyen | Citizen |
Citronnier | Lemon tree |
Cive, Civette | Chives, allium schoenoprasum |
Civilité, Politesse, Affabilité | Civility, Politeness, Affability |
Claionnage | Wattling |
Clan ou gland | Clamp or acorn |
Clavecin oculaire | Ocular harpsichord |
Clavier | Keyboard |
Clé | Key |
Clematite | Clematis |
Clémence | Clemency |
Clergé | Clergy |
Clergés | Clergies |
Climat | Climate |
Clitoris | Clitoris |
Cloche | Bell-glass, straw cloche |
Clocher | Bell tower |
Cloitre | Cloister |
Clos, Enclos | Enclosure |
Coeffer un livre | Setting the headcaps |
Coffiner | Shrivel |
Coin, Couteau de bois | Wooden wedge |
Coins | Corners |
Coins | Quoins |
Colère | Anger |
Collage | Sizing |
Collège [abridged] | College [abridged] |
Colombine | Pigeon-dung |
Colon | Colonist |
Colonades vertes | Green colonnades |
Colonie | Colony |
Coloris | Color, coloring |
Colutea | Colutea orientalis |
Combinaison | Combination |
Comédie | Comedy |
Comete | Comet |
Comique | Comic |
Comique | Comic |
Comique | Comic |
Commande | Command |
Commerce | Commerce |
Commune | Common |
Commune | Common |
Commune ou communes | Commune or commons |
Commune renommée | Common knowledge |
Communes | Commons |
Compagnie | Company |
Compagnie de commerce | Trading company |
Compas cambré à ature | Cambered dividers |
Compositeur | Compositor |
Composition | Composition |
Composteur | Casting-stick |
Composteur | Composing stick |
Comprendre | Understand, to |
Conception | Conception |
Concert | Concert |
Concert spirituel | Concert spirituel |
Concertant | Concertant |
Concerto | Concerto |
Concordant ou Basse-taille | Concordant or Baritone |
Concurrence | Competition |
Conduite | Gearing |
Confesseur | Confessor |
Confirmation | Confirmation |
Congo | Congo |
Connoisseur | Connoisseur |
Conquête | Conquest |
Conscience | Consciousness |
Consentement | Consent |
Conservation des forces vives | Conservation of kinetic energy |
Consive | Consivia |
Constantinople | Constantinople |
Constitutions ecclesiastiques | Ecclesiastical constitutions |
Construction | Construction |
Consubstantiation | Consubstantiation |
Contagion | Contagion |
Conte | Tale |
Conte, Fable, Roman | Tale, Fable, Novel |
Contestation | Contestation |
Contestation, Dispute, Débat, Altercation | Dispute, argument, debate, altercation |
Continuité, loi de | Continuity, law of |
Contr'épreuve | Counter-proof |
Contr'espalier | Contre-espalier |
Contrat de Mariage | Marriage contract |
Contre | Against |
Contre | Contre |
Contre du contre, parer au ou Parade du cercle | Counter with a counter |
Contre, parer au | Counter |
Contre-forts | Buttresses |
Contre-forts | Buttresses |
Contre-forts | Counters |
Contre-sommier | Counter-summer |
Contrition | Contrition |
Controverse | Controversy |
Conversation, entretien | Conversation, discussion |
Conversion | Conversion |
Copie | Copy |
Coprisa | Coprisa |
Coq | Cock (clock) |
Coq | Cock (watch) |
Coque | Husk |
Coquelicot, papaver | Red poppy |
Coquetterie | Coquetry |
Coquille | Scallop |
Cor | Horn |
Corail | Coral |
Corail | Coral |
Corail de jardin | Garden coral |
Corail, corallum | Coral |
Cordé | Stringy |
Corde du rouleau | Girths |
Cordeliere des Andes | Cordillera of the Andes |
Cordeliers | Greyfriars |
Cordes | Cords |
Cordon | Turf band |
Coris | Coris |
Cormier | Sorbus |
Cornichon | Gherkin |
Cornières | Corner-pieces |
Cornouiller | Cornus |
Corps | Body |
Corps | Type body |
Correct | Correctness |
Correcteur d'Imprimerie | Proofreader |
Corruption | Corruption |
Corruption des humeurs | Corruption of the humors |
Corruption du sang | Corruption of the blood |
Corruption publique | Public corruption |
Corset | Corset |
Cosmologie | Cosmology |
Cosmopolitain, or Cosmopolite | Cosmopolitan |
Cosse | Shell |
Cotbet | Khutbah |
Cotiere | Sloping bed |
Cotir | Bruise, to |
Coton | Down |
Coton [abridged] | Cotton [abridged] |
Cotonneux | Woolly |
Couchart | Coucher |
Couche | Bed |
Coucher | Lay out, to |
Coucou | Cuckoo |
Coucou | Cuckoo |
Coucou | Cuckoo |
Coucou | Cuckoo |
Coude | Bend, elbow |
Coudre | Sewing |
Coudrier | Hazel tree, corylus |
Couleur | Color |
Coulisse de Galée | Galley-slice |
Couper | Cut, to |
Couplets de Presse d'Imprimerie | Hinges of the printing press |
Coupoir | Cutter |
Cour | Court |
Courante | Courante |
Courge | Gourd |
Couronne | Stag-head, corona |
Courtisan | Courtier |
Courtisane | Courtesan |
Couteau à effleurer ou couteau de rivière | Frizing knife or river knife |
Couteau à parer | Paring knife |
Couteau à rogner | Plow blade |
Couteau pour couper l'or | Gold knife |
Couturière | Seamstress |
Couvent | Convent |
Couvrir | Cover, to |
Couvrir | Covering |
Crampons ou Pattes | Cramp-irons or Paws |
Cran | Cran |
Crane | Skull |
Crane | Skull |
Crane (blessures du) | Skull, injuries of the |
Crapaud | Toad |
Crapaudine | Platen plate |
Création | Creation |
Credibilité | Credibility |
Crédulité | Credulity |
Creusure | Sink |
Crime | Crime |
Crime, Faute, Péché, Delit, Forfait | Crime, offense, sin, infraction, outrage |
Critique, Censure | Criticism, Censure |
Crochet ou Eschopes | Hook |
Crocodile | Crocodile |
Croire | Believe |
Croiser | Cross, to |
Croissance | Growth |
Croix de Jerusalem ou de Malte | Cross of Jerusalem, Maltese cross |
Croix de Saint Andre | Saint Andrew's cross |
Croix ou pile | Heads or Tails |
Crossette | Cutting |
Crotin de mouton | Sheep droppings |
Croute | Crust |
Croyance | Belief |
Cueillette | Fruit picking |
Cuir (monnoie de) | Leather, money of |
Cuirs de balles | Ball leathers |
Cuisine | Cuisine |
Cul de poele | Cul-de-poele |
Culots | Culots |
Culotte | Breeches |
Culs-de-sac | Culs-de-sac |
Culte | Worship |
Cultiver | Cultivate |
Curiosité | Curiosity |
Curures | Dregs |
Cuticule | Cuticle |
Cuve | Vat |
Cuve du moulin à papier à cylindres | Vat for the paper beater |
Cuvette | Cistern |
Cyclamen, Pain de Pourceau | Cyclamen, sowbread |
Cyclopes | Cyclops |
Cylindres du Moulin à paper | Cylinders of the paper mill |
Cymbale | Cymbale |