The Prisoner of Zenda (28 page)

bye-spots
NOUN
bye-spots are lonely places
and bye-spots of tales rich with indigenous produce
(
The Prelude
by William Wordsworth)

calico
NOUN
calico is plain white fabric made from cotton
There was two old dirty calico dresses
(
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain)

camp-fever
NOUN
camp-fever was another word for the disease typhus
during a severe camp-fever
(
Emma
by Jane Austen)

cant
NOUN
cant is insincere or empty talk
“Man,” said the Ghost, “if man you be in heart, not adamant, forbear that wicked cant until you have discovered What the surplus is, and Where it is.”
(
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens)

canty
ADJ
canty means lively, full of life
My mother lived til eighty, a canty dame to the last
(
Wuthering Heights
by Emily Brontë)

canvas
VERB
to canvas is to discuss
We think so very differently on this point Mr Knightley, that there can be no use in canvassing it
(
Emma
by Jane Austen)

capital
ADJ
capital means excellent or extremely good
for it's capital, so shady, light, and big
(
Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott)

capstan
NOUN
a capstan is a device used on a ship to lift sails and anchors
capstans going, ships going out to sea, and unintelligible sea creatures roaring curses over the bulwarks at respondent lightermen
(
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens)

case-bottle
NOUN
a square bottle designed to fit with others into a case
The spirit being set before him in a huge case-bottle, which had originally come out of some ship's locker
(
The Old Curiosity Shop
by Charles Dickens)

casement
NOUN
casement is a word meaning window. The teacher in Nicholas Nickleby misspells window showing what a bad teacher he is
W-i-n, win, d-e-r, der, winder, a casement.'
(
Nicholas Nickleby
by Charles Dickens)

cataleptic
ADJ
a cataleptic fit is one in which the victim goes into a trancelike state and remains still for a long time
It was at this point in their history that Silas's cataleptic fit occurred during the prayer-meeting
(
Silas Marner
by George Eliot)

cauldron
NOUN
a cauldron is a large cooking pot made of metal
stirring a large cauldron which seemed to be full of soup
(
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll)