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Page 12 of 85 for the letter C

cur, cur- curr- cor, currie, ker, car, car-,
car [kar]
also cur [kʌr], currie
pref. Implying wrongly, confusedly, awry, something bad, unpleasant or perverse or used intensively, meaning very or exceedingly.

Examples: carfuffle, carnaptious, carpickle, curcuddoch, curmudge
caraidh, carry, carrie, corry, carra,
caraidh ['karɪ]
n. Gael. A weir.
carb,
carb [karb, kɛrb]
n. Wrangling.
v. To fret, wrangle, quarrel. To find fault with.
carcage, carkidge, carkage, kerkage, carcidge,
carcage ['karkɪtʃ, 'karkɪdʒ, 'karkɪʃ, 'karkidʒ, 'ker-]
n. A carcase.
Cardonal, Cardonall,
Cardonal [kar'donəl]
pn. Cardonald. (Glasgow)
care, caer, chair, carena, uncarin, ooncarin, carebed, carefu, carefae, carefie, careous, caerous,
care [ke:r]
v. To care.
n. Care.

Compounds and phrases etc.

carebed: a sick bed.
carefu [-fə S. -fɛ, -fɪ, EC. -fe, WC. -fɑ, N. -fɛ, U. I. -fu]: careful
carena: to not care
careous [ke:rəs]: anxious
hert's care: anxiety, deep worry
uncarin: uncaring
carf, kerf,
carf [karf, kɛrf]
n. A cut in timber for a joint, a ditch or channel.
v. To make cuts in timber so as to allow of its bending.
carfuffle, curfuffle, kerfuffle, corfuffle, kififle, cuffuffle, kerfluffle, carfuffil,
carfuffle [kar'fʌfl, kər'fʌfl, kʌr'fʌfl]
n. Disorder, mess, rumpling, creasing. A disagreement, quarrel. A state of excitement or agitation.
v. To disarrange, throw into confusion, to disorder, to tumble, to crease.
cargo, cargae, cargie,
cargae [kargə, kargi, karge]
n. Cargo.
cark,
cark [kark]
n. Care, worry, anxiety.
v. To complain peevishly.

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