They had passed through the doorway into the further space, where movement was so big, that it contained bonds and constraints and labours, and still was complete liberty. — from The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
a leg a shank
Coegymffrost, n. vain boasting Coegyn, n. conceited fellow Coegynaidd, a. coxcomical Coel, n. an omen; belief, trust Coelbren, n. a record or letter, stick; a ballot stick; a lot Coelcerth, n. a bonfire Coeledig, a credited, believed Coeledigaeth, n. credibility Coeledd, n. credibility; belief Coelgar, credulous, apt to believe Coelgarwch, n. credulousness Coelgrefydd, n. superstition Coelgrefyddol, a. superstitious Coelgyfaredd, n. a curing of disorders by charms Coeliadwy, a. credible; authentic Coelio, v. to believe, to credit Coeliwr, n. a believer; a creditor Coes, n. a leg; a shank Coesgam, a. bandy-legged Coeshir, a. long-legged Coesnoeth, a. bare-legged Coesog, a. legged; shanked Coesol, a. belonging to the leg Coeswisg, covering for the leg Coeta, v. to gather wood Coettrych, n. a grafting stock Coeth, a. ardent; pure, purified Coethaidd, a. tending to be pure Coethi, v. to stimulate, to purify Coethiad, n. stimulation; a refining Coethiedydd, n. a purifier Coethol, stimulating; refining Coethwr, n. a purifier Côf, n. memory; record Cofel, n. a memorial Cofiad, n. a remembering Cofiadur, n. a remembrancer, a recorder, a secretary Cofiadwy, a. memorable Cofiant, n. memoir, record Cofiedydd, n. remembrancer Cofio, v. to remember, to recollect Cofl, n. the embrace; the bosom; the folding of the arms Coflaid, n. what is embraced; a bosom friend; a darling Cofleidiad, n. an embracing Cofleidio, v. to fold in the arms Cofleidiwr, n. an embracer Coflyfr, n. a memorandum book Coflys, n. a court of record Cofnod, n. a memorandum Cofrestr, n. a catalogue, a register Cofrestriad, n. a registering Cofrestru, v. to register Cofrestrwr, n. registrar Cofus, a. memorable; mindful Cofweinydd, n. prompter Cofwyl, n. memorable festival Coffa, v. to remember Coffadwriaeth, n. remembrance Coffadwriaethol, commemorative Coffâu, v. to remember, to record Coffäwr, n. remembrancer Coffâd, n. remembering Coffor, n. chest, coffer Cofftio, v. to gorge, to quaff Côg, n. cook; cuckoo; lump Cogan, n. cup, bowl Cogeiliaid, n. distaff full Cogel, n. distaff, truncheon Cogl, n. club, cudgel Cogor, n. a chatter, trackling Cogwrn, n. knob, crab Còi, n. a peak; a sting; beard of corn; embryo Colaeth, n. a nursing Coledd, n. cherishing Coleddiad, n. a cherishing Coleddwr, n. cherisher Coleddu, v. to cherish Colfen, n. abough, branch Coliog, a. having a sting Colof, n. a stem, prop Colofn, n. pillar, column Colofnaidd, a. having pillars Colomen, n. pigeon, dove Colomendy, n. pigeon-house Coludd, n. the bowels Coluddyn, n. a gut Colwydd, n. neck-bones Colwynydd, n. acchoucheur Colwynyddes, n. midwife Colyn, n. sting: pivot Coll, n. loss, damage; hazlewood Colled, n. loss, damage Collediad, n. a losing Colledig, a. lost; condemned Colledigaeth, n. perdition, ruin Colledu, v. to damage, to injure Colledus, a. damaging, losing Collen, n. hazel; sapling Collfarn, n. condemning sentence Collfarnu, to condemn Colli, v. to lose; to be lost Colliad, n. a losing; spilling Compawd, n. compass Conglfaen, n. corner stone Conglog, a. angular, cornered Congl, n. corner, angle Copa, n. a top; tuft; crest Copog, a. tufted; crested Copyn, n. spider; a tuft Côr, n. circle; close; crib; college; choir Côrach, n. a dwarf, pigmy Côraidd, a. dwarfish Corbed, n. corbel; a jutting Corbedwyn, n. a darling Corbwll, n. a plash, buddle Corbwyo, v. to domineer Corbwyll, n. a slight hint Corcen, n. a spruce girl Cord, n. twist, cord Corden, n. rope, string Cordedd, n. a twisted state Cordeddiad, n. a twisting Cordeddu, v. to twist Cordd, n. a circle; tribe Cordderw, n. dwarf oak Corddi, v. to turn, to churn Corddiad, n. a churning Cored, n. a wear or dam Coredu, v. to form a dam Coreddu, v. to circulate Coreddus, a. circling, rotatory Corelw, n. a reel, dance Coren, n. female dwarf Corfan, n. metrical foot Corfinydd, n. architect Corfran, n. a jackdaw Corfryn, n. a hillock Corff or Corph, a body, a corpse Corffol, a. bodied; corporeal Corffi, v. to body; to take in the body Corffilyn, n. a small thing Corffolaeth, n. a personality, a whole Corffolaethu, v. to personify Corfforaeth, n. corporation Corffori, v. to form into body Corfforol, a. corporeal, personal Corgeimwch, n. a prawn Corgi, n. a curdog Corhwyad, n. a teal Coriar, n. a partridge Còrig, n. a little dwarf Corlan, n. a sheepfold, a pen Corlaniad, n. a folding Corlanu, v. to fold, to pen Còrlong, n. a small pool Corlyn, n. a small ship Corn, n. a horn; a corn; a top; a top of a chimney; roll Cornaid, n. a horn-ful Cornant, n. a brook, a rill Cornbig, n. a sea pike Cornboer, n. phlegm Cornchwigl, n. a lapwing Cornchwiglen, n. a lapwing Cornel, n. a corner, an angle Cornelog, a. angular Cornelu, v. to make a corner Corni, v. to grow horny Corniad, n. a horning Cornicell, n. a reed pipe Cornig, n. a horn; a whirl Cornio, v. to horn; to butt Corniog, a. horned; turreted Cornwyd, n. a pestilence Cornwydol, a. pestilential Coron, n. a crown, a diadem Coronog, a. having a crown, regal Coronedigaeth, n. coronation Coroni, v. to crown Coroniad, n. a crowning Coronig, n. a coronet Cors, n. a bog, a quag; a fen Corsen, n. a bog plant; a reed Corseniad, n. a reeding Corsenog, a. full of reeds Corsenu, v. to reed, to boll Corsfrwyn, n. bulrushes Corshwyad, n. a fen duck Corslwyn, n. a reed bog Corsog, a. boggy: fenny Corswig, n. a gelder rose Cort, n. a cord, a rope Cordyn, n. a cord, a string Corwalch, n. a sparrow-hawk Corwgl, n. a coracle Corwynt, n. a whirlwind Coryn, n. crown of the head Corynrwy, n. a diadem Corynu, v. to shave the crown Corysgwr, n. a radiation — from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards
It distressed her a little, and she was quite glad to find herself at the gate in the pales opposite the Parsonage. — from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
(Approaching Don Juan and laughing) Tenorio, no lo extrañéis, Don’t be surprised Tenorio, pues mirando a lo apostado since, in addressing the bet, mi paje — from Don Juan Tenorio by José Zorrilla
and laughed and said
When Wild Dog reached the mouth of the Cave he lifted up the dried horse-skin with his nose and sniffed the beautiful smell of the roast mutton, and the Woman, looking at the blade-bone, heard him, and laughed, and said, ‘Here comes the first. — from Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling
Then each makes her way home to tell her husband how she was imposed upon and cheated, and each vows she will never speak to either of her greedy and over-reaching neighbours as long as she lives—no, never. — from In Pastures Green by Peter McArthur
Besides, since with the now growing power of the empire, the riches of private persons also were increasing, fear was felt, lest the minds of women, being rather inclined by nature to luxury, and the pursuit of a more elegant routine of life, and deriving from unbounded wealth incentives to desire, should fall into immoderate expenses and luxury, and should subsequently chance to depart from the ancient sanctity of manners, so that there would be a change of morals no less than of the manner of living. — from The History of Rome, Books 37 to the End
with the Epitomes and Fragments of the Lost Books by Livy
The slave applied the point of the style to the Greek's eyelids, dyeing them an intense black, and tracing a fine line about the corners, which made them appear larger and softer. — from Sónnica by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
and life a series
Vincentio's mood is half-contemptuous, but the melancholy persists; death is no “more than sleep,” he says, and life a series of deceptions; while Claudio in this same play shudders away from death as from annihilation, or worse, in words which one cannot help regarding as Shakespeare's: “ Claud . — from The Man Shakespeare and His Tragic Life Story by Frank Harris
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