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9101 Etymology dictionary, p. car (n.).2
… - "to run." The Celtic-Latin word also made it into Greek, as karron "wagon with four wheels."
9102 Etymology dictionary, p. career (n.).2
… , "a running (usually at full speed), a course" (especially of the sun, etc., across the sky), from French carriere "road, racecourse" (16c.), from Old Provençal or Italian …
9103 Etymology dictionary, p. career (v.).2
1590s, "to charge at a tournament," from career (n.). The meaning "move rapidly, run at full speed" (1640s) is from the image of a horse "passing a career" on the jousting field, etc. Related: Careered; careering .
9104 Etymology dictionary, p. carpenter (n.).3
This word is from Gaulish, from Old Celtic *carpentom (compare Old Irish carpat, Gaelic carbad "carriage"), which probably is related to Gaulish karros "chariot" (source of car ), from PIE root *kers- "to run."
9105 Etymology dictionary, p. carry (v.).2
… - "to run."
9106 Etymology dictionary, p. casting (n.).2
… by running molten metal into a mold of a desired form." The theatrical sense is from 1814; casting couch "divan in a Hollywood casting directors office," with …
9107 Etymology dictionary, p. charter school (n.).2
older uses refer to schools in Ireland begun 1733 by the Charter Society to provide Protestant education to poor Catholic children. Modern use in U.S. began c. 1988, as an alternative to state-run public education. See charter (n.).
9108 Etymology dictionary, p. chase (v.).3
… meaning "run after" for any purpose is by mid-14c. Related: Chased; chasing. Ancient European words for "pursue" often also cover "persecute" (Greek di ō k ō, Old English …
9109 Etymology dictionary, p. chatter (n.).2
mid-13c., "a run of quick, shrill sounds," originally of birds, from chatter (v.). Meaning "idle or foolish talk" is by 1831.
9110 Etymology dictionary, p. cheek (n.).3
… to run together in IE languages (compare PIE *genw-, source of Greek genus "jaw, cheek," geneion "chin," and English chin ); Aristotle considered the chin as the front …
9111 Etymology dictionary, p. cheese (v.).2
"stop (what one is doing), run off," 1812, thieves' slang, of uncertain origin. The meaning "to smile" is from 1930 (see cheese (n.1)). For the sense of "annoy," see cheesed .
9112 Etymology dictionary, p. chivvy (v.).2
… "a running pursuit," probably from the "Ballad of Chevy Chase," a popular song from 15c. describing a hunting party on the borderland that turned into a battle …
9113 Etymology dictionary, p. chock-a-block (adj.).2
"jammed together," 1840, nautical, said of two blocks of tackle run so closely that they touch; from chock (n.) + block (n.1) in the nautical sense "a pulley together with its framework."
9114 Etymology dictionary, p. choppy (adj.).2
1830, of seas, "running in short, irregular, broken waves," from chop (v.2) + -y (2). Earlier in this sense was chopping (1630s).
9115 Etymology dictionary, p. clean-up (n.).2
… in runs by scoring the players who hit before him and thus "clean up" the bases.
9116 Etymology dictionary, p. clipper (n.).3
… or run rapidly." Compare early 19c. clipper "person or animal who looks capable of fast running." Perhaps it was influenced by Middle Dutch klepper "swift horse …
9117 Etymology dictionary, p. cloister (n.).4
From c. 1300 in English as "covered walk running round the walls of a monastic building or large church;" from late 14c. in the general sense "colonnade round an open court."
9118 Etymology dictionary, p. clothes-line (n.).2
also clothesline, 1830, from clothes + line (n.). As a kind of high tackle in U.S. football (the effect is similar to running into a taut clothesline) attested by 1970; as a verb in this sense by 1959.
9119 Etymology dictionary, p. club (n.).5
… club run by the railway company; later of any railway car fitted with chairs instead of benches and other amenities (1917). Hence club for "class of fares between …
9120 Etymology dictionary, p. coaming (n.).2
1610s, nautical, "raised border or edge of a hatch" (to prevent water on deck from running below), of unknown origin.