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SIR HENRY CLINTON (c. 1738-1795)

OLIVIER DE CLISSON (1336-14c7)

CAROLINE CLIVE (1801-1873)

CATHERINE [KITTY] CLIVE (1711-1785)

BARON ROBERT CLIVE CLIVE (1725-1774)

CLOISTER (Lat. claustrum; Fr. cloitre; Ital. chiostro; Span. claustro; Ger. Kloster)

BARON VON JEAN BAPTISTE DU VAL DE GRACE CLOOTS (1755–1794)

CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)

MAXWELL HENRY CLOSE (1822-1903)

CLOSURE (Fr. clooture)

CLOTAIRE (CHLOTIIACHAR)

SAINT CLOTILDA (d. 544)

CLOUD (from the same root, if not the same word, as " clod," a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages for a mass or lump; it is first applied in the usual sense in the late 13th century; the Anglo-Saxon chid is only used in the sense of " a ma

CLOUDED LEOPARD (Felis nebulosa or macroscelis)

FRANCOIS CLOUET (d. 1572)

JEAN CLOUET (d. c. 1541)

ANNE JEMIMA CLOUGH (182o-1892)

ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH (1819-1861)

GIORGIO GIULIO CLOVIO (1498-1578)

CLOVIS [Chlodovech] (c. 466-511)

CLOWN (derived by Fuller, in his Worthies, from Lat. colones, a husbandman; but apparently connected with " clod " and with similar forms in Teutonic and Scandinavian languages)

CLUB (connected with " clump ")

AULUS CLUENTIUS HABITUS

CLUNY, or CLUGNY

GUSTAVE PAUL CLUSERET (1823-1900)

CLUSIUM (mod. Chiusi, q.v.)

CLUWER (CLUVER, CLUVIER, CLUVERIUS), PHILIP (158o-1623)

CLYDE (Welsh, Clwyd, " far heard," " strong," the Glotta of Tacitus)

BARON COLIN CAMPBELL CLYDE (1792-1863)

CNIDUS (mod. Tekir)

COACH (through the Fr. coche, originally from the Magyar kocsi, an adjective from the Hungarian place named Kocs, between Raab and Buda, i.e. the sort of vehicle used there in the 15th century)

COALING STATIONS

COALITION (Lat. coalitio, the verbal substantive of coalescere, to grow together)

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

COBALT (symbol Co, atomic weight 59)

COBAN, or SANTO DOMINGO DE COBAN

HOWELL COBB (1815–1868)

WILLIAM COBBETT (1766-1835)

THOMAS SPENCER COBBOLD (1828-1886)

RICHARD COBDEN (1804-1865)

CAREL GABRIEL COBET (1813-1889)

COBIJA, or PUERTO LA MAR (the official title given to it by the Bolivian government)

COBLE (probably of Celtic origin, and connected with the root ceu or caw, hollow; cf. Welsh ceubol, a ferry-boat)

COBLENZ (KOBLENZ)

COBRA (Naja tripudians)

COCA, or CUCA (Erythroxylon coca)

C17H21NO4 COCAINE

COCANADA, or COCONADA

JOHANNES COCCEIUS [strictly KocH] (1603-1669)

COCCULUS INDICUS

COCENTAINA (pop: 1900, 7093)

LOUIS ADOLPHE COCHERY (1819-1900)

DENYS MARIE PIERRE AUGUSTIN COCHIN (1851L'Evolution de la vie (1895); Le Monde exterieur (1845); Contre les barbares (1899)

JOHANN COCHLAEUS (1479-1552)

COCK LANE GHOST

COCK X (or Come), HIERONYMUS [JEROME] (1510-1570)

EDWARD COCK (1805-1892)

COCKADE (Fr. cocarde, in 16th century coquarde, from coq, in allusion probably to the cock's comb)

COCKAIGNE (COCKAYNE), LAND OF (O. Fr. Coquaigne, mod. Fr. cocagne, " abundance," from Ital. Cocagna; " as we say ` Lubberland,' the epicure's or glutton's home, the land of all delights, so taken in mockerie ": Florio)

COCKATOO (Cacatuidae)

COCKBURN, ALICIA, or ALISON (1713-1994)

HENRY THOMAS COCKBURN (1779–1854)

SIR ALEXANDER JAMES EDMUND COCKBURN

SIR GEORGE COCKBURN

EDWARD COCKER (1631-1675)

CHARLES ROBERT COCKERELL (1788-1863)

WILLIAM COCKERILL (1759-1832)

SIR JAMES COCKLE (1819-1395)

HENRY COCKTON (1807-1853)

COCO DE MER, or DOUBLE

COCOMA, or CUCAMAS

COCYTUS (mod. Vuvo)

CODA (Ital. for " tail "; from the Lat. cauda)

CODE (Lat. codex)

CODICIL (Lat. codicillus, a little book or tablet, diminutive of codex)

GEORGE[GEORGIOS KODINOS] CODINUS

CHRISTOPHER CODRINGTON (1668-1710)

SIR EDWARD CODRINGTON (1770-1851)

WILLIAM FREDERICK CODY (1846- )

NICOLAS COEFFETEAU (1574-1623)

BARON VAN MENNO COEHOORN (1641-1704)

ALONSO SANCHEZ COELLO (1515-1590)

ANTONIO COELLO (1610?-1652)

COELOM AND SEROUS

COELOM AND SEROUS MEMBRANES

JAN PIETERSZOON COEN (1587-1630)

COERCION (from Lat. coercere, to restrain)

CONTRACT COERCION

COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

COFFER (Fr. coffee, O. Fr. cofre or cofne, Lat. cophinus, cf. " coffin ")

COFFIN (from Lat. cophinus, Gr. K64wos, a coffer, chest or basket, but never meaning " coffin " in its present sense)

CHARLES FRANCIS COGHLAN (1841–1899)

COGNITION (Latin cognitio, from cognoscere, to become acquainted with)

COGNIZANCE (Lat. cognoscere, to know)

COHEN (Hebrew for " priest ")

FERDINAND JULIUS COHN (1828-1898)

GUSTAV COHN (184o– )

COHORT (Lat. cohors)

COIF (from Fr. coiffe, Ital. cuffia, a cap)

COIN (older forms of the word are coyne, quoin and coign, all derived through the O. Fr. coing, and cuigne from Lat. cuneus, a wedge)

COINAGE OFFENCES

COIR (from Malay Kayar, cord, Kayaru, to be twisted)

COIRE (Ger. Chur or Cur, Ital. Coira, Lat. Curia Raetorum, Romonsch Cuera)

COKE (a northern English word, possibly connected with " colk," core)

SIR EDWARD COKE (1552-1634)

SIR JOHN COKE (1563-1644)

THOMAS COKE (1747-1814)

COL (Fr. for " neck," Lat. collum)

MARQUIS CHARLES COLBERT DE CROISSY (1625–1696)

JEAN BAPTISTE COLBERT (1619-1683)

HENRY COLBURN (d. 1855)

ZERAH COLBURN (1804-1840)

THOMAS FREDERICK COLBY (1784-1852)

1ST BARON CHARLES ABBOT COLCHESTER (1757-1829)

COLCOTHAR (adapted in Romanic languages from Arabic golgotar, which was probably a corruption of the Gr. xaXicavOos, from xnX, bs, copper, avOos, flower, i.e. copper sulphate)

COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

OLD COLD HARBOR

CADWALLADER COLDEN (1688–1776)

SIR HENRY COLE (1808–1882)

THOMAS COLE (1801–1848)

TIMOTHY COLE (1852– )

VICAT COLE (1833–1893)

HENRY THOMAS COLEBROOKE (1765-1837)

JOHN WILLIAM COLENSO (1814-1883)

JOHN COLEPEPER COLEPEPER (or CULPEPPER)

HARTLEY COLERIDGE (1796-1849)

1ST BARON JOHN DUKE COLERIDGE COLERIDGE

SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE (1772-1834)

SARA COLERIDGE (1802–1852)

SIR JOHN TAYLOR COLERIDGE (1790-1876)

JOHN COLET (1467?-1519)

LOUISE COLET (1810–1876)

SCHUYLER COLFAX (1823-1885)

COLIC (from the Gr. K6Aov or KwAov, the large intestine)

GASPARD DE COLIGNY (1519-1572)

ALEXANDRE COLIN (1526-1612)

COLLATERAL (from Med. Lat. collateralis,—cum, with, and latus, lateris, side,—side by side, hence parallel or additional)

COLLATION (Lat. collatio, from conferre, to bring together or compare)

COLLEGE (Collegium)

BARTOLOMMEO COLLEONI (1400-1475)

COLLETER (Gr. eoXXos, glue)

PIETRO COLLETTA (1775-1831)

SIR GEORGE POMEROY COLLEY (1835-1881)

ARTHUR COLLIER (1680-1732)

JEREMY COLLIER (1650-1726)

JOHN PAYNE COLLIER (1789–1883)

HEINRICH JOSEPH VON COLLIN (1771-1811)

ROBERT COLLING (1749-1820)

BARON CUTHBERT COLLINGWOOD COLLINGWOOD (1750-,8,o)

ANTHONY COLLINS (1676-1729)

JOHN CHURTON COLLINS (1848-1908)

MORTIMER COLLINS (1827-1876)

WILLIAM COLLINS (1721-1759)

WILLIAM COLLINS (1787–1847)

WILLIAM WILKIE COLLINS (1824–1889)

COLLODION (from the Gr. &M a' , glue)

COLLUSION (from Lat. colludere, strictly, to play with)

ROBERT COLLYER (1823— )

GEORGE COLMAN (1732–1794)

SAINT COLMAN (d. 676)

SAMUEL COLMAN (1832– )

COLMAR, or KOLMAR

COLOQUINTIDA COLOCYNTH

COLOGNE (Ger. Koln, or officially, since 1900, Coln)

COLOMAN (so7o-1116)

PHILIP HOWARD COLOMB (1831-1899)

PIERRE BERTRAND DE COLOMBIER (1299-1361)

COLON (formerly known as ASPINWALL)

COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

COLONIAL OFFICE

GIOVANNI PAOLO COLONNA (circa 1637—1695)

VITTORIA COLONNA (1490-1547)

COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

COLORADO SPRINGS

COLOSSAL CAVERN

EPISTLE TO THE COLOSSIANS

COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

COLOURS OF ANIMALS

MILITARY COLOURS

EDWARD COLSTON (1636-1721)

SAMUEL COLT (1814-1862)

COLUGO, or COBEGO

SAINT COLUMBA (Irish, Colum)

COLUMBAN (543-615)

PLACIDO COLUMBANI

COLUMBARIUM (Lat. columba, a dove)

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

COLUMBINE (Ital. coumbina, from columba, a dove)

COLUMBIUM, or NIOBIUM (symbol Cb or Nb, atomic weight 94)

COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER [in Spanish CRISTOBAL COLON] (c. 1446, or perhaps rather 1451, -15o6)

LUCIUS JUNIUS MODERATUS COLUMELLA

COLUMN (Lat. columna)

COLURE (from Gr. icoXos, shortened, and oupa, tail)

JOHN COLVILLE (c. 154o-16o5)

JOHN RUSSELL COLVIN (1807—1857)

SIDNEY COLVIN (1845– )

COMA (Gr. K(.7)

COMA BERENICES (" BERENICE'S HAIR ")

COMANA (mod. Gumenek)

COMB (a word common in various forms to Teut. languages, cf. Ger. Kamm, the Indo-Europ. origin of which is seen in yoµros, a peg or pin, and Sanskrit, gambhas, a tooth)

ANDREW COMBE (1797-1847)

GEORGE COMBE (1788-1858)

WILLIAM COMBE (1741–1823)

COMBE, or COOMB

STAPLETON COTTON COMBERMERE

[JUSTIN LOUIS] SMILE COMBES (1835– )

COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

COMBINATORIAL ANALYSIS

COMBUSTION (from the Lat. comburere, to burn up)

COMENIUS (or KOMENSKY), JOHANN AMOS (1592-1671)

COMET (Gr. Koµieiis, long-haired)

COMINES, or COMMINES (Flem. Komen)

COMITY (from the Lat. comitas, courtesy, from antis, friendly, courteous)

COMMA (Gr. Kbµµa, a thing stamped or cut off, from Koirrecv, to strike)

COMMANDEER (from the South African Dutch kommanderen, to command)

COMMANDERY (through the Fr. commanderie, from med. Lat. commendaria, a trust or charge)

COMMENDATION (from the Lat. commendare, to entrust to the charge of, or to procure a favour for)

COMMENTARII (Lat. = Gr. broµvijµara)

COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

COMMERCIAL ASPECTS

COMMERCIAL COURT

COMMERCIAL TREATIES

COMMERS (from Lat. commercium)

PHILIPPE DE COMMINES (c. 1445-c. 1511)

COMMISSARY (from Med. Lat. commissaries, one to whom a charge or trust is committed)

COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

COMMODORE (a form of " commander"; in the 17th century the term " commandore " is used)

LUCIUS AELIUS AURELIUS COMMODUS (161-192)

BOOK OF COMMON ORDER

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

COMMUNE (Med. Lat. communia, Lat. communis, common)

MEDIEVAL COMMUNE

COMMUTATION (from Lat. commutare, to change)

COMO (anc. Comum)

LAKE OF COMO (the Lacus Larius of the Romans, and so sometimes called LARIO to the present day, though in the 4th century it is already termed Lacus Comacinus)

IGNACIO COMONFORT (1812–1.863)