invitation, and
  accordingly obtained leave to go to him:  but, on his arrival,
  he was greatly surprised to find a very cold reception;
  whereupon expostulating with his landlord, he reminded him of
  his invitation, and the circumstance of his having said,
  soldiers were the pillars of the nation.  If I did, answered the
  host, I meant CATERpiliars.

CATERWAULING.  Going out in the night in search of
  intrigues, like a cat in the gutters.

Cathedral.  Old-fashioned.  An old cathedral-bedstead,
  chair, &c.

Cattle.  Sad cattle:  whores or gypsies.  Black cattle,
  bugs.  Cant.

CAVAULTING school.  A Bawdy-house.

CAUDGE-pawed. Left-handed.

Cauliflower.  A large white wig, such as is commonly
  worn by the dignified clergy, and was formerly by physicians. 
  Also the private parts of a woman; the reason for
  which appellation is given in the following story:  A
  woman, who was giving evidence in a cause wherein it was
  necessary to express those parts, made use of the term
  cauliflower; for which the judge on the bench, a peevish
  old fellow, reproved her, saying she might as well call it
  artichoke.  Not so, my lord, replied she; for an artichoke
  has a bottom, but a **** and a cauliflower have none.

Cautions.  The four cautions:  I. Beware of a woman
  before.—­II.  Beware of a horse behind.—­III.  Beware of a cart
  side-ways.—­IV.  Beware of a priest every way.

Caw-handed, or caw-pawed. Awkward, not dextrous,
  ready, or nimble.

CAXON.  An old weather-beaten wig.

Cent per cent.  An usurer.

CHAFED. Well beaten; from Chauffe, warmed.

CHALKERS.  Men of wit, in Ireland, who in the night amuse
  themselves with cutting inoffensive passengers across the
  face with a knife.  They are somewhat like those facetious
  gentlemen some time ago known in England by the title
  of Sweaters and Mohocks.

Chalking.  The amusement above described.

Chap.  A fellow; An odd chap; A strange fellow.

Chaperon.  The cicisbeo, or gentleman usher to a lady;
  from the French.

CHAPT.  Dry or thirsty.

Charactered, or lettered. Burnt in the hand.  They
  have palmed the character upon him; they have burned
  him in the hand, cant.—­See lettered.

Charm.  A picklock.  Cant.

Charren.  The smoke of Charren.—­His eyes water from
  the smoke of Charren; a man of that place coming out
  of his house weeping, because his wife had beat him, told
  his neighbours the smoke had made his eyes water.

Chatter box.  One whose tongue runs twelve score to the
  dozen, a chattering man or woman.