, to skirt.

costumbre, _f._, custom, habit; de -- , customary, usual(ly); tener de
--, to be accustomed; to be one's custom.

cota, _f._, coat of mail.

coyuntura, _f._, occasion, opportunity.

craneo, _m._, cranium.

creacion, _f._, creation.

crecer, to grow, increase.

creciendo, increasing, growing, swelling.

creciente, increasing, growing.

credito, _m._, credit, belief; dar -- a, to believe.

credulidad, _f._, credulity.

creencia, _f._, belief.

creer, to believe, fancy, think.

crepusculo, _m._, twilight.

cresta, _f._, crest, cresting, peak.

criado, _m._, servant.

Criador, _m._, Creator.

criatura, _f._, creature, being, woman; babe, baby, infant.

crimen, _m._, crime.

criminal, criminal.

crin, _f._, mane; _pl.,_ mane.

crispado, -a, _adj. pp. of_ crispar, agitated, convulsed, clinched,
trembling, nervous, convulsive.

crispar, to shrivel; to cause to creep.

cristal, _m._, crystal, glass, window; de --, crystalline, clear,
pure.

cristiano, _m._, Christian.

Cristo, _m._, Christ.

critica, _f._, criticism.

cronica, _f._, chronicle.

cronista, _m._, chronicler, narrator.

crucera, _m._, crossing, the place of crossing of nave and transept,
in some churches the choir.

crudo, -a, rude, coarse, pitiless, ruthless.

cruel, cruel.

crueldad, _f._, cruelty.

crujir, to crackle, clash, rustle, crack, clang.

cruz, _f._, cross.

cruzado, -a, _adj. pp. of_ cruzar, interposed, intervening.

cruzar, to cross, pass by, pass, clasp, join.

cuadra, _f._, hall; stable; _pl._, quarters.

cuadro, _m._, picture, painting.

cuajar, to coat over; (_here_) to begem.

cual, which; such, as, such as; el --, la--, lo--, who, which; por
lo--, wherefore; cada --, each (_or_ every) one; -- si, as if; tal --,
such as; todas a -- mas bellas, vying with one another in loveliness;
each one more lovely than the other.

cual, what, which, which one; -- .,. --, one...one.

?cual? what? which?

cualidad, _f._, quality; _pl._, disposition.

cualquier. See cualquiera.

cualquiera, anybody, whatever, whoever, any.. whatever, one, some; --
otro, any one else; -- otra cosa, anything else; -- que, whoever.

cuando, when; aun --, although; hasta --, how long; de yez en --, from
time to time; every now and then; at intervals; de -- en --, from time
to time.

?cuando? when?

cuanto, how much, as much, as much as, whatever, as many as, that
which, what.

cuanto, _adv._, as muc