C.

This letter is the outline of the hollow of the hand, and is called in Hebrew caph (the hollow of the hand).

C. The French c, when it is to be sounded like s, has a mark under it (ç); this mark is called a cedilla. (A diminutive of z; called zeta in Greek, ceda in Spanish.)

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Byzanʹtines (3 syl.)
C
C
Ca Ira (it will go)
Caaba
Cab
Cabal
Cabala
Cabalist
Cabalistic
Caballero
Cabbage

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