- 07.025 waving patches of cockscomb clover,
Wikipedia contributors. “Cockscomb” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Web. Spring 2015.
Cock
- 11.032 and head cocked on one side,
- 12.082 with his head cocked on one side,
- 12.098 with one ear cocked
- 15.004 then he cocked his head on one side,
Cobweb
“Cobweb” is probably the source of the rare word “cob”, which means “spider”. The root of that syllable is “cop”, to grab or capture.
- 08.003 The nastiest things they saw were the cobwebs:
- 08.003 dark dense cobwebs with threads extraordinarily thick,
- 08.101 in your cobwebs crazy.
“† cob, n.4.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, September 2015. Web. 4 October 2015.
Cob
The meaning “spider” has been attested since the 1600s, but the OED conjectures that it is a back formation from “Cobweb”, with roots meaning “grab” ultimately the same as the slang word “cop” for “police officer”.
- 08.100 Lazy Lob and crazy Cob
“† cob, n.4.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, September 2015. Web. 4 October 2015.
Coalmining
- 01.124 often enough sinking as low as blacksmith-work or even coalmining.
Coal-black
Entered exactly this way in OED.
- 07.093 led by a large coal-black ram.
“coal-black, adj.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, June 2017. Web. 7 September 2017.
Clutch
- 07.004 and to let go his clutch just a tiny bit.
- 08.031 with one hand clutching the rope
- 12.017 but still he clutched the cup,
Clumsy
- 08.032 and Bombur’s clumsiness,
Clump
- 02.034 They moved to a clump of trees,
Clue-Finder
- 12.052 I am the clue-finder,
As with most names and titles in the work, there is no reference in OED, and it is now classed as JRRT original.
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