_Chivalrous_. The word is popularly used in the Southern States only,
and commonly has reference to men's manner toward women. Archaic,
stilted and fantastic.

_Citizen_ for _Civilian_. A soldier may be a citizen, but is not a
civilian.

_Claim_ for _Affirm_. "I claim that he is elected." To claim is to
assert ownership.

_Clever_ for _Obliging_. In this sense the word was once in general
use in the United States, but is now seldom heard and life here is
less insupportable.

_Climb down_. In climbing one ascends.

_Coat_ for _Coating_. "A coat of paint, or varnish." If we coat
something we produce a coating, not a coat.

_Collateral Descendant_. There can be none: a "collateral descendant"
is not a descendant.

_Colonel_, _Judge_, _Governor_, etc., for _Mister_. Give a man a title
only if it belongs to him, and only while it belongs to him.

_Combine_ for _Combination_. The word, in this sense, has something of
the meaning of conspiracy, but there is no justification for it as a
noun, in any sense.