The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
Chapter 216
Ca*brer"ite (?) , n. (Min.) An apple-green mineral, a hydrous arseniate of nickel, cobalt, and magnesia; -- so named from the Sierra Cabrera , Spain.
Cabrilla <Xpage=200>
Ca*bril"la (?) , n. [Sp., prawn.] (Zo\'94l) A name applied to various species of edible fishes of the genus Serranus , and related genera, inhabiting the Meditarranean, the coast of California, etc. In California, some of them are also called rock bass and kelp salmon .
Cabriole <Xpage=200>
Cab"ri*ole (?) , n. [F. See Cabriolet , and cf. Capriole .] (Man.) A curvet; a leap. See Capriole .
The cabrioles which his charger exhibited. Sir W. Scott.
Cabriolet <Xpage=200>
Cab`ri*o*let" (?) , n. [F., dim. of cabriole a leap, caper, from It. capriola , fr. dim. of L. caper he-goat, capra she-goat. This carriage is so called from its skipping lightness. Cf. Cab , Caper a leap.] A one-horse carriage with two seats and a calash top.
Cabrit <Xpage=200>
Ca*brit" (?) , n. Same as Cabr\'82e .
Caburn <Xpage=200>
Cab"urn (?) , n. [Cf. Cable , n. ] (Naut.) A small line made of spun yarn, to bind or worm cables, seize tackles, etc.
Cac\'91mia, Cach\'91mia <Xpage=200>
Ca*c\'91"mi*a (?) , Ca*ch\'91"mi*a n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ bad+ <?/<?/<?/<?/ blood.] (Med.) A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood.
Cacaine <Xpage=200>
Ca*ca"ine (?) , n. (Chem.) The essential principle of cacao; -- now called theobromine .
Cacaj\'eeo <Xpage=200>
Ca*ca*j\'eeo" (?) , n. [Pg.] (Zo\'94l) A South American short-tailed monkey ( Pithecia (∨ Brachyurus) melanocephala) . [Written also cacajo .]
Cacao <Xpage=200>
Ca*ca"o (?) , n. [Sp., fr. Mex. kakahuatl . Cf. Cocoa , Chocolate ] (Bot.) A small evergreen tree ( Theobroma Cacao ) of South America and the West Indies. Its fruit contains an edible pulp, inclosing seeds about the size of an almond, from which cocoa, chocolate, and broma are prepared.
Cachalot <Xpage=200>
Cach"a*lot (?) , n. [F. cachalot .] (Zo\'94l.) The sperm whale ( Physeter macrocephalus ). It has in the top of its head a large cavity, containing an oily fluid, which, after death, concretes into a whitish crystalline substance called spermaceti . See Sperm whale .
Cache <Xpage=200>
Cache (?) , n. [F., a hiding place, fr. cacher to conceal, to hide.] A hole in the ground, or hiding place, for concealing and preserving provisions which it is inconvenient to carry.
Kane.
Cachectic, Cachectical <Xpage=200>
Ca*chec"tic (?) , Ca*chec"tic*al (?) , a. [L. cachecticus , Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/: cf. F. cachectique .] Having, or pertaining to, cachexia; as, cachectic remedies; cachectical blood.
Arbuthnot.
Cachepot <Xpage=200>
Cache`pot" (k&adot;sh`p&osl;") , n. [F., fr. cacher to hide + pot a pot.] An ornamental casing for a flowerpot, of porcelain, metal, paper, etc.
Cachet <Xpage=200>
Cach"et (?) , n. [F. fr. cacher to hide.] A seal, as of a letter.
Lettre de cachet [F.] , a sealed letter, especially a letter or missive emanating from the sovereign; -- much used in France before the Revolution as an arbitrary order of imprisonment.
Cachexia, Cachexy <Xpage=200>
Ca*chex"i*a (?) , Ca*chex"y (?) , n. [L. cachexia , Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/; <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ bad + <?/<?/<?/<?/ condition.] A condition of ill health and impairment of nutrition due to impoverishment of the blood, esp. when caused by a specific morbid process (as cancer or tubercle).
Cachinnation <Xpage=200>
Cach`in*na"tion (?) , n. [L. cachinnatio , fr. cachinnare to laugh aloud, cf Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/.] Loud or immoderate laughter; -- often a symptom of hysterical or maniacal affections.
Hideous grimaces . . . attended this unusual cachinnation . Sir W. Scott.
Cachinnatory <Xpage=200>
Ca*chin"na*to*ry (?) , a. Consisting of, or accompanied by, immoderate laughter.
Cachinnatory buzzes of approval. Carlyle.
Cachiri <Xpage=200>
Ca*chi"ri (?) , n. A fermented liquor made in Cayenne from the grated root of the manioc, and resembling perry.
Dunglison.
Cacholong <Xpage=200>
Cach"o*long (?) , n , [F. cacholong , said to be from Cach , the name of a river in Bucharia + cholon , a Calmuck word for stone ; or fr. a Calmuck word meaning "beautiful stone"] (Min.) An opaque or milk-white chalcedony, a variety of quartz; also, a similar variety of opal.
Cachou <Xpage=200>
Ca`chou" (?) , n. [F. See Cashoo .] A silvered aromatic pill, used to correct the odor of the breath.
Cachucha <Xpage=200>
Ca*chu"cha (?) , n. [Sp.] An Andalusian dance in three-four time, resembing the bolero. [Sometimes in English spelled cachuca (<?/) .]
The orchestra plays the cachucha . Logfellow.
Cachunde <Xpage=200>
Ca*chun"de (?) , n. [Sp.] (Med.) A pastil or troche, composed of various aromatic and other ingredients, highly celebrated in India as an antidote, and as a stomachic and antispasmodic.
Cacique <Xpage=200>
Ca*cique" (?) , n. [Sp.] See Cazique.
Cack <Xpage=200>
Cack (?) , v. i. [OE. cakken , fr. L. cacare ; akin to Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/, and to OIr. Cacc dung; cf. AS. cac .] To ease the body by stool; to go to stool.
Pope.
Cackerel <Xpage=200>
Cack"er*el (?) , n. [OF. caquerel cagarel ( Cotgr .), from the root of E. cack .] (Zo\'94l.) The mendole; a small worthless Mediterranean fish considered poisonous by the ancients. See Mendole .
Cackle <Xpage=200>
Cac"kle (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Cackled (-k'ld) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Cackling (?) .] [OE. cakelen ; cf. LG. kakeln , D. kakelen , G. gackeln , gackern ; all of imitative origin. Cf. Gagle , Cake to cackle.] 1. To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.
When every goose is cackling . Shak.
2. To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a hen or a goose; to giggle.
Arbuthnot.
3. To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.
Johnson.
Cackle <Xpage=200>
Cac"kle (?) , n. 1. The sharp broken noise made by a goose or by a hen that has laid an egg.
By her cackle saved the state. Dryden.
2. Idle talk; silly prattle.
There is a buzz and cackle all around regarding the sermon. Thackeray.
Cackler <Xpage=200>
Cac"kler (?) , n. 1. A fowl that cackles.
2. One who prattles, or tells tales; a tattler.
Cackling <Xpage=200>
Cac"kling , n. The broken noise of a goose or a hen.
Cacochymia, Cacochymy <Xpage=200>
Cac`o*chym"i*a (?) , Cac"o*chym`y (?) , n. [NL. cacochymia , fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/; <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ bad + <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ juice: cf. F. cacochymie .] (Med.) A vitiated state of the humors, or fluids, of the body, especially of the blood.
Dunglison.
Cacochymic, Cacochymical <Xpage=200>
Cac`o*chym"ic (?) , Cac`o*chym"ic*al (?) , a. Having the fluids of the body vitiated, especially the blood.
Wiseman.
Cacodemon <Xpage=200>
Cac`o*de"mon (?) , n. [Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/; <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ bad + <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ demon: cf. F. cacod\'82mon .] 1. An evil spirit; a devil or demon.
Shak.
2. (Med.) The nightmare.
Dunaglison.
Cacodoxical <Xpage=200>
Cac`o*dox"ic*al (?) , a. Heretical.
Cacodoxy <Xpage=200>
Cac"o*dox`y (?) , n. [Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ perverted opinion; <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ bad + <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ opinion.] Erroneous doctrine; heresy; heterodoxy. [R.]
Heterodoxy, or what Luther calls cacodoxy . R. Turnbull.
Cacodyl <Xpage=200>
Cac"o*dyl (?) , n. [Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ ill-smelling (<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ bad + <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ to smell) + -yl .] (Chem.) Alkarsin; a colorless, poisonous, arsenical liquid, As2(CH3)4 , spontaneously inflammable and possessing an intensely disagreeable odor. It is the type of a series of compounds analogous to the nitrogen compounds called hydrazines. [Written also cacodyle , and kakodyl .]
Cacodylic <Xpage=200>
Cac`o*dyl"ic (?) , a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, cacodyl.
Cacodylic acid , a white, crystalline, deliquescent substance, (CH3)2AsO.OH , obtained by the oxidation of cacodyl, and having the properties of an exceedingly stable acid; -- also called alkargen . <-- # error in original formula corrected! -->
Caco\'89thes <Xpage=200>
Cac`o*\'89"thes (?) , n. [L., fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ of ill habits, <?/<?/ <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ an ill habit; <?/ bad + <?/ habit] 1. A bad custom or habit; an insatiable desire; as, caco\'89thes scribendi , "The itch for writing" .
Addison.
2. (Med.) A bad quality or disposition in a disease; an incurable ulcer.
Cacogastric <Xpage=200>
Cac`o*gas"tric (?) , a. [Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ bad + <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ stomach.] Troubled with bad digestion. [R.]
Carlyle.
Cacographic <Xpage=200>
Cac`o*graph`ic (?) , a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, cacography; badly written or spelled.
Cacography <Xpage=200>
Ca*cog`ra*phy (?) , n. [Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ bad + -graphy ; cf. F. cacographie .] Incorrect or bad writing or spelling.
Walpole.
Cacolet <Xpage=200>
Ca`co*let" (?) , n. [F.] A chair, litter, or other contrivance fitted to the back or pack saddle of a mule for carrying travelers in mountainous districts, or for the transportation of the sick and wounded of an army.
Cacology <Xpage=200>
Ca*col"o*gy (?) , n. [Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ bad + -logy : cf. F. cacologie .] Bad speaking; bad choice or use of words.
Buchanan.
Cacomixle, Cacomixtle, Cacomixl <Xpage=200>
Ca`co*mix"le (?) , Ca`co*mix"tle (?) , Ca"co*mix`l (?) , n. [Mexican name.] A North American carnivore ( Bassaris astuta ), about the size of a cat, related to the raccoons. It inhabits Mexico, Texas, and California.
Cacoon <Xpage=200>
Ca*coon" (?) , n. One of the seeds or large beans of a tropical vine ( Entada scandens ) used for making purses, scent bottles, etc.
Cacophonic, Cacophonical, Cacophonous, Cacophonious <Xpage=200>
Cac`o*phon"ic (?) , Cac`o*phon"ic*al (?) , Ca*coph"o*nous (?) , Cac`o*pho"ni*ous (?) , a. Harsh-sounding.
Cacophony <Xpage=200>
Ca*coph"o*ny (?) , n. ; pl. Cacophonies (#) . [Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/; <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ bad + <?/<?/<?/<?/ sound: cf. F. Cacophonie .] 1. (Rhet.) An uncouth or disagreable sound of words, owing to the concurrence of harsh letters or syllables. " Cacophonies of all kinds."
Pope.
2. (Mus.) A combination of discordant sounds.
3. (Med.) An unhealthy state of the voice.
Cacotechny <Xpage=200>
Cac"o*tech`ny (?) , n. [Gr. <?/; <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ bad + <?/ art.] A corruption or corrupt state of art. [R.]
Cacoxene, Cacoxenite <Xpage=200>
Ca*cox"ene (?) , Ca*cox"e*nite (?) , n. [Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ bad + <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ guest.] (Min.) A hydrous phosphate of iron occurring in yellow radiated tufts. The phosphorus seriously injures it as an iron ore.
Cactaceous <Xpage=200>
Cac*ta"ceous (?) , a. (Bot.) Belonging to, or like, the family of plants of which the prickly pear is a common example.
Cactus <Xpage=200>
Cac"tus (?) , n. ; pl. E. Cactuses (#) , Cacti (-t\'c6) . [L., a kind of cactus, Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/.] (Bot.) Any plant of the order Cactac\'91 , as the prickly pear and the night-blooming cereus. See Cereus . They usually have leafless stems and branches, often beset with clustered thorns, and are mostly natives of the warmer parts of America.
Cactus wren (Zo\'94l.) , an American wren of the genus Campylorhynchus , of several species.
Cacuminal <Xpage=200>
Ca*cu"mi*nal (?) , a. [L. cacumen , cacuminis , the top, point.] (Philol.) Pertaining to the top of the palate; cerebral; -- applied to certain consonants; as, cacuminal (or cerebral) letters .
Cacuminate <Xpage=200>
Ca*cu"mi*nate (?) , v. i. [L. cacuminatus , p. p. of cacuminare to point, fr. cacumen point.] To make sharp or pointed. [Obs.]
Cad <Xpage=200>
Cad (?) , n. [Abbrev. fr. cadet .] 1. A person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and shut it, and to receive fares; an idle hanger-on about innyards. [Eng.]
Dickens.
2. A lowbred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow. [Cant]
Thackeray.
Cadastral <Xpage=200>
Ca*das"tral (?) , a. [F.] Of or pertaining to landed property.
Cadastral survey , ∨ Cadastral map , a survey, map, or plan on a large scale (Usually <feac1x2500/ of the linear measure of the ground, or twenty-five inches to the mile or about an inch to the acre) so as to represent the relative positions and dimensions of objects and estates exactly; -- distinguished from a topographical map, which exaggerates the dimensions of houses and the breadth of roads and streams, for the sake of distinctness.
Brande & C.
Cadastre, Cadaster <Xpage=200>
Ca*das"tre , Ca*das"ter (?) , n. [f. cadastre .] (Law.) An official statement of the quantity and value of real estate for the purpose of apportioning the taxes payable on such property.
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Cadaver <Xpage=201>
Ca*da"ver (?) , n. [L., fr cadere to fall.] A dead human body; a corpse.
Cadaveric <Xpage=201>
Ca*dav"er*ic (?) , a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a corpse, or the changes produced by death; cadaverous; as, cadaveric rigidity .
Dunglison.
Cadaveric alkaloid , an alkaloid generated by the processes of decomposition in dead animal bodies, and thought by some to be the cause of the poisonous effects produced by the bodies. See Ptomaine .
Cadaverous <Xpage=201>
Ca*dav"er*ous (?) , a. [L. cadaverosus .]
1. Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale; ghastly; as, a cadaverous look .
2. Of or pertaining to, or having the qualities of, a dead body. "The scent cadaverous ."
-- Ca*dav"er*ous*ly , adv. -- Ca*dav"er*ous*ness , n.
Cadbait <Xpage=201>
Cad"bait` (?) , n. [Prov. E. codbait , cadbote fly.] (Zo\'94l.) See Caddice .
Caddice, Caddis <Xpage=201>
Cad"dice , Cad"dis (?) , n. [Prov. E. caddy , cadew ; cf . G . k\'94der bait.] (Zo\'94l.) The larva of a caddice fly. These larv\'91 generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with pieces of broken shells, gravel, bits of wood, etc. They are a favorite bait with anglers. Called also caddice worm , or caddis worm .
Caddice fly (Zo\'94l.) , a species of trichopterous insect, whose larva is the caddice.
Caddis <Xpage=201>
Cad"dis , n. [OE. caddas , Scot. caddis lint, caddes a kind of woolen cloth, cf. Gael. cada , cadadh , a kind of cloth, cotton, fustian, W. cadas , F. cadis .] A kind of worsted lace or ribbon. " Caddises , cambrics, lawns."
Shak.
Caddish <Xpage=201>
Cad"dish (?) , a. Like a cad; lowbred and presuming.
Caddow <Xpage=201>
Cad"dow (?) , n. [OE. cadawe , prob. fr. ca chough + daw jackdaw; cf. Gael. cadhag , cathag . Cf. Chough , Daw , n. ] (Zo\'94l.) A jackdaw. [Prov. Eng.]
Caddy <Xpage=201>
Cad"dy (?) , n. ; pl. Caddies (#) . [Earlier spelt catty , fr. Malay kat\'c6 a weight of 1\'a7 pounds. Cf. Catty .] A small box, can, or chest to keep tea in.
Cade <Xpage=201>
Cade (?) , a. [Cf. OE. cad , kod , lamb, also Cosset , Coddle .] Bred by hand; domesticated; petted.
He brought his cade lamb with him. Sheldon.
Cade <Xpage=201>
Cade , v. t. To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame. [Obs.]
Johnson.
Cade <Xpage=201>
Cade , n. [L. cadus jar, Gr. <?/.] A barrel or cask, as of fish. "A cade of herrings."
Shak.
A cade of herrings is 500, of sprats 1,000. Jacob, Law Dict.
Cade <Xpage=201>
Cade , n. [F. & Pr.; LL. cada .] A species of juniper ( Juniperus Oxycedrus ) of Mediterranean countries.
Oil of cade , a thick , black, tarry liquid, obtained by destructive distillation of the inner wood of the cade. It is used as a local application in skin diseases.
Cadence <Xpage=201>
Ca"dence (?) , n. [OE. cadence , cadens , LL. cadentia a falling, fr. L. cadere to fall; cf. F. cadence , It. cadenza . See Chance .]
1. The act or state of declining or sinking. [Obs.]
Now was the sun in western cadence low. Milton.
2. A fall of the voice in reading or speaking, especially at the end of a sentence.
3. A rhythmical modulation of the voice or of any sound; as, music of bells in cadence sweet .
Blustering winds, which all night long Had roused the sea, now with hoarse cadence lull Seafaring men o'erwatched. Milton.
The accents . . . were in passion's tenderest cadence . Sir W. Scott.
4. Rhythmical flow of language, in prose or verse.
Golden cadence of poesy. Shak.
If in any composition much attention was paid to the flow of the rhythm, it was said (at least in the 14th and 15th centuries) to be "prosed in faire cadence ." Dr. Guest.
5. (Her.) See Cadency .
6. (Man.) Harmony and proportion in motions, as of a well-managed horse.