The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
Chapter 246
Be swift to hear; but cautious of your tongue. Watts.
Syn. -- Wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent; circumspect; discreet; heedful; thoughtful; scrupulous; anxious; careful. -- Cautious , Wary , Circumspect . A man is cautious who realizes the constant possibility of danger; one may be wary , and yet bold and active; a man who is circumspect habitually examines things on every side in order to weigh and deliberate. It is necessary to be cautious at all times; to be wary in cases of extraordinary danger; to be circumspect in matters of peculiar delicacy and difficulty.
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Cau"tious*ly , adv. In a cautious manner.
Cautiousness <Xpage=229>
Cau"tious*ness , n. The quality of being cautious.
Cavalcade <Xpage=229>
Cav"al*cade` (?) , n. [F. cavalcade , fr. It. cavalcata , fr. cavalcare to go on horseback, fr. LL. caballicare , fr. L. caballus an inferior horse, Gr. <?/. Cf. Cavalier , Cavalry .] A procession of persons on horseback; a formal, pompous march of horsemen by way of parade.
He brought back war-worn cavalcade to the city. Prescott.
Cavalero, Cavaliero <Xpage=229>
Cav`a*le"ro , Cav`a*lie"ro (?) , n. [Sp. caballero . See Cavalier .] A cavalier; a gallant; a libertine.
Shak.
Cavalier <Xpage=229>
Cav`a*lier" (?) , n. [F. cavalier , It. cavaliere , LL. caballarius , fr. L. caballus . See Cavalcade , and cf. Cavallier , Caballine .] 1. A military man serving on horseback; a knight.
2. A gay, sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant.
3. One of the court party in the time of king Charles L. as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament.
Clarendon.
4. (Fort.) A work of more that ordinary heigh, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts.
Cavalier <Xpage=229>
Cav`a*lier" , a. Gay; easy; offhand; frank.
The plodding, persevering scupulous accuracy of the one, and the easy, cavalier , verbal fluency of the other, from a complete contrast.
Hazlitt.
2. High-spirited. [Obs.] "The people are naturally not valiant, and not much cavalier ."
Suckling.
3. Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque.
4. Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I. "An old Cavalier family."
Beaconsfleld.
Cavalierish <Xpage=229>
Cav`a*lier"ish (?) , a. Somewhat like a cavalier.
Cavalierism <Xpage=229>
Cav`a*lier"ism (?) , n. The practice or principles of cavaliers.
Sir. W. Scott.
Cavalierly <Xpage=229>
Cav`a*lier"ly , adv. In a supercilious, disdainful, or haughty manner; arroganty.
Junius.
Cavalierness <Xpage=229>
Cav`a*lier"ness , n. A disdanful manner.
Cavally <Xpage=229>
Ca*val"ly (?) , n. [Cf. Pg. cavalla a kind of fish; Sp. caballa ; prob. fr. Pg. cavallo horse, Sp. caballa .] (Zo\'94l.) A carangoid fish of the Atlantic coast ( Caranx hippos ): -- called also horse crevall\'82 . [See Illust . under Carangoid .]
Cavalry <Xpage=229>
Cav"al*ry (?) , n. [F. cavalerie , fr. It. cavalleria . See Cavalier , and cf. chivalry .] (Mil.) That part of military force which serves on horseback.
&hand; Heavy cavalry and light cavalry are so distinguished by the character of their armament, and by the size of the men and horses.
Cavalryman <Xpage=229>
Cav"al*ry*man (?) , n. ; pl. Cavalrymen (<?/) . One of a body of cavalry.
Cavatina <Xpage=229>
Ca`va*ti"na (?) , n. [It.] (Mus.) Originally, a melody of simpler form than the aria ; a song without a second part and a da capo ; -- a term now variously and vaguely used.
Cave <Xpage=229>
Cave (?) , n. [F. cave , L. cavus hollow, whence cavea cavity. Cf. Cage .] 1. A hollow place in the earth, either natural or artificial; a subterraneous cavity; a cavern; a den.
2. Any hollow place, or part; a cavity. [Obs.] "The cave of the ear."
Bacon.
Cave bear (Zo\'94l.) , a very large fossil bear ( Ursus spel\'91us ) similar to the grizzly bear, but large; common in European caves. -- Cave dweller , a savage of prehistoric times whose dwelling place was a cave. Tylor . -- Cave hyena (Zo\'94l.) , a fossil hyena found abundanty in British caves, now usually regarded as a large variety of the living African spotted hyena. -- Cave lion (Zo\'94l.) , a fossil lion found in the caves of Europe, believed to be a large variety of the African lion. -- Bone cave . See under Bone .
Cave <Xpage=229>
Cave , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Caved (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Caving .] [Cf. F. caver . See Cave , n. ] To make hollow; to scoop out. [Obs.]
The mouldred earth cav'd the banke. Spenser.
Cave <Xpage=229>
Cave , v. i. 1. To dwell in a cave. [Obs.]
Shak.
2. [See To cave in , below.] To fall in or down; as, the sand bank caved . Hence (Slang) , to retreat from a position; to give way; to yield in a disputed matter.
To cave in . [Flem. inkalven .] (a) To fall in and leave a hollow, as earth on the side of a well or pit. (b) To submit; to yield. [Slang]
H. Kingsley.
Caveat <Xpage=229>
Ca"ve*at (?) , n. [L. caved let him beware, pres. subj. of cavere to be on one's guard to, beware.]
1. (Law) A notice given by an interested party to some officer not to do a certain act until the party is heard in opposition; as, a caveat entered in a probate court to stop the proving of a will or the taking out of letters of administration, etc.
Bouvier.
2. (U. S. Patent Laws) A description of some invention, designed to be patented, lodged in the patent office before the patent right is applied for, and operating as a bar to the issue of letters patent to any other person, respecting the same invention.
&hand; A caveat is operative for one year only, but may be renewed.
3. Intimation of caution; warning; protest.
We think it right to enter our caveat against a conclusion. Jeffrey.
Caveat emptor [L.] (Law) , let the purchaser beware, i. e. , let him examine the article he is buying, and act on his own judgment.
Caveating <Xpage=229>
Ca"ve*a`ting (?) , n. (Fencing) Shifting the sword from one side of an adversary's sword to the other.
Caveator <Xpage=229>
Ca"ve*a`tor (?) , n. One who enters a caveat.
Cavendish <Xpage=229>
Cav"en*dish (?) , n. Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes.
Cut cavendish , the plugs cut into long shreds for smoking.
Cavern <Xpage=229>
Cav"ern (?) , n. [L. caverna , fr. cavus hollow: cf. F. caverne .] A large, deep, hollow place in the earth; a large cave.
Caverned <Xpage=229>
Cav"erned (?) , a. 1. Containing caverns.
The wolves yelled on the caverned hill. Byron.
2. Living in a cavern. " Caverned hermit."
Pope.
Cavernous <Xpage=229>
Cav"ern*ous (?) , a. [L. cavernosus : cf. F. caverneux .] 1. Full of caverns; resembling a cavern or large cavity; hollow.
2. Filled with small cavities or cells.
3. Having a sound caused by a cavity.
Cavernous body , a body of erectile tissue with large interspaces which may be distended with blood, as in the penis or clitoris. -- Cavernous respiration , a peculiar respiratory sound andible on auscultation, when the bronchial tubes communicate with morbid cavities in the lungs.
Cavernulous <Xpage=229>
Ca*ver"nu*lous (?) , a. [L. cavernula , dim. of caverna cavern.] Full of little cavities; as, cavernulous metal .
Black.
Cavesson, Cavezon <Xpage=229>
Cav"es*son (?) , Cav"e*zon (?) , n. [F. cave\'87on , augm. fr. LL. capitium a head covering hood, fr. L. caput head. Cf. Caberzon .] (Man.) A kind of noseband used in breaking and training horses. [Written also caveson , causson .]
White.
Cavetto <Xpage=229>
Ca*vet"to (?) , n. [It. cavetto , fr. cavo hollow, L. cavus .] (Arch.) A concave molding; -- used chiefly in classical architecture. See Illust . of Calumn .
Caviare, Caviar <Xpage=229>
Ca*viare" (?) , Cav"i*ar (?) , n. [F. caviar , fr. It. caviale , fr. Turk. Hav\'c6\'ber .] The roes of the sturgeon, prepared and salted; -- used as a relish, esp. in Russia.
&hand; Caviare was considered a delicacy, by some, in Shakespeare's time, but was not relished by most. Hence Hamlet says of a certain play. "'T was caviare to the general," i. e. , above the taste of the common people.
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Cavicorn <Xpage=230>
Cav"i*corn (?) , a. [L. cavus hollow + cornu horn.] (Zo\'94l.) Having hollow horns.
Cavicornia <Xpage=230>
Cav`i*cor"ni*a (?) , n. ; pl. [NL.] (Zo\'94l.) A group of ruminants whose horns are hollow, and planted on a bony process of the front, as the ox.
Cavil <Xpage=230>
Cav"il (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Caviled ∨ Cavilled (<?/) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Caviling ∨ Cavilling .] [L. cavillari to practice jesting, to censure, fr. cavilla bantering jests, sophistry: cf. OF. caviller .] To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason.
You do not well in obstinacy To cavil in the course of this contract. Shak.
Cavil <Xpage=230>
Cav"il , v. t. To cavil at. [Obs.]
Milton.
Cavil <Xpage=230>
Cav"il , n. A captious or frivolous objection.
All the cavils of prejudice and unbelief. Shak.
Cavil ∨ Caviler <Xpage=230>
Cav"il ∨ Cav"il*er (?) , n. One who cavils.
Cavilers at the style of the Scriptures. Boyle.
Caviling <Xpage=230>
Cav"il*ing , a. Disposed to cavil; finding fault without good reason. See Captious .
His depreciatory and caviling criticism. Lewis.
Cavilingly <Xpage=230>
Cav"il*ing*ly , adb. In a caviling manner.
Cavillation <Xpage=230>
Cav`il*la"tion (?) , n. [F. cavillation , L. cavillatio .] Frivolous or sophistical objection. [Obs.]
Hooker.
Cavilous ∨ Cavillous <Xpage=230>
Cav"il*ous ∨ Cav"il*lous (?) , a. [L. cavillosus .] Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbing. [R.]
-- Cav"il*ous*ly , adv. [R.] -- Cav"il*ous*ness , n. [R.]
Cavin <Xpage=230>
Cav"in (?) , n. [F. See Cave .] (Mil.) A hollow way, adapted to cover troops, and facilitate their aproach to a place.
Farrow.
Cavitary <Xpage=230>
Cav"i*ta*ry (?) , a. (Zo\'94l.) Containing a body cavity; as, the cavitary or nematoid worms .
Cavity <Xpage=230>
Cav"i*ty (?) , n. ; pl. Cavities (#) . [L. cavus hollow: cf. F. cavit\'82 .] 1. Hollowness. [Obs.]
The cavity or hollowness of the place. Goodwin.
2. A hollow place; a hollow; as, the abdominal cavity .
An instrument with a small cavity , like a small spoon. Arbuthot.
Abnormal spaces or excavations are frequently formed in the lungs, which are designated cavities or vomic\'91. Quain.
Body cavity , the c\'d2lum. See under Body .
Cavo-relievo <Xpage=230>
Ca"vo-re*lie"vo (?) , n. Cavo-rilievo.
Cavo-rilievo <Xpage=230>
Ca"vo-ri*lie"vo (?) , n. [It.] (Sculp.) Hollow relief; sculpture in relief within a sinking made for the purpose, so no part of it projects beyond the plain surface around.
Cavort <Xpage=230>
Ca*vort" (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Cavorted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Cavorting .] To prance ostentatiously; -- said of a horse or his rider. [Local slang U. S.]
Cavy <Xpage=230>
Ca"vy (?) , n. ; pl. Cavies (<?/) . [NL. cavia, fr. Brazilian cabiai : cf. F. cabiai .] (Zo\'94l.) A rodent of the genera cavia and Dolichotis , as the guinea pig ( Cavia cabaya ). Cavies are natives of South America.
Water cavy (Zo\'94l.) , The capybara.
Caw <Xpage=230>
Caw (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Cawed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Cawing .] [Imitative. \'fb22 Cf. Chough .] To cry like a crow, rook, or raven.
Rising and cawing at the gun's report. Shak.
Caw <Xpage=230>
Caw , n. The cry made by the crow, rook, or raven.
Cawk <Xpage=230>
Cawk (?) , n. [Prov. E. cauk limestone. A doublet of chalk .] (Min.) An opaque, compact variety of barite, or heavy spar. [Also written cauk .]
Cawker <Xpage=230>
Cawk"er (?) , n. See Calker .
Cawky <Xpage=230>
Cawk"y , a. Of or pertaining to cawk; like cawk.
Caxon <Xpage=230>
Cax"on (?) , n. A kind of wig. [Obs.]
Lamb.
Caxton <Xpage=230>
Cax"ton (?) , n. (Bibliog.) Any book printed by William Caxton , the first English printer.
Hansard.
Cay <Xpage=230>
Cay (?) , n. See Key , a ledge.
Cayenne <Xpage=230>
Cay*enne (?) , n. [From Cayenne , a town and island in French Guiana, South America.] Cayenne pepper.
Cayenne pepper . (a) (Bot.) A species of capsicum ( C. frutescens ) with small and intensely pungent fruit. (b) A very pungent spice made by drying and grinding the fruits or seeds of several species of the genus Capsicum , esp. C. annuum and C. Frutescens ; -- Called also red pepper . It is used chiefly as a condiment.
Cayman <Xpage=230>
Cay"man (?) , n. [From the language of Guiana: cf. Sp. caiman .] (Zo\'94l.) The south America alligator. See Alligator . [Sometimes written caiman .]
Cayugas <Xpage=230>
Ca*yu"gas (?) , n. pl. ; sing Cayuga . (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians formerly inbabiting western New-York, forming part of the confederacy called the Five Nations.
Cayuse <Xpage=230>
Cay*use" (?) , n. An Indian pony. [Northw. U. S.]
Cazique, Cazic <Xpage=230>
Ca*zique" , Cazic" (?) , n. [Sp. Cacique , fr. the language of Hayti.] A chief or petty king among some tribes of Indians in America.
Cease <Xpage=230>
Cease (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Ceased (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Ceasing .] [OE. cessen , cesen , F. cesser , fr. L. cessare , v. intemsive fr. cedere to withdraw. See Cede , and cf. Cessation .] 1. To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased "To cease from strife ."
Prov. xx. 3.
2. To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.
The poor shall never cease out of the land. Deut. xv. 11.
Syn. -- To intermit; desist; stop; abstain; quit; discontinue; refrain; leave off; pause; end.
Cease <Xpage=230>
Cease , v. t. To put a stop to; to bring to an end.
But he, her fears to cease Sent down the meek-eyed peace. Milton.
Cease , then, this impious rage. Milton
Cease <Xpage=230>
Cease , n. Extinction. [Obs.]
Shak.
Ceaseless <Xpage=230>
Cease"less , a. Without pause or end; incessant.
Ceaseless <Xpage=230>
Cease"less , adv. Without intermission or end.
Cecidomyia <Xpage=230>
Cec`i*do*my"i*a (?) , n. [Nl., fr. Gr. <?/, <?/, a gall nut + <?/ a fly.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of small dipterous files, including several very injurious species, as the Hessian fly. See Hessian fly .
Cecity <Xpage=230>
Ce"ci*ty (?) , n. [L. caecitas , fr. caecus blind: cf. F. c\'82cit\'82 .] Blindness. [R.]
Sir T. Browne .
Cecutiency <Xpage=230>
Ce*cu"tien*cy (?) , n. [L. caecutire to be blind, fr. caecus blind.] Partial blindness, or a tendency to blindness. [R.]
Sir T. Browne.
Cedar <Xpage=230>
Ce"dar (?) , n. [AS. ceder , fr. L. cedrus , Gr. <?/.] (Bot.) The name of several evergreen trees. The wood is remarkable for its durability and fragrant odor.
&hand; The cedar of Lebanon is the Cedrus Libani ; the white cedar ( Cupressus thyoides ) is now called Cham\'d2cyparis sph\'91roidea ; American red cedar is the Juniperus Virginiana ; Spanish cedar, the West Indian Cedrela odorata . Many other trees with odoriferous wood are locally called cedar .
Cedar bird (Zo\'94l.) , a species of chatterer ( Ampelis cedrarum ), so named from its frequenting cedar trees; -- called also cherry bird , Canada robin , and American waxwing .
Cedar <Xpage=230>
Ce"dar , a. Of or pertaining to cedar.
Cedared <Xpage=230>
Ce"dared (?) , a. Covered, or furnished with, cedars.
Cedarn <Xpage=230>
Ce"darn (?) , a. Of or pertaining to the cedar or its wood. [R.]
Cede <Xpage=230>
Cede (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Ceded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Ceding .] [L. cedere to withdraw, yield; akin to cadere to fall, and to E. chance ; cf. F. c\'82der .] To yield or surrender; to give up; to resign; as, to cede a fortress, a province, or country, to another nation, by treaty .
The people must cede to the government some of their natural rights. Jay.
Cedilla <Xpage=230>