Chapter 21

Cau`lo*car"pous (?), a. [Gr. &?; stem + karpo`s fruit.] (Bot.) Having stems which bear flowers and fruit year after year, as most trees and shrubs.

||Cau"ma (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?; a burning heat.] (Med.) Great heat, as of the body in fever.

Cau"po*nize (?), v. i. [L. cauponari, fr. caupo huckster, innkeeper.] To sell wine or victuals. [Obs.] Warburfon.

Caus"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being caused.

Caus"al (?), a. [L. causalis. See Cause.] Relating to a cause or causes; inplying or containing a cause or causes; expressing a cause; causative.

Causal propositions are where two propositions are joined by causal words. Watts.

Caus"al, n. A causal word or form of speech.

Anglo-Saxon drencan to drench, causal of Anglo-Saxon drincan to drink. Skeat.

Cau*sal"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Causalities (&?;). 1. The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect.

The causality of the divine mind. Whewell.

2. (Phren.) The faculty of tracing effects to their causes. G. Combe.

Caus"al*ly (?), adv. According to the order or series of causes; by tracing effects to causes.

Caus"al*ly (?), n. (Mining.) The lighter, earthy parts of ore, carried off washing.

Cau*sa"tion (?), n. The act of causing; also the act or agency by which an effect is produced.

The kind of causation by which vision is produced. Whewell.

Law of universal causation, the theoretical or asserted law that every event or phenomenon results from, or is the sequel of, some previous event or phenomenon, which being present, the other is certain to take place.

Cau*sa"tion*ist, n. One who believes in the law of universal causation.

Caus"a*tive (?), a. [L. causativus pertaining to a lawsuit (causa), but in the English sense from E. cause.] 1. Effective, as a cause or agent; causing.

Causative in nature of a number of effects. Bacon.

2. Expressing a cause or reason; causal; as, the ablative is a causative case.

Caus"a*tive (k&add;"z&adot;*t&ibreve;v), n. A word which expresses or suggests a cause.

Caus"a*tive*ly, adv. In a causative manner.

Cau*sa"tor (k&add;*zā"t&obreve;r), n. [See Cause.] One who causes. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Cause (k&add;z), n. [F. cause, fr. L. causa. Cf. Cause, v., Kickshaw.] 1. That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.

Cause is substance exerting its power into act, to make one thing begin to be. Locke.

2. That which is the occasion of an action or state; ground; reason; motive; as, cause for rejoicing.

3. Sake; interest; advantage. [Obs.]

I did it not for his cause. 2 Cor. vii. 12.

4. (Law) A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.

5. Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question; affair in general.

What counsel give you in this weighty cause! Shak.

6. The side of a question, which is espoused, advocated, and upheld by a person or party; a principle which is advocated; that which a person or party seeks to attain.

God befriend us, as our cause is just. Shak.

The part they take against me is from zeal to the cause. Burke.

Efficient cause, the agent or force that produces a change or result. -- Final cause, the end, design, or object, for which anything is done. -- Formal cause, the elements of a conception which make the conception or the thing conceived to be what it is; or the idea viewed as a formative principle and co÷perating with the matter. -- Material cause, that of which anything is made. -- Proximate cause. See under Proximate. -- To make common cause with, to join with in purposes and aims. Macaulay.

Syn. -- Origin; source; mainspring; motive; reason; incitement; inducement; purpose; object; suit; action.

Cause, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caused (?); p. pr. & v. n. Causing.] [F. causer, fr. cause, fr. L. causa. See Cause, n., and cf. Acouse.] To effect as an agent; to produce; to be the occasion of; to bring about; to bring into existence; to make; -- usually followed by an infinitive, sometimes by that with a finite verb.

I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days. Gen. vii. 4.

Cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans. Col. iv. 16.

Syn. -- To create; produce; beget; effect; occasion; originate; induce; bring about.

Cause, v. i. To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse. [Obs.] Spenser.

Cause, conj. Abbreviation of Because. B. Jonson.

Cause"ful (?), n. Having a cause. [Obs.]

Cause"less, a. 1. Self- originating; uncreated.

2. Without just or sufficient reason; groundless.

My fears are causeless and ungrounded. Denham.

Cause"less, adv. Without cause or reason.

Cause"less*ness, n. The state of being causeless.

Caus"er (?), n. One who or that which causes.

||Cau`seuse" (k&osl;`z&etilde;z"), n. [F., fr. causer to talk.] A kind of sofa for two persons. A tŕte-Ó- tŕte.

{ Cause"way (k&add;z"w&asl;), Cau"sey ((k&add;"z&ybreve;), } n. [OE. cauci, cauchie, OF. cauchie, F. chaussÚe, from LL. (via) calciata, fr calciare to make a road, either fr. L. calx lime, hence, to pave with limestone (cf. E. chalk), or from L. calceus shoe, from calx heel, hence, to shoe, pave, or wear by treading.] A way or road raised above the natural level of the ground, serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy ground.

But that broad causeway will direct your way. Dryden.

The other way Satan went down The causey to Hell-gate. Milton.

{ Cause"wayed (?), Cau"seyed (?). } a. Having a raised way (causeway or causey); paved. Sir W. Scott. C. BrontÚ.

Cau*sid"i*cal (?), a. [L. causidicakis; causa a cause in law + dicare to say.] Pertaining to an advocate, or to the maintenance and defense of suits.

{ Caus"tic (?), Caus"tic*al (?), } a. [L. caustucs, Ge. &?;, fr. &?; to burn. Cf. Calm, Ink.] 1. Capable of destroying the texture of anything or eating away its substance by chemical action; burning; corrosive; searing.

2. Severe; satirical; sharp; as, a caustic remark.

Caustic curve (Optics), a curve to which the ray of light, reflected or refracted by another curve, are tangents, the reflecting or refracting curve and the luminous point being in one plane. -- Caustic lime. See under Lime. -- Caustic potash, Caustic soda (Chem.), the solid hydroxides potash, KOH, and soda, NaOH, or solutions of the same. -- Caustic silver, nitrate of silver, lunar caustic. -- Caustic surface (Optics), a surface to which rays reflected or refracted by another surface are tangents. Caustic curves and surfaces are called catacaustic when formed by reflection, and diacaustic when formed by refraction.

Syn. -- Stinging; cutting; pungent; searching.

Cau"stic, n. [L. causticum (sc. medicamentum). See Caustic, a.] 1. Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic.

2. (Optics) A caustic curve or caustic surface.

Caus"tic*al*ly, adv. In a caustic manner.

Caus*tic"i*ly (?), n. 1. The quality of being caustic; corrosiveness; as, the causticity of potash.

2. Severity of language; sarcasm; as, the causticity of a reply or remark.

Caus"tic*ness (?), n. The quality of being caustic; causticity.

Cau"tel (?), n. [F. cautŔle, L. cautela, fr. cavere to be on one's guard, to take care.] 1. Caution; prudence; wariness. [Obs.] Fulke.

2. Craft; deceit; falseness. [Obs.] Shak.

Cau"te*lous (?), a. [F. cauteleux, LL. cautelosus. See Cautel.] 1. Caution; prudent; wary. [Obs.] "Cautelous, though young." Drayton.

2. Crafty; deceitful; false. [Obs.] Shak.

-- Cau"te*lous*ly, adv. -- Cau"te*lous*ness, n. [Obs.]

Cau"ter (?), n. [F. cautŔre, L. cauterium, fr. Gr. &?; a branding iron, fr. &?; to burn. Cf. Caustic, Cautery.] A hot iron for searing or cauterizing. Minsheu.

Cau"ter*ant (?), n. A cauterizing substance.

Cau"ter*ism (?), n. The use or application of a caustic; cautery. Ferrand.

Cau`ter*i*za"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. cautŔrisation.] (Med.) The act of searing some morbid part by the application of a cautery or caustic; also, the effect of such application.

Cau"ter*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cauterized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cauterizing.] [L. cauterizare, Gr. &?;, fr. a branding iron: cf. F. cautÚrised.. See cauter.] 1. To burn or sear with a cautery or caustic. Dunglison.

2. To sear, as the conscience. Jer. Taylor.

Cau"ter*y (?), n.; pl. Cauteries (#). [L. cauterium, Gr. &?;. See Cauter.] 1. (Med.) A burning or searing, as of morbid flesh, with a hot iron, or by application of a caustic that will burn, corrode, or destroy animal tissue.

2. The iron of other agent in cauterizing.

Actual cautery, a substance or agent (as a hot iron) which cauterizes or sears by actual heat; or the burning so effected. -- Potential cautery, a substance which cauterizes by chemical action; as, lunar caustic; also, the cauterizing produced by such substance.

Cau"tion (?), n. [F. caution a security, L. cautio, fr. cavere (For scavere) to be on one's guard, to take care (orig.) to be on the watch, see; akin to E. show.] 1. A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided; prudence in regard to danger; provident care; wariness.

2. Security; guaranty; bail. [R.]

The Parliament would yet give his majesty sufficient caution that the war should be prosecuted. Clarendon.

3. Precept or warning against evil of any kind; exhortation to wariness; advice; injunction.

In way of caution I must tell you. Shak.

Caution money, money deposited by way of security or guaranty, as by a student at an English university.

Syn. -- Care; forethought; forecast; heed; prudence; watchfulness; vigilance; circumspection; anxiety; providence; counsel; advice; warning; admonition.

Cau"tion v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cautioned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cautioning.] To give notice of danger to; to warn; to exhort [one] to take heed.

You cautioned me against their charms. Swift.

Cau"tion*a*ry (?), a. 1. Conveying a caution, or warning to avoid danger; as, cautionary signals.

2. Given as a pledge or as security.

He hated Barnevelt, for his getting the cautionary towns out of his hands. Bp. Burnet.

3. Wary; cautious. [Obs.] Bacon.

Cau"tion*er (?), n. 1. One who cautions or advises.

2. (Scots Law) A surety or sponsor.

Cau"tion*ry (?), n. (Scots Law) Suretyship.

Cau"tious (?), a. [Cf. L. cautus, fr. caver. See Caution.] Attentive to examine probable effects and consequences of acts with a view to avoid danger or misfortune; prudent; circumspect; wary; watchful; as, a cautious general.

Cautious feeling for another's pain. Byron.

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.

Cau"tious*ly, adv. In a cautious manner.

Cau"tious*ness, n. The quality of being cautious.

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.

{ Cav`a*le"ro, Cav`a*lie"ro (kăv`&adot;*lē"ro), } n. [Sp. caballero. See Cavalier.] A cavalier; a gallant; a libertine. Shak.

Cav`a*lier" (kăv`&adot;*lēr"), n. [F. cavalier, It. cavaliere, LL. caballarius, fr. L. caballus. See Cavalcade, and cf. Chevalier, 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 I. as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament. Clarendon.

4. (Fort.) A work of more than ordinary height, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts.

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, form 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." Beaconsfield.

Cav`a*lier"ish (?), a. Somewhat like a cavalier.

Cav`a*lier"ism (?), n. The practice or principles of cavaliers. Sir. W. Scott.

Cav`a*lier"ly, adv. In a supercilious, disdainful, or haughty manner; arrogantly. Junius.

Cav`a*lier"ness, n. A disdainful manner.

Ca*val"ly (?), n. [Cf. Pg. cavalla a kind of fish; Sp. caballa; prob. fr. Pg. cavallo horse, Sp. caballa.] (Zo÷l.) A carangoid fish of the Atlantic coast (Caranx hippos): -- called also horse crevallÚ. [See Illust. under Carangoid.]

Cav"al*ry (?), n. [F. cavalerie, fr. It. cavalleria. See Cavalier, and cf. chivalry.] (Mil.) That part of military force which serves on horseback.

&fist; Heavy cavalry and light cavalry are so distinguished by the character of their armament, and by the size of the men and horses.

Cav"al*ry*man (?), n.; pl. Cavalrymen (&?;). One of a body of cavalry.

||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 (kāv), 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÷l.), a very large fossil bear (Ursus spelŠus) 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÷l.), a fossil hyena found abundanty in British caves, now usually regarded as a large variety of the living African spotted hyena. -- Cave lion (Zo÷l.), 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, 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, 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.

||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.

&fist; 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.

Ca"ve*a`ting (?), n. (Fencing) Shifting the sword from one side of an adversary's sword to the other.

Ca"ve*a`tor (?), n. One who enters a caveat.

Cav"en*dish (?), n. Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes.

Cut cavendish, the plugs cut into long shreds for smoking.

Cav"ern (?), n. [L. caverna, fr. cavus hollow: cf. F. caverne.] A large, deep, hollow place in the earth; a large cave.

Cav"erned (?), a. 1. Containing caverns.

The wolves yelled on the caverned hill. Byron.

2. Living in a cavern. "Caverned hermit." Pope.

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.

Ca*ver"nu*lous (?), a.[L. cavernula, dim. of caverna cavern.] Full of little cavities; as, cavernulous metal. Black.

{ Cav"es*son (?), Cav"e*zon (?), } n. [F. cavešon, 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.

||Ca*vet"to (k&adot;*v&ebreve;t"t&osl;), n. [It. cavetto, fr. cavo hollow, L. cavus.] (Arch.) A concave molding; -- used chiefly in classical architecture. See Illust. of Column.

{ Ca*viare" (?), Cav"i*ar (?), } n. [F. caviar, fr. It. caviale, fr. Turk. Havīār.] The roes of the sturgeon, prepared and salted; -- used as a relish, esp. in Russia.

&fist; 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.

Cav"i*corn (kăv"&ibreve;*k˘rn), a. [L. cavus hollow + cornu horn.] (Zo÷l.) Having hollow horns.

||Cav`i*cor"ni*a (kăv`&ibreve;*k˘r"n&ibreve;*&adot;), n. pl. [NL.] (Zo÷l.) A group of ruminants whose horns are hollow, and planted on a bony process of the front, as the ox.

Cav"il (kăv"&ibreve;l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caviled or Cavilled (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Caviling or 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.

Cav"il, v. t. To cavil at. [Obs.] Milton.

Cav"il, n. A captious or frivolous objection.

All the cavils of prejudice and unbelief. Shak.

{ Cav"il*er or Cav"il*ler (- &etilde;r), } n. One who cavils.

Cavilers at the style of the Scriptures. Boyle.

Cav"il*ing, a. Disposed to cavil; finding fault without good reason. See Captious.

His depreciatory and caviling criticism. Lewis.

Cav"il*ing*ly, adv. In a caviling manner.

Cav`il*la"tion (-lā"shŭn), n.[F. cavillation, L. cavillatio.] Frivolous or sophistical objection. [Obs.] Hooker.

{ Cav"il*ous or 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.]

Cav"in (?), n. [F. See Cave.] (Mil.) A hollow way, adapted to cover troops, and facilitate their aproach to a place. Farrow.

Cav"i*ta*ry (?), a. (Zo÷l.) Containing a body cavity; as, the cavitary or nematoid worms.

Cav"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Cavities (#). [L. cavus hollow: cf. F. cavitÚ.] 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 . Arbuthnot.

Abnormal spaces or excavations are frequently formed in the lungs, which are designated cavities or vomicŠ. Quain.

Body cavity, the cťlum. See under Body.

Ca"vo-re*lie"vo (?), n. Cavo- rilievo.

||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.

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.]

Ca"vy (?), n.; pl. Cavies (&?;). [NL. cavia, fr. Brazilian cabiai: cf. F. cabiai.] (Zo÷l.) A rodent of the genera Cavia and Dolichotis, as the guinea pig (Cavia cobaya). Cavies are natives of South America.

Water cavy (Zo÷l.), The capybara.

Caw (k&add;), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cawed (k&add;d); p. pr. & vb. n. Cawing.] [Imitative. √22 Cf. Chough.] To cry like a crow, rook, or raven.

Rising and cawing at the gun's report. Shak.

Caw, n. The cry made by the crow, rook, or raven.

Cawk (k&add;k), n. [Prov. E. cauk limestone. A doublet of chalk.] (Min.) An opaque, compact variety of barite, or heavy spar. [Also written cauk.]

Cawk"er (?), n. See Calker.

Cawk"y, a. Of or pertaining to cawk; like cawk.

Cax"on (?), n. A kind of wig. [Obs.] Lamb.

Cax"ton (?), n. (Bibliog.) Any book printed by William Caxton, the first English printer. Hansard.

Cay (?), n. See Key, a ledge.

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.

Cay"man (kā"man), n. [From the language of Guiana: cf. Sp. caiman.] (Zo÷l.) The south America alligator. See Alligator. [Sometimes written caiman.]

Ca*yu"gas (?), n. pl.; sing. Cayuga. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting western New-York, forming part of the confederacy called the Five Nations.

Cay*use" (?), n. An Indian pony. [Northw. U. S.]

{ Ca*zique", Ca*zic" } (?), n. [Sp. Cacique, fr. the language of Hayti.] A chief or petty king among some tribes of Indians in America.

Cease (sēs), 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, 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, n. Extinction. [Obs.] Shak.

Cease"less, a. Without pause or end; incessant.

Cease"less, adv. Without intermission or end.

||Cec`i*do*my"i*a (?), n. [Nl., fr. Gr. khki`s, &?;, a gall nut + myi^a a fly.] (Zo÷l.) A genus of small dipterous files, including several very injurious species, as the Hessian fly. See Hessian fly.

Ce"ci*ty (?), n. [L. caecitas, fr. caecus blind: cf. F. cÚcitÚ.] Blindness. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Ce*cu"tien*cy (?), n. [L. caecutire to be blind, fr. caecus blind.] Partial blindness, or a tendency to blindness. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Ce"dar (sē"d&etilde;r), n. [AS. ceder, fr. L. cedrus, Gr. ke`dros.] (Bot.) The name of several evergreen trees. The wood is remarkable for its durability and fragrant odor.

&fist; The cedar of Lebanon is the Cedrus Libani; the white cedar (Cupressus thyoides) is now called Chamťcyparis sphŠroidea; American red cedar is the Juniperus Virginiana; Spanish cedar, the West Indian Cedrela odorata. Many other trees with odoriferous wood are locally called cedar.