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C. (s 1. C is the third letter of the English alphabet. It is from the Latin letter C, which in old Latin represented the sounds of k, and g (in go); its original value being the latter. In Anglo-Saxon words, or Old English before the Norman Conquest, it always has the sound of k. The Latin C was the same letter as the Greek ce, and was derived, probably, through the French. Etymologically C is related to g, h, k, q, s (and other sibilant sounds). Examples of these relations are in L. acutus, E. acute, ague; E. acrid, eager, vinegar; L. cornu, E. horn; E. cat, kitten; E. coy, quiet; L. circare, OF. cerchier, E. search.
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See Guide to Pronunciation,
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2. (Mus.) (a) The keynote of the normal or \'bdnatural\'b8 scale, which has neither flats nor sharps in its signature; also, the third note of the relative minor scale of the same. (b) C after the clef is the mark of common time, in which each measure is a semibreve (four fourths or crotchets); for alla breve time it is written (c) The \'bdC clef,\'b8 a modification of the letter C, placed on any line of the staff, shows that line to be middle C.
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3. As a numeral, C stands for Latin centum or 100, CC for 200, etc.
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C spring, a spring in the form of the letter C.
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Ca n. the chemical symbol for calcium, the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust.
Syn. -- calcium, atomic number 20.
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\'d8Ca*a"ba (k, n. [Ar. ka'bah, lit., a square building, fr. ka'b cube.] The small and nearly cubical stone building, toward which all Mohammedans must pray. [Written also kaaba.]
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Caaba is situated in Mecca, a city of Arabia, and contains a famous black stone said to have been brought from heaven. Before the time of Mohammed, the Caaba was an idolatrous temple, but it has since been the chief sanctuary and object of pilgrimage of the Mohammedan world.
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Caas (k, n. sing. & pl. Case. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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\'d8Caa*tin"ga (?), n. [Tupi caa-tinga white forest.] (Phytogeography) A forest composed of stunted trees and thorny bushes, found in areas of small rainfall in Brazil.
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Cab (k, n. [Abbrev. fr. cabriolet.] 1. A kind of close carriage with two or four wheels, usually a public vehicle. \'bdA cab came clattering up.\'b8 Thackeray.
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cab may have two seats at right angles to the driver's seat, and a door behind; or one seat parallel to the driver's, with the entrance from the side or front.
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Hansom cab. See Hansom.
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2. The covered part of a locomotive, in which the engineer has his station. Knight.
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Cab (k, n. [Heb. qab, fr. q\'bebab to hollow.] A Hebrew dry measure, containing a little over two (2.37) pints. W. H. Ward. 2 Kings vi. 25.
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Ca*bal" (k, n. [F. cabale cabal, cabala, LL. cabala cabala, fr. Heb. qabb\'bel\'c7h reception, tradition, mysterious doctrine, fr. q\'bebal to take or receive, in Pi\'89l qibbel to adopt (a doctrine).] 1. Tradition; occult doctrine. See Cabala. [Obs.] Hakewill.
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2. A secret. [Obs.] \'bdThe measuring of the temple, a cabal found out but lately.\'b8 B. Jonson.
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3. A number of persons united in some close design, usually to promote their private views and interests in church or state by intrigue; a secret association composed of a few designing persons; a junto.
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It so happend, by a whimsical coincidence, that in 1671 the cabinet consisted of five persons, the initial letters of whose names made up the word cabal; Clifford, Arlington, Buckingham, Ashley, and Lauderdale. Macaulay.
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4. The secret artifices or machinations of a few persons united in a close design; intrigue.
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By cursed cabals of women. Dryden.

Syn. -- Junto; intrigue; plot; combination; conspiracy. -- Cabal, Combination, Faction. An association for some purpose considered to be bad is the idea common to these terms. A combination is an organized union of individuals for mutual support, in urging their demands or resisting the claims of others, and may be good or bad according to circumstances; as, a combiniation of workmen or of employers to effect or to prevent a change in prices. A cabal is a secret association of a few individuals who seek by cunning practices to obtain office and power. A faction is a larger body than a cabal, employed for selfish purposes in agitating the community and working up an excitement with a view to change the existing order of things. \'bdSelfishness, insubordination, and laxity of morals give rise to combinations, which belong particularly to the lower orders of society. Restless, jealous, ambitious, and little minds are ever forming cabals. Factions belong especially to free governments, and are raised by busy and turbulent spirits for selfish purposes\'b8. Crabb.
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Ca*bal", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caballed (-b; p. pr. & vb. n. Caballing]. [Cf. F. cabaler.] To unite in a small party to promote private views and interests by intrigue; to intrigue; to plot.
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Caballing still against it with the great. Dryden.
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Cab"a*la (k, n. [LL. See Cabal, n.] 1. A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain medi\'91val Christians, which treats of the nature of god and the mystery of human existence. It assumes that every letter, word, number, and accent of Scripture contains a hidden sense; and it teaches the methods of interpretation for ascertaining these occult meanings. The cabalists pretend even to foretell events by this means.
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2. Secret science in general; mystic art; mystery.
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Cab"a*lism (k, n. [Cf. F. cabalisme.]
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1. The secret science of the cabalists.
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2. A superstitious devotion to the mysteries of the religion which one professes. [R] Emerson.
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Cab"a*list (-l, n. [Cf. F. cabaliste.] One versed in the cabala, or the mysteries of Jewish traditions. \'bdStudious cabalists.\'b8 Swift.
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{ Cab`a*lis"tic (k, Cab`a*lis"tic*al (-t } a. Of or pertaining to the cabala; containing or conveying an occult meaning; mystic.
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The Heptarchus is a cabalistic exposition of the first chapter of Genesis. Hallam.
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Cab`a*lis"tic*al*ly, adv. In a cabalistic manner.
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Cab"a*lize (?), v. i. [Cf. F. cabaliser.] To use cabalistic language. [R] Dr. H. More.
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Ca*bal"ler (k, n. One who cabals.
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A close caballer and tongue-valiant lord. Dryden.
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\'d8Ca`bal*le*ri"a (?), n. [Sp. See Caballero.] An ancient Spanish land tenure similar to the English knight's fee; hence, in Spain and countries settled by the Spanish, a land measure of varying size. In Cuba it is about 33 acres; in Puerto Rico, about 194 acres; in the Southwestern United States, about 108 acres.
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\'d8ca`bal*le"ro (?), n. [Sp. Cf. Cavalier.] A knight or cavalier; hence, a gentleman.
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cab"al*line (k, a. [L.caballinus, fr. caballus a nag. Cf. Cavalier.] Of or pertaining to a horse. -- n. Caballine aloes.
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caballine aloes, an inferior and impure kind of aloes formerly used in veterinary practice; -- called also horse aloes. -- Caballine spring, the fountain of Hippocrene, on Mount Helicon; -- fabled to have been formed by a stroke from the foot of the winged horse Pegasus.
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\'d8Ca*bal"lo (k, n. [Written also cavallo.] [Sp., fr. L. caballus a nag. See Cavalcade.] A horse. [Sp. Amer.]
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Cab"a*ret (k, n. [F.] 1. A tavern; a house where liquors are retailed. [Obs. as an English word.]
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2. A type of restaurant where liquor and dinner is served, and entertainment is provided, as by musicians, dancers, or comedians, and usually providing space for dancing by the patrons; -- similar to a nightclub. In some cases, the performers dance or sing on the floor between the tables, after the practice of a certain class of French taverns. The term cabaret is often used in the names of such an establishment.
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3. The type of entertainment provided in a cabaret{2}.
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\'d8Ca*bas" (k, n. [F.] A flat basket or frail for figs, etc.; hence, a lady's flat workbasket, reticule, or hand bag; -- often written caba. C. Bront\'82.
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\'d8Ca*bas"sou (k, n. (Zo\'94l.) A species of armadillo of the genus Xenurus (Xenurus unicinctus and Xenurus hispidus); the tatouay. [Written also kabassou.]
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Cab"bage (k, n. [OE. cabage, fr. F. cabus headed (of cabbages), chou cabus headed cabbage, cabbage head; cf. It. capuccio a little head, cappuccio cowl, hood, cabbage, fr. capo head, L. caput, or fr. It. cappa cape. See Chief, Cape.] (Bot.) 1. An esculent vegetable of many varieties, derived from the wild Brassica oleracea of Europe. The common cabbage has a compact head of leaves. The cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, etc., are sometimes classed as cabbages.
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2. The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like, cabbage, for food. See Cabbage tree, below.
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3. The cabbage palmetto. See below.
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Cabbage aphis (Zo\'94l.), a green plant-louse (Aphis brassic\'91) which lives upon the leaves of the cabbage. -- Cabbage beetle (Zo\'94l.), a small, striped flea-beetle (Phyllotreta vittata) which lives, in the larval state, on the roots, and when adult, on the leaves, of cabbage and other cruciferous plants. -- Cabbage fly (Zo\'94l.), a small two-winged fly (Anthomyia brassic\'91), which feeds, in the larval or maggot state, on the roots of the cabbage, often doing much damage to the crop. -- Cabbage head, the compact head formed by the leaves of a cabbage; -- contemptuously or humorously, and colloquially, a very stupid and silly person; a numskull. -- Cabbage palmetto, a species of palm tree (Sabal Palmetto) found along the coast from North Carolina to Florida. -- Cabbage rose (Bot.), a species of rose (Rosa centifolia) having large and heavy blossoms. -- Cabbage tree, Cabbage palm, a name given to palms having a terminal bud called a cabbage, as the Sabal Palmetto of the United States, and the Euterpe oleracea and Oreodoxa oleracea of the West Indies. -- Sea cabbage.(Bot.) (a) Sea kale (b). The original Plant (Brassica oleracea), from which the cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, etc., have been derived by cultivation. -- Thousand-headed cabbage. See Brussels sprouts.
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Cab"bage, v. i. To form a head like that the cabbage; as, to make lettuce cabbage. Johnson.
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Cab"bage, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cabbaged (-b; p. pr. & vb. n. Cabbaging (-b.] [F.cabasser, fr. OF. cabas theft; cf. F. cabas basket, and OF. cabuser to cheat.] To purloin or embezzle, as the pieces of cloth remaining after cutting out a garment; to pilfer.
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Your tailor . . . cabbages whole yards of cloth. Arbuthnot.
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Cab"bage, n. Cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments.
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cab"bage butterfly (Zo\'94l.), a white butterfly (Pieris rap\'91 of both Europe and America, and the allied Pieris oleracea, a native American species) which, in the larval state, devours the leaves of the cabbage and the turnip. See also Cabbage worm, below.
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cab"bage worm`, cab"bage*worm` n. (Zo\'94l.), the larva of several species of moths and butterflies, which attacks cabbages. The most common is the toxic green larva of a white butterfly, the cabbage butterfly, (Pieris rap\'91). The cabbage cutworms, which eat off the stalks of young plants during the night, are the larv\'91 of several species of moths, of the genus Agrotis. See Cutworm. larva of a cabbage butterfly.
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Cab"bler (k, n. One who works at cabbling.
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Cab"bling (-bl, n. (Metal.) The process of breaking up the flat masses into which wrought iron is first hammered, in order that the pieces may be reheated and wrought into bar iron.
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{ \'d8Ca*be"\'87a (k, \'d8Ca*besse" (k, } n. [Pg. cabe\'87a, F. cabesse.] The finest kind of silk received from India.
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Ca"ber (k, n. [Gael. cabar.] A pole or beam, esp. one used in Gaelic games for tossing as a trial of strength.
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Cab`e*zon" (kor k, n. [Sp., properly, big head. Cf. Cavesson.] (Zo\'94l.) A California fish (Hemilepidotus spinosus), allied to the sculpin.
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Cab"i*ai (k, n. [Native South American name.] (Zo\'94l.) The capybara. See Capybara.
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Cab"in (k, n. [OF. caban, fr. W. caban booth, cabin, dim. of cab cot, tent; or fr. F. cabane, cabine, LL. cabanna, perh. from the Celtic.] 1. A cottage or small house; a hut. Swift.
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A hunting cabin in the west. E. Everett.
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2. A small room; an inclosed place.
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So long in secret cabin there he held
Spenser.
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3. A room in ship for officers or passengers.
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Cabin boy, a boy whose duty is to wait on the officers and passengers in the cabin of a ship.
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Cab"in v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cabined (-; p. pr. & vb. n. Cabining.] To live in, or as in, a cabin; to lodge.
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I'll make you . . . cabin in a cave. Shak.
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Cab"in, v. t. To confine in, or as in, a cabin.
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I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in
Shak.
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Cab"i*net (k, n. [F., dim. of cabine or cabane. See Cabin, n.] 1. A hut; a cottage; a small house. [Obs.]
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Hearken a while from thy green cabinet,
Spenser.
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2. A small room, or retired apartment; a closet.
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3. A private room in which consultations are held.
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Philip passed some hours every day in his father's cabinet. Prescott.
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4. The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a nation; a cabinet council.
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cabinet or cabinet council consists of those privy councilors who actually transact the immediate business of the government. Mozley & W. -- In the United States, the cabinet is composed of the heads of the executive departments of the government, namely, the Secretary of State, of the Treasury, of War, of the Navy, of the Interior, and of Agiculture, the Postmaster-general, and the Attorney-general.<-- ##??add new departments, eliminate war & navy: defense, commerce, Education, HHS -->
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5. (a) A set of drawers or a cupboard intended to contain articles of value. Hence: (b) A decorative piece of furniture, whether open like an \'82tag\'8are or closed with doors. See \'90tag\'8are.
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6. Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection itself.
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Cabinet council. (a) Same as Cabinet, n., 4 (of which body it was formerly the full title). (b) A meeting of the cabinet. -- Cabinet councilor, a member of a cabinet council. -- Cabinet photograph, a photograph of a size smaller than an imperial, though larger than a carte de visite. -- Cabinet picture, a small and generally highly finished picture, suitable for a small room and for close inspection.
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Cab"i*net, a. Suitable for a cabinet; small.
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He [Varnhagen von Ense] is a walking cabinet edition of Goethe. For. Quar. Rev.
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Cab"i*net, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cabineted; p. pr. & vb. n. Cabineting.] To inclose [R.] Hewyt.
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Cab"i*net*mak`er (-m, n. One whose occupation is to make cabinets or other choice articles of household furniture, as tables, bedsteads, bureaus, etc.
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Cab"i*net*mak`ing, n. The art or occupation of making the finer articles of household furniture.
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Cab"i*net*work` (-w, n. The art or occupation of working upon wooden furniture requiring nice workmanship; also, such furniture.
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Cab`i*re"an (k, n. One of the Cabiri.
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\'d8Ca*bi"ri (k, prop. n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. Ka`beiroi.] (Myth.) Certain deities originally worshiped with mystical rites by the Pelasgians in Lemnos and Samothrace and afterwards throughout Greece; -- also called sons of Heph\'91stus (or Vulcan), as being masters of the art of working metals. [Written also Cabeiri.] Liddell & Scott.
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Ca*bir"i*an (k, a. Same as Cabiric.
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Ca*bir"ic (k, a. [Cf. F. Cabirique] Of or pertaining to the Cabiri, or to their mystical worship. [Written also Cabiritic.]
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Ca"ble (k, n. [F. c\'83ble, LL. capulum, caplum, a rope, fr. L. capere to take; cf. D., Dan., & G. kabel, from the French. See Capable.] 1. A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links.
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2. A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with some protecting or insulating substance; as, the cable of a suspension bridge; a telegraphic cable.
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3. (Arch) A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope; -- called also cable molding.
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Bower cable, the cable belonging to the bower anchor. -- Cable road, a railway on which the cars are moved by a continuously running endless rope operated by a stationary motor. -- Cable's length, the length of a ship's cable. Cables in the merchant service vary in length from 100 to 140 fathoms or more; but as a maritime measure, a cable's length is either 120 fathoms (720 feet), or about 100 fathoms (600 feet, an approximation to one tenth of a nautical mile). -- Cable tier. (a) That part of a vessel where the cables are stowed. (b) A coil of a cable. -- Sheet cable, the cable belonging to the sheet anchor. -- Stream cable, a hawser or rope, smaller than the bower cables, to moor a ship in a place sheltered from wind and heavy seas. -- Submarine cable. See Telegraph. -- To pay out the cable, To veer out the cable, to slacken it, that it may run out of the ship; to let more cable run out of the hawse hole. -- To serve the cable, to bind it round with ropes, canvas, etc., to prevent its being, worn or galled in the hawse, et. -- To slip the cable, to let go the end on board and let it all run out and go overboard, as when there is not time to weigh anchor. Hence, in sailor's use, to die.
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Ca"ble (k, v. t. 1. To fasten with a cable.
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2. (Arch.) To ornament with cabling. See Cabling.
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Ca"ble, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Cabled (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Cabling (-bl\'ceng).] To telegraph by a submarine cable [Recent]
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Ca"bled (-b'ld), a. 1. Fastened with, or attached to, a cable or rope. \'bdThe cabled stone.\'b8 Dyer.
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2. (Arch.) Adorned with cabling.
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Ca"ble*gram` (k, n. [Cable, n. + Gr. gra`mma a writing, a letter.] A message sent by a submarine telegraphic cable. [A recent hybrid, sometimes found in the newspapers.]
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Ca"ble*laid` (-l, a. 1. (Naut.) Composed of three three-stranded ropes, or hawsers, twisted together to form a cable.
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2. Twisted after the manner of a cable; as, a cable-laid gold chain. Simmonds.
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Ca"blet (?), n. [Dim. of cable; cf. F. c\'83blot.] A little cable less than ten inches in circumference.
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Ca"bling (?), n. (Arch.) The decoration of a fluted shaft of a column or of a pilaster with reeds, or rounded moldings, which seem to be laid in the hollows of the fluting. These are limited in length to about one third of the height of the shaft.
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Cab"man (?), n.; pl. Cabmen (. The driver of a cab.
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Ca*bob" (?), n. [Hindi kab\'beb] [Now more commonly spelled kabob.] 1. A small piece of mutton or other meat roasted on a skewer; -- so called in Turkey and Persia. [Also spelled kebab, kebob, or kabab.]
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2. A leg of mutton roasted, stuffed with white herrings and sweet herbs. Wright.
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shish cabob See shish kebob.
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Ca*bob", v. t. [Now more commonly spelled kabob.] To roast, as a cabob. Sir. T. Herbert.
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Ca*boched" (?), a. [F. caboche head. Cf. 1st Cabbage.] (Her.) Showing the full face, but nothing of the neck; -- said of the head of a beast in armorial bearing. [Written also caboshed.]
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\'d8ca`bo`chon" (k, n. [F.] (Jewelry) A stone of convex form, highly polished, but not faceted; also, the style of cutting itself. Such stones are said to be cut en cabochon.
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\'d8ca`bo`chon" (k, a. [see cabochon, n..] (Jewelry) Of, pertaining to, containing, or in the style of, a cabochon.
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Cabombaceae prop. n. A subfamily of plants, in some classifications considered as an independent family of water lilies; it comprises the genera Cabomba and Brasenia.
Syn. -- subfamily Cabombaceae, water-shield family.
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ca*boo"dle (k, n. The whole collection; the entire quantity or number; -- usually in the phrase the whole caboodle or the whole kit and caboodle. [Slang, U.S.] Bartlett.
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Ca*boose" (k, n. [Cf. D. kabuis, kombuis, Dan. kabys, Sw. kabysa, G. kabuse a little room or hut. The First part of the word seems to be allied to W. cab cabin, booth. Cf. Cabin.] [Written also camboose.] 1. (Naut.) A house on deck, where the cooking is done; -- commonly called the galley.
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2. (Railroad) A car used on freight or construction trains as travelling quarters for brakemen, workmen, etc.; a tool car. It usually is the last car of the train. [U. S.]
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Cab"o*tage (?), n. [F. cabotage, fr. caboter to sail along the coast; cf. Sp. cabo cape.] (Naut.) Navigation along the coast; the details of coast pilotage.
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\'d8Ca*br\'82e" (k, n. [French Canadian.] (Zo\'94l.) The pronghorn antelope. [Also written cabrit, cabret.]
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Ca*brer"ite (?), n. (Min.) An apple-green mineral, a hydrous arseniate of nickel, cobalt, and magnesia; -- so named from the Sierra Cabrera, Spain.
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\'d8Ca*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.
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Cab"ri*ole (?), n. [F. See Cabriolet, and cf. Capriole.] (Man.) A curvet; a leap. See Capriole.
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The cabrioles which his charger exhibited. Sir W. Scott.
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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.
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Ca*brit" (?), n. Same as Cabr\'82e.
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Cab"urn (?), n. [Cf. Cable, n.] (Naut.) A small line made of spun yarn, to bind or worm cables, seize tackles, etc.

ca-ca n. n. [see cack.] Feces; excrement; -- used in talking with very young children. [baby talk]
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ca-ca v. [see cack.] to have a bowel movement. [baby talk]
Syn. -- defecate, shit, take a shit, take a crap, crap, make.
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{\'d8Ca*c\'91"mi*a (k, \'d8Ca*ch\'91"mi*a (k,} n. [NL., fr. Gr. kako`s bad+ a"i^ma blood.] (Med.) A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood.
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ca*ca"ine (?), n. (Chem.) The essential principle of cacao; -- now called theobromine.
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\'d8Ca*ca*j\'eeo" (?), n. [Pg.] (Zo\'94l) A South American short-tailed monkey (Pithecia melanocephala syn. Brachyurus melanocephala). [Written also cacajo.]
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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.
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\'d8Ca*ch\'91"mi*a, \'d8Ca*che"mi*a (, n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood. -- Ca*ch\'91"mic, Ca*che"mic (#), a.
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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.
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cache (k, n. [F., a hiding place, fr. cacher to conceal, to hide.] 1. A hole in the ground, or other hiding place, for concealing and preserving provisions which it is inconvenient to carry. Kane.
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2. That which is hidden in a cache{2}; a hoard; a stockpile.
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3. (Computers) A form of memory in a computer which has a faster access time than most of main memory, and is usually used to store the most frequently accessed data in main memory during execution of a program.
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cache (k, v. t. To store in a cache{1}.
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{ Ca*chec"tic (?), Ca*chec"tic*al (?), } a. [L. cachecticus, Gr. cachectique.] Having, or pertaining to, cachexia; as, cachectic remedies; cachectical blood. Arbuthnot.
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\'d8Cache`pot" (k, n. [F., fr. cacher to hide + pot a pot.] An ornamental casing for a flowerpot, of porcelain, metal, paper, etc.
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\'d8Cach"et (?), n. [F. fr. cacher to hide.] A seal, as of a letter.
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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.
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{ \'d8Ca*chex"i*a (?), Ca*chex"y (?) }, n. [L. cachexia, Gr. kachexi`a; kako`s bad + "e`xis 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).
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Cach`in*na"tion (k, n. [L. cachinnatio, fr. cachinnare to laugh aloud, cf. Gr. kacha`zein.] Loud or immoderate laughter; -- often a symptom of hysterical or maniacal affections.
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Hideous grimaces . . . attended this unusual cachinnation. Sir W. Scott.
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Ca*chin"na*to*ry (?), a. Consisting of, or accompanied by, immoderate laughter.
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Cachinnatory buzzes of approval. Carlyle.
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\'d8Ca*chi"ri (?), n. A fermented liquor made in Cayenne from the grated root of the manioc, and resembling perry. Dunglison.
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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 \'bdbeautiful stone\'b8] (Min.) An opaque or milk-white chalcedony, a variety of quartz; also, a similar variety of opal.
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Ca`chou" (?), n. [F. See Cashoo.] A silvered aromatic pill, used to correct the odor of the breath.
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\'d8Ca*chu"cha (?), n. [Sp.] An Andalusian dance in three-four time, resembling the bolero. [Sometimes in English spelled cachuca (.]
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The orchestra plays the cachucha. Longfellow.
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\'d8Ca*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.
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\'d8Ca*cique" (?), n. [Sp.] See Cazique.
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Cack (k, v. i. [OE. cakken, fr. L. cacare; akin to Gr. kakka^n, and to OIr. cacc dung; cf. AS. cac.] To ease the body by stool; to go to stool. Pope.
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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.
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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.
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When every goose is cackling. Shak.
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2. To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a hen or a goose; to giggle. Arbuthnot.
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3. To talk in a silly manner; to prattle. Johnson.
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Cac"kle (?), n. 1. The sharp broken noise made by a goose or by a hen that has laid an egg.
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By her cackle saved the state. Dryden.
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2. Idle talk; silly prattle.
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There is a buzz and cackle all around regarding the sermon. Thackeray.
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Cac"kler (?), n. 1. A fowl that cackles.
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2. One who prattles, or tells tales; a tattler.
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Cac"kling, n. The broken noise of a goose or a hen.
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{ \'d8Cac`o*chym"i*a (?), Cac"o*chym`y (?), } n. [NL. cacochymia, fr. Gr. kako`s bad + cacochymie.] (Med.) A vitiated state of the humors, or fluids, of the body, esp. of the blood. -- Cac`o*chym"ic (#), Cac`o*chym"ic*al (#), a.
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{ Cac`o*chym"ic (?), Cac`o*chym"ic*al (?), } a. Having the fluids of the body vitiated, especially the blood. Wiseman.
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Cac`o*de"mon (?), n. [Gr. kako`s bad + cacod\'82mon.] 1. An evil spirit; a devil or demon. Shak.
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2. (Med.) The nightmare. Dunaglison.
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Cac`o*dox"ic*al (?), a. Heretical.
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Cac"o*dox`y (?), n. [Gr. kako`s bad + Erroneous doctrine; heresy; heterodoxy. [R.]
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Heterodoxy, or what Luther calls cacodoxy. R. Turnbull.
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Cac"o*dyl (?), n. [Gr. kako`s bad + -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.]
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Cac`o*dyl"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, cacodyl.
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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! -->
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\'d8Cac`o*\'89"thes (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. kako`s bad + 1. A bad custom or habit; an insatiable desire; as, caco\'89thes scribendi, \'bdThe itch for writing\'b8. Addison.
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2. (Med.) A bad quality or disposition in a disease; an incurable ulcer.
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Cac`o*gas"tric (?), a. [Gr. kako`s bad + Troubled with bad digestion. [R.] Carlyle.
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cacogenics n. the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced.
Syn. -- dysgenics.
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Cac`o*graph`ic (?), a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, cacography; badly written or spelled.
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Ca*cog`ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. kako`s bad + -graphy; cf. F. cacographie.] Incorrect or bad writing or spelling. Walpole.
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\'d8Ca`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.
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Ca*col"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. kako`s bad + -logy: cf. F. cacologie.] Bad speaking; bad choice or use of words. Buchanan.
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{ \'d8Ca`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.
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Ca*coon" (?), n. One of the seeds or large beans of a tropical vine (Entada scandens) used for making purses, scent bottles, etc.
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{ Cac`o*phon"ic (?), Cac`o*phon"ic*al (?), Ca*coph"o*nous (?), Cac`o*pho"ni*ous (?) }, a. Harsh-sounding.
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Ca*coph"o*ny (?), n.; pl. Cacophonies (#). [Gr. kako`s bad + Cacophonie.] 1. (Rhet.) An uncouth or disagreable sound of words, owing to the concurrence of harsh letters or syllables. \'bdCacophonies of all kinds.\'b8 Pope.
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2. (Mus.) A combination of discordant sounds.
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3. (Med.) An unhealthy state of the voice.
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\'d8Cac`o*sto"mi*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. kako`s bad + (Med.) Diseased or gangrenous condition of the mouth.
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Cac"o*tech`ny (?), n. [Gr. kako`s bad + A corruption or corrupt state of art. [R.]
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{ Ca*cox"ene (?), Ca*cox"e*nite (?) }, n. [Gr. kako`s bad + (Min.) A hydrous phosphate of iron occurring in yellow radiated tufts. The phosphorus seriously injures it as an iron ore.
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Cac*ta"ceous (?), a. (Bot.) Belonging to, or like, the family of plants of which the prickly pear is a common example.
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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.
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Cactus wren (Zo\'94l.), an American wren of the genus Campylorhynchus, of several species.
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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.
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Ca*cu"mi*nate (?), v. i. [L. cacuminatus, p. p. of cacuminare to point, fr. cacumen point.] To make sharp or pointed. [Obs.]
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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.
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2. A lowbred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow. [Cant] Thackeray.
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cadaster n. same as cadastre.
Syn. -- cadastre.
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Ca*das"tral (?), a. [F.] Of or pertaining to landed property.
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Cadastral survey, or Cadastral map, a survey, map, or plan on a large scale (Usually topographical map, which exaggerates the dimensions of houses and the breadth of roads and streams, for the sake of distinctness. Brande & C.
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{ \'d8Ca*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; a public register showing the details of ownership and value of land.
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\'d8Ca*da"ver (k, n. [L., fr cadere to fall.] A dead human body; a corpse.
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Ca*dav"er*ic (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a corpse, or the changes produced by death; cadaverous; as, cadaveric rigidity. Dunglison.
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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.
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{ Ca*dav"er*ine (?), n. Also -in }. [From Cadaver and amine.] (Chem.) A sirupy, nontoxic ptomaine, H2N.(CH2)5.NH2 (chemically pentamethylene diamine), formed in putrefaction of flesh, etc.
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Ca*dav"er*ous (?), a. [L. cadaverosus.] 1. Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale; ghastly; as, a cadaverous look.
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2. Of or pertaining to, or having the qualities of, a dead body. \'bdThe scent cadaverous.\'b8

-- Ca*dav"er*ous*ly, adv. -- Ca*dav"er*ous*ness, n.
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Cad"bait` (?), n. [Prov. E. codbait, cadbote fly.] (Zo\'94l.) See Caddice.

{ 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.
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Caddice fly (Zo\'94l.), a small mothlike species of trichopterous insect, whose larva is the caddice; it has two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvae.
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Cad"die (?), n. [Written also caddy, cadie, cady, and cawdy.] [See Cadet.] 1. A cadet. [Obs. Scot.]
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2. A lad; young fellow. [Scot.] Burns.
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3. One who does errands or other odd jobs. [Scot.]
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4. An attendant who carries a golf player's clubs, tees his ball, etc.
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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. \'bdCaddises, cambrics, lawns.\'b8 Shak.
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caddis fly, caddisfly n. same as caddice fly.
Syn. -- caddice fly, caddicefly.
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Cad"dish (?), a. Like a cad; lowbred and presuming.
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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.]
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Cad"dy (?), n.; pl. Caddies (#). [Earlier spelt catty, fr. Malay kat\'c6 a weight of 1\'a7 pounds. Cf. Catty.] 1. A small box, can, or chest to keep tea in, also called tea caddy.
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2. a container to hold objects when not in use.
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3. (Computers) a container to hold a compact disk, used in some types of compact disk devices, which is inserted into the CD player during playing, or in the case of recordable CD-ROMS, during recording. It is approximately square and thin, slightly larger than the compact disk. However, many CD players have a drawer for the compact disk, requiring no caddy.
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Cade (?), a. [Cf. OE. cad, kod, lamb, also Cosset, Coddle.] Bred by hand; domesticated; petted.
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He brought his cade lamb with him. Sheldon.
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Cade, v. t. To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame. [Obs.] Johnson.
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Cade, n. [L. cadus jar, Gr. A barrel or cask, as of fish. \'bdA cade of herrings.\'b8 Shak.
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A cade of herrings is 500, of sprats 1,000. Jacob, Law Dict.
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Cade, n. [F. & Pr.; LL. cada.] A species of juniper (Juniperus Oxycedrus) of Mediterranean countries.
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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.
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Ca"dence (?), n. [OE. cadence, cadens, LL. cadentia a falling, fr. L. cadere to fall; cf. F. cadence, It. cadenza. See Chance.]
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1. The act or state of declining or sinking. [Obs.]
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Now was the sun in western cadence low. Milton.
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2. A fall of the voice in reading or speaking, especially at the end of a sentence.
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3. A rhythmical modulation of the voice or of any sound; as, music of bells in cadence sweet.
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Blustering winds, which all night long
cadence lull
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The accents . . . were in passion's tenderest cadence. Sir W. Scott.
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4. Rhythmical flow of language, in prose or verse.
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Golden cadence of poesy. Shak.
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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 \'bdprosed in faire cadence.\'b8 Dr. Guest.
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5. (Her.) See Cadency.
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6. (Man.) Harmony and proportion in motions, as of a well-managed horse.
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7. (Mil.) A uniform time and place in marching.
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8. (Mus.) (a) The close or fall of a strain; the point of rest, commonly reached by the immediate succession of the tonic to the dominant chord. (b) A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy.
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Imperfect cadence. (Mus.) See under Imperfect.
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Ca"dence, v. t. To regulate by musical measure.
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These parting numbers, cadenced by my grief. Philips.
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Ca"den*cy (?), n. Descent of related families; distinction between the members of a family according to their ages.
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Marks of cadency (Her.), bearings indicating the position of the bearer as older or younger son, or as a descendant of an older or younger son. See Difference (Her.).
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Ca*dene" (?), n. [Cf. F. cad\'8ane.] A species of inferior carpet imported from the Levant. McElrath.
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Ca"dent (?), a. [L. cadens, -entis, p. pr. of cadere to fall.] Falling. [R.] \'bdCadent tears.\'b8 Shak.
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Ca*den"za (?), n. [It.] (Mus.) A parenthetic flourish or flight of ornament in the course of a piece, commonly just before the final cadence.
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Ca"der (?), n. See Cadre.
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Ca*det" (?), n. [F. cadet a younger or the youngest son or brother, dim. fr. L. caput head; i. e., a smaller head of the family, after the first or eldest. See Chief, and cf. Cad.]
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1. The younger of two brothers; a younger brother or son; the youngest son.
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The cadet of an ancient and noble family. Wood.
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2. (Mil.) (a) A gentleman who carries arms in a regiment, as a volunteer, with a view of acquiring military skill and obtaining a commission. (b) A young man in training for military or naval service; esp. a pupil in a military or naval school, as at West Point, Annapolis, or Woolwich.
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Naval cadets. The distinction between Cadet midshipmen and Cadet engineers was abolished by Act of Congress in 1882.
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3. In New Zealand, a young gentleman learning sheep farming at a station; also, any young man attached to a sheep station.
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4. A young man who makes a business of ruining girls to put them in brothels. [Slang, U. S.]
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Ca*det"ship (?), n. The position, rank, or commission of a cadet; as, to get a cadetship.

{ Ca*dew" (?), Cade"worm` (?), } n. A caddice. See Caddice.
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Cadge (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Cadged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cadging.] [Cf. Scot. cache, caich, cadge, to toss, drive, OE. cachen to drive, catch, caggen to bind, or perh. E. cage. Cf. Cadger.]
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1. To carry, as a burden. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Halliwell.
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2. To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc. [Prov.]
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3. To intrude or live on another meanly; to beg. [Prov. or Slang, Eng.] Wright.
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Cadge, n. [Cf. 2d Cadger.] (Hawking) A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.
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Cadg"er (?), n. [From Cadge, v. t., cf. Codger.]
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1. A packman or itinerant huckster.
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2. One who gets his living by trickery or begging. [Prov. or Slang] \'bdThe gentleman cadger.\'b8 Dickens.
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Cadg"er, n. [OF. cagier one who catches hawks. Cf. Cage.] (Hawking) One who carries hawks on a cadge.
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Cadg"y (?), a. Cheerful or mirthful, as after good eating or drinking; also, wanton. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
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Ca"di (?), n. [Turk. See Alcalde.] An inferior magistrate or judge among the Mohammedans, usually the judge of a town or village.
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{ Cad"ie, Cad"die (?), } n. A Scotch errand boy, porter, or messenger. [Written also cady.]
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Every Scotchman, from the peer to the cadie. Macaulay.
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Ca`di*les"ker (?), n. [Ar. q\'be\'c8\'c6 judge + al'sker the army, Per. leshker.] A chief judge in the Turkish empire, so named originally because his jurisdiction extended to the cases of soldiers, who are now tried only by their own officers.
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Ca*dil"lac (?), n. [Prob. from Cadillac, a French town.] A large pear, shaped like a flattened top, used chiefly for cooking. Johnson.

2. [From Cadillac, the high-end expensive line of automobiles made by General Motors, often thought of as the best American-made automobile.] The best; -- metaphorical, from the automobile. Often used in the phrase \'bdthe Cadillac of . . . \'b8
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Cad"is (?), n. [F.] A kind of coarse serge.
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Cad*me"an (k, a. [L. Cadmeus, Gr. Kadmei^os, from Ka`dmos (L. Cadmus), which name perhaps means lit. a man from the East; cf. Heb. qedem east.] Of or pertaining to Cadmus, a fabulous prince of Thebes, who was said to have introduced into Greece the sixteen simple letters of the alphabet -- Cadmean letters.
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Cadmean victory, a victory that damages the victors as much as the vanquished; probably referring to the battle in which the soldiers who sprang from the dragon's teeth sown by Cadmus slew each other. Similar to a Pyhrric victory.
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Cad"mi*a (?), n. [L. cadmia calamine, Gr. Calamine.] (Min.) An oxide of zinc which collects on the sides of furnaces where zinc is sublimed. Formerly applied to the mineral calamine.
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Cad"mi*an (?), a. [R.] See Cadmean.
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Cad"mic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cadmium; as, cadmic sulphide.
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Cad"mi*um (?), n. [NL. See Cadmia.] (Chem.) A comparatively rare element related to zinc, and occurring in some zinc ores. It is a white metal, both ductile and malleable. Symbol Cd. Atomic weight 111.8. It was discovered by Stromeyer in 1817, who named it from its association with zinc or zinc ore.
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Cadmium yellow, a compound of cadmium and sulphur, of an intense yellow color, used as a pigment.
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Cad"rans (?), n. [Cf. F. cadran. Cf. Quadrant.] An instrument with a graduated disk by means of which the angles of gems are measured in the process of cutting and polishing.
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\'d8Ca"dre (?), n. [F. cadre, It. quadro square, from L. quadrum, fr. quatuor four.] (Mil.) The framework or skeleton upon which a regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff. [Written also cader.]
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Ca*du"ca*ry (?), a. [See Caducous.] (Law) Relating to escheat, forfeiture, or confiscation.
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Ca*du"ce*an (?), a. Of or belonging to Mercury's caduceus, or wand.
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Ca*du"ce*us (?), n. [L. caduceum, caduceus; akin to Gr. (Myth.) The official staff or wand of Hermes or Mercury, the messenger of the gods. It was originally said to be a herald's staff of olive wood, but was afterwards fabled to have two serpents coiled about it, and two wings at the top.
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Ca*du`ci*bran"chi*ate (?), a. [L. caducus falling (fr. cadere to fall) + E. branchiate.] (Zo\'94l.) With temporary gills: -- applied to those Amphibia in which the gills do not remain in adult life.
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Ca*du"ci*ty (?), n. [LL. caducitas: cf. F. caducit\'82. See Caducous.] Tendency to fall; the feebleness of old age; senility. [R.]
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[A] jumble of youth and caducity. Chesterfield.
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Ca*du"cous (?), [L. caducus falling, inclined to fall, fr. cadere to fall. See Cadence.] (Bot. & Zo\'94l.) Dropping off or disappearing early, as the calyx of a poppy, or the gills of a tadpole.
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Ca*duke" (?), a. [Cf. F. caduc. See Caducous.] Perishable; frail; transitory. [Obs.] Hickes.
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The caduke pleasures of his world. Bp. Fisher.
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Cad"y (?), n. See Cadie.
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\'d8C\'91"ca (?), n. pl. See C\'91cum.
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C\'91"cal (?), a. (Anat.)
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1. Of or pertaining to the c\'91cum, or blind gut.
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2. Having the form of a c\'91cum, or bag with one opening; baglike; as, the c\'91cal extremity of a duct.
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\'d8C\'91"ci*as (?), n. [L. caecias, Gr. A wind from the northeast. Milton.
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C\'91*cil"i*an (?; 106), n. [L. caecus blind. So named from the supposed blindness of the species, the eyes being very minute.] (Zo\'94l.) A limbless amphibian belonging to the order C\'91cili\'91 or Ophimorpha. See Ophiomorpha. [Written also c\'d2cilian.]
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cae"cum (?), n.; pl. C\'91cums, L. C\'91ca (#). [L. caecus blind, invisible, concealed.] (Anat.) (a) A cavity open at one end, as the blind end of a canal or duct. (b) The blind part of the large intestine beyond the entrance of the small intestine; -- called also the blind gut. [Also spelled cecum.]
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c\'91cum is comparatively small in man, and ends in a slender portion, the vermiform appendix; but in herbivorous mammals it is often as large as the rest of the large intestine. In fishes there are often numerous intestinal c\'91ca.
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C\'91`la*tu"ra (?), n. [L., fr. caelare to engrave in relief.] Art of producing metal decorative work other than statuary, as reliefs, intaglios, engraving, chasing, etc.
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C\'91`no*zo"ic (?), a. (Geol.) See Cenozoic.
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Ca"en stone" (?), A cream-colored limestone for building, found near Caen, France.
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C\'91"sar (?), n. [L.] A Roman emperor, as being the successor of Augustus C\'91sar. Hence, a kaiser, or emperor of Germany, or any emperor or powerful ruler. See Kaiser, Kesar.
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Malborough anticipated the day when he would be servilely flattered and courted by C\'91sar on one side and by Louis the Great on the other. Macaulay.
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{ C\'91*sa"re*an, C\'91*sa"ri*an (?), } a. [L. Caesareus, Caesarianus.] Of or pertaining to C\'91sar or the C\'91sars; imperial.
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caesarean n. same as caesarean section.
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caesarean section n. (Surg.), the operation of taking a child from the womb by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus; -- so called because Julius C\'91sar is reported to have been brought into the world by such an operation; -- called also caesarean.
Syn. -- cesarean section, cesarian section, caesarean section, caesarian section, C-section, cesarean, cesarian.
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C\'91"sar*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. C\'82sarisme.] A system of government in which unrestricted power is exercised by a single person, to whom, as C\'91sar or emperor, it has been committed by the popular will; imperialism; also, advocacy or support of such a system of government.
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Caesaropapism n. the doctrine that the state is supreme over the church in ecclesiastical matters.
Syn. -- Erastianism, Byzantinism.
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C\'91"si*ous (?), a. [L. caesius bluish gray.] (Nat. Hist.) Of the color of lavender; pale blue with a slight mixture of gray. Lindley.
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caesium, C\'91"si*um (?), n. [NL., from L. caesius bluish gray.] (Chem.) A rare alkaline metal found in mineral water; -- so called from the two characteristic blue lines in its spectrum. It was the first element discovered by spectrum analysis, and is the most strongly basic and electro-positive substance known. Symbol Cs. Atomic number 55. Atomic weight 132.6.
Syn. -- cesium, Cs
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C\'91s"pi*tose` (?), a. Same as Cespitose.
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cae*su"ra (?), n.; pl. E. caesuras (, L. C\'91sur\'91 ( [L. caesura a cutting off, a division, stop, fr. caedere, caesum, to cut off. See Concise.] A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle of a foot. Also, a long syllable on which the c\'91sural accent rests, or which is used as a foot.
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c\'91sura is between study and of.
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The prop | er stud | y || of | mankind | is man.
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2. a pause or interruption (as in a conversation); as, after an ominous caesura the preacher continued.
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C\'91*su"ral (?), a. Of or pertaining to a c\'91sura.
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C\'91sural pause, a pause made at a c\'91sura.
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\'d8Ca`f\'82" (?), n. [F. See Coffee.] A coffeehouse; a restaurant, especially a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold; also, a room in a hotel or restaurant where coffee and liquors are served.
Syn. -- coffeehouse, coffee shop, coffee bar.
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ca`f\'82" lat"te (k, n. A type of espresso coffee topped with foamy steamed milk, and usually served in a tall glass or mug; also called latte.
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{ Caf"e*net (?), Caf"e*neh (?), } n. [Turk. qahveh kh\'beneh coffeehouse.] A humble inn or house of rest for travelers, where coffee is sold. [Turkey]
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Caf`e*te"ri*a (?), n. [Cf. F. cafeti\'8are.] 1. A restaurant or caf\'82 at which the patrons serve themselves with food kept at a counter, typically paying a cashier at the end of the counter and taking the food to tables to eat. [U. S.]
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2. a room within a building functioning in the same manner as a cafeteria{1}. In certain organizations, as schools, the food may be provided gratis.
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Caf`e*to"ri*um (?), n. [from cafeteria and auditorium.] a large room within a building, especially a school, which functions as both a cafeteria and an auditorium.
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caff (?), n. [from cafe.] a cafe. [British slang]
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Caf*fe"ic (?), a. [See Coffee.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, coffee.
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Caffeic acid, an acid obtained from coffee tannin, as a yellow crystalline substance, C9H8O4.
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caf*fe"in, Caf*fe"ine (?), n. [Cf. F. caf\'82ine. See Coffee.] (Chem.) A white, bitter, crystallizable substance, found in coffee and tea. It is identical with the alkaloid theine from tea leaves, and with guaranine from guarana. It is responsible for most of the stimulating effect of coffee or tea.
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Caf`fe*tan"nic (?), a. [Caffeic + tannic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the tannin of coffee.
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Caffetannic acid, a variety of tannin obtained from coffee berries, regarded as a glucoside.
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\'d8Caf"fi*la (?), n. [Ar.] See Cafila.
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Caf"fre (?), n. See Kaffir.
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{ \'d8Ca"fi*la (?), \'d8Ca"fi*leh (?), } n. [Ar.] A caravan of travelers; a military supply train or government caravan; a string of pack horses.
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Caf"tan (?), n. [Turk. qaft\'ben: cf. F. cafetan.] A garment worn throughout the Levant, consisting of a long gown with sleeves reaching below the hands. It is generally fastened by a belt or sash.
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Caf"tan (?), v. t. To clothe with a caftan. [R.]
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The turbaned and caftaned damsel. Sir W. Scott.
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Cag (?), n. See Keg. [Obs.]
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Cage (?), n. [F. cage, fr. L. cavea cavity, cage, fr. cavus hollow. Cf. Cave, n., Cajole, Gabion.]
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1. A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals.
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In his cage, like parrot fine and gay. Cowper.
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2. A place of confinement for malefactors Shak.
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Stone walls do not a prison make,
cage. Lovelace.
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3. (Carp.) An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as, the cage of a staircase. Gwilt.
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4. (Mach.) (a) A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, as a ball valve. (b) A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes.
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5. The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft.
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6. (Mining) The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.
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7. (Baseball) The catcher's wire mask.
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Cage (k, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caged (k; p. pr. & vb. n. Caging.] To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine. \'bdCaged and starved to death.\'b8 Cowper.
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Caged (k, a. Confined in, or as in, a cage; like a cage or prison. \'bdThe caged cloister.\'b8 Shak.
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Cage"ling (k, n. [Cage + -ling] A bird confined in a cage; esp. a young bird. [Poetic] Tennyson.
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\'d8Ca"git (k, n. (Zo\'94l) A kind of parrot, of a beautiful green color, found in the Philippine Islands.
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Cag"mag (k, n. A tough old goose; hence, coarse, bad food of any kind. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
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\'d8Ca`got" (k, n. [F.] One of a race inhabiting the valleys of the Pyrenees, who until 1793 were political and social outcasts (Christian Pariahs). They are supposed to be a remnant of the Visigoths.
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Ca*hens"ly*ism (?), n. (R. C. Ch.) A plan proposed to the Pope in 1891 by P. P. Cahensly, a member of the German parliament, to divide the foreign-born population of the United States, for ecclesiastical purposes, according to European nationalities, and to appoint bishops and priests of like race and speaking the same language as the majority of the members of a diocese or congregation. This plan was successfully opposed by the American party in the Church.
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\'d8Ca`hier" (kor k, n. [F., fr. OF. cayer, fr. LL. quaternum. See Quire of paper. The sheets of manuscript were folded into parts.] 1. A number of sheets of paper put loosely together; esp. one of the successive portions of a work printed in numbers.
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2. A memorial of a body; a report of legislative proceedings, etc.
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Ca*hin"ca root` (?). [Written also cainca root.] [See Cahincic.] (Bot.) The root of an American shrub (Chiococca racemosa), found as far north as Florida Keys, from which cahincic acid is obtained; also, the root of the South American Chiococca anguifuga, a celebrated antidote for snake poison.
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Ca*hin"cic (?), a. Pertaining to, or derived from, cahinca, the native name of a species of Brazilian Chiococca, perhaps Chiococca racemosa; as, cahincic acid.
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Ca*hoot" (?), n. [Perhaps fr. f. cohorte a company or band.] Partnership; league; as, to go in cahoot (or in cahoots) with a person. Usually used in the plural, and in modern usage often used to imply that the joint effort is unethical, shady, questionable, or illegal; as, a shill in cahoots with a pickpocket, to serve as a distraction. [Slang, southwestern U. S.] Bartlett.
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\'d8Cai`ma*cam" (?), n. [Turk.] The governor of a sanjak or district in Turkey.
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Cai"man (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Cayman.
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Cai`no*zo"ic (?), a. (Geol.) See Cenozic.
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\'d8Ca*\'8bque" (?), n. [F., fr. Turk. q\'be\'c6q boat.] (Naut.) A light skiff or rowboat used on the Bosporus; also, a Levantine vessel of larger size.
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\'d8\'80a" i*ra" (?). [F. \'87a ira, \'87a ira, les aristocrates \'85 la lanterne, it shall go on, it shall go on, [hang]the arictocrats to the lantern (lamp-post).] The refrain of a famous song of the French Revolution.
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Caird (?), n. [Ir. ceard a tinker.] A traveling tinker; also a tramp or sturdy beggar. [Prov. Eng.]
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Cairn (?), n. [Gael. carn, gen. cairn, a heap: cf. Ir. & W. carn.] 1. A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.
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Now here let us place the gray stone of her cairn. Campbell.
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2. A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc. C. Kingsley. Kane.
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cairned adj. piled up, like a cairn.
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Cairo prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Egypt. It is the largest city in Africa. Population (2000) = 7,010,000.
Syn. -- El Qahira, Egyptian capital, capital of Egypt.
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cairn"gorm, Cairn*gorm"stone` (?). [Gael. carn a cairn + gorm azure.] (Min.) A smoky yellow or brown variety of rock crystal, or crystallized quartz, found especially, in the mountain of Cairngorm, in Scotland.
Syn. -- smoky quartz.
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Cais"son (?), n. [F., fr. caisse, case, chest. See 1st Case.] 1. (Mil.) (a) A chest to hold ammunition. (b) A four-wheeled carriage for conveying ammunition, consisting of two parts, a body and a limber. In light field batteries there is one caisson to each piece, having two ammunition boxes on the body, and one on the limber. Farrow. (c) A chest filled with explosive materials, to be laid in the way of an enemy and exploded on his approach.
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2. (a) A water-tight box, of timber or iron within which work is carried on in building foundations or structures below the water level. (b) A hollow floating box, usually of iron, which serves to close the entrances of docks and basins. (c) A structure, usually with an air chamber, placed beneath a vessel to lift or float it.
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3. (Arch.) A sunk panel of ceilings or soffits.
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Pneumatic caisson (Engin.), a caisson, closed at the top but open at the bottom, and resting upon the ground under water. The pressure of air forced into the caisson keeps the water out. Men and materials are admitted to the interior through an air lock. See Lock.
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Cais"son dis*ease". (Med.) A disease frequently induced by remaining for some time in an atmosphere of high pressure, as in caissons, diving bells, etc. It is characterized by neuralgic pains and paralytic symptoms. It is caused by the release of bubbles of gas, usually nitrogen, from bodily fluids into the blood and tissues, when a person, having been in an environment with high air pressure, moves to a lower pressure environment too rapidly for the excess dissolved gases to be released through normal breathing. It may be fatal, but can be reversed or alleviated by returning the affected person to a high air pressure, and then gradually decreasing the pressure to allow the gases to be released from the body fluids. It is a danger well known to divers. It is also called the bends and decompression sickness. It can be prevented in divers by a slow return to normal pressure, or by using a breathing mixture of oxygen combined with a gas having low solubility in water, such as helium.
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Cai"tiff (?), a. [OE. caitif, cheitif, captive, miserable, OF. caitif, chaitif, captive, mean, wretched, F. ch\'82tif, fr. L. captivus captive, fr. capere to take, akin to E. heave. See Heave, and cf. Captive.] 1. Captive; wretched; unfortunate. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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2. Base; wicked and mean; cowardly; despicable.
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Arnold had sped his caitiff flight. W. Irving.
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Cai"tiff, n. A captive; a prisoner. [Obs.]
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Avarice doth tyrannize over her caitiff and slave. Holland.
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2. A wretched or unfortunate man. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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3. A mean, despicable person; one whose character meanness and wickedness meet.
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The deep-felt conviction of men that slavery breaks down the moral character . . . speaks out with . . . distinctness in the change of meaning which caitiff has undergone signifying as it now does, one of a base, abject disposition, while there was a time when it had nothing of this in it. Trench.
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Cajanus n. a genus of erect densely branched shrubby perennials of Old World tropics; naturalized in other warm regions.
Syn. -- genus Cajanus.
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Caj"e*put (?), n. See Cajuput.
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Ca*jole" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cajoled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cajoling.] [F. cajoler, orig., to chatter like a bird in a cage, to sing; hence, to amuse with idle talk, to flatter, from the source of OF. goale, jaiole, F. ge\'93le, dim. of cage a cage. See Cage, Jail.] To deceive with flattery or fair words; to wheedle.
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I am not about to cajole or flatter you into a reception of my views. F. W. Robertson.

Syn. -- To flatter; wheedle; delude; coax; entrap.
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Ca*jole"ment (?), n. The act of cajoling; the state of being cajoled; cajolery. Coleridge.
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Ca*jol"er (?), n. A flatterer; a wheedler.
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Ca*jol"er*y (?), n.; pl. Cajoleries (. A wheedling to delude; words used in cajoling; flattery. \'bdInfamous cajoleries.\'b8 Evelyn.
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Ca"jun (?), n. [A corruption of Acadian.] (Ethnol.) In Louisiana, a person reputed to be Acadian French descent. Also used attributively, as in Cajun cooking.
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Caj"u*put (?), n. [Of Malayan origin; k\'beyu tree + p\'d4tih white.] (Med.) A highly stimulating volatile inflammable oil, distilled from the leaves of an East Indian tree (Melaleuca cajuputi, etc.) It is greenish in color and has a camphoraceous odor and pungent taste.
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Caj"u*put*ene` (?), n. (Chem.) A colorless or greenish oil extracted from cajuput.
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Cake (k, n. [OE. cake, kaak; akin to Dan. kage, Sw. & Icel. kaka, D. koek, G.kuchen, OHG. chuocho.]
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1. A small mass of dough baked; especially, a thin loaf from unleavened dough; as, an oatmeal cake; johnnycake.
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2. A sweetened composition of flour and other ingredients, leavened or unleavened, baked in a loaf or mass of any size or shape.
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3. A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake; as buckwheat cakes.
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4. A mass of matter concreted, congealed, or molded into a solid mass of any form, esp. into a form rather flat than high; as, a cake of soap; an ague cake.
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Cakes of rusting ice come rolling down the flood. Dryden.
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Cake urchin (Zo\'94l), any species of flat sea urchins belonging to the Clypeastroidea. -- Oil cake the refuse of flax seed, cotton seed, or other vegetable substance from which oil has been expressed, compacted into a solid mass, and used as food for cattle, for manure, or for other purposes. -- To have one's cake dough, to fail or be disappointed in what one has undertaken or expected. Shak.
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Cake, v. i. To form into a cake, or mass.
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Cake, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Caking.] To concrete or consolidate into a hard mass, as dough in an oven; to coagulate.
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Clotted blood that caked within. Addison.
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Cake, v. i. To cackle as a goose. [Prov. Eng.]
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Cak"ing coal` (?). See Coal.
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Cal (?), n. (Cornish Mines) Wolfram, an ore of tungsten. Simmonds.
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calaba n. a West Indian tree (Calophyllum calaba) having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
Syn. -- Santa Maria tree.
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Cal"a*bar (?), n. A district on the west coast of Africa.
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Calabar bean, The of a climbing legumious plant (Physostigma venenosum), a native of tropical Africa. It is highly poisonous. It is used to produce contraction of the pupil of the eye; also in tetanus, neuralgia, and rheumatic diseases; -- called also ordeal bean, being used by the negroes in trials for witchcraft.
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Cal"a*bar*ine (?), n. (Chem.) An alkaloid resembling physostigmine and occurring with it in the calabar bean.
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Cal"a*bash (k, n. [Sp. calabaza, or Pg. calaba, caba (cf. F. Calebasse), lit., a dry gourd, fr. Ar. qar', fem., a kind of gourd + aibas dry.] 1. The common gourd (plant or fruit).
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2. The fruit of the calabash tree.
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3. A water dipper, bottle, bascket, or other utensil, made from the dry shell of a calabash or gourd.
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Calabash tree. (Bot.), a tree of tropical America (Crescentia cujete), producing a large gourdlike fruit, containing a purgative pulp. Its hard shell, after the removal of the pulp, is used for cups, bottles, etc. The African calabash tree is the baobab.
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Cal`a*boose" (?), n. [A corruption of Sp. calabozo dungeon.] A prison; a jail. [Local, U. S.]
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\'d8Ca`la*bo"zo (?), n. [Sp.] A jail. See Calaboose.
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calabura n. a fast-growing tropical American evergreen (Muntingia calabura) having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit; bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves.
Syn. -- Jamaican cherry, calabur tree, silkwood.
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\'d8Ca*lade" (?), n. [F.] A slope or declivity in a manege ground down which a horse is made to gallop, to give suppleness to his haunches.
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caladenia n. any of various orchids of the genus Caladenia.
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\'d8Ca*la"di*um (?), n. [NL.] A genus of aroideous plants, of which some species are cultivated for their immense leaves (which are often curiously blotched with white and red), and others (in Polynesia) for food.
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Cal"a*ite (k, n. [L. calla\'8bs, Gr. ka`lai:s, ka`llai:s; cf. F. cala\'8bte.] A mineral. See Turquoise.
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Cal`a*man"co (k, n. [LL. calamancus, calamacus; cf. camelaucum; a head covering made of camel's hair, NGr. kamelay`kion, and F. calmande a woolen stuff.] A glossy woolen stuff, plain, striped, or checked. \'bdA gay calamanco waistcoat.\'b8 Tatler.
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Cal"a*man`der wood (k. A valuable furniture wood from India and Ceylon, of a hazel-brown color, with black stripes, very hard in texture. It is a species of ebony, and is obtained from the Diospyros qu\'91sita. Called also Coromandel wood.
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{ Cal"a*mar (k, Cal"a*ma*ry, (-m} n. [LL. calamarium inkstand, fr. L. calamus a reed pen: cf. F. calmar, calemar, pen case, calamar.] (Zo\'94l.) A cephalopod, belonging to the genus Loligo and related genera. There are many species. They have a sack of inklike fluid which they discharge from the siphon tube, when pursued or alarmed, in order to confuse their enemies. Their shell is a thin horny plate, within the flesh of the back, shaped very much like a quill pen. In America they are called squids. See Squid.
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Cal"am*bac (k, n. [F. calambac, calambour, from Malay Kalambaq a king of fragrant wood.] (Bot.) A fragrant wood; agalloch.
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Cal"am*bour (k, n. [See Calambac.] A species of agalloch, or aloes wood, of a dusky or mottled color, of a light, friable texture, and less fragrant than calambac; -- used by cabinetmakers.
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Cal`a*mif"er*ous (?), a. [L. calamus reed + ferous.] Producing reeds; reedy.
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Cal"a*mine (kor -m, n. [F. calamine, LL. calamina, fr. L. Cadmia. See Cadmia.] (min.) A mineral, the hydrous silicate of zinc.
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smithsonite.
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Cal"a*mint (-m, n. [OE. calamint, calemente (cf. F. calament) fr. L. calamintha, Gr. kalami`nqh, kala`minqos. See 1st Mint.] (Bot.) A genus of perennial plants (Calamintha) of the Mint family, esp. the Calamintha Nepeta and Calamintha Acinos, which are called also basil thyme.
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Cal"a*mist (-m, n. [L. calamus a reed.] One who plays upon a reed or pipe. [Obs.] Blount.
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Cal`a*mis"trate (-m, v. i. [L. calamistratus, curled with the curling iron, fr. calamistrum curling iron, fr. calamus a reed.] To curl or friz, as the hair. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

Cal`a*mis*tra"tion (k, n. The act or process of curling the hair. [Obs.] Burton.
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\'d8Cal`a*mis"trum (?), n. [L., a curling iron.] (Zo\'94l.) A comblike structure on the metatarsus of the hind legs of certain spiders (Ciniflonid\'91), used to curl certain fibers in the construction of their webs.
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Cal"a*mite (?), n. [L. calamus a reed: cf. F. calamite.] (Paleon.) A fossil plant of the coal formation, having the general form of plants of the modern Equiseta (the Horsetail or Scouring Rush family) but sometimes attaining the height of trees, and having the stem more or less woody within. See Acrogen, and Asterophyllite.
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Ca*lam"i*tous (?), a. [L. Calamitosus; cf. F. calamiteux.]
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1. Suffering calamity; wretched; miserable. [Obs.]
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Ten thousands of calamitous persons. South.
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2. Producing, or attended with distress and misery; making wretched; wretched; unhappy. \'bdThis sad and calamitous condition.\'b8 South. \'bdA calamitous prison\'b8 Milton.

Syn. -- Miserable; deplorable; distressful; afflictive; wretched; grievous; baleful; disastrous; adverse; unhappy; severe; sad; unfortunate.

-- Ca*lam"i*tous*ly, adv. -- Ca*lam"i*tous*ness, n.
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Ca*lam"i*ty (?) n.; pl. Calamities (#). [L. calamitas, akin to in-columis unharmed: cf. F. calamit\'82] 1. Any great misfortune or cause of misery; -- generally applied to events or disasters which produce extensive evil, either to communities or individuals.
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The word calamity was first derived from calamus when the corn could not get out of the stalk. Bacon.
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Strokes of calamity that scathe and scorch the soul. W. Irving.
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2. A state or time of distress or misfortune; misery.
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The deliberations of calamity are rarely wise. Burke.
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Where'er I came I brought calamity. Tennyson.

Syn. -- Disaster; distress; affliction; adversity; misfortune; unhappiness; infelicity; mishap; mischance; misery; evil; extremity; exigency; downfall. -- Calamity, Disaster, Misfortune, Mishap, Mischance. Of these words, calamity is the strongest. It supposes a somewhat continuous state, produced not usually by the direct agency of man, but by natural causes, such as fire, flood, tempest, disease, etc, Disaster denotes literally ill-starred, and is some unforeseen and distressing event which comes suddenly upon us, as if from hostile planet. Misfortune is often due to no specific cause; it is simply the bad fortune of an individual; a link in the chain of events; an evil independent of his own conduct, and not to be charged as a fault. Mischance and mishap are misfortunes of a trivial nature, occurring usually to individuals. \'bdA calamity is either public or private, but more frequently the former; a disaster is rather particular than private; it affects things rather than persons; journey, expedition, and military movements are often attended with disasters; misfortunes are usually personal; they immediately affect the interests of the individual.\'b8 Crabb.
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Cal"a*mus (?), n.; pl. Calami (#). [L., a reed. See Halm.] 1. (Bot.) The indian cane, a plant of the Palm family. It furnishes the common rattan. See Rattan, and Dragon's blood.
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2. (Bot.) A species of Acorus (Acorus calamus), commonly called calamus, or sweet flag. The root has a pungent, aromatic taste, and is used in medicine as a stomachic; the leaves have an aromatic odor, and were formerly used instead of rushes to strew on floors.
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3. (Zo\'94l.) The horny basal portion of a feather; the barrel or quill.
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\'d8Ca*lan"do (?), a. [It.] (Mus.) Gradually diminishing in rapidity and loudness.
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Calandrinia n. a large genus of low-growing herbs; widespread throughout tropical and warm temperate regions having usually basal leaves and panicles of purplish ephemeral flowers.
Syn. -- genus Calandrinia.
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calanthe n. any of various showy orchids of the genus Calanthe having white or yellow or rose-colored flowers and broad leaves folded lengthwise.
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Ca*lash" (?), n. [F. cal\'8ache; of Slavonic origin; cf. Bohem. kolesa, Russ. koliaska calash, koleso, kolo, wheel.] 1. A light carriage with low wheels, having a top or hood that can be raised or lowered, seats for inside, a separate seat for the driver, and often a movable front, so that it can be used as either an open or a closed carriage.
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The baroness in a calash capable of holding herself, her two children, and her servants. W. Irving.
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2. In Canada, a two-wheeled, one-seated vehicle, with a calash top, and the driver's seat elevated in front.
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3. A hood or top of a carriage which can be thrown back at pleasure.
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4. A hood, formerly worn by ladies, which could be drawn forward or thrown back like the top of a carriage.
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Ca`la*ve"ras skull (?). A human skull reported, by Prof. J. D. Whitney, as found in 1886 in a Tertiary auriferous gravel deposit, lying below a bed of black lava, in Calaveras County, California. It is regarded as very doubtful whether the skull really belonged to the deposit in which it was found. If it did, it indicates an unprecedented antiquity for human beings of an advanced type.
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Ca`la*ve"rite (, n. (Min.) A bronze-yellow massive mineral with metallic luster; a telluride of gold; -- first found in Calaveras County California.
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Cal*ca"ne*al (?), a. (Anal.) Pertaining to the calcaneum; as, calcaneal arteries.
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\'d8Cal*ca"ne*um (?) n.; pl. E. -neums, L. -nea. [L. the heel, fr.