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C.
C. (s1.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. 1913 Webster]
See Guide to Pronunciation, 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
3.As a numeral, C stands for Latin centum or 100, CC for 200, etc. 1913 Webster]
C spring, a spring in the form of the letter C. 1913 Webster]
Can.the chemical symbol for calcium, the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust. Syn. -- calcium, atomic number 20. WordNet 1.5]
\'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.] 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
Caas(k, n. sing. & pl.Case. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
\'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. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
Hansom cab. See Hansom. 1913 Webster]
2.The covered part of a locomotive, in which the engineer has his station.Knight. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
2.A secret. [Obs.] \'bdThe measuring of the temple, a cabal found out but lately.\'b8 B. Jonson. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
4.The secret artifices or machinations of a few persons united in a close design; intrigue. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
Caballing still against it with the great.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
2.Secret science in general; mystic art; mystery. 1913 Webster]
Cab"a*lism(k, n.[Cf. F. cabalisme.] 1913 Webster]
1.The secret science of the cabalists. 1913 Webster]
2.A superstitious devotion to the mysteries of the religion which one professes. [R] Emerson. 1913 Webster]
Cab"a*list(-l, n.[Cf. F. cabaliste.]One versed in the cabala, or the mysteries of Jewish traditions. \'bdStudious cabalists.\'b8 Swift. 1913 Webster]
{ 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. 1913 Webster]
The Heptarchus is a cabalistic exposition of the first chapter of Genesis. Hallam. 1913 Webster]
Cab`a*lis"tic*al*ly, adv.In a cabalistic manner. 1913 Webster]
Cab"a*lize(?), v. i.[Cf. F. cabaliser.]To use cabalistic language. [R] Dr. H. More. 1913 Webster]
Ca*bal"ler(k, n.One who cabals. 1913 Webster]
A close caballer and tongue-valiant lord.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
\'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. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
\'d8ca`bal*le"ro(?), n.[Sp. Cf. Cavalier.]A knight or cavalier; hence, a gentleman. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
cab"al*line(k, a.[L.caballinus, fr. caballus a nag. Cf. Cavalier.]Of or pertaining to a horse. -- n.Caballine aloes. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ca*bal"lo(k, n.[Written also cavallo.][Sp., fr. L. caballus a nag. See Cavalcade.]A horse. [Sp. Amer.] Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Cab"a*ret(k, n.[F.]1.A tavern; a house where liquors are retailed. [Obs. as an English word.] 1913 Webster]
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. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3.The type of entertainment provided in a cabaret{2}. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
\'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. 1913 Webster]
\'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.] 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
2.The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like, cabbage, for food. See Cabbage tree, below. 1913 Webster]
3.The cabbage palmetto. See below. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
Cab"bage, v. i.To form a head like that the cabbage; as, to make lettuce cabbage.Johnson. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
Your tailor . . . cabbages whole yards of cloth.Arbuthnot. 1913 Webster]
Cab"bage, n.Cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
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. WordNet 1.5]
Cab"bler(k, n.One who works at cabbling. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
{ \'d8Ca*be"\'87a(k, \'d8Ca*besse"(k, }n.[Pg. cabe\'87a, F. cabesse.]The finest kind of silk received from India. 1913 Webster]
Ca"ber(k, n.[Gael. cabar.]A pole or beam, esp. one used in Gaelic games for tossing as a trial of strength. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Cab`e*zon"(kor k, n.[Sp., properly, big head. Cf. Cavesson.](Zo\'94l.)A California fish (Hemilepidotus spinosus), allied to the sculpin. 1913 Webster]
Cab"i*ai(k, n.[Native South American name.](Zo\'94l.)The capybara. See Capybara. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
A hunting cabin in the west.E. Everett. 1913 Webster]
2.A small room; an inclosed place. 1913 Webster]
So long in secret cabin there he held Spenser. 1913 Webster]
3.A room in ship for officers or passengers. 1913 Webster]
Cabin boy, a boy whose duty is to wait on the officers and passengers in the cabin of a ship. 1913 Webster]
Cab"inv. i.[imp. & p. p.Cabined(-; p. pr. & vb. n.Cabining.]To live in, or as in, a cabin; to lodge. 1913 Webster]
I'll make you . . . cabin in a cave.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Cab"in, v. t.To confine in, or as in, a cabin. 1913 Webster]
I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in Shak. 1913 Webster]
Cab"i*net(k, n.[F., dim. of cabine or cabane. See Cabin, n.]1.A hut; a cottage; a small house. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Hearken a while from thy green cabinet, Spenser. 1913 Webster]
2.A small room, or retired apartment; a closet. 1913 Webster]
3.A private room in which consultations are held. 1913 Webster]
Philip passed some hours every day in his father's cabinet.Prescott. 1913 Webster]
4.The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a nation; a cabinet council. 1913 Webster]
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 --> 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
6.Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection itself. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
Cab"i*net, a.Suitable for a cabinet; small. 1913 Webster]
He [Varnhagen von Ense] is a walking cabinet edition of Goethe.For. Quar. Rev. 1913 Webster]
Cab"i*net, v. i.[imp. & p. p.Cabineted; p. pr. & vb. n.Cabineting.]To inclose [R.] Hewyt. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
Cab"i*net*mak`ing, n.The art or occupation of making the finer articles of household furniture. 1913 Webster]
Cab"i*net*work`(-w, n.The art or occupation of working upon wooden furniture requiring nice workmanship; also, such furniture. 1913 Webster]
Cab`i*re"an(k, n.One of the Cabiri. 1913 Webster]
\'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. 1913 Webster]
Ca*bir"i*an(k, a.Same as Cabiric. 1913 Webster]
Ca*bir"ic(k, a.[Cf. F. Cabirique]Of or pertaining to the Cabiri, or to their mystical worship.[Written also Cabiritic.] 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
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Ca"ble(k, v. t.1.To fasten with a cable. 1913 Webster]
2.(Arch.)To ornament with cabling. See Cabling. 1913 Webster]
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] 1913 Webster]
Ca"bled(-b'ld), a.1.Fastened with, or attached to, a cable or rope. \'bdThe cabled stone.\'b8 Dyer. 1913 Webster]
2.(Arch.)Adorned with cabling. 1913 Webster]
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.] 1913 Webster]
Ca"ble*laid`(-l, a.1.(Naut.)Composed of three three-stranded ropes, or hawsers, twisted together to form a cable. 1913 Webster]
2.Twisted after the manner of a cable; as, a cable-laid gold chain.Simmonds. 1913 Webster]
Ca"blet(?), n.[Dim. of cable; cf. F. c\'83blot.]A little cable less than ten inches in circumference. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
Cab"man(?), n.; pl.Cabmen(.The driver of a cab. 1913 Webster]
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.] 1913 Webster]
2.A leg of mutton roasted, stuffed with white herrings and sweet herbs.Wright. 1913 Webster]
shish cabobSee shish kebob. PJC]
Ca*bob", v. t.[Now more commonly spelled kabob.]To roast, as a cabob.Sir. T. Herbert. 1913 Webster]
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.] 1913 Webster]
\'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. Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
\'d8ca`bo`chon"(k, a.[see cabochon, n..](Jewelry)Of, pertaining to, containing, or in the style of, a cabochon. PJC]
Cabombaceaeprop. 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. WordNet 1.5]
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. 1913 Webster +PJC]
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. 1913 Webster]
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.] 1913 Webster +PJC]
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. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ca*br\'82e"(k, n.[French Canadian.](Zo\'94l.)The pronghorn antelope.[Also written cabrit, cabret.] 1913 Webster]
Ca*brer"ite(?), n.(Min.)An apple-green mineral, a hydrous arseniate of nickel, cobalt, and magnesia; -- so named from the Sierra Cabrera, Spain. 1913 Webster]
\'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. 1913 Webster]
Cab"ri*ole(?), n.[F. See Cabriolet, and cf. Capriole.](Man.)A curvet; a leap. See Capriole. 1913 Webster]
The cabrioles which his charger exhibited.Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
Ca*brit"(?), n.Same as Cabr\'82e. 1913 Webster]
Cab"urn(?), n.[Cf. Cable, n.](Naut.)A small line made of spun yarn, to bind or worm cables, seize tackles, etc.
ca-can.n.[see cack.]Feces; excrement; -- used in talking with very young children. [baby talk] PJC]
ca-cav.[see cack.]to have a bowel movement. [baby talk] Syn. -- defecate, shit, take a shit, take a crap, crap, make. WordNet 1.5]
{\'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. 1913 Webster]
ca*ca"ine(?), n.(Chem.)The essential principle of cacao; -- now called theobromine. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ca*ca*j\'eeo"(?), n.[Pg.](Zo\'94l)A South American short-tailed monkey (Pithecia melanocephala syn. Brachyurus melanocephala).[Written also cacajo.] 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
\'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. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
2.That which is hidden in a cache{2}; a hoard; a stockpile. PJC]
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. PJC]
cache(k, v. t.To store in a cache{1}. PJC]
{ Ca*chec"tic(?), Ca*chec"tic*al(?), }a.[L. cachecticus, Gr. cachectique.]Having, or pertaining to, cachexia; as, cachectic remedies; cachectical blood.Arbuthnot. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Cache`pot"(k, n.[F., fr. cacher to hide + pot a pot.]An ornamental casing for a flowerpot, of porcelain, metal, paper, etc. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Cach"et(?), n.[F. fr. cacher to hide.]A seal, as of a letter. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
{ \'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). 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
Hideous grimaces . . . attended this unusual cachinnation.Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
Ca*chin"na*to*ry(?), a.Consisting of, or accompanied by, immoderate laughter. 1913 Webster]
Cachinnatory buzzes of approval.Carlyle. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ca*chi"ri(?), n.A fermented liquor made in Cayenne from the grated root of the manioc, and resembling perry.Dunglison. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
Ca`chou"(?), n.[F. See Cashoo.]A silvered aromatic pill, used to correct the odor of the breath. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ca*chu"cha(?), n.[Sp.]An Andalusian dance in three-four time, resembling the bolero.[Sometimes in English spelled cachuca(.] 1913 Webster]
The orchestra plays the cachucha.Longfellow. 1913 Webster]
\'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. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
When every goose is cackling.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a hen or a goose; to giggle.Arbuthnot. 1913 Webster]
3.To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.Johnson. 1913 Webster]
Cac"kle(?), n.1.The sharp broken noise made by a goose or by a hen that has laid an egg. 1913 Webster]
By her cackle saved the state.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
2.Idle talk; silly prattle. 1913 Webster]
There is a buzz and cackle all around regarding the sermon.Thackeray. 1913 Webster]
Cac"kler(?), n.1.A fowl that cackles. 1913 Webster]
2.One who prattles, or tells tales; a tattler. 1913 Webster]
Cac"kling, n.The broken noise of a goose or a hen. 1913 Webster]
{ \'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. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
{ Cac`o*chym"ic(?), Cac`o*chym"ic*al(?), }a.Having the fluids of the body vitiated, especially the blood.Wiseman. 1913 Webster]
Cac`o*de"mon(?), n.[Gr. kako`s bad + cacod\'82mon.]1.An evil spirit; a devil or demon.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Heterodoxy, or what Luther calls cacodoxy.R. Turnbull. 1913 Webster]
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.] 1913 Webster]
Cac`o*dyl"ic(?), a.(Chem.)Of, pertaining to, or derived from, cacodyl. 1913 Webster]
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.
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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. 1913 Webster]
2.(Med.)A bad quality or disposition in a disease; an incurable ulcer. 1913 Webster]
Cac`o*gas"tric(?), a.[Gr. kako`s bad + Troubled with bad digestion. [R.] Carlyle. 1913 Webster]
cacogenicsn.the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced. Syn. -- dysgenics. WordNet 1.5]
Cac`o*graph`ic(?), a.Pertaining to, or characterized by, cacography; badly written or spelled. 1913 Webster]
Ca*cog`ra*phy(?), n.[Gr. kako`s bad + -graphy; cf. F. cacographie.]Incorrect or bad writing or spelling.Walpole. 1913 Webster]
\'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. 1913 Webster]
Ca*col"o*gy(?), n.[Gr. kako`s bad + -logy: cf. F. cacologie.]Bad speaking; bad choice or use of words.Buchanan. 1913 Webster]
{ \'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. 1913 Webster]
Ca*coon"(?), n.One of the seeds or large beans of a tropical vine (Entada scandens) used for making purses, scent bottles, etc. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
2.(Mus.)A combination of discordant sounds. 1913 Webster]
3.(Med.)An unhealthy state of the voice. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Cac`o*sto"mi*a(?), n.[NL., fr. Gr. kako`s bad + (Med.)Diseased or gangrenous condition of the mouth. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Cac"o*tech`ny(?), n.[Gr. kako`s bad + A corruption or corrupt state of art. [R.] 1913 Webster]
{ 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. 1913 Webster]
Cac*ta"ceous(?), a.(Bot.)Belonging to, or like, the family of plants of which the prickly pear is a common example. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
Cactus wren(Zo\'94l.), an American wren of the genus Campylorhynchus, of several species. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
Ca*cu"mi*nate(?), v. i.[L. cacuminatus, p. p. of cacuminare to point, fr. cacumen point.]To make sharp or pointed. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
cadastern.same as cadastre. Syn. -- cadastre. WordNet 1.5]
Ca*das"tral(?), a.[F.]Of or pertaining to landed property. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
{ \'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. 1913 Webster]
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\'d8Ca*da"ver(k, n.[L., fr cadere to fall.]A dead human body; a corpse. 1913 Webster]
Ca*dav"er*ic(?), a.Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a corpse, or the changes produced by death; cadaverous; as, cadaveric rigidity.Dunglison. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
{ 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. Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Ca*dav"er*ous(?), a.[L. cadaverosus.]1.Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale; ghastly; as, a cadaverous look. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
Cad"die(?), n.[Written also caddy, cadie, cady, and cawdy.][See Cadet.]1.A cadet. [Obs. Scot.] Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2.A lad; young fellow. [Scot.] Burns. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3.One who does errands or other odd jobs. [Scot.] Webster 1913 Suppl.]
4.An attendant who carries a golf player's clubs, tees his ball, etc. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
2.a container to hold objects when not in use. PJC]
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. PJC]
Cade(?), a.[Cf. OE. cad, kod, lamb, also Cosset, Coddle.]Bred by hand; domesticated; petted. 1913 Webster]
He brought his cade lamb with him.Sheldon. 1913 Webster]
Cade, v. t.To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame. [Obs.] Johnson. 1913 Webster]
Cade, n.[L. cadus jar, Gr. A barrel or cask, as of fish. \'bdA cade of herrings.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
A cade of herrings is 500, of sprats 1,000.Jacob, Law Dict. 1913 Webster]
Cade, n.[F. & Pr.; LL. cada.]A species of juniper (Juniperus Oxycedrus) of Mediterranean countries. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
Ca"dence(?), n.[OE. cadence, cadens, LL. cadentia a falling, fr. L. cadere to fall; cf. F. cadence, It. cadenza. See Chance.] 1913 Webster]
1.The act or state of declining or sinking. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Now was the sun in western cadence low.Milton. 1913 Webster]
2.A fall of the voice in reading or speaking, especially at the end of a sentence. 1913 Webster]
3.A rhythmical modulation of the voice or of any sound; as, music of bells in cadence sweet. 1913 Webster]
Blustering winds, which all night long cadence lull Milton. 1913 Webster]
The accents . . . were in passion's tenderest cadence.Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
4.Rhythmical flow of language, in prose or verse. 1913 Webster]
Golden cadence of poesy.Shak. 1913 Webster]
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.\'b8Dr. Guest. 1913 Webster]
5.(Her.)See Cadency. 1913 Webster]
6.(Man.)Harmony and proportion in motions, as of a well-managed horse. 1913 Webster]
7.(Mil.)A uniform time and place in marching. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
Imperfect cadence. (Mus.)See under Imperfect. 1913 Webster]
Ca"dence, v. t.To regulate by musical measure. 1913 Webster]
These parting numbers, cadenced by my grief.Philips. 1913 Webster]
Ca"den*cy(?), n.Descent of related families; distinction between the members of a family according to their ages. 1913 Webster]
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.). 1913 Webster]
Ca*dene"(?), n.[Cf. F. cad\'8ane.]A species of inferior carpet imported from the Levant.McElrath. 1913 Webster]
Ca"dent(?), a.[L. cadens, -entis, p. pr. of cadere to fall.]Falling. [R.] \'bdCadent tears.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
Ca"der(?), n.See Cadre. 1913 Webster]
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.] 1913 Webster]
1.The younger of two brothers; a younger brother or son; the youngest son. 1913 Webster]
The cadet of an ancient and noble family.Wood. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
Naval cadets. The distinction between Cadet midshipmen and Cadet engineers was abolished by Act of Congress in 1882. 1913 Webster]
3.In New Zealand, a young gentleman learning sheep farming at a station; also, any young man attached to a sheep station. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
4.A young man who makes a business of ruining girls to put them in brothels. [Slang, U. S.] Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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. 1913 Webster]
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.] 1913 Webster]
1.To carry, as a burden. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Halliwell. 1913 Webster]
2.To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc. [Prov.] 1913 Webster]
3.To intrude or live on another meanly; to beg. [Prov. or Slang, Eng.] Wright. 1913 Webster]
Cadge, n.[Cf. 2d Cadger.](Hawking)A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale. 1913 Webster]
Cadg"er(?), n.[From Cadge, v. t., cf. Codger.] 1913 Webster]
1.A packman or itinerant huckster. 1913 Webster]
2.One who gets his living by trickery or begging. [Prov. or Slang] \'bdThe gentleman cadger.\'b8 Dickens. 1913 Webster]
Cadg"er, n.[OF. cagier one who catches hawks. Cf. Cage.](Hawking)One who carries hawks on a cadge. 1913 Webster]
Cadg"y(?), a.Cheerful or mirthful, as after good eating or drinking; also, wanton. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] 1913 Webster]
Ca"di(?), n.[Turk. See Alcalde.]An inferior magistrate or judge among the Mohammedans, usually the judge of a town or village. 1913 Webster]
{ Cad"ie, Cad"die(?), }n.A Scotch errand boy, porter, or messenger.[Written also cady.] 1913 Webster]
Every Scotchman, from the peer to the cadie.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
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 PJC]
Cad"is(?), n.[F.]A kind of coarse serge. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster +PJC]
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. 1913 Webster]
Cad"mi*an(?), a. [R.] See Cadmean. 1913 Webster]
Cad"mic(?), a.(Chem.)Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cadmium; as, cadmic sulphide. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
Cadmium yellow, a compound of cadmium and sulphur, of an intense yellow color, used as a pigment. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
\'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.] 1913 Webster]
Ca*du"ca*ry(?), a.[See Caducous.](Law)Relating to escheat, forfeiture, or confiscation. 1913 Webster]
Ca*du"ce*an(?), a.Of or belonging to Mercury's caduceus, or wand. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
Ca*du"ci*ty(?), n.[LL. caducitas: cf. F. caducit\'82. See Caducous.]Tendency to fall; the feebleness of old age; senility. [R.] 1913 Webster]
[A] jumble of youth and caducity.Chesterfield. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
Ca*duke"(?), a.[Cf. F. caduc. See Caducous.]Perishable; frail; transitory. [Obs.] Hickes. 1913 Webster]
The caduke pleasures of his world.Bp. Fisher. 1913 Webster]
Cad"y(?), n.See Cadie. 1913 Webster]
\'d8C\'91"ca(?), n. pl.See C\'91cum. 1913 Webster]
C\'91"cal(?), a.(Anat.) 1913 Webster]
1.Of or pertaining to the c\'91cum, or blind gut. 1913 Webster]
2.Having the form of a c\'91cum, or bag with one opening; baglike; as, the c\'91cal extremity of a duct. 1913 Webster]
\'d8C\'91"ci*as(?), n.[L. caecias, Gr. A wind from the northeast.Milton. 1913 Webster]
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.] 1913 Webster]
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.] 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
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. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Ca"en stone"(?), A cream-colored limestone for building, found near Caen, France. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
{ 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. 1913 Webster]
caesareann.same as caesarean section. WordNet 1.5]
caesarean sectionn.(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. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
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Caesaropapismn.the doctrine that the state is supreme over the church in ecclesiastical matters. Syn. -- Erastianism, Byzantinism. WordNet 1.5]
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. 1913 Webster]
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 1913 Webster]
C\'91s"pi*tose`(?), a.Same as Cespitose. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
c\'91sura is between study and of. 1913 Webster]
The prop | er stud | y || of | mankind | is man. 1913 Webster]
2.a pause or interruption (as in a conversation); as, after an ominous caesura the preacher continued. WordNet 1.5]
C\'91*su"ral(?), a.Of or pertaining to a c\'91sura. 1913 Webster]
C\'91sural pause, a pause made at a c\'91sura. 1913 Webster]
\'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. 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
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. PJC]
{ 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] 1913 Webster]
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.] Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]
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. PJC]
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. PJC]
Caf*fe"ic(?), a.[See Coffee.](Chem.)Pertaining to, or obtained from, coffee. 1913 Webster]
Caffeic acid, an acid obtained from coffee tannin, as a yellow crystalline substance, C9H8O4. 1913 Webster]
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 alkaloidtheine from tea leaves, and with guaranine from guarana. It is responsible for most of the stimulating effect of coffee or tea. 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
Caf`fe*tan"nic(?), a.[Caffeic + tannic.](Chem.)Pertaining to, or derived from, the tannin of coffee. 1913 Webster]
Caffetannic acid, a variety of tannin obtained from coffee berries, regarded as a glucoside. 1913 Webster]
{ \'d8Ca"fi*la(?), \'d8Ca"fi*leh(?), }n.[Ar.]A caravan of travelers; a military supply train or government caravan; a string of pack horses. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
Caf"tan(?), v. t.To clothe with a caftan. [R.] 1913 Webster]
The turbaned and caftaned damsel.Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
1.A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals. 1913 Webster]
In his cage, like parrot fine and gay.Cowper. 1913 Webster]
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2.A place of confinement for malefactorsShak. 1913 Webster]
Stone walls do not a prison make, cage.Lovelace. 1913 Webster]
3.(Carp.)An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as, the cage of a staircase.Gwilt. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
5.The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft. 1913 Webster]
6.(Mining)The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
Caged(k, a.Confined in, or as in, a cage; like a cage or prison. \'bdThe caged cloister.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
Cage"ling(k, n.[Cage + -ling]A bird confined in a cage; esp. a young bird. [Poetic] Tennyson. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ca"git(k, n.(Zo\'94l)A kind of parrot, of a beautiful green color, found in the Philippine Islands. 1913 Webster]
Cag"mag(k, n.A tough old goose; hence, coarse, bad food of any kind. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. 1913 Webster]
\'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. 1913 Webster]
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. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
\'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. 1913 Webster]
2.A memorial of a body; a report of legislative proceedings, etc. 1913 Webster]
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. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster +PJC]
\'d8Cai`ma*cam"(?), n.[Turk.]The governor of a sanjak or district in Turkey. 1913 Webster]
\'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. 1913 Webster]
\'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. 1913 Webster]
Caird(?), n.[Ir. ceard a tinker.]A traveling tinker; also a tramp or sturdy beggar. [Prov. Eng.] 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
Now here let us place the gray stone of her cairn.Campbell. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
cairnedadj.piled up, like a cairn. WordNet 1.5]
Cairoprop. 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. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
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. 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
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. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
3.(Arch.)A sunk panel of ceilings or soffits. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
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. Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
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. 1913 Webster]
2.Base; wicked and mean; cowardly; despicable. 1913 Webster]
Arnold had sped his caitiff flight.W. Irving. 1913 Webster]
Cai"tiff, n.A captive; a prisoner. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Avarice doth tyrannize over her caitiff and slave.Holland. 1913 Webster]
2.A wretched or unfortunate man. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
3.A mean, despicable person; one whose character meanness and wickedness meet. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
Cajanusn.a genus of erect densely branched shrubby perennials of Old World tropics; naturalized in other warm regions. Syn. -- genus Cajanus. WordNet 1.5]
Caj"e*put(?), n.See Cajuput. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
Ca*jole"ment(?), n.The act of cajoling; the state of being cajoled; cajolery.Coleridge. 1913 Webster]
Ca*jol"er(?), n.A flatterer; a wheedler. 1913 Webster]
Ca*jol"er*y(?), n.; pl.Cajoleries(.A wheedling to delude; words used in cajoling; flattery. \'bdInfamous cajoleries.\'b8 Evelyn. 1913 Webster]
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. Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
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. 1913 Webster]
Caj"u*put*ene`(?), n.(Chem.)A colorless or greenish oil extracted from cajuput. 1913 Webster]
Cake(k, n.[OE. cake, kaak; akin to Dan. kage, Sw. & Icel. kaka, D. koek, G.kuchen, OHG. chuocho.] 1913 Webster]
1.A small mass of dough baked; especially, a thin loaf from unleavened dough; as, an oatmeal cake; johnnycake. 1913 Webster]
2.A sweetened composition of flour and other ingredients, leavened or unleavened, baked in a loaf or mass of any size or shape. 1913 Webster]
3.A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake; as buckwheat cakes. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
Cakes of rusting ice come rolling down the flood.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
Cake urchin(Zo\'94l), any species of flat sea urchins belonging to the Clypeastroidea. --
Oil cakethe 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. 1913 Webster]
Cake, v. i.To form into a cake, or mass. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
Clotted blood that caked within.Addison. 1913 Webster]
Cake, v. i.To cackle as a goose. [Prov. Eng.] 1913 Webster]
Cak"ing coal`(?). See Coal. 1913 Webster]
Cal(?), n.(Cornish Mines)Wolfram, an ore of tungsten.Simmonds. 1913 Webster]
calaban.a West Indian tree (Calophyllum calaba) having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice. Syn. -- Santa Maria tree. WordNet 1.5]
Cal"a*bar(?), n.A district on the west coast of Africa. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
Cal"a*bar*ine(?), n.(Chem.)An alkaloid resembling physostigmine and occurring with it in the calabar bean. 1913 Webster]
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). 1913 Webster]
2.The fruit of the calabash tree. 1913 Webster]
3.A water dipper, bottle, bascket, or other utensil, made from the dry shell of a calabash or gourd. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
Cal`a*boose"(?), n.[A corruption of Sp. calabozo dungeon.]A prison; a jail. [Local, U. S.] 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ca`la*bo"zo(?), n.[Sp.]A jail. See Calaboose. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
calaburan.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. WordNet 1.5]
\'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. 1913 Webster]
caladenian.any of various orchids of the genus Caladenia. WordNet 1.5]
\'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. 1913 Webster]
Cal"a*ite(k, n.[L. calla\'8bs, Gr. ka`lai:s, ka`llai:s; cf. F. cala\'8bte.]A mineral. See Turquoise. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
{ 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. 1913 Webster]
Cal"am*bac(k, n.[F. calambac, calambour, from Malay Kalambaq a king of fragrant wood.](Bot.)A fragrant wood; agalloch. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
Cal"a*mine(kor -m, n.[F. calamine, LL. calamina, fr. L. Cadmia. See Cadmia.](min.)A mineral, the hydrous silicate of zinc. 1913 Webster]
smithsonite. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
Cal"a*mist(-m, n.[L. calamus a reed.]One who plays upon a reed or pipe. [Obs.] Blount. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
\'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. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
Ca*lam"i*tous(?), a.[L. Calamitosus; cf. F. calamiteux.] 1913 Webster]
Ten thousands of calamitous persons.South. 1913 Webster]
2.Producing, or attended with distress and misery; making wretched; wretched; unhappy. \'bdThis sad and calamitous condition.\'b8 South. \'bdA calamitous prison\'b8 Milton.
-- Ca*lam"i*tous*ly, adv. -- Ca*lam"i*tous*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
The word calamity was first derived from calamus when the corn could not get out of the stalk.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
Strokes of calamity that scathe and scorch the soul.W. Irving. 1913 Webster]
2.A state or time of distress or misfortune; misery. 1913 Webster]
The deliberations of calamity are rarely wise.Burke. 1913 Webster]
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.\'b8Crabb. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
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. 1913 Webster]
3.(Zo\'94l.)The horny basal portion of a feather; the barrel or quill. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ca*lan"do(?), a.[It.](Mus.)Gradually diminishing in rapidity and loudness. 1913 Webster]
Calandrinian.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. WordNet 1.5]
calanthen.any of various showy orchids of the genus Calanthe having white or yellow or rose-colored flowers and broad leaves folded lengthwise. WordNet 1.5]
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. 1913 Webster]
The baroness in a calash capable of holding herself, her two children, and her servants.W. Irving. 1913 Webster]
2.In Canada, a two-wheeled, one-seated vehicle, with a calash top, and the driver's seat elevated in front. 1913 Webster]
3.A hood or top of a carriage which can be thrown back at pleasure. 1913 Webster]
4.A hood, formerly worn by ladies, which could be drawn forward or thrown back like the top of a carriage. 1913 Webster]
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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. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Ca`la*ve"rite(, n.(Min.)A bronze-yellow massive mineral with metallic luster; a telluride of gold; -- first found in Calaveras County California. 1913 Webster]
Cal*ca"ne*al(?), a.(Anal.)Pertaining to the calcaneum; as, calcaneal arteries. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Cal*ca"ne*um(?)n.; pl. E. -neums, L. -nea.[L. the heel, fr. calx, calcis, the heel.](Anal.)One of the bones of the tarsus which in man, forms the great bone of the heel; -- called also fibulare. 1913 Webster]
Cal"car(?), n.[L. calcaria lime kiln, fr. calx, calcis, lime. See Calx.](Glass manuf.)A kind of oven, or reverberatory furnace, used for the calcination of sand and potash, and converting them into frit.Ure. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Cal"car, n.; L. pl.Calcaria(#).[L., a spur, as worn on the heel, also the spur of a cock, fr. calx, calcis, the heel.]1.(Bot.)A hollow tube or spur at the base of a petal or corolla. 1913 Webster]
2.(Zo\'94l.)A slender bony process from the ankle joint of bats, which helps to support the posterior part of the web, in flight. 1913 Webster]
3.(Anat.)(a)A spur, or spurlike prominence.(b)A curved ridge in the floor of the leteral ventricle of the brain; the calcar avis, hippocampus minor, or ergot. 1913 Webster]
{ Cal"ca*rate(?), Cal"ca*ra`ted(?), }a.[LL. calcaratus, fr. L. calcar. See 2d Calcar.] 1913 Webster]
1.(Bot.)Having a spur, as the flower of the toadflax and larkspur; spurred.Gray. 1913 Webster]
2.(Zo\'94l.)Armed with a spur. 1913 Webster]
Cal*ca"re*o-ar`gil*la"ceous(?), a.consisting of, or containing, calcareous and argillaceous earths. 1913 Webster]
Cal*ca"re*o-bi*tu"mi*nous(?), a.Consisting of, or containing, lime and bitumen.Lyell. 1913 Webster]
Cal*ca"re*o-si*li"ceous(?), a.Consisting of, or containing calcareous and siliceous earths. 1913 Webster]
Cal*ca"re*ous(?), a.[L. calcarius pertaining to lime. See Calx.]Partaking of the nature of calcite or calcium carbonate; consisting of, or containing, calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime. 1913 Webster]
Calcareous spar. See as Calcite. 1913 Webster]
Cal*ca"re*ous*ness, n.Quality of being calcareous. 1913 Webster]
Cal`ca*rif"er*ous(?), a.[L. calcarius of lime + ferous.]Lime-yielding; calciferous 1913 Webster]
Cal"ca*rine(?), a.(Anat.)Pertaining to, or situated near, the calcar of the brain. 1913 Webster]
Cal`ca*vel"la(?), n.A sweet wine from Portugal; -- so called from the district of Carcavelhos.[Written also Calcavellos or Carcavelhos.] 1913 Webster]
Cal"ce*a`ted(?), a.[L. calceatus, p. p. of pelceare to ahoe, fr. catceus shoe, fr. calx, calcic, heel.]Fitted with, or wearing, shoes.Johnson. 1913 Webster]
Calced(?), a.[See Calceated.]Wearing shoes; calceated; -- in distintion from discalced or barefooted; as the calced Carmelites. 1913 Webster]
Cal"ce*don(?), n.[See Chalcedony.]A foul vein, like chalcedony, in some precious stones. 1913 Webster]
Cal"ce*i*form`(k, a.[L. calceus shoe + -form.](Bot.)Shaped like a slipper, as one petal of the lady's-slipper; calceolate. 1913 Webster]
\'d8cal`ce*o*la"ri*a(k, n.[NL., fr. L. calceolarius shoemaker, fr. calceolus, a dim. of calceus shoe.](Bot.)A genus of showy herbaceous or shrubby plants, brought from South America; slipperwort. It has a yellow or purple flower, often spotted or striped, the shape of which suggests its name. 1913 Webster]
Cal"ce*o*late(?), a.[See Calceolaria.]Slipper-ahaped. See Calceiform. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Cal"ces(?), n. pl.See Calx. 1913 Webster]
Cal"cic(?), a.[L. calx, calcis, lime: cf. F. calcique.](Chem.)Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, calcium or lime. 1913 Webster]
cal*cif"er*oln.one of the forms of vitamin D, a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets. It is an unsaturated alcohol, C28H43OH found in foods such as milk and fish liver oils. It is used as a dietary supplement in milk. Syn. -- vitamin D, ergocalciferol, cholecarciferol, D. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Cal*cif"er*ous(?), a.[L. calx, calcis, lime + -ferous.]Bearing, producing, or containing calcite, or carbonate of lime. 1913 Webster]
Calciferous epoch(Geol.), an epoch in the American lower Silurian system, immediately succeeding the Cambrian period. The name alludes to the peculiar mixture of calcareous and siliceous characteristics in many of the beds. See the Diagram under Geology. 1913 Webster]
Cal*cif"ic(?), a.Calciferous. Specifically: (Zo\'94l.) of or pertaining to the portion of the oviduct which forms the eggshell in birds and reptiles.Huxley. 1913 Webster]
Cal`ci*fi*ca"tion(k, n.(Physiol.)The process of change into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; -- normally, as in the formation of bone and of teeth; abnormally, as in calcareous degeneration of tissue. 1913 Webster]
Cal"ci*fied(k, a.Consisting of, or containing, calcareous matter or lime salts; calcareous. 1913 Webster]
Cal"ci*form(k, a.[L. calx, calcis, lime + -form.]In the form of chalk or lime. 1913 Webster]
Cal"ci*fy(k, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Calcified(-f; p. pr. & vb. n.Calcifying.][L. calx, calcis, lime + -fy.]To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime. 1913 Webster]
Cal"ci*fy, v. i.To become changed into a stony or calcareous condition, in which lime is a principal ingredient, as in the formation of teeth. 1913 Webster]
Cal*cig"e*nous(?), a.[L. calx, calcis, lime + -genouse.](Chem.)Tending to form, or to become, a calx or earthlike substance on being oxidized or burnt; as magnesium, calcium. etc. 1913 Webster]
Cal*cig"er*ous(?), a.[L. calx, calcis, lime + -gerouse.]Holding lime or other earthy salts; as, the calcigerous cells of the teeth. 1913 Webster]
Cal"ci*mine(?), n.[L. calx, calcis, lime.]A white or colored wash for the ceiling or other plastering of a room, consisting of a mixture of clear glue, Paris white or zinc white, and water.[Also spelt kalsomine.] 1913 Webster]
Cal"ci*mine, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Calcimined(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Calcimining.]To wash or cover with calcimine; as, to calcimine walls. 1913 Webster]
Cal"ci*mi`ner(?), n.One who calcimines. 1913 Webster]
Cal*cin"a*ble(?), a.That may be calcined; as, a calcinable fossil. 1913 Webster]
Cal"ci*nate(?), v. i.To calcine. [R.] 1913 Webster]
1.(Chem.)The act or process of disintegrating a substance, or rendering it friable by the action of heat, esp. by the expulsion of some volatile matter, as when carbonic and acid is expelled from carbonate of calcium in the burning of limestone in order to make lime. 1913 Webster]
2.The act or process of reducing a metal to an oxide or metallic calx; oxidation. 1913 Webster]
Cal*cin"a*to*ry(?), n.A vessel used in calcination. 1913 Webster]
Cal*cine"(?), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Calciden(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Calcining.][F. calciner, fr. L. calx, calcis, lime. See Calx.] 1913 Webster]
1.To reduce to a powder, or to a friable state, by the action of heat; to expel volatile matter from by means of heat, as carbonic acid from limestone, and thus (usually) to produce disintegration; as to, calcine bones. 1913 Webster]
2.To oxidize, as a metal by the action of heat; to reduce to a metallic calx. 1913 Webster]
Cal*cine", v. i.To be converted into a powder or friable substance, or into a calx, by the action of heat. \'bdCalcining without fusion\'b8 Newton. 1913 Webster]
Cal*cin"er(?), n.One who, or that which, calcines. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Cal`ci*spon"gi*\'91(?), n. pl.[NL., fr. L. calx, calcis, lime + spongia a sponge.](Zo\'94l.)An order of marine sponges, containing calcareous spicules. See Porifera. 1913 Webster]
Cal"cite(k, n.[L. calx, calcis, lime.](Min.)Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from aragonite. It includes common limestone, chalk, and marble. Called also calc-spar and calcareous spar. 1913 Webster]
Argentine is a pearly lamellar variety; aphrite is foliated or chalklike; dogtooth spar, a form in acute rhombohedral or scalenohedral crystals; calc-sinter and calc-tufa are lose or porous varieties formed in caverns or wet grounds from calcareous deposits; agaric mineral is a soft, white friable variety of similar origin; stalaclite and stalagmite are varieties formed from the drillings in caverns. Iceland spar is a transparent variety, exhibiting the strong double refraction of the species, and hence is called doubly refracting spar. 1913 Webster]
Cal"ci*trant(?), a.[L. calcitrans, p. pr. of calcitrare to kick, fr. calx, calcis , heel.]Kicking. Hence: Stubborn; refractory. 1913 Webster]
Cal"ci*trate(?), v. t. & i.[L. calcitratus, p. p. of calcitrare. See Calcitrant.]To kick. 1913 Webster]
Cal`ci*tra"tion(-tr, n.Act of kicking. 1913 Webster]
Cal"ci*um(k, n.[NL., from L. calx, calcis, lime; cf F. calcium. See Calx.](Chem.)An elementary substance; a metal which combined with oxygen forms lime. It is of a pale yellow color, tenacious, and malleable. It is a member of the alkaline earth group of elements. Atomic weight 40. Symbol Ca. 1913 Webster]
Calcium is widely and abundantly disseminated, as in its compounds calcium carbonate or limestone, calcium sulphate or gypsum, calcium fluoride or fluor spar, calcium phosphate or apatite. 1913 Webster]
Calcium light, an intense light produced by the incandescence of a stick or ball of lime in the flame of a combination of oxygen and hydrogen gases, or of oxygen and coal gas; -- called also Drummond light and lime light. 1913 Webster +PJC]
Cal*civ"o*rous(?), a.[L. calx lime + vorare to devour.]Eroding, or eating into, limestone. 1913 Webster]
Cal*cog"ra*pher(?), n.One who practices calcography. 1913 Webster]
{ Cal`co*graph"ic(?), Cal`co*graph"ic*al, }a.Relating to, or in the style of, calcography. 1913 Webster]
Cal*cog"ra*phy(?), n.[L. calx, calcis, lime, chalk + -graphy.]The art of drawing with chalk. 1913 Webster]
Calc"-sin`ter(?), n.[G. kalk (L. calx, calcis) lime + E. sinter.]See under Calcite. 1913 Webster]
Calc"-spar`(?), n.[G. kalk (L. calx) lime E. spar.]Same as Calcite. 1913 Webster]
Calc"-tu`fa(?), n.[G. kalk (l. calx) lime + E. tufa.]See under Calcite. 1913 Webster]
Cal"cu*la*ble(?), a.[Cf. F. calculable.]That may be calculated or ascertained by calculation. 1913 Webster]
Cal"cu*la*ry(?), a.[L. calculus a pebble, a calculus; cf calcularius pertaining to calculation.](Med.)Of or pertaining to calculi. 1913 Webster]
Cal"cu*la*ry, n.A congeries of little stony knots found in the pulp of the pear and other fruits. 1913 Webster]
Cal"cu*late(?), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Calculater(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Calculating(?).][L, calculatus, p. p. of calculate, fr. calculus a pebble, a stone used in reckoning; hence, a reckoning, fr. calx, calcis, a stone used in gaming, limestone. See Calx.]1.To ascertain or determine by mathematical processes, usually by the ordinary rules of arithmetic; to reckon up; to estimate; to compute. 1913 Webster]
A calencar exacity calculated than any othe.North. 1913 Webster]
2.To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other conditions of; to forecast or compute the character or consequences of; as, to calculate or cast one's nativity. 1913 Webster]
A cunning man did calculate my birth.Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end; as, to calculate a system of laws for the government and protection of a free people. 1913 Webster]
[Religion] is . . . calculated for our benefit.Abp. Tillotson. 1913 Webster]
4.To plan; to expect; to think. [Local, U. S.]
Syn. -- To compute; reckon; count; estimate; rate. -- To Calculate, Compute. Reckon, Count. These words indicate the means by which we arrive at a given result in regard to quantity. We calculate with a view to obtain a certain point of knowledge; as, to calculate an eclipse. We compute by combining given numbers, in order to learn the grand result. We reckon and count in carrying out the details of a computation. These words are also used in a secondary and figurative sense. \'bdCalculate is rather a conjection from what is, as to what may be; computation is a rational estimate of what has been, from what is; reckoning is a conclusive conviction, a pleasing assurance that a thing will happen; counting indicates an expectation. We calculate on a gain; we compute any loss sustained, or the amount of any mischief done; we reckon on a promised pleasure; we count the hours and minutes until the time of enjoyment arrives\'b8Crabb. 1913 Webster]
Cal"cu*late(?), v. i.To make a calculation; to forecast consequences; to estimate; to compute. 1913 Webster]
The strong passions, whether good or bad, never calculate.F. W. Robertson. 1913 Webster]
Cal"cu*la`ted(?), p. p. & a.1.Worked out by calculation; as calculated tables for computing interest; ascertained or conjectured as a result of calculation; as, the calculated place of a planet; the calculated velocity of a cannon ball. 1913 Webster]
2.Adapted by calculation, contrivance. or forethought to accomplish a purpose; as, to use arts calculated to deceive the people; a calculated response. 1913 Webster]
3.Likely to produce a certain effect, whether intended or not; fitted; adapted; suited. 1913 Webster]
The only danger that attends multiplicity of publication is, that some of them may be calculated to injure rather than benefit society.Goldsmith. 1913 Webster]
The minister, on the other hand, had never gone through an experience calculated to lead him beyond the scope of generally received laws. Hawthorne. 1913 Webster]
Cal"cu*la`ting(?), a.1.Of or pertaining to mathematical calculations; performing or able to perform mathematical calculations. 1913 Webster]
2.Given to contrivance or forethought; forecasting; scheming; as, a cool calculating disposition. 1913 Webster]
Calculating machine, a machine for the mechanical performance of mathematical operations, for the most part invented by Charles Babbage and G. and E. Scheutz. It computes logarithmic and other mathematical tables of a high degree of intricacy, imprinting the results on a leaden plate, from which a stereotype plate is then directly made. 1913 Webster]
Cal"cu*la`ting, n.The act or process of making mathematical computations or of estimating results. 1913 Webster]
Cal`cu*la"tion(-l, n.[OE. calculation, fr. L. calculatio; cf. OF. calcucation.]1.The act or process, or the result, of calculating; computation; reckoning, estimate. \'bdThe calculation of eclipses.\'b8 Nichol. 1913 Webster]
The mountain is not so his calculation makes it.Boyle. 1913 Webster]
2.An expectation based on circumstances. 1913 Webster]
The lazy gossips of the port, calculation crost, Tennyson. 1913 Webster]
Cal"cu*la*tive(?), a.Of or pertaining to calculation; involving calculation. 1913 Webster]
Long habits of calculative dealings.Burke. 1913 Webster]
Cal"cu*la*tor(?), n.[L.: cf. F. calculateur.]One who computes or reckons: one who estimates or considers the force and effect of causes, with a view to form a correct estimate of the effects. 1913 Webster]
Ambition is no exact calculator.Burke. 1913 Webster]
Cal"cu*la*to*ry(?), a.[L. calculatorius.]Belonging to calculation.Sherwood. 1913 Webster]
Cal"cule(?), n.[F. calcul, fr. L. calculus. See Calculus.]Reckoning; computation. [Obs.] Howell. 1913 Webster]
Cal"cule, v. i.To calculate [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Cal"cu*li(?), n. pl.See Calculus. 1913 Webster]
Cal"cu*lous(?), a.[L. calculosus.]1.Of the nature of a calculus; like stone; gritty; as, a calculous concretion.Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
2.Caused, or characterized, by the presence of a calculus or calculi; a, a calculous disorder; affected with gravel or stone; as, a calculous person. 1913 Webster]
Cal"cu*lus(?), n.; pl.Calculi(#).[L, calculus. See Calculate, and Calcule.]1.(Med.)Any solid concretion, formed in any part of the body, but most frequent in the organs that act as reservoirs, and in the passages connected with them; as, biliary calculi; urinary calculi, etc. 1913 Webster]
2.(Math.)A method of computation; any process of reasoning by the use of symbols; any branch of mathematics that may involve calculation. 1913 Webster]
Barycentric calculus, a method of treating geometry by defining a point as the center of gravity of certain other points to which co\'89fficients or weights are ascribed. --
Calculus of functions, that branch of mathematics which treats of the forms of functions that shall satisfy given conditions. --
Calculus of operations, that branch of mathematical logic that treats of all operations that satisfy given conditions. --
Calculus of probabilities, the science that treats of the computation of the probabilities of events, or the application of numbers to chance. --
Calculus of variations, a branch of mathematics in which the laws of dependence which bind the variable quantities together are themselves subject to change. --
Differential calculus, a method of investigating mathematical questions by using the ratio of certain indefinitely small quantities called differentials. The problems are primarily of this form: to find how the change in some variable quantity alters at each instant the value of a quantity dependent upon it. --
Exponential calculus, that part of algebra which treats of exponents. --
Imaginary calculus, a method of investigating the relations of real or imaginary quantities by the use of the imaginary symbols and quantities of algebra. --
Integral calculus, a method which in the reverse of the differential, the primary object of which is to learn from the known ratio of the indefinitely small changes of two or more magnitudes, the relation of the magnitudes themselves, or, in other words, from having the differential of an algebraic expression to find the expression itself. 1913 Webster]
Calcuttanadj.of or pertaining to Calcutta. WordNet 1.5]
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Cal"dron(k, n.[OE. caldron, caudron, caudroun, OF. caudron, chauderon, F. chaudron, an aug. of F. chaudi\'8are, LL. caldaria, fr. L. caldarius suitable for warming, fr. caldus, calidus, warm, fr. calere to be warm; cf. Skr. \'87r\'be to boil. Cf. Chaldron, Calaric, Caudle.]A large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron. [Written also cauldron.] \'bdCaldrons of boiling oil.\'b8 Prescott. 1913 Webster]
Cal`e*do"ni*a(?), n.The ancient Latin name of Scotland; -- still used in poetry. 1913 Webster]
Cal`e*do"ni*an(?), a.Of or pertaining to Caledonia or Scotland; Scottish; Scotch. -- n.A native or inhabitant of Caledonia or Scotland. 1913 Webster]
Ca*led"o*nite(?), n.(Min.)A hydrous sulphate of copper and lead, found in some parts of Caledonia or Scotland. 1913 Webster]
Cal`e*fa"cient(?), a.[L. calefaciens p. pr. of calefacere to make warm; calere to be warm + facere to make.]Making warm; heating. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Cal`e*fa"cient, n.A substance that excites warmth in the parts to which it is applied, as mustard. 1913 Webster]
Cal`e*fac"tion(?), n.[L. calefactio: cf. F. cal\'82faction.]1.The act of warming or heating; the production of heat in a body by the action of fire, or by communication of heat from other bodies. 1913 Webster]
Cal`e*fac"tor(?), n.A heater; one who, or that which, makes hot, as a stove, etc. 1913 Webster]
Cal`e*fac"to*ry(?), a.[L. calefactorius.]Making hot; producing or communicating heat. 1913 Webster]
Cal`e*fac"to*ry, n.1.(Eccl.)An apartment in a monastery, warmed and used as a sitting room. 1913 Webster]
2.A hollow sphere of metal, filled with hot water, or a chafing dish, placed on the altar in cold weather for the priest to warm his hands with. 1913 Webster]
Cal"e*fy(?), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Calefied(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Calefying.][L. calere to be warm + -fy]To make warm or hot. 1913 Webster]
Cal"e*fy, v. i.To grow hot or warm.Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Cal"em*bour`(?), n.[F.]A pun. 1913 Webster]
Cal"en*dar(?), n.[OE. kalender, calender, fr. L. kalendarium an interest or account book (cf. F. calendrier, OF. calendier) fr. L. calendue, kalendae, calends. See Calends.]1.An orderly arrangement of the division of time, adapted to the purposes of civil life, as years, months, weeks, and days; also, a register of the year with its divisions; an almanac. 1913 Webster]
2.(Eccl.)A tabular statement of the dates of feasts, offices, saints' days, etc., esp. of those which are liable to change yearly according to the varying date of Easter. 1913 Webster]
3.An orderly list or enumeration of persons, things, or events; a schedule; as, a calendar of state papers; a calendar of bills presented in a legislative assembly; a calendar of causes arranged for trial in court; a calendar of a college or an academy. 1913 Webster]
Shepherds of people had need know the calendars of tempests of state.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
Calendar clock, one that shows the days of the week and month. --
Calendar month. See under Month. --
French Republican calendar. See under Vend\'82miaire. --
Gregorian calendar,
Julian calendar,
Perpetual calendar. See under Gregorian, Julian, and Perpetual. 1913 Webster]
Cal"en*dar, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Calendared(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Calendaring.]To enter or write in a calendar; to register.Waterhouse. 1913 Webster]
Cal`en*da"ri*al(?), a.Of or pertaining to the calendar or a calendar. 1913 Webster]
Cal"en*der(?), n.[F. calandre, LL. calendra, corrupted fr. L. cylindrus a cylinder, Gr. Cylinider.]1.A machine, used for the purpose of giving cloth, paper, etc., a smooth, even, and glossy or glazed surface, by cold or hot pressure, or for watering them and giving them a wavy appearance. It consists of two or more cylinders revolving nearly in contact, with the necessary apparatus for moving and regulating. 1913 Webster]
2.One who pursues the business of calendering. 1913 Webster]
My good friend the calender.Cawper. 1913 Webster]
Cal"en*der(?), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Calendered(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Calendering.][Cf. F. calandrer. See Calender, n.]To press between rollers for the purpose of making smooth and glossy, or wavy, as woolen and silk stuffs, linens, paper, etc.Ure. 1913 Webster]
Cal"en*der, n.[Per. qalender.]One of a sect or order of fantastically dressed or painted dervishes. 1913 Webster]
Cal`en*dog"ra*pher(?), n.[Calendar + -graph + er.]One who makes calendars. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Cal"en*drer(?), n.A person who calenders cloth; a calender. 1913 Webster]
{ Ca*len"dric(?), Ca*len"dric*al(?), }a., Of or pertaining to a calendar. 1913 Webster]
Cal"ends(?), n. pl.[OE. kalendes month, calends, AS. calend month, fr. L. calendae; akin to calare to call, proclaim, Gr. Claim.]The first day of each month in the ancient Roman calendar.[Written also kalends.] 1913 Webster]
The Greek calends, a time that will never come, as the Greeks had no calends. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ca*len"du*la(?), n.[NL., fr. L. calendae calends.](Bot.)A genus of composite herbaceous plants. One species, Calendula officinalis, is the common marigold, and was supposed to blossom on the calends of every month, whence the name. 1913 Webster]
Ca*len"du*lin(?), n.(Chem.)A gummy or mucilaginous tasteless substance obtained from the marigold or calendula, and analogous to bassorin. 1913 Webster]
Cal"en*ture(?), n.[F. calenture, fr. Sp. calenture heat, fever, fr. calentar to heat, fr. p. pr. of L. calere to be warm.](Med.)A name formerly given to various fevers occuring in tropics; esp. to a form of furious delirium accompanied by fever, among sailors, which sometimes led the affected person to imagine the sea to be a green field, and to throw himself into it. 1913 Webster]
Cal"en*ture, v. i.To see as in the delirium of one affected with calenture. [Poetic] 1913 Webster]
Hath fed on pageants floating through the air calentures in depths of limpid flood.Wordsworth. 1913 Webster]
Ca*les"cence(?), n.[L. calescens, p. pr. of calescere, incho. of calere to be warm.]Growing warmth; increasing heat. 1913 Webster]
Calf(?), n.; pl.Calves(#).[OE. calf, kelf, AS. cealf; akin to D. kalf, G. kalb, Icel. k\'belfr, Sw. kalf, Dan. kalv, Goth. kalb\'d3; cf. Skr. garbha fetus, young, Gr. grabh to seize, conceive, Ir. colpa, colpach, a calf. \'fb222.]1.The young of the cow, or of the Bovine family of quadrupeds. Also, the young of some other mammals, as of the elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, and whale. 1913 Webster]
2.Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-colored leather used in bookbinding; as, to bind books in calf. 1913 Webster]
3.An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt. [Colloq.] 1913 Webster]
Some silly, doting, brainless calf.Drayton. 1913 Webster]
4.A small island near a larger; as, the Calf of Man. 1913 Webster]
5.A small mass of ice set free from the submerged part of a glacier or berg, and rising to the surface.Kane. 1913 Webster]
6.[Cf. Icel. k\'belfi.]The fleshy hinder part of the leg below the knee. 1913 Webster]
Calf's-foot jelly, jelly made from the feet of calves. The gelatinous matter of the feet is extracted by boiling, and is flavored with sugar, essences, etc. 1913 Webster]
Calf"skin`(?), n.The hide or skin of a calf; or leather made of the skin. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ca"li(?), n.(Hindoo Myth.)The tenth avatar or incarnation of the god Vishnu.[Written also Kali.] 1913 Webster]
{ Cal"i*ber, Cal"ibre }(?), n.[F. calibre, perh. fr. L. qualibra of what pound, of what weight; hence, of what size, applied first to a ball or bullet; cf. also Ar. q\'belib model, mold. Cf. Calipers, Calivere.] 1913 Webster]
1.(Gunnery)The diameter of the bore, as a cannon or other firearm, or of any tube; or the weight or size of the projectile which a firearm will carry; as, an 8 inch gun, a 12-pounder, a 44 caliber. 1913 Webster]
The caliber of empty tubes.Reid. 1913 Webster]
A battery composed of three guns of small caliber.Prescott. 1913 Webster]
caliber of firearms is expressed in various ways. Cannon are often designated by the weight of a solid spherical shot that will fit the bore; as, a 12-pounder; pieces of ordnance that project shell or hollow shot are designated by the diameter of their bore; as, a 12 inch mortar or a 14 inch shell gun; small arms are designated by hundredths of an inch expressed decimally; as, a rifle of .44 inch caliber. 1913 Webster]
2.The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet or column. 1913 Webster]
3.Fig.: Capacity or compass of mind.Burke. 1913 Webster]
Caliber compasses. See Calipers. --
Caliber rule, a gunner's calipers, an instrument having two scales arranged to determine a ball's weight from its diameter, and conversely. --
A ship's caliber, the weight of her armament. 1913 Webster]
Cal"i*brate(?), v. i.To ascertain the caliber of, as of a thermometer tube; also, more generally, to determine or rectify the graduation of, as of the various standards or graduated instruments. 1913 Webster]
Cal`ibra"*tion(?), n.The process of estimating the caliber a tube, as of a thermometer tube, in order to graduate it to a scale of degrees; also, more generally, the determination of the true value of the spaces in any graduated instrument. 1913 Webster]
ca*li"che(k, n.1.a deposit of sand or clay on the surface containing crystallized salts such as sodium chloride or sodium nitrate; -- used especially of the sodium nitrate deposits of Chile and Peru.RHUD PJC]
2.a stratum of calcium carbonate in the soil of an arid or semiarid region. PJC]
caliche-toppedadj.covered with caliche{2}, a hard calcium-carbonate encrusted soil. WordNet 1.5]
Cal"i*cle(?), n.[L. caliculus a small cup, dim. of calicis, a cup. Cf Calycle.](Zo\'94l.)(a)One of the small cuplike cavities, often with elevated borders, covering the surface of most corals. Each is formed by a polyp. (b) One of the cuplike structures inclosing the zooids of certain hydroids. See Campanularian.[Written also calycle. See Calycle.] 1913 Webster]
Cal"i*co(?), n.; pl.Calicoes(#).[So called because first imported from Calicut, in the East Indies: cf. F. calicot.]1.Plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives distinctive names according to quality and use, as, super calicoes, shirting calicoes, unbleached calicoes, etc. [Eng.] 1913 Webster]
The importation of printed or stained colicoes appears to have been coeval with the establishment of the East India Company. Beck (Draper's Dict. ). 1913 Webster]
2.Cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern. 1913 Webster]
calico is applied only to the printed fabric. 1913 Webster]
Calico bass(Zo\'94l.), an edible, fresh-water fish (Pomoxys sparaides) of the rivers and lake of the Western United States (esp. of the Misissippi valley.), allied to the sunfishes, and so called from its variegated colors; -- called also calicoback, grass bass, strawberry bass, barfish, and bitterhead. --
Calico printing, the art or process of impressing the figured patterns on calico. 1913 Webster]
Cal"i*co(?), a.Made of, or having the appearance of, calico; -- often applied to an animal, as a horse or cat, on whose body are large patches of a color strikingly different from its main color. [Colloq. U. S.] 1913 Webster]
Cal"i*co*back`(?), n.(Zo\'94l.)(a)The calico bass.(b)An hemipterous insect (Murgantia histrionica) which injures the cabbage and other garden plants; -- called also calico bug and harlequin cabbage bug. 1913 Webster]
{ Ca*lic"u*lar(?), a.Ca*lic"u*late(?), }a.Relating to, or resembling, a cup; also improperly used for calycular, calyculate. 1913 Webster]
Cal"id(?), a.[L. calidus, fr. calere to be hot.]Hot; burning; ardent. [Obs.] Bailey. 1913 Webster]
Ca*lid"i*ty(?), n.Heat. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Cal"i*duct(?), n.[See Caloriduct.]A pipe or duct used to convey hot air or steam. 1913 Webster]
Subterranean caliducts have been introduced.Evelyn. 1913 Webster]
{ Ca"lif(?), n., Cal"i*fate(?), }n., etc. Same as Caliph, Caliphate, etc. 1913 Webster]
Cal`i*for"ni*a con"dor(Zo\'94l.)a large vulture (Gymnogyps californianus), also called California vulture.In the late 20th century it is classed as an endangered species. The California condor used to number in the thousands and ranged along the entire west coast of the United States. By 1982 only 21 to 24 individuals could be identified in the wild. A breeding program was instituted, and by 1996 over 50 birds were alive in captivity. As of 1997, fewer than ten of the bred birds had been reintroduced into the wild. PJC]
Cal`i*for"ni*a jack"(?). A game at cards, a modification of seven-up, or all fours. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Cal`i*for"ni*an(?), a.Of or pertaining to California. -- n.A native or inhabitant of California. 1913 Webster]
Cal`i*ga"tion(-g, n.[L. caligatio, fr. caligare to emit vapor, to be dark, from caligo mist, darkness.]Dimness; cloudiness. [R.] Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
Ca*lig`i*nos"ity(?), n.[L. caliginosus dark. See Caligation.]Darkness. [R.] G. Eliot. 1913 Webster]
Ca*lig"i*nous(?), a.[L. caliginosus; cf. F. caligineux.]Affected with darkness or dimness; dark; obscure. [R.] Blount. 1913 Webster]
The caliginous regions of the air.Hallywell.
-- Ca*lig"i*nous*ly, adv. -- Ca*lig"i*nous*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ca*li"go(?), n.[L., darkness.](Med.)Dimness or obscurity of sight, dependent upon a speck on the cornea; also, the speck itself. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ca"lin(?), n.[F., fr. Malay kelany tin, or fr. Kala'a, a town in India, fr. which it came.]An alloy of lead and tin, of which the Chinese make tea canisters. 1913 Webster]
Cal`i*pash"(?), n.[F. carapace, Sp. carapacho. Cf Calarash, Carapace.]A part of a turtle which is next to the upper shell. It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a dull greenish tinge, much esteemed as a delicacy in preparations of turtle. 1913 Webster]
Cal"i*pee(?), n.[See Calipash]A part of a turtle which is attached to the lower shell. It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a light yellowish color, much esteemed as a delicacy.Thackeray. 1913 Webster]
Cal"i*pers(?), n. pl.[Corrupted from caliber.]An instrument, usually resembling a pair of dividers or compasses with curved legs, for measuring the diameter or thickness of bodies, as of work shaped in a lathe or planer, timber, masts, shot, etc.; or the bore of firearms, tubes, etc.; -- called also caliper compasses, or caliber compasses. 1913 Webster]
Caliper square, a draughtsman's or mechanic's square, having a graduated bar and adjustable jaw or jaws.Knight. --
Vernier calipers. See Vernier. 1913 Webster]
Ca"liph(k, n.[OE. caliphe, califfe, F. calife (cf. Sp. califa), fr. Ar. khal\'c6fan successor, fr. khalafa to succed (i. e. a successor of Mohammed).]Successor or vicar; the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state; -- a title of the successors of Mohammed both as temporal and spiritual rulers, used formerly by the sultans of Turkey.[Written also calif, kaliph, kalif, khalif.] 1913 Webster]
Cal"i*phate(?), n.[Cf. F. califat.]The office, dignity, or government of a caliph or of the caliphs. 1913 Webster]
Ca*lip"pic(?), a.Of or pertaining to Calippus, an Athenian astronomer. 1913 Webster]
Calippic period, a period of seventy-six years, proposed by Calippus, as an improvement on the Metonic cycle, since the 6940 days of the Metonic cycle exceeded 19 years by about a quarter of a day, and exceeded 235 lunations by something more. 1913 Webster]
Cal`i*sa"ya bark(?). A valuable kind of Peruvian bark obtained from the Cinchona Calisaya, and other closely related species. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Cal`is*the"ne*um, n.[NL.]A gymnasium; esp. one for light physical exercise by women and children. 1913 Webster]
Cal`is*then"ic(?), a.[Gr. kalo`s beautiful + sqe`nos strength.]Of or pertaining to calisthenics. 1913 Webster]
Cal`is*then"ics(?), n.The science, art, or practice of healthful exercise of the body and limbs, to promote strength, gracefulness, and general fitness; light gymnastics. Syn. -- calisthenics, calisthenic exercise, callisthenic exercise. 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
Cal"i*ver(?), n.[Corrupted fr. caliber.]An early form of hand gun, a variety of the arquebus; originally a gun having a regular size of bore. [Obs.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ca"lix(k, n.[L.]A cup. See Calyx. 1913 Webster]
Calk(k, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Calked(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Calking.][Either corrupted fr. F. calfater (cf. Pg. calafetar, Sp. calafetear), fr. Ar. qalafa to fill up crevices with the fibers of palm tree or moss; or fr. OE. cauken to tred, through the French fr. L. calcare, fr. calx heel. Cf. Calk to copy, Inculcate.]1.To drive tarred oakum into the seams between the planks of (a ship, boat, etc.), to prevent leaking. The calking is completed by smearing the seams with melted pitch. 1913 Webster]
2.To make an indentation in the edge of a metal plate, as along a seam in a steam boiler or an iron ship, to force the edge of the upper plate hard against the lower and so fill the crevice. 1913 Webster]
Calk(k, v. t.[E.calquer to trace, It. caicare to trace, to trample, fr. L. calcare to trample, fr. calx heel. Cf. Calcarate.]To copy, as a drawing, by rubbing the back of it with red or black chalk, and then passing a blunt style or needle over the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held.[Written also calque] 1913 Webster]
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Calk(k, n.[Cf. AS. calc shoe, hoof, L. calx, calcis, heel, calcar, spur.]1.A sharp-pointed piece of iron or steel projecting downward on the shoe of a horse or an ox, to prevent the animal from slipping; -- called also calker, calkin. 1913 Webster]
2.An instrument with sharp points, worn on the sole of a shoe or boot, to prevent slipping. 1913 Webster]
3.same as caulk{2}, n.. PJC]
Calk(k, v. i.1.To furnish with calks, to prevent slipping on ice; as, to calk the shoes of a horse or an ox. 1913 Webster]
2.To wound with a calk; as when a horse injures a leg or a foot with a calk on one of the other feet. 1913 Webster]
3.same as caulk{2}, v. t.. PJC]
Calk"er(?), n.1.One who calks. 1913 Webster]
2.A calk on a shoe. See Calk, n., 1. 1913 Webster]
Calk"in(?), n.A calk on a shoe. See Calk, n., 1. 1913 Webster]
Calk"ing(?), n.The act or process of making seems tight, as in ships, or of furnishing with calks, as a shoe, or copying, as a drawing. 1913 Webster]
Calking iron, a tool like a chisel, used in calking ships, tightening seams in ironwork, etc. 1913 Webster]
Their left hand does the calking iron guide.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
Call(k, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Called(k; p. pr. & vb. n.Calling][OE. callen, AS. ceallian; akin to Icel. & Sw. kalla, Dan. kalde, D. kallen to talk, prate, OHG. kall to call; cf. Gr. ghry`ein to speak, sing, Skr. gar to praise. Cf. Garrulous.]1.To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant. 1913 Webster]
Call hither Clifford; bid him come amainShak. 1913 Webster]
2.To summon to the discharge of a particular duty; to designate for an office, or employment, especially of a religious character; -- often used of a divine summons; as, to be called to the ministry; sometimes, to invite; as, to call a minister to be the pastor of a church. 1913 Webster]
Paul . . . called to be an apostleRom. i. 1. 1913 Webster]
The Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.Acts xiii. 2. 1913 Webster]
3.To invite or command to meet; to convoke; -- often with together; as, the President called Congress together; to appoint and summon; as, to call a meeting of the Board of Aldermen. 1913 Webster]
Now call we our high court of Parliament.Shak. 1913 Webster]
4.To give name to; to name; to address, or speak of, by a specifed name. 1913 Webster]
If you would but call me Rosalind.Shak. 1913 Webster]
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.Gen. i. 5. 1913 Webster]
5.To regard or characterize as of a certain kind; to denominate; to designate. 1913 Webster]
What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.Acts x. 15. 1913 Webster]
6.To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact; as, they call the distance ten miles; he called it a full day's work. 1913 Webster]
[The] army is called seven hundred thousand men.Brougham. 1913 Webster]
7.To show or disclose the class, character, or nationality of. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
This speech calls him Spaniard.Beau. & Fl. 1913 Webster]
8.To utter in a loud or distinct voice; -- often with off; as, to call, or call off, the items of an account; to call the roll of a military company. 1913 Webster]
No parish clerk who calls the psalm so clear.Gay. 1913 Webster]
9.To invoke; to appeal to. 1913 Webster]
I call God for a witness.2 Cor. i. 23 [Rev. Ver. ] 1913 Webster]
10.To rouse from sleep; to awaken. 1913 Webster]
If thou canst awake by four o' the clock. call me. Sleep hath seized me wholly.Shak. 1913 Webster]
To call a bond, to give notice that the amount of the bond will be paid. --
To call a party(Law), to cry aloud his name in open court, and command him to come in and perform some duty requiring his presence at the time on pain of what may befall him. --
To call back, to revoke or retract; to recall; to summon back. --
To call down, to pray for, as blessing or curses. --
To call forth, to bring or summon to action; as, to call forth all the faculties of the mind. --
To call in, (a)To collect; as, to call in debts or money; ar to withdraw from cirulation; as, to call in uncurrent coin.(b)To summon to one's side; to invite to come together; as, to call in neighbors. --
To call (any one) names, to apply contemptuous names (to any one). --
To call off, to summon away; to divert; as, to call off the attention; to call off workmen from their employment. --
To call out. (a) To summon to fight; to challenge. (b) To summon into service; as, to call out the militia. --
To call over, to recite separate particulars in order, as a roll of names. --
To call to account, to demand explanation of. --
To call to mind, to recollect; to revive in memory. --
To call to order, to request to come to order; as: (a)A public meeting, when opening it for business.(b)A person, when he is transgressing the rules of debate. --
To call to the bar, to admit to practice in courts of law. --
To call up. (a)To bring into view or recollection; as to call up the image of deceased friend.(b)To bring into action or discussion; to demand the consideration of; as, to call up a bill before a legislative body.
Syn. -- To name; denominate; invite; bid; summon; convoke; assemble; collect; exhort; warn; proclaim; invoke; appeal to; designate. -- To Call, Convoke, Summon. Call is the generic term; as, to call a public meeting. To convoke is to require the assembling of some organized body of men by an act of authority; as, the king convoked Parliament. To summon is to require attendance by an act more or less stringent anthority; as, to summon a witness. 1913 Webster]
Call, v. i.1.To speak in loud voice; to cry out; to address by name; -- sometimes with to. 1913 Webster]
You must call to the nurse.Shak. 1913 Webster]
The angel of God called to Hagar.Gen. xxi. 17. 1913 Webster]
2.To make a demand, requirement, or request. 1913 Webster]
They called for rooms, and he showed them one.Bunyan. 1913 Webster]
3.To make a brief visit; also, to stop at some place designated, as for orders. 1913 Webster]
He ordered her to call at the house once a week.Temple. 1913 Webster]
To call for(a)To demand; to require; as, a crime calls for punishment; a survey, grant, or deed calls for the metes and bounds, or the quantity of land, etc., which it describes.(b)To give an order for; to request. \'bdWhenever the coach stopped, the sailor called for more ale.\'b8 Marryat. --
To call on,
To call upon, (a)To make a short visit to; as, call on a friend.(b)To appeal to; to invite; to request earnestly; as, to call upon a person to make a speech.(c)To solicit payment, or make a demand, of a debt.(d)To invoke or play to; to worship; as, to call upon God. --
To call outTo call or utter loudly; to brawl. 1913 Webster]
Call(?), n.1.The act of calling; -- usually with the voice, but often otherwise, as by signs, the sound of some instrument, or by writing; a summons; an entreaty; an invitation; as, a call for help; the bugle's call. \'bdCall of the trumpet.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
I rose as at thy call, but found thee not.Milton. 1913 Webster]
2.A signal, as on a drum, bugle, trumpet, or pipe, to summon soldiers or sailors to duty. 1913 Webster]
3.(Eccl.)An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor. 1913 Webster]
4.A requirement or appeal arising from the circumstances of the case; a moral requirement or appeal. 1913 Webster]
Dependence is a perpetual call upon humanity.Addison. 1913 Webster]
Running into danger without any call of duty.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
5.A divine vocation or summons. 1913 Webster]
St. Paul himself believed he did well, and that he had a call to it, when he persecuted the Christians.Locke. 1913 Webster]
6.Vocation; employment.[In this sense, calling is generally used.] 1913 Webster]
7.A short visit; as, to make a call on a neighbor; also, the daily coming of a tradesman to solicit orders. 1913 Webster]
The baker's punctual call.Cowper. 1913 Webster]
8.(Hunting)A note blown on the horn to encourage the hounds. 1913 Webster]
9.(Naut.)A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate, to summon the sailors to duty. 1913 Webster]
10.(Fowling)The cry of a bird; also a noise or cry in imitation of a bird; or a pipe to call birds by imitating their note or cry. 1913 Webster]
11.(Amer. Land Law)A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land. 1913 Webster]
12.The privilege to demand the delivery of stock, grain, or any commodity, at a fixed, price, at or within a certain time agreed on. [Brokers' Cant] 1913 Webster]
13.See Assessment, 4. 1913 Webster]
At call, or
On call, liable to be demanded at any moment without previous notice; as money on deposit. --
Call bird, a bird taught to allure others into a snare. --
Call boy(a)A boy who calls the actors in a theater; a boy who transmits the orders of the captain of a vessel to the engineer, helmsman, etc.(b)A waiting boy who answers a cal, or cames at the ringing of a bell; a bell boy. --
Call note, the note naturally used by the male bird to call the female. It is artificially applied by birdcatchers as a decoy.Latham. --
Call of the house(Legislative Bodies), a calling over the names of members, to discover who is absent, or for other purposes; a calling of names with a view to obtaining the ayes and noes from the persons named. --
Call to the bar, admission to practice in the courts. 1913 Webster]
Cal"la(k, n.[Linn\'91us derived Calla fr. Gr. calla, calsa, name of an unknown plant, and Gr. kalo`s beautiful.](Bot.)A genus of plants, of the order Arace\'91. 1913 Webster]
Calla of cultivation is Richardia Africana, belonging to another genus of the same order. Its large spathe is pure white, surrounding a fleshy spike, which is covered with minute apetalous flowers. 1913 Webster]
callableadj.subject to a demand for payment or redemption before the due date; -- of financial instruments; as, callable bonds. WordNet 1.5]
Cal"lat(?), n.Same as Callet. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
2.a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple. Syn. -- shivaree, chivaree, charivari, callithump. WordNet 1.5]
call-backn.1.a return call, especially a telephone call. WordNet 1.5]
2.the recall of an employee to work after a layoff. WordNet 1.5]
call-boardn.a bulletin board backstage in a theater. WordNet 1.5]
Calle(?), n.[See Caul.]A kind of head covering; a caul. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Call"er(?), n.One who calls. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Cal"ler(?), a. [Scot.] 1.Cool; refreshing; fresh; as, a caller day; the caller air.Jamieson. 1913 Webster]
2.Fresh; in good condition; as, caller berrings. 1913 Webster]
Cal"let(?), n.[Cf. Ir. & Gael. caile a country woman, strumpet.]A trull or prostitute; a scold or gossip. [Obs.] [Written also callat.] 1913 Webster]
Cal"letv. i.To rail or scold. [Obs.] Brathwait. 1913 Webster]
Cal"lid(?), a.[L. callidus, fr. callere to be thick-skinned, to be hardened, to be practiced, fr. callum, callus, callous skin, callosity, callousness.]Characterized by cunning or shrewdness; crafty. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Cal*lid"i*ty(?), n.[L. calliditas.]Acuteness of discernment; cunningness; shrewdness. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Her eagly-eyed callidity.C. Smart. 1913 Webster]
Cal*lig"ra*pher(?), n.One skilled in calligraphy; a good penman. 1913 Webster]
{ Cal`li*graph"ic(?), Cal`li*graph"ic*al(?), }a., [Gr. kalo`s beautiful) + gra`fein to write; cf. F. calligraphique.]Of or pertaining to calligraphy. 1913 Webster]
Excellence in the calligraphic act.T. Warton. 1913 Webster]
Cal*lig"ra*phy, n.[Gr. calligraphie.]Fair or elegant penmanship. 1913 Webster]
Callimorphan.a genus of insects comprising the cinnabar moths. Syn. -- genus Callimorpha. WordNet 1.5]
Callinectesn.a genus of crustaceans comprising the New World blue crabs. Syn. -- genus Callinectes. WordNet 1.5]
Call"ing(?), n.1.The act of one who calls; a crying aloud, esp. in order to summon, or to attact the attention of, some one. 1913 Webster]
2.A summoning or convocation, as of Parliament. 1913 Webster]
The frequent calling and meeting of Parlaiment.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
3.A divine summons or invitation; also, the state of being divinely called. 1913 Webster]
Who hath . . . called us with an holy calling.2 Tim. i. 9. 1913 Webster]
Give diligence to make yior calling . . . sure.2 Pet. i. 10. 1913 Webster]
4.A naming, or inviting; a reading over or reciting in order, or a call of names with a view to obtaining an answer, as in legislative bodies. 1913 Webster]
5.One's usual occupation, or employment; vocation; business; trade. 1913 Webster]
The humble calling of ter female parent.Thackeray. 1913 Webster]
6.The persons, collectively, engaged in any particular professions or employment. 1913 Webster]
To impose celibacy on wholy callings.Hammond. 1913 Webster]
7.Title; appellation; name. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
I am more proud to be Sir Rowland's son calling.Shak.
Callionymidaen.a natural family comprising the dragonets. Syn. -- family Callionymidae. WordNet 1.5]
Cal*li"o*pe(k, n.[L. Calliope, Gr. Kallio`ph, lit, the beautiful-voiced; pref. kalli- (from kalo`s beautiful) + 'o`ps, 'opo`s, voice.]1.(Class. Myth.)The Muse that presides over eloquence and heroic poetry; mother of Orpheus, and chief of the nine Muses. 1913 Webster]
2.(Astron.)One of the asteroids. See Solar. 1913 Webster]
3.A musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles, toned to the notes of the scale, and played by keys arranged like those of an organ. It is sometimes attached to steamboat boilers. 1913 Webster]
4.(Zo\'94l.)A beautiful species of humming bird (Stellula Calliope) of California and adjacent regions. 1913 Webster]
Calliophisn.a genus comprising the Asian coral snakes. Syn. -- genus Calliophis, Callophis, genus Callophis. WordNet 1.5]
\'d8Cal`li*op"sis(?), n.[NL., fr. Gr. pref. kalli- (fr. kalo`s beautiful) + 'o`psis appearance.](Bot.)A popular name given to a few species of the genus Coreopsis, especially to Coreopsis tinctoria of Arkansas. 1913 Webster]
Cal`li*pash"(, n.See Calipash. 1913 Webster]
Cal`li*pee"(, n.See Calipee. 1913 Webster]
Cal`li*pers(, n. pl.See Calipers. 1913 Webster]
Calliphoridaen.a natural family comprising the blowflies. Syn. -- family Calliphoridae. WordNet 1.5]
Callirhoen.small genus of North American herbs having usually red or purple flowers. Syn. -- genus Callirhoe. WordNet 1.5]
Callisaurusn.a genus of lizards including the the zebra-tailed lizard. Syn. -- genus Callisaurus. WordNet 1.5]
Cal`li*sec"tion(?), n.[L. callere to be insensible + E. section.]Painless vivisection; -- opposed to sentisection.B. G. Wilder.
Callistephusn.a genus of plants having only one species, an erect Asiatic herb with large flowers. Syn. -- genus Callistephus. WordNet 1.5]
{ Cal`lis*then"ic, a., Cal`lis*then"ics(?), n. }See Calisthenic, Calisthenics. 1913 Webster]
Callithricidaen.a natural family comprising the marmosets. Syn. -- family Callithricidae. WordNet 1.5]
Callithrixn.the type genus of the Callithricidae; the true marmosets. Syn. -- genus Callithrix. WordNet 1.5]
Cal"li*thump`(?), n.A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns, and other discordant noises; also, a burlesque serenade; a charivari. [U. S.] [Also spelled callathump.] 1913 Webster]
Cal`li*thump"i*an(?), a.Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a callithump. [U. S.] 1913 Webster]
Callitrisn.a genus of evergreen monoecious coniferous trees or shrubs; the cypress pines. Syn. -- genus Callitris. WordNet 1.5]
Callophisn.a genus of Asian coral snakes. Syn. -- Calliophis, genus Calliophis, genus Callophis. WordNet 1.5]
Callorhinusn.a genu sof fur seals. Syn. -- genus Callorhinus. WordNet 1.5]
Cal*lo"san(?), a.(Anat.)Of the callosum. 1913 Webster]
Cal"lose(?), a.[See Callous.](Bot.)Furnished with protuberant or hardened spots. 1913 Webster]
Cal*los"i*ty(?), n.; pl.Callosities(#).[L. callasitas; cf. F. calost\'82.]A hard or thickened spot or protuberance; a hardening and thickening of the skin or bark of a part, eps. as a result of continued pressure or friction. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Cal*lo"sum(?), n.[NL., fr. callosus callous, hard.](Anat.)The great band commissural fibers which unites the two cerebral hemispheres. See corpus callosum, under Carpus. 1913 Webster]
Cal"lot(?), n.A plant coif or skullcap. Same as Calotte.B. Jonson. 1913 Webster]
A callousness and numbness of soul.Bentley. 1913 Webster]
cal"lousedadj.having callouses; -- of skin. Syn. -- thickened. WordNet 1.5]
cal"lous*nessn.lack of passion or feeling. Syn. -- unfeelingness, hardness, insensibility. WordNet 1.5]
Cal"low(?), a.[OE. calewe, calu, bald, AS. calu; akin to D. kaal, OHG. chalo, G. Kuhl; cf. L. calvus.] 1913 Webster]
1.Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged. 1913 Webster]
An in the leafy summit, spied a nest, callow young, a sparrow pressed.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
2.Immature; boyish; \'bdgreen\'b8; as, a callow youth. 1913 Webster]
I perceive by this, thou art but a callow maid.Old Play [1675]. 1913 Webster]
Cal*low"(?), n.(Zo\'94l.)[Named from its note.]A kind of duck. See Old squaw. 1913 Webster]
cal"low*nessn.having a lack of experience of life. Syn. -- jejuneness. WordNet 1.5]
Callunan.a genus having only one species. Syn. -- genus Calluna. WordNet 1.5]
Cal"lus(k, n.[L. See Callous.]1.(Med.)(a)Same as Callosity. (b)The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistence, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece. 1913 Webster]
2.(Hort.)The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets. 1913 Webster]
Calm(k, n.[OE. calme, F. calme, fr. It. or Sp. calma (cf. Pg. calma heat), prob. fr. LL. cauma heat, fr. Gr. kay^ma burning heat, fr. kai`ein to burn; either because during a great heat there is generally also a calm, or because the hot time of the day obliges us seek for shade and quiet; cf. Caustic]Freedom from motion, agitation, or disturbance; a cessation or absence of that which causes motion or disturbance, as of winds or waves; tranquility; stillness; quiet; serenity. 1913 Webster]
The wind ceased, and there was a great calm.Mark. iv. 39. 1913 Webster]
A calm before a storm is commonly a peace of a man's own making.South. 1913 Webster]
Calm, v. i.[imp. & p. p.Calmed(k; p. pr. & vb. n.Calming.][Cf. F. calmer. See Calm, n.]1.To make calm; to render still or quiet, as elements; as, to calm the winds. 1913 Webster]
To calm the tempest raised by Eolus.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
2.To deliver from agitation or excitement; to still or soothe, as the mind or passions. 1913 Webster]
Calm(k, a.[Compar.Calmer(-; superl.Calmest(-]1.Not stormy; without motion, as of winds or waves; still; quiet; serene; undisturbed. \'bdCalm was the day.\'b8 Spenser. 1913 Webster]
Now all is calm, and fresh, and still.Bryant. 1913 Webster]
2.Undisturbed by passion or emotion; not agitated or excited; tranquil; quiet in act or speech. \'bdCalm and sinless peace.\'b8 Milton. \'bdWith calm attention.\'b8 Pope. 1913 Webster]
Cal"mucks(?), n. pl.; sing.Calmuck.A branch of the Mongolian race inhabiting parts of the Russian and Chinese empires; also (sing.), the language of the Calmucks.[Written also Kalmucks.] 1913 Webster]
Calm"y(?), a.[Fr. Calm, n.]Tranquil; peaceful; calm. [Poet.] \'bdA still and calmy day\'b8 Spenser. 1913 Webster]
Calocedrusn.a genus of tall evergreens of West North America and East Asia; formerly included in genus Libocedrus. Syn. -- genus Calocedrus. WordNet 1.5]
Calochortusn.large genus of West North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs. Syn. -- genus Calochortus. WordNet 1.5]
Cal"o*mel(k, n.[Gr. kalo`s beautiful + me`las black. So called from its being white, though made from a black mixture of mercury and corrosive sublimate. Cf. F. calom\'82las.](Chem.)Mild chloride of mercury, Hg2Cl2, a heavy, white or yellowish white substance, insoluble and tasteless, much used in medicine as a mercurial and purgative; mercurous chloride. It occurs native as the mineral horn quicksilver. 1913 Webster]
Calopogonn.a genus of terrestrial orchids of North America. Syn. -- genus Calopogon. WordNet 1.5]
Cal`o*res"cence(?), n.[L. calor heat.](Physics)The conversion of obscure radiant heat into light; the transmutation of rays of heat into others of higher refrangibility.Tyndall. 1913 Webster]
Ca*lor"ic(?), n.[L. calor heat; cf. F. calorique.](Physics)The principle of heat, or the agent to which the phenomena of heat and combustion were formerly ascribed; -- not now used in scientific nomenclature, but sometimes used as a general term for heat. 1913 Webster]
Caloric expands all bodies.Henry. 1913 Webster]
Ca*lor"ic, a.Of or pertaining to caloric. 1913 Webster]
Caloric engine, a kind of engine operated by heated air. 1913 Webster]
Cal`o*ric"ity(?), n.(Physiol.)A faculty in animals of developing and preserving the heat necessary to life, that is, the animal heat. 1913 Webster]
Ca*lor"i*duct(?), n.[L. calor heat (fr. calere to warm) + E. duct.]A tube or duct for conducting heat; a caliduct. 1913 Webster]
Cal"o*rie(?), n.[F., fr. L. calor heat.](Physics)The unit of heat according to the French standard; the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram (sometimes, one gram) of water one degree centigrade, or from 0Foot pound. 1913 Webster]
Ca*lor"i*fere(?), n.[F. calorif\'8are, fr. L. calor heat + ferre to bear.]An apparatus for conveying and distributing heat, especially by means of hot water circulating in tubes. 1913 Webster]
Cal`o*rif"ic(?), a.[L. calorificus; calor heat + facere to make; cf. F. calorifique.]Possessing the quality of producing heat; heating. 1913 Webster]
Calorific rays, the invisible, heating rays which emanate from the sun, and from burning and heated bodies. 1913 Webster]
Ca*lor`i*fi*ca"tion(k, n.[Cf. F. calorification.]Production of heat, esp. animal heat. 1913 Webster]
Ca*lor`i*fi"cient(?), a.(Physiol.)Having, or relating to the power of producing heat; -- applied to foods which, being rich in carbon, as the fats, are supposed to give rise to heat in the animal body by oxidation. 1913 Webster]
Cal`o*rim"e*ter(?), n.[L. calor heat + -meter; cf. F. calorim\'8atre.]1.(Physiol.)An apparatus for measuring the amount of heat contained in bodies or developed by some mechanical or chemical process, as friction, chemical combination, combustion, etc. For combustion processes, a bomb calorimeter may be used. 1913 Webster +PJC]
2.(Engineering)An apparatus for measuring the proportion of unevaporated water contained in steam. 1913 Webster]
Ca*lor`i*met"ric(?), a.Of or pertaining to the process of using the calorimeter. 1913 Webster]
Cal`o*rim"e*try(?), n.(Physics)Measurement of the quantities of heat in bodies. 1913 Webster]
Ca*lor`i*mo"tor(?), n.[L. calor heat + E. motor.](Physics)A voltaic battery, having a large surface of plate, and producing powerful heating effects.
\'d8Ca*lor"i*sa`tor(?), n.[NL., heater, fr. L. calor heat.]An apparatus used in beet-sugar factories to heat the juice in order to aid the diffusion. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
{ \'d8Ca*lotte"(?), Cal"lot(?) }, n.[F. calotte, dim. of cale a sort of flat cap. Cf. Caul.]A close cap without visor or brim. Especially: (a)Such a cap, worn by English serjeants at law.(b)Such a cap, worn by the French cavalry under their helmets.(c)Such a cap, worn by the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church. 1913 Webster]
To assume the calotte, to become a priest. 1913 Webster]
Cal"o*type(?), n.[Gr. kalo`s beautiful + ty`pos type.](Photog.)A method of taking photographic pictures, on paper sensitized with iodide of silver; -- also called Talbotype, from the inventor, Mr. Fox. Talbot. 1913 Webster]
Ca*loy"er(?), n.[F., fr. NGr. kalo`s beautiful, good + A monk of the Greek Church; a cenobite, anchoret, or recluse of the rule of St. Basil, especially, one on or near Mt. Athos. 1913 Webster]
Calpen.the Rock of Gibraltar, a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; associated with Britain. Syn. -- Gibraltar, Rock of Gibraltar. WordNet 1.5]
Calque, v. t.See 2d Calk, v. t. 1913 Webster]
{ Cal"trop(?), Cal"trap(?), }n.[OE. calketrappe, calletrappe, caltor (in both senses), fr. AS. collr\'91ppe, calcetreppe, sort of thistle; cf. F. chaussetrape star thistle, trap, It. calcatreppo, calcatreppolo, star thistle. Perh. from L. calx heel + the same word as E. trap. See 1st Trap.]1.(Bot.)A genus of herbaceous plants (Tribulus) of the order Zygophylle\'91, having a hard several-celled fruit, armed with stout spines, and resembling the military instrument of the same name. The species grow in warm countries, and are often very annoying to cattle. 1913 Webster]
2.(Mil.)An instrument with four iron points, so disposed that, any three of them being on the ground, the other projects upward. They are scattered on the ground where an enemy's cavalry are to pass, to impede their progress by endangering the horses' feet. 1913 Webster]
Ca*lum"ba(?), n.[from kalumb, its native name in Mozambique.](Med.)The root of a plant (Jateorrhiza Calumba, and probably Cocculus palmatus), indigenous in Mozambique. It has an unpleasantly bitter taste, and is used as a tonic and antiseptic.[Written also colombo, columbo, and calombo.] 1913 Webster]
American calumba, the Frasera Carolinensis, also called American gentian. Its root has been used in medicine as bitter tonic in place of calumba. 1913 Webster]
Ca*lum"bin(?), n.(Chem.)A bitter principle extracted as a white crystalline substance from the calumba root.[Written also colombin, and columbin] 1913 Webster]
Cal"u*met(?), n.[F. calumet, fr. L. calamus reed. See Halm, and cf. Shawm.]A kind of pipe, used by the North American Indians for smoking tobacco. The bowl is usually made of soft red stone, and the tube is a long reed often ornamented with feathers. 1913 Webster]
Smoked the calumet, the Peace pipe, Lowgfellow. 1913 Webster]
calumet is used as a symbol of peace. To accept the calumet is to agree to terms of peace, and to refuse it is to reject them. The calumet of peace is used to seal or ratify contracts and alliances, and as an evidence to strangers that they are welcome. 1913 Webster]
Ca*lum"ni*ate(?), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Calumniated; p. pr. & vb. n.calumniating.][L. calumniatus, p. p. of calumniari. See Calumny, and cf. Challenge, v. t.]To accuse falsely and maliciously of a crime or offense, or of something disreputable; to slander; to libel. 1913 Webster]
Hatred unto the truth did always falsely report and calumniate all godly men's doings.Strype. 1913 Webster]
Syn. -- To asperse; slander; defame; vilify; traduce; belie; bespatter; blacken; libel. See Asperse. 1913 Webster]
Ca*lum"ni*ate, v. i.To propagate evil reports with a design to injure the reputation of another; to make purposely false charges of some offense or crime. 1913 Webster]
Ca*lum`ni*a"tion(k, n.False accusation of crime or offense, or a malicious and false representation of the words or actions of another, with a view to injure his good name. 1913 Webster]
The calumniation of her principal counselors.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
-- Ca*lum"ni*ous*ly, adv. -- Ca*lum"ni*ous*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
Cal"um*ny(?), n.; pl.Calumnies(#).[L. calumnia, fr. calvi to devise tricks, deceive; cf. F. calomnie. Cf. Challenge, n.]False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made or reported, to the injury of another; malicious misrepresentation; slander; detraction. \'bdInfamous calumnies.\'b8 Motley. 1913 Webster]
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny.Shak. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Cal*va"ri*a(k, n.[L. See Calvary.](Anat.)The bones of the cranium; more especially, the bones of the domelike upper portion. 1913 Webster]
Cal"va*ry(k, n.[L. calvaria a bare skull, fr. calva the scalp without hair. fr. calvus bald; cf. F. calvaire.]1.The place where Christ was crucified, on a small hill outside of Jerusalem.Luke xxiii. 33. 1913 Webster]
calvaria is a translation of the Greek krani`on of the Evangelists, which is an interpretation of the Hebrew Golgotha.Dr. W. Smith. 1913 Webster]
2.A representation of the crucifixion, consisting of three crosses with the figures of Christ and the thieves, often as large as life, and sometimes surrounded by figures of other personages who were present at the crucifixion. 1913 Webster]
3.(Her.)A cross, set upon three steps; -- more properly called cross calvary. 1913 Webster]
Calvatian.a genus of puffballs having outer casings whose upper parts break at maturity into angular pieces to expose the spores. Syn. -- genus Calvatia. WordNet 1.5]
Calve(k, v. i.[imp. & p. p.Calved 3; p. pr. & vb. n.Calving.][AS. cealfian. See Calf.]1.To bring forth a calf. \'bdTheir cow calveth.\'b8 Job xxi. 10. 1913 Webster]
2.To bring forth young; to produce offspring. 1913 Webster]
Canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?Job xxxix. 1. 1913 Webster]
The grassy clods now calved.Molton. 1913 Webster]
3.(Phys. Geog.)To throw off fragments which become icebergs; -- said of a glacier. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Cal"ver(k, v. i.1.To cut in slices and pickle, as salmon. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
For a change, leave calvered salmon and eat sprats.Massinger. 1913 Webster]
Cal"vinn.1.John Calvin, a French theologian and reformer; born 1509, died 1564. WordNet 1.5]
Cal"vin*ism(?), n.[Cf. F. Calvinisme.]The theological tenets or doctrines of John Calvin (a French theologian and reformer of the 16th century) and his followers, or of the so-called calvinistic churches. 1913 Webster]
five points of Calvinism, are original sin or total depravity, election or predestination, particular redemption, effectual calling, and the perseverance of the saints. It has been subject to many variations and modifications in different churches and at various times. 1913 Webster]
Cal"vin*ist(?), n.[Cf. F. Calviniste.]A follower of Calvin; a believer in Calvinism. 1913 Webster]
{ Cal`vin*is"tic(?), Cal`vin*is"tic*al(?), }a.Of or pertaining to Calvin, or Calvinism; following Calvin; accepting or Teaching Calvinism. \'bdCalvinistic training.\'b8 Lowell. 1913 Webster]
Cal"vin*ize(?), v. t.To convert to Calvinism. 1913 Webster]
Calv"ish(?), a.Like a calf; stupid.Sheldon. 1913 Webster]
Calx(?), n.; pl. E. Calxes(#), L. Calces(#).[L. Calx, calcis. limestone; cf. Gr. carraic rock Gael. carraig, W. careg, stone. Cf. Chalk.] 1913 Webster]
1.(Chem.)(a)Quicklime. [Obs.] (b)The substance which remains when a metal or mineral has been subjected to calcination or combustion by heat, and which is, or may be, reduced to a fine powder. 1913 Webster]
oxides. 1913 Webster]
2.Broken and refuse glass, returned to the post.
calycealadj.of or pertaining to a calyx. WordNet 1.5]
{ Ca*lyc`i*flo"ral(?), cal*lyc`i*flo"rous(?), }a.[L. calyx, -ycis, calyx + flos, floris, flower.](Bot.)Having the petals and stamens adnate to the calyx; -- applied to a subclass of dicotyledonous plants in the system of the French botanist Candolle. 1913 Webster]
Ca*lyc"i*form(?), a.[L. calyx, calycis, calyx + -form.](Bot.)Having the form or appearance of a calyx. 1913 Webster]
{ Ca*lyc"i*nal(?), Cal"y*cine(?), }a.(Bot.)Pertaining to a calyx; resembling or having the nature of a calyx. 1913 Webster]
Cal"y*cle(?), n.[L.calyculus small flower bud, calyx, dim. of calyx. See Calyx, and cf. Calicle.](Bot.)A row of small bracts, at the base of the calyx, on the outside. 1913 Webster]
Cal"y*cled(?), a.(Bot.)Calyculate. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Cal`y*co*zo"a(?), n. pl.[NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.)A group of acalephs of which Lucernaria is the type. The body is cup-shaped with eight marginal lobes bearing clavate tentacles. An aboral sucker serves for attachment. The interior is divided into four large compartments. See Lucernarida. 1913 Webster]
Ca*lyc"u*lar(?), a.(Bot.)Pertaining to, or resembling, the bracts of a calycle. 1913 Webster]
{ Ca*lyc"u*late(?), Ca*lyc"u*la`ted(?) }, a.(Bot.)Having a set of bracts resembling a calyx. 1913 Webster]
Ca*lym"e*ne(?), n.[Gr. ( (Zo\'94l.)A genus of trilobites characteristic of the Silurian age. 1913 Webster]
Cal"yon(?), n.Flint or pebble stone, used in building walls, etc.Haliwell. 1913 Webster]
Ca*lyp"so(k, n.[The Latinized Greek name of a beautiful nymph.](Bot.)A small and beautiful species of orchid, having a flower variegated with purple, pink, and yellow. It grows in cold and wet localities in the northern part of the United States. The Calypso borealis is the only orchid which reaches 68 1913 Webster]
calyptern.(Zo\'94l.)a scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly. Syn. -- alula. WordNet 1.5]
Ca*lyp"tra(k, n.[NL., fr. Gr. kaly`ptra a covering for the head, fr. kaly`ptein to cover.](Bot.)A little hood or veil, resembling an extinguisher in form and position, covering each of the small flasklike capsules which contain the spores of mosses; also, any similar covering body. 1913 Webster]
Ca*lyp"tri*form(?), a.[Calyptra + -form.]Having the form a calyptra, or extinguisher. 1913 Webster]
Calystegian.a genus of climbing or scrambling herbs; bindweed. Syn. -- genus Calystegia. WordNet 1.5]
Ca"lyx(k, n.; pl. E. Calyxes(k, L. Calyces(k.[L. calyx, -ycis, fr. Gr. ka`lyx husk, shell, calyx, from the root of kaly`ptein to cover, conceal. Cf. Chalice Helmet.]1.(Bot.)The covering of a flower. See Flower. 1913 Webster]
calyx is usually green and foliaceous, but becomes delicate and petaloid in such flowers as the anemone and the four-o'clock. Each leaf of the calyx is called a sepal. 1913 Webster]
2.(Anat.)A cuplike division of the pelvis of the kidney, which surrounds one or more of the renal papill\'91. 1913 Webster]
Cal*zoons"(k, n. pl.[F. cale\'87ons (cf. It. calzoni breeches), fr. L. calceus shoe.]Drawers. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Cam(k, n.[Dan. kam comb, ridge; or cf. W., Gael., and Ir., cam bent. See 1st Comb.]1.(Med.)(a)A turning or sliding piece which, by the shape of its periphery or face, or a groove in its surface, imparts variable or intermittent motion to, or receives such motion from, a rod, lever, or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.(b)A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together.(c)A projecting part of a wheel or other moving piece so shaped as to give alternate or variable motion to another piece against which it acts. 1913 Webster]
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Cams are much used in machinery involving complicated, and irregular movements, as in the sewing machine, pin machine, etc. 1913 Webster]
2.A ridge or mound of earth. [Prow. Eng.] Wright. 1913 Webster]
Cam wheel(Mach.), a wheel with one or more projections (cams) or depressions upon its periphery or upon its face; one which is set or shaped eccentrically, so that its revolutions impart a varied, reciprocating, or intermittent motion. 1913 Webster]
Cam(?), a.[See Kam.]Crooked. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
camachilen.a common thorny tropical American tree (Pithecellobium dulce) having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum. Syn. -- manila tamarind, huamachil, wild tamarind. WordNet 1.5]
2.(Fine Arts)Painting in shades of one color; monochrome.Mollett. 1913 Webster]
Ca*mail"(?), n.[F. camail (cf. It. camaglio), fr. L. caput head + source of E. mail.]1.(Ancient Armor)A neck guard of chain mall, hanging from the bascinet or other headpiece. 1913 Webster]
2.A hood of other material than mail;esp.(Eccl.), a hood worn in church services, -- the amice, or the like. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ca"ma*ra(?), n.[Pg.]Chamber; house; -- used in Ca"ma*ra dos Pa"res(, and Ca"ma*ra dos De`pu*ta"dos(. See Legislature. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
\'d8Ca`ma`ra`de*rie"(?), n.[F. See Comrade.]Comradeship and loyalty.
The spirit of camaraderie is strong among these riders of the plains.W. A. Fraser. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
\'d8Cam`a*ra*sau"rus(?), n.[NL. fr. Gr. (Paleon.)A genus of gigantic American Jurassic dinosaurs, having large cavities in the bodies of the dorsal vertebr\'91. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ca`ma*ril"la(?), n.[Sp., a small room.] 1913 Webster]
1.The private audience chamber of a king. 1913 Webster]
2.A company of secret and irresponsible advisers, as of a king; a cabal or clique. 1913 Webster]
Camassian.a genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs. Syn. -- genus Camassia, Quamassia, genus Quamassia. WordNet 1.5]
Cam"ass(?), n.[American Indian name.](Bot.)any of several plants of the genus Camassia of North and South America, especially the blue-flowered liliaceous plant (Camassia esculenta) of northwestern America, the bulbs of which were collected for food by the Indians.[Written also camas, cammas, and quamash.] Syn. -- camass, quamash, camosh, camash. 1913 Webster]
Eastern cammass is Camassia Fraseri. 1913 Webster]
Cam"ass(?). n.[Origin uncert.]A small prairie in a forest; a small grassy plain among hills. [Western U. S.] Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Cam"ber(?), n.[Of. cambre bent, curved; akin to F. cambrer to vault, to bend, fr. L. camerare to arch over, fr. camera vault, arch. See Chamber, and cf. Camerate.]1.(Shipbuilding)An upward convexity of a deck or other surface; as, she has a high camber (said of a vessel having an unusual convexity of deck). 1913 Webster]
2.(Arch.)An upward concavity in the under side of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch. See Hogback. 1913 Webster]
Camber arch(Arch.), an arch whose intrados, though apparently straight, has a slightly concave curve upward. --
Camber beam(Arch.), a beam whose under side has a concave curve upward. 1913 Webster]
Cam"ber, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Cambered(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Cambering.]To cut bend to an upward curve; to construct, as a deck, with an upward curve. 1913 Webster]
Cam"ber, v. i.To curve upward. 1913 Webster]
Cam"ber*keeled(?), a.(Naut.)Having the keel arched upwards, but not actually hogged; -- said of a ship. 1913 Webster]
Cam"bi*al(?), a.[LL. cambialis, fr. cambiars. See Change.]Belonging to exchanges in commerce; of exchange. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Cam"bist(?), n.[F. cambiste, It. cambista, fr. L. cambire to exchange. See Change.]A banker; a money changer or broker; one who deals in bills of exchange, or who is skilled in the science of exchange. 1913 Webster]
Cam"bist*ry(?), n.The science of exchange, weight, measures, etc. 1913 Webster]
Cam"bi*um(?), n.[LL. cambium exchange, fr. L. cambire to exchange. It was supposed that cambium was sap changing into wood.]1.(Bot.)A series of formative cells lying outside of the wood proper and inside of the inner bark. The growth of new wood takes place in the cambium, which is very soft. 1913 Webster]
2.(Med.)A fancied nutritive juice, formerly supposed to originate in the blood, to repair losses of the system, and to promote its increase.Dunglison. 1913 Webster]
Cam"bri*a(?), n.The ancient Latin name of Wales. It is used by modern poets. 1913 Webster]
Cam"bri*an(?), a.1.(Geog.)Of or pertaining to Cambria or Wales. 1913 Webster]
2.(Geol.)Of or pertaining to the lowest subdivision of the rocks of the Silurian or Molluscan age; -- sometimes described as inferior to the Silurian. It is named from its development in Cambria or Wales. See the Diagram under Geology. 1913 Webster]
Cam"bri*an, n.1.A native of Cambria or Wales. 1913 Webster]
2.(Geol.)The Cambrian formation. 1913 Webster]
cam"bric(k, n.[OE. camerike, fr. Cambrai (Flemish Kamerik), a city of France (formerly of Flanders), where it was first made.]1.A fine, thin, and white fabric made of flax or linen. 1913 Webster]
He hath ribbons of all the colors i' the rainbow; . . . inkles, caddises, cambrics, lawns.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.A fabric made, in imitation of linen cambric, of fine, hardspun cotton, often with figures of various colors; -- also called cotton cambric, and cambric muslin. 1913 Webster]
Cam"bro-Brit"on(k, n.A Welshman. 1913 Webster]
Came(k, imp. of Come. 1913 Webster]
came(k, n.[Cf. Scot. came, caim, comb, and OE. camet silver.]A slender rod of cast lead, with or without grooves, used, in casements and stained-glass windows, to hold together the panes or pieces of glass. 1913 Webster]
cam"el(k, n.[Oe. camel, chamel, OF. camel, chamel, F. chameau L. camelus, fr. Gr. ka`mhlos; of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. g\'bem\'bel, Ar. jamal. Cf. As. camel, fr. L. camelus.]1.(Zo\'94l.)A large ruminant used in Asia and Africa for carrying burdens and for riding. The camel is remarkable for its ability to go a long time without drinking. Its hoofs are small, and situated at the extremities of the toes, and the weight of the animal rests on the callous. The dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) has one bunch on the back, while the Bactrian camel (Camelus Bactrianus) has two. The llama, alpaca, and vicu\'a4a, of South America, belong to a related genus (Auchenia). 1913 Webster]
2.(Naut.)A water-tight structure (as a large box or boxes) used to assist a vessel in passing over a shoal or bar or in navigating shallow water. By admitting water, the camel or camels may be sunk and attached beneath or at the sides of a vessel, and when the water is pumped out the vessel is lifted. 1913 Webster]
Camel bird(Zo\'94l.), the ostrich. --
Camel locust(Zo\'94l.), the mantis. --
Camel's thorn(Bot.), a low, leguminous shrub (Alhagi maurorum) of the Arabian desert, from which exudes a sweetish gum, which is one of the substances called manna. 1913 Webster]
Cam"el-backed`(?), a.Having a back like a camel; humpbacked.Fuller. 1913 Webster]
cam"el*hairn.a soft tan cloth made with the hair of a camel. Syn. -- camel's hair. WordNet 1.5]
camelian.any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers; the camellia. Syn. -- camellia. WordNet 1.5]
Camelidaen.a natural family comprising the camels and llamas and vicunas. Syn. -- family Camelidae. WordNet 1.5]
Camelinan.a genus of annual and biennial herbs of Mediterranean to Central Asia. Syn. -- genus Camelina. WordNet 1.5]
Ca*mel"li*a(?), n.[NL., after Georg Josef Kamel, or Camelli, a Jesuit who is said to have brought it from the East.]1.(Bot.)An Asiatic genus of small shrubs, often with shining leaves and showy flowers. Camellia Japonica is much cultivated for ornament, and Camellia Sassanqua and Camellia oleifera are grown in China for the oil which is pressed from their seeds. The tea plant is now referred to this genus under the name of Camellia Thea. 1913 Webster]
2.(Hort.)An ornamental greenhouse shrub (Thea japonica) with glossy evergreen leaves and roselike red or white double flowers. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Ca*mel"o*pard(kor k, n.[LL. camelopardus, L. camelopardalus, camelopardalis, fr. Gr. kamhlopa`rdalis; ka`mhlos a camel + pa`rdalis pard, leopard: cf. F. cam\'82lopard. The camelopard has a neck and head like a camel, and is spotted like a pard. See Camel, and Pard.](Zo\'94l.)An African ruminant; the giraffe. See Giraffe. 1913 Webster]
Came"lot(?), n.See Camelet. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Came"lot(?), peop. n.1.the legendary site of King Arthur's court and castle. PJC]
2.Hence, any place or time thought of as having idyllic peace, justice, and happiness. PJC]
Cam"el*ry(?), n.Troops that are mounted on camels. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Camel's-hair pencil, a small brush used by painters in water colors, made of camel's hair or similar materials. --
Camel's-hair shawl. A name often given to a cashmere shawl. See Cashmere shawl under Cashmere. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ca`mem`bert"(?), n., orCamembert cheese. A kind of rich, soft, unpressed cream cheese made in the vicinity of Camembert, near Argentan, France; also, any cheese of the same type, wherever made. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Cam"e*o(k, n.; pl.Cameos(k.[It. cammeo; akin to F. cam\'82e, cama\'8beu, Sp. camafeo, LL. camaeus, camahutus; of unknown origin.]A carving in relief, esp. one on a small scale used as a jewel for personal adornment, or like. 1913 Webster +PJC]
cameos made in Italy are carved on a seashell (see cameo conch, below), having an olive figure carved from the inner layer of the shell in relief on the white background of the outer layer of the shell. 1913 Webster]
Cameo conch(Zo\'94l.), a large, marine, univalve shell, esp. Cassis cameo, Cassis rua, and allied species, used for cutting cameos. See Quern conch. 1913 Webster]
Cam"e*ra(?), n.; pl. E. Cameras(#), L. Camerae(#).[L. vault, arch, LL., chamber. See Chamber.]A chamber, or instrument having a chamber. Specifically: The camera obscura when used in photography. See Camera, and Camera obscura. 1913 Webster]
Bellows camera. See under Bellows. --
In camera(Law), in a judge's chamber, that is, privately; as, a judge hears testimony which is not fit for the open court in camera. --
Panoramic camera, or
Pantascopic camera, a photographic camera in which the lens and sensitized plate revolve so as to expose adjacent parts of the plate successively to the light, which reaches it through a narrow vertical slit; -- used in photographing broad landscapes.Abney. 1913 Webster]
Came"rade(?), n.See Comrade. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Cam`e*ra*lis"tic(?), a.Of or pertaining to finance and public revenue. 1913 Webster]
Cam`e*ra*lis"tics(?), n.[Cf. F. cam\'82ralistique, G. kameralistik, fr. L. camera vault, LL., chamber, treasury.]The science of finance or public revenue. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Cam"e*ra lu"ci*da(?). [L. camera chamber + L. lucidus, lucida, lucid, light.](Opt.)An instrument which by means of a prism of a peculiar form, or an arrangement of mirrors, causes an apparent image of an external object or objects to appear as if projected upon a plane surface, as of paper or canvas, so that the outlines may conveniently traced. It is generally used with the microscope. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Cam"e*ra ob*scu"ra(?). [LL. camera chamber + L. obscurus, obscura, dark.](Opt.)1.An apparatus in which the images of external objects, formed by a convex lens or a concave mirror, are thrown on a paper or other white surface placed in the focus of the lens or mirror within a darkened chamber, or box, so that the outlines may be traced. 1913 Webster]
2.(Photog.)An apparatus in which the image of an external object or objects is, by means of lenses, thrown upon a sensitized plate or surface placed at the back of an extensible darkened box or chamber variously modified; -- commonly called simply the camera. 1913 Webster]
Cam"er*ate(?), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Camerated; p. pr. & vb. n.Camerzting.][L. cameratus, p. p. of camerare. See Camber.]1.To build in the form of a vault; to arch over. 1913 Webster]
2.To divide into chambers. 1913 Webster]
Cam`er*a"tion(?), n.[L. cameratio.]A vaulting or arching over. [R.] 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ca`mer*lin"go(?), n.[It.]The papal chamberlain; the cardinal who presides over the pope's household. He has at times possessed great power.[Written also camerlengo and camarlengo.]
Cam`e*ro"ni*an(?), n.A follower of the Rev. Richard Cameron, a Scotch Covenanter of the time of Charles II. 1913 Webster]
Cameron and others refused to accept the \'bdindulgence\'bd offered the Presbyterian clergy, insisted on the Solemn league and Covenant, and in 1680 declared Charles II. deposed for tyranny, breach of faith, etc. Cameron was killed at the battle of Airdmoss, but his followers became a denomination (afterwards called Reformed Presbyterians) who refused to recognize laws or institutions which they believed contrary to the kingdom of Christ, but who now avail themselves of political rights. 1913 Webster]
Cam"is(k, n.[See Chemise.]A light, loose dress or robe.[Also written camus.] [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
All in a camis light of purple silk.Spenser. 1913 Webster]
{ Cam`i*sade"(?), Cam`i*sa"do(?), }n.[F. camisade a night attack; cf. It. camiciata. See Camis.] [Obs.] (Mil.)(a)A shirt worn by soldiers over their uniform, in order to be able to recognize one another in a night attack.(b)An attack by surprise by soldiers wearing the camisado. 1913 Webster]
Give them a camisado in night season.Holinshed. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Cam"i*sard(?), n.[F.]One of the French Protestant insurgents who rebelled against Louis XIV, after the revocation of the edict of Nates; -- so called from the peasant's smock (camise) which they wore. 1913 Webster]
Cam"i*sa`ted(?), a.Dressed with a shirt over the other garments. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Cam"i*sole(?), n.[F. See chemise.]1.A short dressing jacket for women. 1913 Webster]
2.A kind of straitjacket. 1913 Webster]
Cam"let(?), n.[F. camelot (akin to Sp. camelote, chamelote, It. cambellbito, ciambellotto, LL. camelotum, camelinum, fr. Ar. khamlat camlet, fr. kaml pile, plush. The word was early confused with camel, camel's hair also being used in making it. Cf. Calamanco]A woven fabric originally made of camel's hair, now chiefly of goat's hair and silk, or of wool and cotton.[Sometimes written camelot and camblet.] 1913 Webster]
Beck (Draper's Dict. ) 1913 Webster]
Cam"let*ed, a.Wavy or undulating like camlet; veined.Sir T. Herbert. 1913 Webster]
Cam"mas(?), n.(Bot.)See Camass. 1913 Webster]
Cam"mock(?), n.[AS. cammoc.](Bot.)A plant having long hard, crooked roots, the Ononis spinosa; -- called also rest-harrow. The Scandix Pecten-Veneris is also called cammock. 1913 Webster]
{ Cam"o*mile, Cham"o*mile }(k, n.[LL. camonilla, corrupted fr. Gr. chamai`mhlon, lit. earth apple, being so called from the smell of its flower. See Humble, and Melon.](Bot.)A genus of herbs (Anthemis) of the Composite family. The common camomile, Anthemis nobilis, is used as a popular remedy. Its flowers have a strong and fragrant and a bitter, aromatic taste. They are tonic, febrifugal, and in large doses emetic, and the volatile oil is carminative. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ca*mon"flet(?), n.[F.](Mil.)A small mine, sometimes formed in the wall or side of an enemy's gallery, to blow in the earth and cut off the retreat of the miners.Farrow.
\'d8Ca*mor"ra(?), n.[It.]A secret organization formed at Naples, Italy, early in the 19th century, and used partly for political ends and partly for practicing extortion, violence, etc. -- Ca*mor"rist(#), n. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
{ Ca"mous(?), Ca"moys(?), }a.[F. camus (equiv. to camard) flat-nosed, fr. Celtic Cam croked + suff. -us; akin to L. camur, camurus, croked.]Flat; depressed; crooked; -- said only of the nose. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Camp(k, n.[F. camp, It. campo, fr. L. campus plant, field; akin to Gr. kh^pos garden. Cf. Campaign, Champ, n.]1.The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.A collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly arranged in an orderly manner. 1913 Webster]
Forming a camp in the neighborhood of Boston.W. Irving. 1913 Webster]
3.A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp. 1913 Webster]
4.The company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers, of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc. 1913 Webster]
The camp broke up with the confusion of a flight.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
5.(Agric.)A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; -- called also burrow and pie. [Prov. Eng.] 1913 Webster]
6.[Cf. OE. & AS. camp contest, battle. See champion.]An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England.Halliwell. 1913 Webster]
Camp bedstead, a light bedstead that can be folded up onto a small space for easy transportation. --
camp ceiling(Arch.), a kind ceiling often used in attics or garrets, in which the side walls are inclined inward at the top, following the slope of the rafters, to meet the plane surface of the upper ceiling. --
Camp chair, a light chair that can be folded up compactly for easy transportation; the seat and back are often made of strips or pieces of carpet. --
Camp fever, typhus fever. --
Camp follower, a civilian accompanying an army, as a sutler, servant, etc. --
Camp meeting, a religious gathering for open-air preaching, held in some retired spot, chiefly by Methodists. It usually last for several days, during which those present lodge in tents, temporary houses, or cottages. --
Camp stool, the same as camp chair, except that the stool has no back. --
Flying camp(Mil.), a camp or body of troops formed for rapid motion from one place to another.Farrow. --
To pitch (a) camp, to set up the tents or huts of a camp. --
To strike camp, to take down the tents or huts of a camp. 1913 Webster]
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Camp(k, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Camped(k; p. pr. & vb. n.Camping.]To afford rest or lodging for, as an army or travelers. 1913 Webster]
Had our great palace the capacity camp this host, we all would sup together.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Camp, v. i.1.To pitch or prepare a camp; to encamp; to lodge in a camp; -- often with out. 1913 Webster]
They camped out at night, under the stars.W. Irving. 1913 Webster]
2.[See Camp, n., 6]To play the game called camp. [Prov. Eng.] Tusser. 1913 Webster]
Cam*pa"gna(c, n.[It. See Campaign.]An open level tract of country; especially \'bdCampagna di Roma.\'b8 The extensive undulating plain which surrounds Rome. 1913 Webster]
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\'d8Cam`pa`gnol"(?), n.[F. , fr. campagne field.](Zo\'94l.)A mouse (Arvicala agrestis), called also meadow mouse, which often does great damage in fields and gardens, by feeding on roots and seeds. 1913 Webster]
Cam*paign"(?), n.[F. campagne, It. campagna, fr. L. Campania the level country about Naples, fr. campus field. See Camp, and cf. Champaign, Champagne.]1.An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills. SeeChampaign.Grath. 1913 Webster]
2.(Mil.)A connected series of military operations forming a distinct stage in a war; the time during which an army keeps the field.Wilhelm. 1913 Webster]
3.Political operations preceding an election, by candidates, their assistants, and supporters, for the purpose of convincing voters to vote for the candidate. It usually consists of one or more methods of contacting voters including advertising, distribution or mailing of printed leaflets or letters; speeches, interviews with news media, and door-to-door visits with potential voters. 1913 Webster +PJC]
4.Hence:Any coordinated effort to contact potential supporters or customers and solicit their support or patronage; as, an advertising campaign. PJC]
5.(Metal.)The period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation. 1913 Webster]
Cam*paign"(?), v. i.To serve in a campaign. 1913 Webster]
Cam*paign"er(?), n.1.One who has served in an army in several campaigns; an old soldier; a veteran. 1913 Webster]
2.one who is campaigning, especially a politician running for elective office, or one of his/her supporters. PJC]
campaigningn.The campaign of a candidate to be elected. Syn. -- candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaign. WordNet 1.5]
Cam*pa"na(?), n.[LL. campana bell. Cf. Campanle.]1.(Eccl.)A church bell. 1913 Webster]
2.(Bot.)The pasque flower.Drayton. 1913 Webster]
3.(Doric Arch.)Same as Gutta. 1913 Webster]
Cam*paned"(?), a.(Her.)Furnished with, or bearing, campanes, or bells. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Cam`pa*ne"ro(?), n.[Sp., a bellman.](Zo\'94l.)The bellbird of South America. See Bellbird. 1913 Webster]
Cam*panes"(?), n. pl.[See Campana.](Her.)Bells. [R.] 1913 Webster]
\'d8Cam*pa"ni*a(?), n.[See Campaig.]Open country.Sir W. Temple. 1913 Webster]
Cam*pan"i*form(?), a.[LL. campana bell + -form: cf. F. companiforme.]Bell-shaped. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Cam`pa*ni"le(?), n.[It. campanile bell tower, steeple, fr. It. & LL. campana bell.](Arch.)A bell tower, esp. one built separate from a church. 1913 Webster]
Many of the campaniles of Italy are lofty and magnificent structures.Swift. 1913 Webster]
Cam`pa*nol"o*gist(?), n.One skilled in campanology; a bell ringer. 1913 Webster]
Cam`pa*nol"o*gy(?), n.[LL. campana bell + -logy.]The art of ringing bells, or a treatise on the art. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Cam*pan"u*la(k, prop. n.[LL. campanula a little bell; dim. of campana bell.](Bot.)A large genus of plants bearing bell-shaped flowers, often of great beauty; -- also called bellflower. 1913 Webster]
Campanulaceaeprop. n.A natural family of flowering plants, which in some classifications includes the Lobeliaciae. Syn. -- family Campanulaceae, bellflower family. WordNet 1.5]
Cam*pan`u*la"ceous(k, a.(Bot.)Of pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants (Campanulace\'91) of which Campanula is the type, and which includes the Canterbury bell, the harebell, and the Venus's looking-glass. 1913 Webster]
Campanulalesn.an order of plants which includes the Campanulaceae; Lobeliaceae; Cucurbitaceae; Goodeniaceae; Stylidiaceae; Calyceraceae; and Compositae. Syn. -- order Campanulales. WordNet 1.5]
cam*pan"u*lar(k, adj.shaped like a bell or campana; campaniform. Syn. -- campanulate, campanulated, campaniform, campaniliform. WordNet 1.5]
Cam*pan`u*la"ri*an(?), n.[L. campanula a bell.](Zo\'94l.)A hydroid of the family Campanularid\'91, characterized by having the polyps or zooids inclosed in bell-shaped calicles or hydrothec\'91. 1913 Webster]
Camp"bell*ite(?), n.[From Alexander Campbell, of Virginia.](Eccl.)A member of the denomination called Christians or Disciples of Christ. They themselves repudiate the term Campbellite as a nickname. See Christian, 3. 1913 Webster]
Cam*peach"y Wood`(?). [From the bay of Campeachy, in Mexico.]Logwood. 1913 Webster]
Camp"er(?), n.1.One who lodges temporarily in a hut or camp, especially who sleeps in a wilderness for recreation. 1913 Webster]
2.A person who stays at a summer camp or day camp. PJC]
3.A vehicle, such as a small truck, or a pickup truck with a hood over the back, equipped for convenience while camping out. PJC]
happy campera person who is pleased with the situation in which s/he finds him/herself. Often used ironically or in understatement, especially in the negative; as, the passengers left behind on the island were not a bunch of happy campers. PJC]
{ Cam*pes"tral(?), Cam*pes"tri*an(?), }a.[L. campester, fr. campus field.]Relating to an open field; growing in a field, or open ground. 1913 Webster]
Camp"fight`(?), n.[Cf. Camp, n., 6.](O. Eng. Law.)A duel; the decision of a case by a duel. 1913 Webster]
Cam"phene(kor k, n.(Chem.)One of a series of substances C10H16, resembling camphor, regarded as modified terpenes. 1913 Webster]
Cam*phine"(kor k, n.[From Camphor.]Rectified oil of turpentine, used for burning in lamps, and as a common solvent in varnishes. 1913 Webster]
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Cam"phire(k, n.An old spelling of Camphor. 1913 Webster]
Cam"pho*gen(?), n.[Camphor + -gen: -- formerly so called as derived from camphor: cf. F. camphog\'8ane.](Chem.)See Cymene. 1913 Webster]
Cam"phor(k, n.[OE. camfere, F. camphre (cf. It. canfora, Sp. camfora, alcanfor, LL. canfora, camphora, NGr. kafoyra`), fr. Ar. k\'bef\'d4r, prob. fr. Skr. karp\'d4ra.]1.A tough, white, aromatic resin, or gum, obtained from different species of the Laurus family, esp. from Cinnamomum camphara (the Laurus camphora of Linn\'91us.). Camphor, C10H16O, is volatile and fragrant, and is used in medicine as a diaphoretic, a stimulant, or sedative. 1913 Webster]
2.originally, a gum resembling ordinary camphor, obtained from a tree (Dryobalanops aromatica formerly Dryobalanops camphora) growing in Sumatra and Borneo; now applied to its main constituent, a terpene alcohol obtainable as a white solid C10H18O, called also Borneo camphor, Malay camphor, Malayan camphor, camphor of Borneo, Sumatra camphor, bornyl alcohol, camphol, and borneol. The isomer from Dryobalanops is dextrorotatory; the levoratatory form is obtainable from other species of plants, and the racemic mixture may be obtained by reduction of camphor. It is used in perfumery, and for manufacture of its esters. See Borneol. 1913 Webster +PJC]
camphor is also applied to a number of bodies of similar appearance and properties, as cedar camphor, obtained from the red or pencil cedar (Juniperus Virginiana), and peppermint camphor, or menthol, obtained from the oil of peppermint. 1913 Webster]
Camphor oil(Chem.), name variously given to certain oil-like products, obtained especially from the camphor tree. --
Camphor tree, a large evergreen tree (Cinnamomum Camphora) with lax, smooth branches and shining triple-nerved lanceolate leaves, probably native in China, but now cultivated in most warm countries. Camphor is collected by a process of steaming the chips of the wood and subliming the product. 1913 Webster]
Cam"phor(?), v. t.To impregnate or wash with camphor; to camphorate. [R.] Tatler. 1913 Webster]
Cam`pho*ra"ceous(?), a.Of the nature of camphor; containing camphor.Dunglison. 1913 Webster]
Cam"phor*ate(?), v. t.To impregnate or treat with camphor. 1913 Webster]
Cam"phor*ate(?), n.[Cf. F. camphorate.](Chem.)A salt of camphoric acid. 1913 Webster]
{ Cam"phor*ate(?), Cam"por*a`ted(?), }Combined or impregnated with camphor. 1913 Webster]
Camphorated oil, an oleaginous preparation containing camphor, much used as an embrocation. 1913 Webster]
Cam*phor"ic(?), a.[Cf. F. camphorique.](Chem.)Of, pertaining to, or derived from, camphor. 1913 Webster]
Camphoric acid, a white crystallizable substance, C10H16O4, obtained from the oxidation of camphor. 1913 Webster]
campholic acid, C10H18O2, and camphoronic acid, C9H12O5, white crystallizable substances. 1913 Webster]
Cam*phret"ic(?), a.[rom Camphor.]Pertaining to, or derived from camphor. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Camp"ing(?), n.1.Lodging in a camp. 1913 Webster]
2.[See Camp, n., 6]A game of football. [Prov. Eng.] 1913 Webster]
Cam"pi*on(?), n.[Prob. fr. L. campus field.](Bot.)A plant of the Pink family (Cucubalus bacciferus), bearing berries regarded as poisonous. 1913 Webster]
Bladder campion, a plant of the Pink family (Cucubalus Behen or Silene inflata), having a much inflated calyx. See Behen. --
Rose campion, a garden plant (Lychnis coronaria) with handsome crimson flowers. 1913 Webster]
camp"mate`n.someone who lives in the same camp as another. WordNet 1.5]
campongn.a native village in Malaysia. Syn. -- Kampong. WordNet 1.5]
Camponotusn.a genus comprising the carpenter ants. Syn. -- genus Camponotus. WordNet 1.5]
camp"stool`n.a folding stool. WordNet 1.5]
Camptosorusn.a classification used in some esp. former systems for plants usually placed in the genus Asplenium. Syn. -- genus Camptosorus. WordNet 1.5]
\'d8Cam"pus(?), n.[L., a field.]1.The principal grounds of a college or school, between the buildings or within the main inclosure; as, the college campus. 1913 Webster]
2.a college or university. PJC]
3.a division of a university with its own buildings and a separate faculty, especially one separated geographically from other divisiona, but sharing top administration with other units of the university; as, the Newark campus of Rutgers. PJC]
4.higher education considered as a whole; as, the financial effects of research cutbacks on the campus. PJC]
5.a business site with pleasant landscaping; as, the Squibb research campus at Princeton. PJC]
Campyloneurumn.a genus of epiphytic ferns of tropical America. Syn. -- genus Campyloneurum. WordNet 1.5]
Campylorhynchusn.an alternative genus classification for the cactus wrens. Syn. -- genus Campylorhynchus, Heleodytes, genus Heleodytes. WordNet 1.5]
Cam`py*lo*sper"mous(?), a.[Gr. (Bot.)Having seeds grooved lengthwise on the inner face, as in sweet cicely. 1913 Webster]
Cam`py*lot"ro*pous(?), a.[Gr. (Bot.)Having the ovules and seeds so curved, or bent down upon themselves, that the ends of the embryo are brought close together. 1913 Webster]
camshaftn.a shaft that has cams attached to it, forming part of a mechanical device. WordNet 1.5]
Cam"us(?), n.See Camis. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Cam"wood(?), n.See Barwood. 1913 Webster]
Can(k, an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry. [See Gan.] 1913 Webster]
With gentle words he can faile gree.Spenser. 1913 Webster]
Can, n.[OE. & AS. canne; akin to D. Kan, G. Kanne, OHG. channa, Sw. Kanna, Dan. kande.]1.A drinking cup; a vessel for holding liquids.[Shak. ] 1913 Webster]
Fill the cup and fill can, Tennyson. 1913 Webster]
2.A vessel or case of tinned iron or of sheet metal, of various forms, but usually cylindrical; as, a can of tomatoes; an oil can; a milk can. 1913 Webster]
can may be a cylinder open at the top, as for receiving the sliver from a carding machine, or with a removable cover or stopper, as for holding tea, spices, milk, oysters, etc., or with handle and spout, as for holding oil, or hermetically sealed, in canning meats, fruits, etc. The name is also sometimes given to the small glass or earthenware jar used in canning. 1913 Webster]
Can(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Canned(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Canning.]To preserve by putting in sealed cans [U. S.] \'bdCanned meats\'b8 W. D. Howells. 1913 Webster]
Canned goods, a general name for fruit, vegetables, meat, or fish, preserved in hermetically sealed cans.
Can(?), v. t. & i.[The transitive use is obsolete.][imp.Could(#).][OE. cunnen, cannen (1st sing. pres. I can), to know, know how, be able, AS. cunnan, 1st sing. pres. ic cann or can, pl. cunnon, 1st sing. imp. c\'d4\'ebe (for cun\'ebe); p. p. c\'d4\'eb (for cun\'eb); akin to OS. Kunnan, D. Kunnen, OHG. chunnan, G. k\'94nnen, Icel. kunna, Goth. Kunnan, and E. ken to know. The present tense I can (AS. ic cann) was originally a preterit, meaning I have known or Learned, and hence I know, know how. \'fb45. See Ken, Know; cf. Con, Cunning, Uncouth.]1.To know; to understand. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
I can rimes of Rodin Hood.Piers Plowman. 1913 Webster]
I can no Latin, quod she.Piers Plowman. 1913 Webster]
Let the priest in surplice white, can.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.To be able to do; to have power or influence. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
The will of Him who all things can.Milton. 1913 Webster]
For what, alas, can these my single arms?Shak. 1913 Webster]
M\'91c\'91nas and Agrippa, who can most with C\'91sar.Beau. & Fl. 1913 Webster]
3.To be able; -- followed by an infinitive without to; as, I can go, but do not wish to.
Syn. -- Can but, Can not but. It is an error to use the former of these phrases where the sens requires the latter. If we say, \'bdI can but perish if I go,\'b8 \'bdBut\'b8 means only, and denotes that this is all or the worst that can happen. When the apostle Peter said. \'bdWe can not but speak of the things which we have seen and heard.\'b8 he referred to a moral constraint or necessety which rested upon him and his associates; and the meaning was, We cannot help speaking, We cannot refrain from speaking. This idea of a moral necessity or constraint is of frequent occurrence, and is also expressed in the phrase, \'bdI can not help it.\'b8 Thus we say. \'bdI can not but hope,\'b8 \'bdI can not but believe,\'b8 \'bdI can not but think,\'b8 \'bdI can not but remark,\'b8 etc., in cases in which it would be an error to use the phrase can but. 1913 Webster]
Yet he could not but acknowledge to himself that there was something calculated to impress awe, . . . in the sudden appearances and vanishings . . . of the masqueDe Quincey. 1913 Webster]
Tom felt that this was a rebuff for him, and could not but understand it as a left-handed hit at his employer.Dickens. 1913 Webster]
Canaann.an ancient country is southwest Asia on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean. Syn. -- Palestine, Holy Land. WordNet 1.5]
Ca"naan*ite(?), n.1.A descendant of Canaan, the son of Ham, and grandson of Noah. 1913 Webster]
2.A Native or inhabitant of the land of Canaan, esp. a member of any of the tribes who inhabited Canaan at the time of the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. 1913 Webster]
Ca"naan*ite, n.[From an Aramaic word signifying \'bdzeal.\'b8]A zealot. \'bdSimon the Canaanite.\'b8 Matt. x. 4. 1913 Webster]
Luke vi. 15), i.e., Simon the zealot.Kitto. 1913 Webster]
Ca"naan*i`tish(?), a.Of or pertaining to Canaan or the Canaanites. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ca*\'a4a"da(?), n.[Sp.]A small ca\'a4on; a narrow valley or glen; also, but less frequently, an open valley. [Local, Western U. S.] 1913 Webster]
Canachitesn.a genus of birds including the spruce grouse Canachites canadensis. Syn. -- genus Canachites. WordNet 1.5]
Can"a*da(?), n.A country in North America, bordering the United States on the north. It is a federation which includes English-speaking provinces and the French-speaking Province of Quebec. 1913 Webster +PJC]
Canada balsam. See under Balsam. --
Canada goose. (Zo\'94l.)See Wild goose. --
Canada jay. See Whisky Jack. --
Canada lynx. (Zo\'94l.)See Lynx. --
Canada lily. (Bot.)a plant of eastern North America (Lilium canadense) having yellow or orange flowers with dark spots; called also meadow lily.RHUD --
Canada porcupine(Zo\'94l.)See Porcupine, and Urson. --
Canada rice(Bot.)See under Rick. --
Canada robin(Zo\'94l.), the cedar bird. 1913 Webster]
Ca*na"di*an(?), a.Of or pertaining to Canada. -- n.A native or inhabitant of Canada. 1913 Webster]
Canadian period(Geol.), A subdivision of the American Lower Silurian system embracing the calciferous, Quebec, and Chazy epochs. This period immediately follows the primordial or Cambrian period, and is by many geologists regarded as the beginning of the Silurian age, See the Diagram, under Geology. --
Canadian goose, an erroneous variant of Canada goose. 1913 Webster]
canafistola, canafistulan.a deciduous or semi-evergreen tree (Cassia fistula) having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; it grows in tropical Asia, Central and South America, and Australia. Syn. -- golden shower tree, drumstick tree, purging cassia, pudding pipe tree, canafistola. WordNet 1.5]
Ca*naille"(?), n.[F. canaille (cf. It. canaglia), prop. and orig. a pack of dogs, fr. L. Canis dog.]1.The lowest class of people; the rabble; the vulgar. 1913 Webster]
2.Shorts or inferior flour. [Canadian] 1913 Webster]
Can"a*kin(?), n.[Dim. of can.]A little can or cup. \'bdAnd let me the canakin clink.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
Ca*nal"(?), n.[F. canal, from L. canalis canal, channel; prob. from a root signifying \'bdto cut\'b8; cf. D. kanaal, fr. the French. Cf. Channel, Kennel gutter.] 1913 Webster]
1.An artificial channel filled with water and designed for navigation, or for irrigating land, etc. 1913 Webster]
2.(Anat.)A tube or duct; as, the alimentary canal; the semicircular canals of the ear. 1913 Webster]
3.A long and relatively narrow arm of the sea, approximately uniform in width; -- used chiefly in proper names; as, Portland Canal; Lynn Canal. [Alaska] Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Canal boat, a boat for use on a canal; esp. one of peculiar shape, carrying freight, and drawn by horses walking on the towpath beside the canal. --
Canal lock. See Lock. 1913 Webster]
Can"al coal`(?). See Cannel coal. 1913 Webster]
{ Can`a*lic"u*late(?), Can`a*lic"u*la`ted(?), }a.[L. canaliculatus channeled, fr. canaliculus, dim. of canalis. See Canal.]Having a channel or groove, as in the leafstalks of most palms. 1913 Webster]
Ca*nal`i*za"tion(?), n.Construction of, or furnishing with, a canal or canals. [R.] 1913 Webster]
canalizev.1.to provide with a canal, as of a city. Syn. -- canal. WordNet 1.5]
2.to to direct the flow of; -- also used abstractly, as of money or information. Syn. -- channel. WordNet 1.5]
\'d8Ca`na`p\'82"(?), n.[F., orig. a couch with mosquito curtains. See Canopy.]1.A sofa or divan. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2.(Cookery)an appetizer consisting of a thin slice or piece of bread toasted or fried in butter or oil, on which anchovies, mushrooms, caviar, cheese, or other savory foods, are served. Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]
\'d8Ca`na`p\'82" con`fi`dent"(?). A sofa having a seat at each end at right angles to the main seats. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Ca*nard"(?), n.[F., properly, a duck.]An extravagant or absurd report or story; a fabricated sensational report or statement; esp. one set afloat in the newspapers to hoax the public. 1913 Webster]
Can`a*rese"(?), a.Pertaining to Canara, a district of British India. 1913 Webster]
Ca*na"ry(?), a.[F. Canarie, L. Canaria insula one of the Canary islands, said to be so called from its large dogs, fr. canis dog.]1.Of or pertaining to the Canary Islands; as, canary wine; canary birds. 1913 Webster]
2.Of a pale yellowish color; as, Canary stone. 1913 Webster]
Canary grass, a grass of the genus Phalaris (Phalaris Canariensis), producing the seed used as food for canary birds. --
Canary stone(Min.), a yellow species of carnelian, named from its resemblance in color to the plumage of the canary bird. --
Canary wood, the beautiful wood of the trees Persea Indica and Persea Canariensis, natives of Madeira and the Canary Islands. --
Canary vine. See Canary bird flower, under Canary bird. 1913 Webster]
Ca*na"ry, n.; pl.Canaries(#).1.Wine made in the Canary Islands; sack. \'bdA cup of canary.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.A canary bird. 1913 Webster]
3.A pale yellow color, like that of a canary bird. 1913 Webster]
4.A quick and lively dance. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Make you dance canary Shak. 1913 Webster]
Ca*na"ry(?), v. i.To perform the canary dance; to move nimbly; to caper. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
But to jig of a tune at the tongue's end, canary to it with your feet.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Ca*na"ry bird`(?). (Zo\'94l.)A small singing bird of the Finch family (Serinus Canarius), a native of the Canary Islands. It was brought to Europe in the 16th century, and made a household pet. It generally has a yellowish body with the wings and tail greenish, but in its wild state it is more frequently of gray or brown color. It is sometimes called canary finch.<-- and canary. --> 1913 Webster]
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Canary bird flower(Bot.), a climbing plant (Trop\'91olum peregrinum) with canary-colored flowers of peculiar form; -- called also canary vine. 1913 Webster]
canastan.a form of rummy using two decks and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to meld groups of seven of the same rank. Syn. -- basket rummy, meld. WordNet 1.5]
Ca*nas"ter(?), n.[Sp. canasta, canastro, basket, fr. L. canistrum. See Canister.]A kind of tobacco for smoking, made of the dried leaves, coarsely broken; -- so called from the rush baskets in which it is packed in South America.McElrath. 1913 Webster]
Canavalian.a genus of herbs or woody vines of mainly American tropics and subtropics. Syn. -- genus Canavalia. WordNet 1.5]
canavaninen.An amino acid found in the jack bean. WordNet 1.5]
Canberraprop. n.(Geography)The capital city of Australia. Population (2000) = 307,700. PJC]
Can" buoy`(?). See under Buoy, n. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Can"can(?), n.[F.]A rollicking French dance, accompanied by indecorous or extravagant postures and gestures. 1913 Webster]
Can"cel(?), v. i.[imp. & p. p.CanceledorCancelled(; p. pr. & vb. n.CancelingorCancelling.][L. cancellare to make like a lattice, to strike or cross out (cf. Fr. canceller, OF. canceler) fr. cancelli lattice, crossbars, dim. of cancer lattice; cf. Gr. Chancel.]1.To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
A little obscure place canceled in with iron work is the pillar or stump at which . . . our Savior was scourged.Evelyn. 1913 Webster]
2.To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude. [Obs.] \'bdCanceled from heaven.\'b8 Milton. 1913 Webster]
3.To cross and deface, as the lines of a writing, or as a word or figure; to mark out by a cross line; to blot out or obliterate. 1913 Webster]
A deed may be avoided by delivering it up to be cancelled; that is, to have lines drawn over it in the form of latticework or cancelli; though the phrase is now used figuratively for any manner of obliterating or defacing it.Blackstone. 1913 Webster]
4.To annul or destroy; to revoke or recall. 1913 Webster]
The indentures were canceled.Thackeray. 1913 Webster]
He was unwilling to cancel the interest created through former secret services, by being refractory on this occasion.Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
5.(Print.)To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type. 1913 Webster]
Canceled figures(Print), figures cast with a line across the face., as for use in arithmetics.
Syn. -- To blot out; obliterate; deface; erase; efface; expunge; annul; abolish; revoke; abrogate; repeal; destroy; do away; set aside. See Abolish. 1913 Webster]
Can"cel, n.[See Cancel, v. i., and cf. Chancel.] 1913 Webster]
1.An inclosure; a boundary; a limit. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
A prison is but a retirement, and opportunity of serious thoughts, to a person whose spirit . . . desires no enlargement beyond the cancels of the body.Jer. Taylor. 1913 Webster]
2.(Print)(a)The suppression or striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.(b)The part thus suppressed. 1913 Webster]
Can`cel*ier"(?), v. i.[F. chanceler, OF. canseler, to waver, orig. to cross the legs so as not to fall; from the same word as E. cancel.](Falconry)To turn in flight; -- said of a hawk. [Obs.] Nares. 1913 Webster]
He makes his stoop; but wanting breath, is forced cancelier.Massinger. 1913 Webster]
{ Can`cel*ier"(?), Can"cel*eer(?) }, n.(Falconry)The turn of a hawk upon the wing to recover herself, when she misses her aim in the stoop. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
The fierce and eager hawks, down thrilling from the skies, canceliers ere they the fowl can reach.Drayton. 1913 Webster]
Can"cel*late(?), a.[L. cancellatus, p. p. of cancellare, See Cancel, v. t.]1.(Bot.)Consisting of a network of veins, without intermediate parenchyma, as the leaves of certain plants; latticelike. 1913 Webster]
2.(Zo\'94l.)Having the surface coveres with raised lines, crossing at right angles. 1913 Webster]
Can"cel*la`ted(?), a.1.Crossbarred; marked with cross lines.Grew. 1913 Webster]
2.(Anat.)Open or spongy, as some porous bones. 1913 Webster]
Can`cel*la"tion(?), n.[L. cancellatio: cf. F. cancellation.]1.The act, process, or result of canceling; as, the cansellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself. 1913 Webster]
2.(Math.)The operation of striking out common factors, in both the dividend and divisor. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Can*cel"li(?), n. pl.[L., a lattice. See Cancel, v. t.]1.An interwoven or latticed wall or inclosure; latticework, rails, or crossbars, as around the bar of a court of justice, between the chancel and the nave of a church, or in a window. 1913 Webster]
2.(Anat.)The interlacing osseous plates constituting the elastic porous tissue of certain parts of the bones, esp. in their articular extremities. 1913 Webster]
Can"cel*lous(?), a.[Cf. L. cancellosus covered with bars.](Anat.)Having a spongy or porous structure; made up of cancelli; cancellated; as, the cancellous texture of parts of many bones. 1913 Webster]
Can"cer(?), n.[L. cancer, cancri, crab, ulcer, a sign of the zodiac; akin to Gr. karki`nos, Skr. karka crab, and prob. Skr. karkara hard, the crab being named from its hard shell. Cf. Canner, Chancre.]1.(Zo\'94l.)A genus of decapod Crustacea, including some of the most common shore crabs of Europe and North America, as the rock crab, Jonah crab, etc. See Crab. 1913 Webster]
2.(Astron.)(a)The fourth of the twelve signs of the zodiac. The first point is the northern limit of the sun's course in summer; hence, the sign of the summer solstice. See Tropic.(b)A northern constellation between Gemini and Leo. 1913 Webster]
3.(Med.)Formerly, any malignant growth, esp. one attended with great pain and ulceration, with cachexia and progressive emaciation. It was so called, perhaps, from the great veins which surround it, compared by the ancients to the claws of a crab. The term is now restricted to such a growth made up of aggregations of epithelial cells, either without support or embedded in the meshes of a trabecular framework. 1913 Webster]
Epithelial cancer, orEpithelioma, in which there is no trabecular framework. See Epithelioma. (2) Scirrhous cancer, orHard cancer, in which the framework predominates, and the tumor is of hard consistence and slow growth. (3) Encephaloid cancer, Medullary cancer, orSoft cancer, in which the cellular element predominates, and the tumor is soft, grows rapidy, and often ulcerates. (4) Colloid cancer, in which the cancerous structure becomes gelatinous. The last three varieties are also called carcinoma. 1913 Webster]
Cancer cells, cells once believed to be peculiar to cancers, but now know to be epithelial cells differing in no respect from those found elsewhere in the body, and distinguished only by peculiarity of location and grouping. --
Cancer root(Bot.), the name of several low plants, mostly parasitic on roots, as the beech drops, the squawroot, etc. --
Tropic of Cancer. See Tropic. 1913 Webster]
Can"cer*ate(?), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Cancerated.][LL. canceratus eaten by a cancer. See Cancer.]To grow into a cancer; to become cancerous.Boyle. 1913 Webster]
Can`cer*a"tion(?), n.The act or state of becoming cancerous or growing into a cancer. 1913 Webster]
Can"cer*ite(?), n.[Cf. F. canc\'82reux.]Like a cancer; having the qualities or virulence of a cancer; affected with cancer. \'bdCancerous vices.\'b8 G. Eliot.
can"cer*ous(?), a.[Cf. F. canc\'82reux]Like a cancer; having the qualities or virulence of a cancer; affected with cancer; as, a cancerous growth. \'bdcancerous vices\'b8 G. Eliot. 1913 Webster]
-- Can"cer*ous*ly, adv. -- Can"cer*ous*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
cancerweedn.a sage of eastern U. S. (Salvia lyrata). Syn. -- cancer weed. WordNet 1.5]
Cancridaen.a natural family including many of the best known edible crabs. Syn. -- family Cancridae. WordNet 1.5]
Can"cri*form(?), a.[Cancer + -form; cf. F. cancriforme.]1.Having the form of, or resembling, a crab; crab-shaped. 1913 Webster]
2.Like a cancer; cancerous. 1913 Webster]
Can"crine(?), a.[From Cancer.]Having the qualities of a crab; crablike. 1913 Webster]
Can"cri*nite(?), n.[Named after Count Cancrin, a minister of finance in Russia.](Min.)A mineral occurring in hexagonal crystals, also massive, generally of a yellow color, containing silica, alumina, lime, soda, and carbon dioxide. 1913 Webster]
Can"croid(?), a.[Cancer + oid.]1.(Zo\'94l.)Resembling a crab; pertaining to the Cancroidea, one of the families of crabs, including the genus Cancer. 1913 Webster]
2.Like a cancer; as, a cancroid tumor. 1913 Webster]
Cand(?), n.Fluor spar. See Kand. 1913 Webster]
candelan.the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the System International d'Unites. Syn. -- candle, cd, standard candle. WordNet 1.5]
candelabran.1.a branched, ornamental candlestick having several sockets for candles. Syn. -- candelabrum. WordNet 1.5]
2.a branched, ornamental electric light fixture, resembling an candelabra[wn1], having several sockets for lights. Syn. -- candelabrum. WordNet 1.5]
Can`de*la"brum(?)n.; pl. L. Candelabra(#), E. Candelabrums(#).[L., fr. candela candle. See candle.]1.(Antiq.)(a)A lamp stand of any sort.(b)A highly ornamented stand of marble or other ponderous material, usually having three feet, -- frequently a votive offering to a temple. 1913 Webster]
2.A large candlestick, having several branches; also called candelabra. 1913 Webster]
candellilan.1.either of two Mexican shrubs Pedilanthus bracteatus or Pedilanthus pavonis. WordNet 1.5]
2.a wax-coated shrub (Euphorbia antisyphilitica) of northern Mexico and the southwestern U.S. WordNet 1.5]
Can`dent(?), a.[L. candens, p. pr. of cand\'89re to glitter. See Candid.]Heated to whiteness; glowing with heat. \'bdA candent vessel.\'b8 Boyle. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Can"de*ros(?), n.An East Indian resin, of a pellucid white color, from which small ornaments and toys are sometimes made. 1913 Webster]
Can*des"cent(?), a.[L. candescens, -entis, p. pr. of candescere, v. incho. fr. candere to shine.]Glowing; luminous; incandescent. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Can"di*cant(?), a.[L. candicans, p. pr. of candicare to be whitish.]Growing white. [Obs.]
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Can*did(k, a.[F. candide (cf. It. candido), L. candidus white, fr. cand to be of a glowing white; akin to accend, incend, to set on fire, Skr. chand to shine. Cf. Candle, Incense.]1.White. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
The box receives all black; but poured from thence, candid forth, the hue of innocence.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
2.Free from undue bias; disposed to think and judge according to truth and justice, or without partiality or prejudice; fair; just; impartial; as, a candid opinion. \'bdCandid and dispassionate men.\'b8 W. Irving. 1913 Webster]
3.Open; frank; ingenuous; outspoken.
Syn. -- Fair; open; ingenuous; impartial; just; frank; artless; unbiased; equitable. -- Candid, Fair, Open, Frank, Ingenuous. A man is fair when he puts things on a just or equitable footing; he is candid when be looks impartially on both sides of a subject, doing justice especially to the motives and conduct of an opponent; he is open and frank when he declares his sentiments without reserve; he is ingenuous when he does this from a noble regard for truth. Fair dealing; candid investigation; an open temper; a frank disposition; an ingenuous answer or declaration. 1913 Webster]
candidan.1.any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida. WordNet 1.5]
Can"di*da*cy(?), n.The position of a candidate; state of being a candidate; candidateship. 1913 Webster]
Can"di*date(?), n.[L. Candidatus, n. (because candidates for office in Rome were clothed in a white toga.) fr. candidatus clothed in white, fr. candiduslittering, white: cf. F. candidat.]One who offers himself, or is put forward by others, as a suitable person or an aspirant or contestant for an office, privilege, or honor; as, a candidate for the office of governor; a candidate for holy orders; a candidate for scholastic honors. 1913 Webster]
Can"di*date*ship, n.Candidacy. 1913 Webster]
Can"di*da`ting(?), n.The taking of the position of a candidate; specifically, the preaching of a clergyman with a view to settlement. [Cant, U. S.] 1913 Webster]
Can"di*da*ture(?), n.Candidacy. 1913 Webster]
candidiasisn.an infection caused by fungi of the genera Monilia or Candida, especially Candida albicans. Syn. -- moniliasis, monilia disease. WordNet 1.5]
Can"did*ly(?), adv.In a candid manner. 1913 Webster]
Can"did*ness, n.The quality of being candid. 1913 Webster]
Can"died(?), a.[From 1st Candy.]1.Preserved in or with sugar; incrusted with a candylike substance; as, candied fruits. 1913 Webster]
2.(a)Converted wholly or partially into sugar or candy; as candied sirup.(b)Conted or more or less with sugar; as, candidied raisins. (c)Figuratively; Honeyed; sweet; flattering. 1913 Webster]
Let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp.Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.Covered or incrusted with that which resembles sugar or candy. 1913 Webster]
Will the cold brook, Candiedwith ice, caudle thy morning tast?Shak. 1913 Webster]
4.smoothly coated with crystals of sugar; -- used especially of fruits; as, a candied apple. Syn. -- candied, crystallized, glac\'82, glac\'82ed. WordNet 1.5]
Can"di*fy(?), v. t. [L. candificare; cand\'89re to be white + -facere to make.]To make or become white, or candied. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Can"di*ot(?), a.[Cf. F. candiote.]Of or pertaining to Candia; Cretary. 1913 Webster]
Can"dite(?), n.(Min.)A variety of spinel, of a dark color, found at Candy, in Ceylon. 1913 Webster]
Can"dle(?), n.[OE. candel, candel, AS, candel, fr. L. candela a (white) light made of wax or tallow, fr. cand\'89re to be white. See Candid, and cf. Chandler, Cannel, Kindle.]1.A slender, cylindrical body of tallow, containing a wick composed of loosely twisted linen of cotton threads, and used to furnish light. 1913 Webster]
How far that little candle throws his beams! Shak. 1913 Webster]
candles\'b8), or by casting or running in a mold. 1913 Webster]
2.That which gives light; a luminary. 1913 Webster]
By these blessed candles of the night.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Candle nut, the fruit of a euphorbiaceous shrub (Aleurites triloba), a native of some of the Pacific islands; -- socalled because, when dry, it will burn with a bright flame, and is used by the natives as a candle. The oil has many uses. --
Candle power(Photom.), illuminating power, as of a lamp, or gas flame, reckoned in terms of the light of a standard candle. --
Electric candle, A modification of the electric arc lamp, in which the carbon rods, instead of being placed end to end, are arranged side by side, and at a distance suitable for the formation of the arc at the tip; -- called also, from the name of the inventor, Jablockoff candle. --
Excommunication by inch of candle, a form of excommunication in which the offender is allowed time to repent only while a candle burns. --
Not worth the candle, not worth the cost or trouble. --
Rush candle, a candle made of the pith of certain rushes, peeled except on one side, and dipped in grease. --
Sale by inch of candle, an auction in which persons are allowed to bid only till a small piece of candle burns out. --
Standard candle(Photom.), a special form of candle employed as a standard in photometric measurements; usually, a candle of spermaceti so constructed as to burn at the rate of 120 grains, or 7.8 grams, per hour. --
To curse by bell, book and candle. See under Bell. 1913 Webster]
Can"dle*ber`ry tree(?). (Bot.)A shrub (the Myrica cerifera, or wax-bearing myrtle), common in North America, the little nuts of which are covered with a greenish white wax, which was formerly, used for hardening candles; -- also called bayberry tree, bayberry, or candleberry. 1913 Webster]
Can"dle*bomb`(#), n.1.A small glass bubble, filled with water, which, if placed in the flame of a candle, bursts by expansion of steam. 1913 Webster]
2.A pasteboard shell used in signaling. It is filled with a composition which makes a brilliant light when it explodes.Farrow. 1913 Webster]
Can"dle coal`(#). See Cannel coal. 1913 Webster]
Can"dle*fish`(#), n.(Zo\'94l.)(a)A marine fish (Thaleichthys Pacificus), allied to the smelt, found on the north Pacific coast; -- called also eulachon. It is so oily that, when dried, it may be used as a candle, by drawing a wick through it. (b)The beshow. 1913 Webster]
Candle foot. (Photom.)The illumination produced by a British standard candle at a distance of one foot; -- used as a unit of illumination. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Can"dle*hold`er(#), n.One who, or that which, holds a candle; also, one who assists another, but is otherwise not of importance.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Can"dle*light`, n.The light of a candle. 1913 Webster]
Never went by candlelight to bed.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
candlemakern.a person who makes or sells candles. WordNet 1.5]
Can"dle*mas(#), n.[AS. candelm\'91sse, candel candle + m\'91sse mass.]The second day of February, on which is celebrated the feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary; -- so called because the candles for the altar or other sacred uses are blessed on that day. 1913 Webster]
Candle meter. (Photom.)The illumination given by a standard candle at a distance of one meter; -- used as a unit of illumination, except in Great Britain. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Can"dle*nut`(?), n.1.The fruit of a euphorbiaceous tree or shrub (Aleurites moluccana), native of some of the Pacific islands. It is used by the natives as a candle, the nut kernels being strung together. The oil from the nut (
candlenut oilor
kekune oil) has many uses, including as a varnish. Syn. -- varnish tree. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2.The tree itself (Aleurites moluccana). Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Can`dle*pin`(?), n.(Tenpins)(a)A form of bowling pin slender and nearly straight like a candle.(b)The game played with such pins; -- in form candlepins, used as a singular. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
candlepower, Candle power. (Photom.)luminous intensity; illuminating power, as of a lamp, or gas flame, measured in candelas, referring to the light of a standard candle. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Can"dle*stick`(?), n.[AS. candel-sticca; candel candle + sticca stick.]An instrument or utensil for supporting a candle. 1913 Webster]
Can"dle*wast`er(?), n.One who consumes candles by being up late for study or dissipation. 1913 Webster]
A bookworm, a candlewaster.B. Jonson. 1913 Webster]
candlewoodn.any of several resinous trees or shrubs often burned for light. WordNet 1.5]
can-doadj.having an eager willingness to accept and overcome challenges; as, a can-do kind of person; the city's indomitable optimism and can-do spirit. [slang] WordNet 1.5]
Can"dock(?)n.[Prob. fr. can + dock (the plant). Cf. G. kannenkraut horsetail, lit. \'bdcanweed.\'b8](Bot.)A plant or weed that grows in rivers; a species of Equisetum; also, the yellow frog lily (Nuphar luteum). 1913 Webster]
Can"dor(?), n.[Written also candour.][L. candor, fr. cand\'89re; cf. F. candeur. See candid.] 1913 Webster]
1.Whiteness; brightness; (as applied to moral conditions) usullied purity; innocence. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Nor yor unquestioned integrity candor.Massinger. 1913 Webster]
2.A disposition to treat subjects with fairness; freedom from prejudice or disguise; frankness; sincerity. 1913 Webster]
Attribute superior sagacity and candor to those who held that side of the question.Whewell. 1913 Webster]
Can"droy(?), n.A machine for spreading out cotton cloths to prepare them for printing. 1913 Webster]
Can"dy(k, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Candied(k; p. pr & vb. n.Candying.][F. candir (cf. It. candire, Sp. az\'a3car cande or candi), fr. Ar. & Pers. qand, fr. Skr. Kha\'c9\'c8da piece, sugar in pieces or lumps, fr. kha\'c9\'c8, kha\'c8 to break.]1.To conserve or boil in sugar; as, to candy fruits; to candy ginger. 1913 Webster]
2.To make sugar crystals of or in; to form into a mass resembling candy; as, to candy sirup. 1913 Webster]
3.To incrust with sugar or with candy, or with that which resembles sugar or candy. 1913 Webster]
Those frosts that winter brings candy every green.Drayson. 1913 Webster]
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Can"dy(k, v. i.1.To have sugar crystals form in or on; as, fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time. 1913 Webster]
2.To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass. 1913 Webster]
Can"dyn.[F. candi. See Candy, v. t.]1.Any sweet, more or less solid article of confectionery, especially those prepared in small bite-sized pieces or small bars, having a wide variety of shapes, consistencies, and flavors, and manufactured in a variety of ways. It is often flavored or colored, or covered with chocolate, and sometimes contains fruit, nuts, etc.; it is often made by boiling sugar or molasses to the desired consistency, and than crystallizing, molding, or working in the required shape. Other types may consist primarily of chocolate or a sweetened gelatin. The term may be applied to a single piece of such confection or to the substance of which it is composed. 1913 Webster +PJC]
2.Cocaine. [slang] PJC]
\'d8Candy, n.[Mahratta kha\'c9\'c8\'c6, Tamil ka\'c9\'c8i.]A weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds. 1913 Webster]
candyflossn.a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature; -- called commonly cotton candy. Syn. -- spun sugar. WordNet 1.5]
candymakern.someone who makes candies and other sweets. Syn. -- confectioner. WordNet 1.5]
Can"dy*tuft`(k, n.(Bot.)An annual plant of the genus Iberis, cultivated in gardens. The name was originally given to the Iberis umbellata, first, discovered in the island of Candia (The Italian name for Crete). It is grown as an ornamental plant, having tufted red,violet, purple, or pink flowers. 1913 Webster]
can"dy*weed`(k, n.bog plant (Polygala lutea) of pine barrens of southeastern U.S. having spikes of irregular yellow-orange flowers. Syn. -- orange milkwort, yellow milkwort, yellow bachelor's button. WordNet 1.5]
Cane(k, n.[OE. cane, canne, OF. cane, F. canne, L. canna, fr. Gr. ka`nna, ka`nnh; prob. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. q\'beneh reed. Cf. Canister, canon, 1st Cannon.] 1913 Webster]
1.(Bot.)(a)A name given to several peculiar palms, species of Calamus and D\'91manorops, having very long, smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans.(b)Any plant with long, hard, elastic stems, as reeds and bamboos of many kinds; also, the sugar cane.(c)Stems of other plants are sometimes called canes; as, the canes of a raspberry. 1913 Webster]
Like light canes, that first rise big and brave.B. Jonson. 1913 Webster]
great cane is the Arundinaria macrosperma, and small cane is. Arundinaria tecta. 1913 Webster]
2.A walking stick; a staff; -- so called because originally made of one of the species of cane. 1913 Webster]
Stir the fire with your master's cane.Swift. 1913 Webster]
3.A lance or dart made of cane. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Judgelike thou sitt'st, to praise or to arraign cane.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
4.A local European measure of length. See Canna. 1913 Webster]
Cane borer(Zo\'94.), A beetle (Oberea bimaculata) which, in the larval state, bores into pith and destroy the canes or stalks of the raspberry, blackberry, etc. --
Cane mill, a mill for grinding sugar canes, for the manufacture of sugar. --
Cane trash, the crushed stalks and other refuse of sugar cane, used for fuel, etc. 1913 Webster]
Cane(k, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Caned(k; p. pr. & vb. n.Caning.]1.To beat with a cane.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
2.To make or furnish with cane or rattan; as, to cane chairs. 1913 Webster]
Cane"brake(k, n.A thicket of canes.Ellicott. 1913 Webster]
cane"cut`ter, cane" cut`ter(k, n.a type of rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus) inhabiting southeastern U.S. swamps and lowlands; -- called also swamp rabbit. Syn. -- swamp rabbit, swamp hare. WordNet 1.5]
Caned(k, a.[Cf. L. canus white.]Filled with white flakes; mothery; -- said vinegar when containing mother. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ca*nel"la(k, n.[LL. (OE. canel, canelle, cinnamon, fr. F. cannelle), Dim. of L. canna a reed. Canella is so called from the shape of the rolls of prepared bark. See Cane.](Bot.)A genus of trees of the order Canellace\'91, growing in the West Indies. 1913 Webster]
Canella alba, and its bark is a spice and drug exported under the names of wild cinnamon and whitewood bark. 1913 Webster]
Canella-alban.A large evergreen shrub or small tree (Canella alba or Canella winterana) having white aromatic bark and leathery leaves and small purple to red flowers in terminal cymes. Its bark is called wild cinnamon. Syn. -- wild cinnamon, white cinnamon tree, Canella winterana. WordNet 1.5]
Canellaceaen.1.a natural family having one genus: aromatic tropical trees of East Africa and Florida to West Indies.In 1913 the family was classed as an order: see canella. Syn. -- family Canellaceae, canella family. WordNet 1.5]
Ca*nes"cent(?), a.[L. canescens, p. pr. of canescere, v. inchoative of canere to be white.]Growing white, or assuming a color approaching to white. 1913 Webster]
Cangue(k, n.[Written also cang.][F. cangue, fr. Pg. canga yoke.]A very broad and heavy wooden collar which certain offenders in China are compelled to wear as a punishment. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Can" hook`(?). A device consisting of a short rope with flat hooks at each end, for hoisting casks or barrels by the ends of the staves. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ca*nic"u*la(?), n.[L. canicula, lit., a little dog, a diminutive of canis dog; cf. F. canicule.](Astron.)The Dog Star; Sirius. 1913 Webster]
Ca*nic"u*lar(?), a.[L. canicularis; cf. F. caniculaire.]Pertaining to, or measured, by the rising of the Dog Star. 1913 Webster]
Canicular days, the dog days, See Dog days. --
Canicular year, the Egyptian year, computed from one heliacal rising of the Dog Star to another. 1913 Webster]
Can"i*cule(?), n.Canicula.Addison. 1913 Webster]
can"id(k, n.any doglike animal of the family canidae. PJC]
Can"id*aen.a natural family of doglike mammals including the domestic dogs, wolves, jackals, foxes, hyenas, and coyotes. Syn. -- family Canidae. WordNet 1.5]
Ca*ni"nal(?), a.See Canine, a. 1913 Webster]
Ca*nine"(?), a.[L. caninus, fr. canis dog: cf. F. canin. See Hound.]1.Of or pertaining to the family Canid\'91, or dogs and wolves; having the nature or qualities of a dog; like that or those of a dog. 1913 Webster]
2.(Anat.)Of or pertaining to the pointed tooth on each side the incisors. 1913 Webster]
Canine appetite, a morbidly voracious appetite; bulimia. --
Canine letter, the letter r. See R. --
Canine madness, hydrophobia. --
Canine tooth, a tooth situated between the incisor and bicuspid teeth, so called because well developed in dogs; usually, the third tooth from the front on each side of each jaw; an eyetooth, or the corresponding tooth in the lower jaw. 1913 Webster]
Ca*nine", n.(Anat.)A canine tooth. 1913 Webster]
can"ingn.something made of interlaced slender branches of especially willow. Syn. -- wicker, wickerwork. WordNet 1.5]
\'d8Ca"nis(k, n.; pl.Canes(-n.[L., a dog.](Zo\'94l.)A genus of carnivorous mammals, of the family Canid\'91, including the dogs and wolves. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Canis major[L., larger dog], a constellation to the southeast of Orion, containing Sirius or the Dog Star. --
\'d8Canis minor[L., smaller dog], a constellation to the east of Orion, containing Procyon, a star of the first magnitude. 1913 Webster]
canisteln.1.a tropical tree of Florida and West Indies (Pouteria campechiana nervosa) yielding edible fruit. Syn. -- canistel tree. WordNet 1.5]
2.an ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies. Syn. -- eggfruit. WordNet 1.5]
Can"is*ter(k, n.[L. canistrum a basket woven from reeds Gr. ka`nh, ka`nna reed; cf. F. canistre. See Cane, and Canaster.]1.A small basket of rushes, reeds, or willow twigs, etc. 1913 Webster]
2.A small box or case for holding tea, coffee, etc. 1913 Webster]
3.(Mil.)A kind of case shot for cannon, in which a number of lead or iron balls in layers are inclosed in a case fitting the gun; -- called also canister shot. 1913 Webster]
Can"ker(k, n.[OE. canker, cancre, AS. cancer (akin to D. kanker, OHG chanchar.), fr. L. cancer a cancer; or if a native word, cf. Gr. cancre, F. chancere, fr. L. cancer. See cancer, and cf. Chancre.] 1913 Webster]
1.A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth; -- called also water canker, canker of the mouth, and noma. 1913 Webster]
2.Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy. 1913 Webster]
The cankers of envy and faction.Temple. 1913 Webster]
3.(Hort.)A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off. 1913 Webster]
4.(Far.)An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths; -- usually resulting from neglected thrush. 1913 Webster]
5.A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose. 1913 Webster]
To put down Richard, that sweet lovely rose. canker, Bolingbroke.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Black canker. See under Black. 1913 Webster]
Can"ker(k, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Cankered(-k; p. pr. & vb. n.Cankering.]1.To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume. 1913 Webster]
No lapse of moons can canker Love.Tennyson. 1913 Webster]
2.To infect or pollute; to corrupt.Addison. 1913 Webster]
A tithe purloined cankers the whole estate.Herbert. 1913 Webster]
Can"ker, v. i.1.To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Silvering will sully and canker more than gliding.Bacom. 1913 Webster]
2.To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous. 1913 Webster]
Deceit and cankered malice.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
As with age his body uglier grows, cankers.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Can"ker-bit`(?), a.Eaten out by canker, or as by canker. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Can"ker bloom`(?). The bloom or blossom of the wild rose or dog-rose. 1913 Webster]
Can"ker blos`som(?). That which blasts a blossom as a canker does. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
O me! you juggler! you canker blossom! Shak. 1913 Webster]
Can"kered(?), a.1.Affected with canker; as, a cankered mouth. 1913 Webster]
2.Affected mentally or morally as with canker; sore, envenomed; malignant; fretful; ill-natured. \'bdA cankered grandam's will.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
Can"ker fly`(?). A fly that preys on fruit. 1913 Webster]
Can"ker*ous(?), a.Affecting like a canker. \'bdCanrerous shackles.\'b8 Thomson. 1913 Webster]
Misdeem it not a cankerous change.Wordsworth. 1913 Webster]
Can"ker rash`(?). (Med.)A form of scarlet fever characterized by ulcerated or putrid sore throat. 1913 Webster]
Can"ker*worm`(?), n.(Zo\'94l.)The larva of two species of geometrid moths which are very injurious to fruit and shade trees by eating, and often entirely destroying, the foliage. Other similar larv\'91 are also called cankerworms. 1913 Webster]
Anisopteryx pometaria) becomes adult late in autumn (after frosts) and in winter. The spring species (Anisopteryx vernata) remains in the ground through the winter, and matures in early spring. Both have winged males and wingless females. The larv\'91 are similar in appearance and habits, and belong to the family of measuring worms or spanworms. These larv\'91 hatch from the eggs when the leaves begin to expand in spring. 1913 Webster]
Can"ker*y(?), a.1.Like a canker; full of canker. 1913 Webster]
2.Surly; sore; malignant. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Can"na(?), n.[It.]A measure of length in Italy, varying from six to seven feet. See Cane, 4. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Can"na(?), n.[L., a reed. See Cane.](Bot.)A genus of tropical plants, with large leaves and often with showy flowers. The Indian shot (Canna Indica) is found in gardens of the northern United States. 1913 Webster]
Can"na*bene(?), n.[From Cannabis.](Chem.)A colorless oil obtained from hemp by distillation, and possessing its intoxicating properties. 1913 Webster]
Cannabidaceaen.1.a grouping of plants containing two genera of erect or twining wind-pollinated herbs, the genera Cannabis and Humulus; this term is not used in all classifications; in some the genus Cannabis is placed in the family Moraceae and the genus Humulus in the family Urticaceae. Syn. -- family Cannabidaceae, hemp family. WordNet 1.5]
Can"na*bin(?), n.(Chem.)A poisonous resin extracted from hemp (Cannabis sativa, variety Indica). The euphoric and narcotic effects of hasheesh are due to this resin; the active ingredient is tetrahydrocannabinol, THC. See Cannabis Indica, below. 1913 Webster +PJC]
Can"na*bine(?), a.[L. cannabinus.]Pertaining to hemp; hempen. [R.] 1913 Webster]
\'d8Can"na*bis(?), prop. n.[L., hemp. See Canvas.]1.(Bot.)A genus of a single species belonging to the order Uricace\'91; hemp. 1913 Webster]
2.The Indian hemp plant plant Cannabis sativa syn. Cannabis Indica. See Cannabis Indica, below. PJC]
Cannabis Indica(, the Indian hemp, now considered a variety of the common hemp (Cannabis sativa), originating in Asia but now grown widely around the world. It can be formed into a tough fiber that is used to make rope and tough fabric. The dried leaves and female flowers are smoked or chewed by people to produce a euphoric or hallucinogenic effect, caused mainly by the substance tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) contained in it. The THC-containing products of Cannabis are classified as a controlled substance, and posession and sale are illegal in most states of the United States. Once classified as a narcotic, the plant is now more commonly referred to in the category of euphoric or hallucinogenic agents. 1913 Webster +PJC]
Cannaceaeprop. n.A natural family of plants coextensive with the genus Canna. Syn. -- family Cannaceae. WordNet 1.5]
Cannaen.the name of a battle in which Hannibal defeated the Romans in 216 b. c. Called also battle of Cannae. WordNet 1.5]
cannedadj.1.Recorded; in contrast with live; -- used of sound or video broadcasts. Syn. -- filmed, taped, tape-recorded. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
2.Sealed in a can or jar. Syn. -- tinned. WordNet 1.5]
Can"nel coal`(?). [Corrupt. fr. candle coal.]A kind of mineral coal of a black color, sufficiently hard and solid to be cut and polished. It burns readily, with a clear, yellow flame, and on this account has been used as a substitute for candles. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Can`ne*l\'82"(?), n.[F., pop., fluted.](Textiles)A style of interweaving giving to fabrics a channeled or fluted effect; also, a fabric woven so as to have this effect; a rep. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
cannellonin.a tubular pasta filled with meat or cheese. WordNet 1.5]
Can"ne*lure(k, n.[F., fr. canneler to groove.](Mil.)A groove in any cylinder; specif., a groove around the cylinder of an elongated bullet for small arms to contain a lubricant, or around the rotating band of a gun projectile to lessen the resistance offered to the rifling. Also, a groove around the base of a cartridge, where the extractor takes hold. -- Can"ne*lured(#), a. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Can"ner*y(?), n.A place where the business of canning fruit, meat, etc., is carried on. [U. S.] 1913 Webster]
Can"ni*bal(?), n.[Cf. F. cannibale. Columbus, in a letter to the Spanish monarchs written in Oct., 1498, mentions that the people of Haiti lived in great fear of the Caribales (equivalent to E. Caribbees.), the inhabitants of the smaller Antilles; which form of the name was afterward changed into NL. Canibales, in order to express more forcibly their character by a word intelligible through a Latin root \'bdpropter rabiem caninam anthropophagorum gentis.\'b8 The Caribbees call themselves, in their own language. Calinago, Carinago, Calliponam, and, abbreviated, Calina, signifying a brave, from which Columbus formed his Caribales.]A human being that eats human flesh; hence, any that devours its own kind.Darwin. 1913 Webster]
Can"ni*bal(?), a.Relating to cannibals or cannibalism. \'bdCannibal terror.\'b8 Burke. 1913 Webster]
cannibalicadj.resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility. Syn. -- beastly, bestial, brute(prenominal), brutish. WordNet 1.5]
cannibalise, cannibalizev. i.to eat human flesh. Syn. -- practice cannibalism. WordNet 1.5]
cannibalise, cannibalizev. t.to use parts of (something, such as a machine), to repair something else. Syn. -- use parts of. WordNet 1.5]
Can"ni*bal*ism(?), n.[Cf. F. cannibalisme.]The act or practice of eating human flesh by mankind. Hence; Murderous cruelty; barbarity.Berke. 1913 Webster]
cannibalizev. i. & t.same as cannibalise. WordNet 1.5]
Can"ni*bal*ly, adv.In the manner of cannibal. \'bdAn he had been cannibally given.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
Can"ni*kin(?), n.[Can + -kin.]A small can or drinking vessel. 1913 Webster]
Can"ni*ly, adv.In a canny manner. [N. of Eng. & Scot.] 1913 Webster]
Can"non(?), n.; pl.Cannons(#), collectively Cannon.[F. cannon, fr. L. canna reed, pipe, tube. See Cane.]1.A great gun; a piece of ordnance or artillery; a firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force. 1913 Webster]
Gun. 1913 Webster]
2.(Mech.)A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently. 1913 Webster]
3.(Printing.)A kind of type. See Canon. 1913 Webster]
Cannon ball, strictly, a round solid missile of stone or iron made to be fired from a cannon, but now often applied to a missile of any shape, whether solid or hollow, made for cannon. Elongated and cylindrical missiles are sometimes called bolts; hollow ones charged with explosives are properly called shells. --
Cannon bullet, a cannon ball. [Obs.] --
Cannon cracker, a fire cracker of large size. --
Cannon lock, a device for firing a cannon by a percussion primer. --
Cannon metal. See Gun Metal. --
Cannon pinion, the pinion on the minute hand arbor of a watch or clock, which drives the hand but permits it to be moved in setting. --
Cannon proof, impenetrable by cannon balls. --
Cannon shot. (a)A cannon ball.(b)The range of a cannon. 1913 Webster]
Can"non, v. i.1.To discharge cannon. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2.To collide or strike violently, esp. so as to glance off or rebound; to strike and rebound.
He heard the right-hand goal post crack as a pony cannoned into it -- crack, splinter, and fall like a mast.Kipling. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Can"non, n. & v.(Billiards)See Carom. [Eng.] 1913 Webster]
Can`non*ade"(?), n.[F. Canonnade; cf. It. cannanata.]1.The act of discharging cannon and throwing ball, shell, etc., for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering a town, ship, or fort; -- usually, an attack of some continuance. 1913 Webster]
A furious cannonade was kept up from the whole circle of batteries on the devoted towm.Prescott. 1913 Webster]
2.Fig.; A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming. 1913 Webster]
Blue Walden rolls its cannonade.Ewerson. 1913 Webster]
Can`non*ade", v. t.[imp. & p. p.Cannonade; p. pr. & vb. n.Cannonading.]To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot. 1913 Webster]
Can`non*ade", v. i.To discharge cannon; as, the army cannonaded all day. 1913 Webster]
The ringing of bells and roaring of cannonry proclaimed his course through the country.W. Irving. 1913 Webster]
Can"not(?). [Can to be able + -not.]Am, is, or are, not able; -- written either as one word or two. 1913 Webster]
Can"nu*la(?), n.[L. cannula a small tube of dim. of canna a reed, tube.](Surg.)A small tube of metal, wood, or India rubber, used for various purposes, esp. for injecting or withdrawing fluids. It is usually associated with a trocar.[Written also canula.] 1913 Webster]
Can"nu*lar(?), a.Having the form of a tube; tubular.[Written also canular.] 1913 Webster]
Can"nu*la`ted(?), a.Hollow; affording a passage through its interior length for wire, thread, etc.; as, a cannulated (suture) needle.[Written also canulated.] 1913 Webster]
{ Can"ny, Can"nei }(?), a.[Cf. Icel. kenn skilled, learned, or E. canny. Cf. Kenn.] [North of Eng. & Scot.] 1.Artful; cunning; shrewd; wary. 1913 Webster]
2.Skillful; knowing; capable.Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
3.Cautious; prudent; safe..Ramsay. 1913 Webster]
4.Having pleasing or useful qualities; gentle.Burns. 1913 Webster]
5.Reputed to have magical powers.Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
No canny, not safe, not fortunate; unpropitious. [Scot.] 1913 Webster]
Ca*noe"(?), n.; pl.Canoes(#).[Sp. canoa, fr. Caribbean can\'a0oa.]1.A boat used by rude nations, formed of trunk of a tree, excavated, by cutting of burning, into a suitable shape. It is propelled by a paddle or paddles, or sometimes by sail, and has no rudder. 1913 Webster]
Others devised the boat of one tree, called the canoe.Raleigh. 1913 Webster]
2.A boat made of bark or skins, used by savages. 1913 Webster]
A birch canoe, with paddles, rising, falling, on the water.Longfellow. 1913 Webster]
3.A light pleasure boat, especially designed for use by one who goes alone upon long excursions, including portage. It it propelled by a paddle, or by a small sail attached to a temporary mast. 1913 Webster]
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ca*noe"(k, v. i.[imp. & p. p.Canoed(kp. pr. & vb. n.Canoeing(k.]To manage a canoe, or voyage in a canoe. 1913 Webster]
ca*noe"ingn.The act or art of using a canoe. 1913 Webster]
ca*noe"ist(k, n.A canoeman. 1913 Webster]
ca*noe"man(k, n.; pl.Canoemen(k.One who uses a canoe; one who travels in a canoe. 1913 Webster]
Cabins and clearing greeted the eye of the passing canoeman.Parkman. 1913 Webster]
can"on(k, n.[OE. canon, canoun, AS. canon rule (cf. F. canon, LL. canon, and, for sense 7, F. chanoine, LL. canonicus), fr. L. canon a measuring line, rule, model, fr. Gr. kanw`n rule, rod, fr. ka`nh, ka`nnh, reed. See Cane, and cf. Canonical.]1.A law or rule. 1913 Webster]
Or that the Everlasting had not fixed canon 'gainst self-slaughter.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.(Eccl.)A law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted by a council and confirmed by the pope or the sovereign; a decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by ecclesiastical authority. 1913 Webster]
Various canons which were made in councils held in the second centry.Hook. 1913 Webster]
3.The collection of books received as genuine Holy Scriptures, called the sacred canon, or general rule of moral and religious duty, given by inspiration; the Bible; also, any one of the canonical Scriptures. See Canonical books, under Canonical, a. 1913 Webster]
4.In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order. 1913 Webster]
5.A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church. 1913 Webster]
6.A member of a cathedral chapter; a person who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church. 1913 Webster]
7.(Mus.)A musical composition in which the voices begin one after another, at regular intervals, successively taking up the same subject. It either winds up with a coda (tailpiece), or, as each voice finishes, commences anew, thus forming a perpetual fugue or round. It is the strictest form of imitation. See Imitation. 1913 Webster]
8.(Print.)The largest size of type having a specific name; -- so called from having been used for printing the canons of the church. 1913 Webster]
9.The part of a bell by which it is suspended; -- called also ear and shank.[See Illust. of Bell.]Knight. 1913 Webster]
10.(Billiards)See Carom. 1913 Webster]
Apostolical canons. See under Apostolical. --
Augustinian canons,
Black canons. See under Augustinian. --
Canon capitular,
Canon residentiary, a resident member of a cathedral chapter (during a part or the whole of the year). --
Canon law. See under Law. --
Canon of the Mass(R. C. Ch.), that part of the mass, following the Sanctus, which never changes. --
Honorary canon, a canon{6} who neither lived in a monastery, nor kept the canonical hours. --
Minor canon(Ch. of Eng.), one who has been admitted to a chapter, but has not yet received a prebend. --
Regular canon(R. C. Ch.), one who lived in a conventual community and followed the rule of St. Austin; a Black canon. --
Secular canon(R. C. Ch.), one who did not live in a monastery, but kept the hours. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ca*\'a4on"(k, n.[Sp., a tube or hollow, fr. ca\'a4a reed, fr. L. canna. See Cane.]A deep gorge, ravine, or gulch, between high and steep banks, worn by water courses. [Mexico & Western U. S.] 1913 Webster]
Can"on bit`(?). [F. canon, fr. L. canon a rule.]That part of a bit which is put in a horse's mouth. 1913 Webster]
Can"on bone`(?). [F. canon, fr. L. canon a rule. See canon.](Anat.)The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middle metacarpal or metatarsal bone of most mammals. See Horse. 1913 Webster]
\'d8ca(?), n.[Amer. Sp. dim. See ca.] [Southwestern U. S.] 1.A small ca Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2.A narrow passage or lane through chaparral or a forest. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Can"on*ess(?), n.[Cf. LL. canonissa.]A woman who holds a canonry in a conventual chapter. 1913 Webster]
Regular canoness, one bound by the vow of poverty, and observing a strict rule of life. --
Secular canoness, one allowed to hold private property, and bound only by vows of chastity and obedience so long as she chose to remain in the chapter. 1913 Webster]
{ ca*non"ic(k, ca*non"ic*al(k, }a.[L. canonicus, LL. canonicalis, fr. L. canon: cf. F. canonique. See canon.]Of or pertaining to a canon; established by, or according to, a canon or canons. \'bdThe oath of canonical obedience.\'b8 Hallam. 1913 Webster]
2.Appearing in a Biblical canon; as, a canonical book of the Christian New Testament. PJC]
3.Accepted as authoritative; recognized. PJC]
4.(Math.)In its standard form, usually also the simplest form; -- of an equation or coordinate. PJC]
5.(Linguistics)Reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality; as, a canonical syllable pattern. Opposite of nonstandard. Syn. -- standard.
[WordNet 1.5]
6.Pertaining to or resembling a musical canon. PJC]
Canonical books, or
Canonical Scriptures, those books which are declared by the canons of the church to be of divine inspiration; -- called collectively the canon. The Roman Catholic Church holds as canonical several books which Protestants reject as apocryphal. --
Canonical epistles, an appellation given to the epistles called also general or catholic. See Catholic epistles, under Canholic. --
Canonical form(Math.), the simples or most symmetrical form to which all functions of the same class can be reduced without lose of generality. --
Canonical hours, certain stated times of the day, fixed by ecclesiastical laws, and appropriated to the offices of prayer and devotion; also, certain portions of the Breviary, to be used at stated hours of the day. In England, this name is also given to the hours from 8 a. m. to 3 p. m. (formerly 8 a. m. to 12 m.) before and after which marriage can not be legally performed in any parish church. --
Canonical letters, letters of several kinds, formerly given by a bishop to traveling clergymen or laymen, to show that they were entitled to receive the communion, and to distinguish them from heretics. --
Canonical life, the method or rule of living prescribed by the ancient clergy who lived in community; a course of living prescribed for the clergy, less rigid than the monastic, and more restrained that the secular. --
Canonical obedience, submission to the canons of a church, especially the submission of the inferior clergy to their bishops, and of other religious orders to their superiors. --
Canonical punishments, such as the church may inflict, as excommunication, degradation, penance, etc. --
Canonical sins(Anc. Church.), those for which capital punishment or public penance decreed by the canon was inflicted, as idolatry, murder, adultery, heresy. 1913 Webster]
Ca*non"ic*al*ly(?), adv.In a canonical manner; according to the canons. 1913 Webster]
Ca*non"ic*al*ness, n.The quality of being canonical; canonicity.Bp. Burnet. 1913 Webster]
Ca*non"ic*als(?), n. pl.The dress prescribed by canon{2} to be worn by a clergyman when officiating. Sometimes, any distinctive professional dress. 1913 Webster]
Full canonicals, the complete costume of an officiating clergyman or ecclesiastic.
Ca*non"i*cate(?), n.[LL. canonucatus canonical: cf. F. canonicat.]The office of a canon; a canonry. 1913 Webster]
Can`on*ic"i*ty(?), n.[Cf. F. canonicit\'82.]The state or quality of being canonical; agreement with the canon. 1913 Webster]
Can"on*ist, n.[Cf. F. canoniste.]A professor of canon law; one skilled in the knowledge and practice of ecclesiastical law.South. 1913 Webster]
Can`on*is"tic(?), a.Of or pertaining to a canonist. \'bdThis canonistic exposition.\'b8 Milton. 1913 Webster]
1.(R. C. Ch.)The final process or decree (following beatifacation) by which the name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue (canon) of saints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation. 1913 Webster]
Canonization of saints was not known to the Christian church titl toward the middle of the tenth century.Hoock. 1913 Webster]
2.The state of being canonized or sainted. 1913 Webster]
Can"on*ize(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Canonized(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Canonizing.][F. canoniser or LL. canonizare, fr. L. canon.. See Canon.]1.(Eccl.)To declare (a deceased person) a saint; to put in the catalogue of saints; as, Thomas a Becket was canonized. 1913 Webster]
2.To glorify; to exalt to the highest honor. 1913 Webster]
Fame in time to come canonize us.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.To rate as inspired; to include in the canon.[R.] 1913 Webster]
Can"on*ry(?), n. pl.Canonries(. A benefice or prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church; a right to a place in chapter and to a portion of its revenues; the dignity or emoluments of a canon. 1913 Webster]
Can"on*ship(?), a.Of or pertaining to Canopus in Egypt; as, the Canopic vases, used in embalming. 1913 Webster]
ca*no"pic jar`n.a jar used in ancient Egyptian tombs to contain the intestines of a person who was mummified for burial; -- also called canopic vase.[Also spelled Canopic jar.] PJC]
canopiedadj.covered with or as with a canopy; as, a canopied bed; streets canopied by stately trees. WordNet 1.5]
\'d8Ca*no"pus(?), n.[L. Canopus, fr. Gr. (Astron.)A star of the first magnitude in the southern constellation Argo. 1913 Webster]
Can"o*py(k, n.; pl.Canopies(-p.[OE. canapie, F. canap\'82 sofa, OF. conop\'82e, conopeu, conopieu, canopy, vail, pavilion (cf. It. canop\'8a canopy, sofa), LL. conopeum a bed with mosquito curtains, fr. Gr. kwnwpei^on, fr. kw`nwps gnat, kw`nos cone + 'w`ps face. See Cone, and Optic.]1.A covering fixed over a bed, dais, or the like, or carried on poles over an exalted personage or a sacred object, etc. chiefly as a mark of honor. \'bdGolden canopies and beds of state.\'b8 Dryden. 1913 Webster]
2.(Arch.)(a)An ornamental projection, over a door, window, niche, etc.(b)Also, a rooflike covering, supported on pillars over an altar, a statue, a fountain, etc. 1913 Webster]
Can"o*py, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Canopes(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Canopying.]To cover with, or as with, a canopy. \'bdA bank with ivy canopied.\'b8 Milton. 1913 Webster]
Ca*no"rous(?), a.[L. canorus, from nor melody, fr. canere to sing.]Melodious; musical. \'bdBirds that are most canorous.\'b8 Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
A long, lound, and canorous peal of laughter.De Quincey. 1913 Webster]
Ca*no"rous*ness, n.The quality of being musical. 1913 Webster]
He chooses his language for its rich canorousness.Lowell. 1913 Webster]
Cant(?), n.[OF., edge, angle, prof. from L. canthus the iron ring round a carriage wheel, a wheel, Gr. cant the stake or tire of a wheel. Cf. Canthus, Canton, Cantle.]1.A corner; angle; niche. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
The first and principal person in the temple was Irene, or Peace; she was placed aloft in a cant.B. Jonson. 1913 Webster]
2.An outer or external angle. 1913 Webster]
3.An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl.Totten. 1913 Webster]
4.A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so give; as, to give a ball a cant. 1913 Webster]
5.(Coopering)A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.Knight. 1913 Webster]
6.(Mech.)A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel.Knight. 1913 Webster]
7.(Naut.)A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads. 1913 Webster]
Cant frames,
Cant timbers(Naut.), timber at the two ends of a ship, rising obliquely from the keel. 1913 Webster]
Cant, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Canted; p. pr. & vb. n.Canting.]1.To incline; to set at an angle; to tilt over; to tip upon the edge; as, to cant a cask; to cant a ship. 1913 Webster]
2.To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football. 1913 Webster]
3.To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of timber, or from the head of a bolt. 1913 Webster]
Cant, n.[Prob. from OF. cant, F. chant, singing, in allusion to the singing or whining tine of voice used by beggars, fr. L. cantus. See Chant.]1.An affected, singsong mode of speaking. 1913 Webster]
2.The idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class, or occupation.Goldsmith. 1913 Webster]
The cant of any profession.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
3.The use of religious phraseology without understanding or sincerity; empty, solemn speech, implying what is not felt; hypocrisy. 1913 Webster]
They shall hear no cant from me.F. W. Robertson 1913 Webster]
4.Vulgar jargon; slang; the secret language spoker by gipsies, thieves, tramps, or beggars. 1913 Webster]
Cant(?), a.Of the nature of cant; affected; vulgar. 1913 Webster]
To introduce and multiply cant words in the most ruinous corruption in any language.Swift. 1913 Webster]
Cant, v. i.1.To speak in a whining voice, or an affected, singsong tone. 1913 Webster]
2.To make whining pretensions to goodness; to talk with an affectation of religion, philanthropy, etc.; to practice hypocrisy; as, a canting fanatic. 1913 Webster]
The rankest rogue that ever canted.Beau. & Fl. 1913 Webster]
3.To use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or technical terms; to talk with an affectation of learning. 1913 Webster]
The doctor here, cant.B. Jonson 1913 Webster]
That uncouth affected garb of speech, or canting language, if I may so call it.Bp. Sanderson. 1913 Webster]
Cant, n.[Prob. from OF. cant, equiv. to L. quantum; cf. F. encan, fr. L. in quantum, i.e. \'bdfor how much?\'b8]A call for bidders at a public sale; an auction. \'bdTo sell their leases by cant.\'b8 Swift. 1913 Webster]
Cant, v. t.to sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction. [Archaic] Swift. 1913 Webster]
Can't(?). A colloquial contraction for can not. 1913 Webster]
Can"tab(?), n.[Abbreviated from Cantabrigian.]A Cantabrigian. [Colloq.] Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Can*ta"bi*le(?), a.[It., cantare to sing.](Mus.)In a melodious, flowing style; in a singing style, as opposed to bravura, recitativo, or parlando. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Can*ta"bi*le, n.(Mus.)A piece or passage, whether vocal or instrumental, peculiarly adapted to singing; -- sometimes called cantilena. 1913 Webster]
Can*ta"bri*an(?), a.Of or pertaining to Cantabria on the Bay of Biscay in Spain. 1913 Webster]
Can`ta*brig"i*an(?), n.A native or resident of Cambridge; esp. a student or graduate of the university of Cambridge, England. 1913 Webster]
Can"ta*lev`er(?), n.[Cant an external angle + lever a supporter of the roof timber of a house.][Written also cantaliver and cantilever.]1.(Arch.)A bracket to support a balcony, a cornice, or the like. 1913 Webster]
2.(Engin.)A projecting beam, truss, or bridge unsupported at the outer end; one which overhangs. 1913 Webster]
Cantalever bridge, a bridge in which the principle of the cantalever is applied. It is usually a trussed bridge, composed of two portions reaching out from opposite banks, and supported near the middle of their own length on piers which they overhang, thus forming cantalevers which meet over the space to be spanned or sustain a third portion, to complete the connection. 1913 Webster]
Can"ta*loupe(?), n.[F. cantaloup, It. cantalupo, so called from the caste of Cantalupo, in the Marca d'Ancona, in Italy, where they were first grown in Europe, from seed said to have been imported from Armenia.]A muskmelon of several varieties, having when mature, a yellowish skin, and flesh of a reddish orange color.[Written also cantaleup.] 1913 Webster]
The cantankerous old maiden aunt.Thackeray. 1913 Webster]
{ Can"tar(?), \'d8Can*tar"ro(?), }n.[It. cantaro (in sense 1), Sp. cantaro (in sense 2).] 1913 Webster]
1.A weight used in southern Europe and East for heavy articles. It varies in different localities; thus, at Rome it is nearly 75 pounds, in Sardinia nearly 94 pounds, in Cairo it is 95 pounds, in Syria about 503 pounds. 1913 Webster]
2.A liquid measure in Spain, ranging from two and a half to four gallons.Simmonds. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Can*ta"ta(?), n.[It., fr. cantare to sing, fr. L. cantare intens of canere to sing.](Mus.)A poem set to music; a musical composition comprising choruses, solos, interludes, etc., arranged in a somewhat dramatic manner; originally, a composition for a single noise, consisting of both recitative and melody. 1913 Webster]
Cant"a*to*ry(?), a.Containing cant or affectation; whining; singing. [R.] 1913 Webster]
\'d8Can`ta*tri"ce(k, n.[It.](Mus.)A female professional singer. 1913 Webster]
Cant"ed(?), a.[From 2d Cant.]1.Having angles; as, a six canted bolt head; a canted window. 1913 Webster]
Canted column(Arch.), a column polygonal in plan. 1913 Webster]
2.Inclined at an angle to something else; tipped; sloping. 1913 Webster]
Can*teen"(k, n.[F. cantine bottle case, canteen (cf. Sp. & It. cantina cellar, bottle case), either contr. fr. It. canovettina, dim. of canova cellar, or, more likely, fr. OF. cant. corner, It. & Sp. canto. See 1st Cant.](Mil.)1.A small vessel used by soldiers or hikers for carrying water, liquor, or other drink.[Written also cantine.] 1913 Webster]
canteen is made of wood and holds three pints; in the United States it is usually a tin flask. 1913 Webster]
2.A chest containing culinary and other vessels for military officers in a garrison. 1913 Webster]
3.The sutler's shop in a garrison. 1913 Webster]
4.Hence:A store or small shop within a larger establishment where refreshments and sometimes other supplies are sold. At a military base the canteen may be as large as a general store; within a school or small company it may be only a small counter with very limited supplies, or a snack bar. PJC]
5.A temporary location where food is dispensed during an emergency. PJC]
Can"tel(k, n.See Cantle. 1913 Webster]
Can"ter(k, n.[An abbreviation of Canterbury. See Canterbury gallop, under Canterbury.]1.A moderate and easy gallop adapted to pleasure riding. 1913 Webster]
canter is a thoroughly artificial pace, at first extremely tiring to the horse, and generally only to be produced in him by the restraint of a powerful bit, which compels him to throw a great part of his weight on his haunches . . . There is so great a variety in the mode adopted by different horses for performing the canter, that no single description will suffice, nor indeed is it easy . . . to define any one of them.J. H. Walsh. 1913 Webster]
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2.A rapid or easy passing over. 1913 Webster]
A rapid canter in the Times over all the topics.Sir J. Stephen. 1913 Webster]
Can"ter(k, v. i.[imp. & p. p.Cantered(k; p. pr. & vb. n.Cantering.]To move in a canter. 1913 Webster]
Can"ter, v. t.To cause, as a horse, to go at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter. 1913 Webster]
Cant"er, n.1.One who cants or whines; a beggar. 1913 Webster]
2.One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language. 1913 Webster]
The day when he was a canter and a rebel.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
Can"ter*bur*y(k, prop. n.1.A city in England, giving its name various articles. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury (primate of all England), and contains the shrine of Thomas \'85 Becket, to which pilgrimages were formerly made. 1913 Webster]
2.A stand with divisions in it for holding music, loose papers, etc. 1913 Webster]
Canterbury ball(Bot.), a species of Campanula of several varieties, cultivated for its handsome bell-shaped flowers. --
Canterbury gallop, a gentle gallop such as was used by pilgrims riding to Canterbury; a canter. --
Canterbury tale, one of the tales which Chaucer puts into the mouths of certain pilgrims to Canterbury. Hence, any tale told by travelers to pass away the time. 1913 Webster]
Can*thar"*i*dal(k, a.Of or pertaining to cantharides or made of cantharides; as, cantharidal plaster. 1913 Webster]
Can*thar"i*des(k, n. pl.See Cantharis. 1913 Webster]
Can*thar"i*din(k, n.(Chem.)The active principle of the cantharis, or Spanish fly, a volatile, acrid, bitter solid, crystallizing in four-sided prisms. 1913 Webster]
Can"tha*ris(k, n.; pl.Cantharides(k.[L., a kind of beetle, esp. the Spanish fly, Gr. kanqari`s.](Zo\'94l.)A beetle (Lytta vesicatoria, syn.Cantharis vesicatoria), having an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green color, and a nauseous odor; the blister fly or blister beetle, of the apothecary; -- also called Spanish fly. Many other species of Lytta, used for the same purpose, take the same name. See Blister beetle, under Blister. The plural form in usually applied to the dried insects used in medicine. 1913 Webster]
Cant" hook`(?). A wooden lever with a movable iron hook. hear the end; -- used for canting or turning over heavy logs, etc. [U. S.] Bartlett. 1913 Webster]
Can"tho*plas`ty(?), n.[Gr. (Surg.)The operation of forming a new canthus, when one has been destroyed by injury or disease. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Can"thus(?), n.; pl.Canthi(#).[NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)The corner where the upper and under eyelids meet on each side of the eye. 1913 Webster]
Can"ti*cle(?), n.; pl.Canticles(#).[L. canticulum a little song, dim. of canticum song, fr. cantus a singing, fr. coner to sing. See Chant.]1.A song; esp. a little song or hymn. [Obs.] Bacon. 1913 Webster]
2.pl. The Song of Songs or Song of Solomon, one of the books of the Old Testament. 1913 Webster]
3.A canto or division of a poem [Obs.] Spenser. 1913 Webster]
4.A psalm, hymn, or passage from the Bible, arranged for chanting in church service. 1913 Webster]
Can"ti*coy(?), n.[Of American Indian origin.]A social gathering; usually, one for dancing. 1913 Webster]
Can"tile(?), v. i.Same as Cantle, v. t. 1913 Webster]
Can"ti*lev`er(?), n.Same as Cantalever. 1913 Webster]
Can"til*late(?), v. i.[L. cantillatus, p. p. of cantillare to sing low, dim. of cantare. See Cantata.]To chant; to recite with musical tones.M. Stuart. 1913 Webster]
Can`til*la"tion(?), n.A chanting; recitation or reading with musical modulations. 1913 Webster]
Can*tine"(?), n.See Canteen. 1913 Webster]
Cant"ing(?), a.Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; a canting tone.
-- Cant"ing*ly, adv. -- Cant"ing*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
Canting arms,
Canting heraldry(Her.), bearings in the nature of a rebus alluding to the name of the bearer. Thus, the Castletons bear three castles, and Pope Adrian IV. (Nicholas Breakspeare) bore a broken spear. 1913 Webster]
Cant"ing, n.The use of cant; hypocrisy. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Can`ti*niere"(?), n.[F., fr. cantine a sutler's shop, canteen.](Mil)A woman who carries a canteen for soldiers; a vivandi\'8are. 1913 Webster]
Can"tion(?), n.[L. cantio, from canere to sing.]A song or verses. [Obs.] Spenser. 1913 Webster]
Can"tle(?), n.[OF. cantel, chantel, corner, side, piece, F. chanteau a piece cut from a larger piece, dim. of OF. cant edge, corner. See 1st Cant.]1.A corner or edge of anything; a piece; a fragment; a part. \'bdIn one cantle of his law.\'b8 Milton. 1913 Webster]
Cuts me from the best of all my land cantle out.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.The upwardly projecting rear part of saddle, opposite to the pommel.[Written also cante.] 1913 Webster]
Can"tle, v. t.To cut in pieces; to cut out from. [Obs.] [Written also cantile.] 1913 Webster]
Cant"let(?), n.[Dim. of cantle.]A piece; a fragment; a corner.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
Can"to(?), n.; pl.Cantos(#).[It. canto, fr. L. cantus singing, song. See Chant.]1.One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book. 1913 Webster]
2.(Mus.)The highest vocal part; the air or melody in choral music; anciently the tenor, now the soprano. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Canto fermo( [It.](Mus.), the plain ecclesiastical chant in cathedral service; the plain song. 1913 Webster]
Can"ton(?), n.A song or canto [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Write loyal cantons of contemned love.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Can"ton, n.[F. canton, augm. of OF. cant edge, corner. See 1st Cant.]1.A small portion; a division; a compartment. 1913 Webster]
That little canton of land called the \'bdEnglish pale\'b8Davies. 1913 Webster]
There is another piece of Holbein's, . . . in which, in six several cantons, the several parts of our Savior's passion are represented.Bp. Burnet. 1913 Webster]
2.A small community or clan. 1913 Webster]
3.A small territorial district; esp. one of the twenty-two independent states which form the Swiss federal republic; in France, a subdivision of an arrondissement. See Arrondissement. 1913 Webster]
4.(Her.)A division of a shield occupying one third part of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top of the shield, meeting a horizontal line from the side. 1913 Webster]
The king gave us the arms of England to be borne in a canton in our arms.Evelyn. 1913 Webster]
Can"ton, v. i.[imp. & p. p.Cantoned ; p. pr. & vb. n.Cantoning.][Cf. F.cantonner.]1.To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division. 1913 Webster]
They canton out themselves a little Goshen in the intellectual world.Locke. 1913 Webster]
2.(Mil.)To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops. 1913 Webster]
Can"ton*al(?), a.Of or pertaining to a canton or cantons; of the nature of a canton. 1913 Webster]
Can"ton crape"(kr. A soft, white or colored silk fabric, of a gauzy texture and wavy appearance, used for ladies' scarfs, shawls, bonnet trimmings, etc.; -- called also Oriental crape.De Colange. 1913 Webster]
Can"toned(?), a.1.(Her.)Having a charge in each of the four corners; -- said of a cross on a shield, and also of the shield itself. 1913 Webster]
2.(Arch.)Having the angles marked by, or decorated with, projecting moldings or small columns; as, a cantoned pier or pilaster. 1913 Webster]
Can"ton flan"nel(?). See Cotton flannel. 1913 Webster]
Can"ton*ize(?), v. i.To divide into cantons or small districts. 1913 Webster]
Can"ton*ment(?), n.[Cf. F. cantonnement.]A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters; temporary shelter or place of rest for an army; quarters. 1913 Webster]
cantonment, or to be cantoned. In India, permanent military stations, or military towns, are termed cantonments. 1913 Webster]
Can*toon"(?), n.A cotton stuff showing a fine cord on one side and a satiny surface on the other. 1913 Webster]
Can"tor(?), n.[L., a singer, fr. caner to sing.]A singer; esp. the leader of a church choir; a precentor. 1913 Webster]
The cantor of the church intones the Te Deum.Milman. 1913 Webster]
Can"tor*al(?), a.Of or belonging to a cantor. 1913 Webster]
Cantoral staff, the official staff or baton of a cantor or precentor, with which time is marked for the singers. 1913 Webster]
Can*to"ris(?), a.[L., lit., of the cantor, gen. of cantor.]Of or pertaining to a cantor; as, the cantoris side of a choir; a cantoris stall.Shipley. 1913 Webster]
{ Can"trap(?), Can"trip(?), }n.[Cf. Icel. gandar, ODan. & OSw. gan, witchcraft, and E. trap a snare, tramp.]A charm; an incantation; a shell; a trick; adroit mischief.[Written also cantraip.] [Scot.] 1913 Webster]
{ Can"tred(?), \'d8Can"tref, }n.[W. cantref; cant hundred + tref dwelling place, village.]A district comprising a hundred villages, as in Wales.[Written also kantry.] 1913 Webster]
2.A small or medium-sized hardy horse, common in Canada. [Colloq.] 1913 Webster]
{ Can"u*la(?), n., Can"u*lar(?), a., Can"u*la`ted(?), }a.See Cannula, Cannular, and Cannulated. 1913 Webster]
Can"vas(?), n.[OE. canvas, canevas, F. canevas, LL. canabacius hempen cloth, canvas, L. cannabis hemp, fr. G. Hemp.]1.A strong cloth made of hemp, flax, or cotton; -- used for tents, sails, etc. 1913 Webster]
By glimmering lanes and walls of canvas led.Tennyson. 1913 Webster]
2.(a)A coarse cloth so woven as to form regular meshes for working with the needle, as in tapestry, or worsted work.(b)A piece of strong cloth of which the surface has been prepared to receive painting, commonly painting in oil. 1913 Webster]
History . . . does not bring out clearly upon the canvas the details which were familiar.J. H. Newman. 1913 Webster]
3.Something for which canvas is used: (a) A sail, or a collection of sails. (b) A tent, or a collection of tents. (c) A painting, or a picture on canvas. 1913 Webster]
To suit his canvas to the roughness of the see.Goldsmith. 1913 Webster]
Light, rich as that which glows on the canvas of Claude.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
4.A rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary or musical composition; esp. one to show a poet the measure of the verses he is to make.Grabb. 1913 Webster]
Can"vas, a.Made of, pertaining to, or resembling, canvas or coarse cloth; as, a canvas tent. 1913 Webster]
Can"vas*back`(?), n.(Zo\'94l.)A Species of duck (Aythya vallisneria), esteemed for the delicacy of its flesh. It visits the United States in autumn; particularly Chesapeake Bay and adjoining waters; -- so named from the markings of the plumage on its back. 1913 Webster]
Can"vass(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.canvassed(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Canvassing.][OF. Canabasser to examine curiously, to search or sift out; properly, to sift through canvas. See Canvas, n.]1.To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its probable vote. 1913 Webster]
I have made careful search on all hands, and canvassed the matter with all possible diligence.Woodward. 1913 Webster]
2.To examine by discussion; to debate. 1913 Webster]
An opinion that we are likely soon to canvass.Sir W. Hamilton. 1913 Webster]
3.To go through, with personal solicitation or public addresses; as, to canvass a district for votes; to canvass a city for subscriptions. 1913 Webster]
Can"vass, v. i.To search thoroughly; to engage in solicitation by traversing a district; as, to canvass for subscriptions or for votes; to canvass for a book, a publisher, or in behalf of a charity; -- commonly followed by for. 1913 Webster]
Can"vass, n.1.Close inspection; careful review for verification; as, a canvass of votes.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
2.Examination in the way of discussion or debate. 1913 Webster]
3.Search; exploration; solicitation; systematic effort to obtain votes, subscribers, etc. 1913 Webster]
No previous canvass was made for me.Burke. 1913 Webster]
Can"vass*er(?), n.One who canvasses. 1913 Webster]
Can"y(?), a.[From Cane.]Of or pertaining to cane or canes; abounding with canes.Milton. 1913 Webster]
Can"yon(?), n.The English form of the Spanish word Ca\'a4on. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Can*zo"ne(?), n.[It., a song, fr. L. cantio, fr. canere to sing. Cf. Chanson, Chant.](Mus.)(a)A song or air for one or more voices, of Proven\'87al origin, resembling, though not strictly, the madrigal.(b)An instrumental piece in the madrigal style. 1913 Webster]
Can`zo*net"(?), n.[It. canzonetta, dim. of canzone.](Mus.)A short song, in one or more parts. 1913 Webster]
Caout"chin(?), n.(Chem.)An inflammable, volatile, oily, liquid hydrocarbon, obtained by the destructive distillation of caoutchouc. 1913 Webster]
Caout"chouc(?), n.[F. caoutchouc, from the South American name.]A tenacious, elastic, gummy substance obtained from the milky sap of several plants of tropical South America (esp. the euphorbiaceous tree Siphonia elastica or Hevea caoutchouc), Asia, and Africa. Being impermeable to liquids and gases, and not readly affected by exposure to air, acids, and alkalies, it is used, especially when vulcanized, for many purposes in the arts and in manufactures. Also called India rubber (because it was first brought from India, and was formerly used chiefly for erasing pencil marks) and gum elastic. See Vulcanization. 1913 Webster]
Mineral caoutchouc. See under Mineral. 1913 Webster]
Caout"chou*cin(?), n.See Caoutchin. 1913 Webster]
Cap(k, n.[OE. cappe, AS. c\'91ppe, cap, cape, hood, fr. LL, cappa, capa; perhaps of Iberian origin, as Isidorus of Seville mentions it first: \'bdCapa, quia quasi totum capiat hominem; it. capitis ornamentum.\'b8 See 3d Cape, and cf. 1st Cope.]1.A covering for the head; esp. (a)One usually with a visor but without a brim, for men and boys; (b)One of lace, muslin, etc., for women, or infants; (c)One used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office, or dignity, as that of a cardinal. 1913 Webster]
2.The top, or uppermost part; the chief. 1913 Webster]
Thou art the cap of all the fools alive.Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.A respectful uncovering of the head. 1913 Webster]
He that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks.Fuller. 1913 Webster]
4.(Zo\'94l.)The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck. 1913 Webster]
5.Anything resembling a cap in form, position, or use; as: (a)(Arch.)The uppermost of any assemblage of parts; as, the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate.(b)Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament.(c)(Naut.)A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope.(d)A percussion cap. See under Percussion.(e)(Mech.)The removable cover of a journal box.(f)(Geom.)A portion of a spherical or other convex surface. 1913 Webster]
6.A large size of writing paper; as, flat cap; foolscap; legal cap. 1913 Webster]
Cap of a cannon, a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep the priming dry; -- now called an apron. --
Cap in hand, obsequiously; submissively. --
Cap of liberty. See Liberty cap, under Liberty. --
Cap of maintenance, a cap of state carried before the kings of England at the coronation. It is also carried before the mayors of some cities. --
Cap money, money collected in a cap for the huntsman at the death of the fox. --
Cap paper. (a)A kind of writing paper including flat cap, foolscap, and legal cap.(b)A coarse wrapping paper used for making caps to hold commodities. --
Cap rock(Mining), The layer of rock next overlying ore, generally of barren vein material. --
Flat cap, cap See Foolscap. --
Forage cap, the cloth undress head covering of an officer of soldier. --
Legal cap, a kind of folio writing paper, made for the use of lawyers, in long narrow sheets which have the fold at the top or \'bdnarrow edge.\'b8 --
To set one's cap, to make a fool of one. (Obs.) Chaucer. --
To set one's cap for, to try to win the favor of a man with a view to marriage. [Colloq.] 1913 Webster]
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Cap(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Capped(; p. pr. & vb. n.Capping.]1.To cover with a cap, or as with a cap; to provide with a cap or cover; to cover the top or end of; to place a cap upon the proper part of; as, to cap a post; to cap a gun. 1913 Webster]
The bones next the joint are capped with a smooth cartilaginous substance.Derham. 1913 Webster]
2.To deprive of cap. [Obs.] Spenser. 1913 Webster]
3.To complete; to crown; to bring to the highest point or consummation; as, to cap the climax of absurdity. 1913 Webster]
4.To salute by removing the cap. [Slang. Eng.] 1913 Webster]
Tom . . . capped the proctor with the profoundest of bows.Thackeray. 1913 Webster]
5.To match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to; as, to cap text; to cap proverbs.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Now I have him under girdle I'll cap verses with him to the end of the chapter.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
capping verses, when one quotes a verse another must cap it by quoting one beginning with the last letter of the first letter, or with the first letter of the last word, or ending with a rhyming word, or by applying any other arbitrary rule may be agreed upon. 1913 Webster]
Cap, v. i.To uncover the head respectfully.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Ca`pa*bil"i*ty(?), n.; pl.Capabilities(#).1.The quality of being capable; capacity; capableness; esp. intellectual power or ability. 1913 Webster]
A capability to take a thousand views of a subject.H. Taylor. 1913 Webster]
2.Capacity of being used or improved. 1913 Webster]
Ca"pa*ble(?), a.[F. capable, LL. capabilis capacious, capable, fr. L. caper to take, contain. See Heave.]1.Possessing ability, qualification, or susceptibility; having capacity; of sufficient size or strength; as, a room capable of holding a large number; a castle capable of resisting a long assault. 1913 Webster]
Concious of joy and capable of pain.Prior. 1913 Webster]
2.Possessing adequate power; qualified; able; fully competent; as, a capable instructor; a capable judge; a mind capable of nice investigations. 1913 Webster]
More capable to discourse of battles than to give them.Motley. 1913 Webster]
3.Possessing legal power or capacity; as, a man capable of making a contract, or a will. 1913 Webster]
Ca"pa*ble*ness, n.The quality or state of being capable; capability; adequateness; competency. 1913 Webster]
capaciatev. i.(Biol.)to become active so as to be able to penetrate an ovum; -- of sperm, in the female reproduction system. <-- ##?? check --> WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Ca*pac"i*fy(k, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Capacified(k.][L. capax, -acis, capacious + -fy.]To quality. [R.] 1913 Webster]
The benefice he is capacified and designed for.Barrow. 1913 Webster]
Ca*pa"cious(k, a.[L. capax, -acis, fr. capere to take. See Heave.]1.Having capacity; able to contain much; large; roomy; spacious; extended; broad; as, a capacious vessel, room, bay, or harbor. 1913 Webster]
In the capacious recesses of his mind.Bancroft. 1913 Webster]
2.Able or qualified to make large views of things, as in obtaining knowledge or forming designs; comprehensive; liberal. \'bdA capacious mind.\'b8 Watts. 1913 Webster]
Ca*pa"cious*ly, adv.In a capacious manner or degree; comprehensively. 1913 Webster]
Ca*pa"cious*ness, n.The quality of being capacious, as of a vessel, a reservoir a bay, the mind, etc. 1913 Webster]
ca*pac"i*tance(k, n.1.an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored. Syn. -- electrical capacity, capacity. WordNet 1.5]
2.(Electronics)a measure of the ability of a capacitor to store electrical charge; the ratio of the charge on one plate of a capacitor to the potential difference between the plates. PJC]
Ca*pac"i*tate(k, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Capacitated; p. pr. & vb. n.Capacitating.]To render capable; to enable; to qualify. 1913 Webster]
By this instruction we may be capaciated to observe those errors.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
ca*pac"i*tive(k, adj.of or pertaining to capacitance. WordNet 1.5]
ca*pac"i*tor(k, n.a device used in electronic circuits to hold electrical charge, consisting of two conducting plates separated by a nonconducting (dielectric) medium; it is characterized by its capacitance. Syn. -- condenser, electrical condenser. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Ca*pac"i*ty(k, n.; pl.Capacities(-t.[L. capacitus, fr. capax, capacis; fr. F. capacit\'82. See Capacious.]1.The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or space; passive power; -- used in reference to physical things. 1913 Webster]
Had our great palace the capacity Shak. 1913 Webster]
The capacity of the exhausted cylinder.Boyle. 1913 Webster]
2.The power of receiving and holding ideas, knowledge, etc.; the comprehensiveness of the mind; the receptive faculty; capability of understanding or feeling. 1913 Webster]
Capacity is now properly limited to these [the mere passive operations of the mind]; its primary signification, which is literally room for, as well as its employment, favors this; although it can not be denied that there are examples of its usage in an active sense.Sir W. Hamilton. 1913 Webster]
3.Ability; power pertaining to, or resulting from, the possession of strength, wealth, or talent; possibility of being or of doing. 1913 Webster]
The capacity of blessing the people.Alex. Hamilton. 1913 Webster]
A cause with such capacities endued.Blackmore. 1913 Webster]
4.Outward condition or circumstances; occupation; profession; character; position; as, to work in the capacity of a mason or a carpenter. 1913 Webster]
5.(Law)Legal or moral qualification, as of age, residence, character, etc., necessary for certain purposes, as for holding office, for marrying, for making contracts, wills, etc.; legal power or right; competency. 1913 Webster]
Capacity for heat, the power of absorbing heat. Substances differ in the amount of heat requisite to raise them a given number of thermometric degrees, and this difference is the measure of, or depends upon, what is called their capacity for heat. See Specific heat, under Heat.
\'d8Cap`*a*pie"(?), adv.[OF. (cap-a-pie, from head to foot, now de pied en cap from foot to head; L. pes foot + caput head.]From head to foot; at all points. \'bdHe was armed cap-a-pie.\'b8 Prescott. 1913 Webster]
Ca*par"i*son(?), n.[F. capara, fr. Sp. caparazon a cover for a saddle, coach, etc.; capa cloak, cover (fr. LL. capa, cf. LL. caparo also fr. capa) + the term. azon. See Cap.]1.An ornamental covering or housing for a horse; the harness or trappings of a horse, taken collectively, especially when decorative. 1913 Webster]
Their horses clothed with rich caparison.Drylen. 1913 Webster]
2.Gay or rich clothing. 1913 Webster]
My heart groans beneath the gay caparison.Smollett. 1913 Webster]
Ca*par"i*son, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Caparisoned(?)p. pr. & vb. n.Caparisoning.][Cf. F capara\'87onner.] 1913 Webster]
1.To cover with housings, as a horse; to harness or fit out with decorative trappings, as a horse. 1913 Webster]
The steeds, caparisoned with purple, stand.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
2.To adorn with rich dress; to dress. 1913 Webster]
I am caparisoned like a man.Shak. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ca*par"ro(?), n.[Native Indian name.](Zo\'94l.)A large South American monkey (Lagothrix Humboldtii), with prehensile tail. 1913 Webster]
Cap"case`(?), n.A small traveling case or bandbox; formerly, a chest. 1913 Webster]
A capcase for your linen and your plate.Beau. & Fl. 1913 Webster]
Cape(k, n.[F. cap, fr. It. capo head, cape, fr. L. caput heat, end, point. See Chief.]A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into the sea or a lake; a promontory; a headland. 1913 Webster]
Cape buffalo(Zo\'94l.)a large and powerful buffalo of South Africa (Bubalus Caffer). It is said to be the most dangerous wild beast of Africa. See Buffalo, 2. --
Cape jasmine,
Cape jessamine. See Jasmine. --
Cape pigeon(Zo\'94l.), a petrel (Daptium Capense) common off the Cape of Good Hope. It is about the size of a pigeon. --
Cape wine, wine made in South Africa [Eng.] --
The Cape, the Cape of Good Hope, in the general sense of the southern extremity of Africa. Also used of Cape Horn, and, in New England, of Cape Cod. 1913 Webster]
Cape, v. i.(Naut.)To head or point; to keep a course; as, the ship capes southwest by south. 1913 Webster]
Cape, n.[OE. Cape, fr. F. cape; cf. LL. cappa. See Cap, and cf. 1st Cope, Chape.]A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders, but not reaching below the hips. See Cloak. 1913 Webster]
Cape, v. i.[See Gape.]To gape. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
{ Ca"pel(k, Ca"ple(-p'l) }, n.[Icel. kapall; cf. L. caballus.]A horse; a nag. [Obs.] Chaucer.Holland. 1913 Webster]
Ca"pel(k, n.(Mining)A composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornblende) in the walls of tin and copper lodes. 1913 Webster]
Cape"lin(?), n.[Cf. F. capelan, caplan.](Zo\'94l.)Either of two small marine fishes formerly classified in the family Salmonid\'91, now within the smelt family Osmeridae: Mallotus villosus, very abundant on the coasts of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska; or Mallotus catervarius, found in the North Pacific. The Atlantic variety has been used as a bait for the cod.[Written also capelan and caplin.] 1913 Webster + PJC]
anchova, and by the Portuguese capelina. However the anchovy used as a food is a different fish.Fisheries of U. S. (1884). 1913 Webster + PJC]
\'d8Ca"pe*line`(?), n.[F., fr. LL. capella. See Chapel.](Med.)A hood-shaped bandage for the head, the shoulder, or the stump of an amputated limb. 1913 Webster]
Ca*pel"la(?), n.[L., a little goat, dim. of caper a goat.](Asrton.)A brilliant star in the constellation Auriga. 1913 Webster]
Cap"el*lane(?), n.[See Chaplain.]The curate of a chapel; a chaplain. [Obs.] Fuller. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ca*pel"le(?), n.[G.](Mus.)The private orchestra or band of a prince or of a church. 1913 Webster]
Cap"el*let(?), n.[F. capelet.](Far.)A swelling, like a wen, on the point of the elbow (or the heel of the hock) of a horse, caused probably by bruises in lying down. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ca*pell"meis`ter(?), n.[G., fr. capelle chapel, private band of a prince + meister a master.]The musical director in a royal or ducal chapel; a choir-master.[Written also kapellmeister.] 1913 Webster]
Ca"per(?), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Caperedp. pr. & vb. n.capering.][From older capreoll to caper, cf. F. se cabrer to prance; all ultimately fr. L. caper, capra, goat. See Capriole.]To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance. 1913 Webster]
He capers, he dances, he has eyes of youth.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Ca"per, n.A frolicsome leap or spring; a skip; a jump, as in mirth or dancing; a prank. 1913 Webster]
To cut a caper, to frolic; to make a sportive spring; to play a prank.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Ca"per, n.[D. kaper.]A vessel formerly used by the Dutch, privateer.Wright. 1913 Webster]
Ca"per, n.[F. c\'83pre, fr. L. capparis, Gr. al-kabar.]1.The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), much used for pickles. 1913 Webster]
2.(Bot.)A plant of the genus Capparis; -- called also caper bush, caper tree. 1913 Webster]
Capparis spinosa is a low prickly shrub of the Mediterranean coasts, with trailing branches and brilliant flowers; -- cultivated in the south of Europe for its buds. The Capparis sodada is an almost leafless spiny shrub of central Africa (Soudan), Arabia, and southern India, with edible berries. 1913 Webster]
Bean caper. See Bran caper, in the Vocabulary. --
Caper sauce, a kind of sauce or catchup made of capers. 1913 Webster]
Ca"per*ber`ry(?), n.1.The small olive-shaped berry of the European and Oriental caper, said to be used in pickles and as a condiment. 1913 Webster]
2.The currantlike fruit of the African and Arabian caper (Capparis sodado). 1913 Webster]
{ Ca"per*cail`zie(?), or Ca"per*cal`ly(?), }n.[Gael, capulcoile.](Zo\'94l.)A species of black Old World grouse (Tetrao uragallus) of large size and fine flavor, found in northern Europe and formerly in Scotland; -- called also cock of the woods and horse of the wood.[Written also capercaillie, capercaili.] 1913 Webster]
Ca"per*claw`(?), v. t.To treat with cruel playfulness, as a cat treats a mouse; to abuse. [Obs.] Birch. 1913 Webster]
Ca"per*er(?), n.One who capers, leaps, and skips about, or dances. 1913 Webster]
The nimble caperer on the cord.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
cape"weedn.1.a European weed (Hypochaeris radicata) widely naturalized in North America, having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears. Syn. -- cat's-ear, cat's ear, California dandelion, gosmore. WordNet 1.5]
2.[Cape, from the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa + weed.]a type of low-growing, creeping plant (Arctotheca calendulaceae), used as a ground cover in warm climates.RHUD PJC]
Cap"ful(?), n.; pl.Capfuls(. As much as will fill a cap. 1913 Webster] +PJC
A capful of wind(Naut.), a light puff of wind. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ca"pi*as(?), n.[L. thou mayst take.](Low)A writ or process commanding the officer to take the body of the person named in it, that is, to arrest him; -- also called writ of capias. 1913 Webster]
capias is a writ by which actions at law are frequently commenced; another is a writ of execution issued after judgment to satisfy damages recovered; a capias in criminal law is the process to take a person charged on an indictment, when he is not in custody. Burrill. Wharton. 1913 Webster]
Cap`il*la"ceous(?), a.[L. capillaceus hairy, fr. capillus hair.]Having long filaments; resembling a hair; slender. See Capillary. 1913 Webster]
Cap`il*laire"(?), n.[F. capillaire maiden-hair; sirop de capillaire capillaire; fr. L. herba capillaris the maidenhair.]1.A sirup prepared from the maiden-hair, formerly supposed to have medicinal properties. 1913 Webster]
2.Any simple sirup flavored with orange flowers. 1913 Webster]
2.(Anat.)Any villous or hairy covering; a fine fiber or filament, as of the nerves. 1913 Webster]
Cap"il*la*ri*ness(?), n.The quality of being capillary. 1913 Webster]
Cap`il*lar"i*ty(?), n.[Cf. F. capillarit\'82.] 1913 Webster]
1.The quality or condition of being capillary. 1913 Webster]
2.(Physics)The peculiar action by which the surface of a liquid, where it is in contact with a solid (as in a capillary tube), is elevated or depressed; capillary attraction. 1913 Webster]
Capillarity depends upon the relative attaction of the modecules of the liquid for each other and for those of the solid, and is especially observable in capillary tubes, where it determines the ascent or descent of the liquid above or below the level of the liquid which the tube is dipped; -- hence the name.<-- It is especially important in certain plants, to allow flow of water from the roots to upper parts--> 1913 Webster]
Cap"il*la*ry(kor k, a.[L. capillaris, fr. capillus hair. Cf. Capillaire.]1.Resembling a hair; fine; minute; very slender; having minute tubes or interspaces; having very small bore; as, the capillary vessels of animals and plants. 1913 Webster]
2.Pertaining to capillary tubes or vessels; as, capillary action. 1913 Webster]
Capillary attraction,
Capillary repulsion, the apparent attraction or repulsion between a solid and liquid caused by capillarity. See Capillarity, and Attraction. --
Capillarity tubes. See the Note under Capillarity. 1913 Webster]
Cap"il*la*ry, n.; pl.Capillaries(.1.A tube or vessel, extremely fine or minute. 1913 Webster]
2.(Anat.)A minute, thin-walled vessel; particularly one of the smallest blood vessels connecting arteries and veins, but used also for the smallest lymphatic and biliary vessels. 1913 Webster]
Cap`il*la"tion(?), n.[L. capillatio the hair.]A capillary blood vessel. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
Ca*pil"la*ture(?), n.[L. capillatura.]A bush of hair; frizzing of the hair.Clarke. 1913 Webster]
Ca*pil"li*form(?), a.[L. capillus hair + -form.]In the shape or form of, a hair, or of hairs. 1913 Webster]
Cap"il*lose`(?), a.[L. capillosus.]Having much hair; hairy. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Ca*pis"trate(?), a.[L. capistratus, p. p. of capistrare halter.](Zo\'94l.)Hooded; cowled. 1913 Webster]
Cap"i*tal(?), a.[F. capital, L. capitalis capital (in senses 1 & 2), fr. caput head. See Chief, and cf. Capital, n.]1.Of or pertaining to the head. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Needs must the Serpent now his capital bruise Milton. 1913 Webster]
2.Having reference to, or involving, the forfeiture of the head or life; affecting life; punishable with death; as, capital trials; capital punishment. 1913 Webster]
Many crimes that are capital among us.Swift. 1913 Webster]
To put to death a capital offender.Milton. 1913 Webster]
3.First in importance; chief; principal. 1913 Webster]
A capital article in religionAtterbury. 1913 Webster]
Whatever is capital and essential in Christianity.I. Taylor. 1913 Webster]
4.Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation; as, Washington and Paris are capital cities. 1913 Webster]
5.Of first rate quality; excellent; as, a capital speech or song. [Colloq.] 1913 Webster]
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Capital letter[F, lettre capitale](Print.), a leading or heading letter, used at the beginning of a sentence and as the first letter of certain words, distinguished, for the most part, both by different form and larger size, from the small (lower-case) letters, which form the greater part of common print or writing. --
Small capital lettershave the form of capital letters and height of the body of the lower-case letters. --
Capital stock, money, property, or stock invested in any business, or the enterprise of any corporation or institution.Abbott.
cap"i*tal(k, n.[Cf. L. capitellum and capitulum, a small head, the head, top, or capital of a column, dim. of caput head; F. chapiteau, OF. capitel. See chief, and cf. cattle, chattel, chapiter, chapter.]1.(Arch.)The head or uppermost member of a column, pilaster, etc. It consists generally of three parts, abacus, bell (or vase), and necking. See these terms, and Column. 1913 Webster]
2.[Cf. F. capilate, fem., sc. ville.](Geog.)The seat of government; the chief city or town in a country; a metropolis. \'bdA busy and splendid capital\'b8 Macauly. 1913 Webster]
3.[Cf. F. capital.]Money, property, or stock employed in trade, manufactures, etc.; the sum invested or lent, as distinguished from the income or interest. See Capital stock, under Capital, a. 1913 Webster]
4.(Polit. Econ.)That portion of the produce of industry, which may be directly employed either to support human beings or to assist in production.M'Culloch. 1913 Webster]
capital. The capital of a civilized community includes fixed capital (i.e. buildings, machines, and roads used in the course of production and exchange) and circulating capital (i.e., food, fuel, money, etc., spent in the course of production and exchange).T. Raleigh. 1913 Webster]
5.Anything which can be used to increase one's power or influence. 1913 Webster]
He tried to make capital out of his rival's discomfiture.London Times. 1913 Webster]
6.(Fort.)An imaginary line dividing a bastion, ravelin, or other work, into two equal parts. 1913 Webster]
7.A chapter, or section, of a book. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Holy St. Bernard hath said in the 59th capital.Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
8.(Print.)See Capital letter, under Capital, a. 1913 Webster]
Active capital. See under Active, --
Small capital(Print.), a small capital letter; informally referred to (in the plural) as small caps; as, the technical terms are listed in small caps. See under Capital, a. --
To live on one's capital, to consume one's capital without producing or accumulating anything to replace it. 1913 Webster]
capitalisationn.1.same as capitalization. Syn. -- capitalization. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
cap"i*tal*is`m(k, n.An economic system based on predominantly private (individual or corporate) investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of goods and wealth; contrasted with socialism or especially communism, in which the state has the predominant role in the economy. Syn. -- capitalist economy. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Cap"i*tal*ist(k, n.[Cf. F. capitaliste.]One who has capital; one who has money for investment, or money invested; esp. a person of large property, which is employed in business. 1913 Webster]
The expenditure of the capitalist.Burke. 1913 Webster]
capitalisticadj.1.Of or relating to capitalism or capitalists.capitalistic methods and incentives Syn. -- capitalist. WordNet 1.5]
Cap"i*tal*i*za`tion(?), n.1.The act or process of capitalizing. 1913 Webster]
Cap"i*tal*ize(k, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Capitalized(k; p. pr. & vb. n.Capitalizing.]1.To convert into capital, or to use as capital. 1913 Webster]
2.To compute, appraise, or assess the capital value of (a patent right, an annuity, etc.) 1913 Webster]
3.To print in capital letters, or with an initial capital. 1913 Webster]
4.To supply capital for (an enterprise), especially by selling capital stock. PJC]
Cap"i*tal*ize on`(k, v. t.To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes. PJC]
Cap*i*tal*ly, adv.1.In a way involving the forfeiture of the head or life; as, to punish capitally. 1913 Webster]
2.In a capital manner; excellently. [Colloq.] 1913 Webster]
Cap"i*tal*ness, n.The quality of being capital; preeminence. [R.] 1913 Webster]
{ Ca`pi*tan" Pa*sha" or Ca`pi*tan" Pa*cha"(k }. [See capitan.]The chief admiral of the Turkish fleet. 1913 Webster]
Cap"i*tate(k, a.[L. capitatus fr. caput head.]1.Headlike in form; also, having the distal end enlarged and rounded, as the stigmas of certain flowers. 1913 Webster]
2.(Bot.)Having the flowers gathered into a head. 1913 Webster]
cap`i*ta"tim(k, a.[NL.]Of so much per head; as, a capitatim tax; a capitatim grant. 1913 Webster]
cap`i*ta"tion(k, n.[L. capitatio a poll tax, fr. caput head; cf. F. capitation.]1.A numbering of heads or individuals. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
2.A tax upon each head or person, without reference to property; a poll tax. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Cap"i*te(k, n.[L., abl. of caput head.]See under Tenant. 1913 Webster]
Cap`i*tel"late(k, a.[L. capitellum, dim. of caput head.](Bot.)Having a very small knoblike termination, or collected into minute capitula. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Cap`i*ti*bran`chi*a"ta(?), n. pl.[NL., from L. caput, capitis, head + -branchiae gills.](Zo\'94l.)A division of annelids in which the gills arise from or near the head. See Tubicola. 1913 Webster]
Cap"i*tol(?), [L. capitolium, fr. caput head: cf. F. capitole. See Chief.] 1913 Webster]
1.The temple of Jupiter, at Rome, on the Mona Capitolinus, where the Senate met. 1913 Webster]
Comes C\'91sar to the Capitol to-morrow?Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.The edifice at Washington occupied by the Congress of the United States; also, the building in which the legislature of a State holds its sessions; a statehouse. 1913 Webster]
{ Cap`i*to"li*an(?), Cap"i*to*line(?), }a.[L. capitolinus: cf. F. capitolin.]Of or pertaining to the Capitol in Rome. \'bdCapitolian Jove.\'b8 Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
Capitoline games(Antiq.), annual games instituted at Rome by Camillus, in honor of Jupiter Capitolinus, on account of the preservation of the Capitol from the Gauls; when reinstituted by Domitian, after a period of neglect, they were held every fifth year. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ca*pit"u*la(?), n. pl.See Capitulum. 1913 Webster]
Ca*pit"u*lar(?), n.[LL. capitulare, capitularium, fr. L. capitulum a small head, a chapter, dim. of capit head, chapter.]1.An act passed in a chapter. 1913 Webster]
2.A member of a chapter. 1913 Webster]
The chapter itself, and all its members or capitulars.Ayliffe. 1913 Webster]
3.The head or prominent part. 1913 Webster]
Ca*pit"u*lar(?), a.1.(Eccl.)Of or pertaining to a chapter; capitulary. 1913 Webster]
From the pope to the member of the capitular body.Milman. 1913 Webster]
2.(Bot.)Growing in, or pertaining to, a capitulum. 1913 Webster]
3.(Anat.)Pertaining to a capitulum; as, the capitular process of a vertebra, the process which articulates with the capitulum of a rib. 1913 Webster]
Ca*pit"u*lar*ly(?), adv.In the manner or form of an ecclesiastical chapter.Sterne. 1913 Webster]
2.The body of laws or statutes of a chapter, or of an ecclesiastical council. 1913 Webster]
3.A collection of laws or statutes, civil and ecclesiastical, esp. of the Frankish kings, in chapters or sections. 1913 Webster]
Several of Charlemagne's capitularies.Hallam. 1913 Webster]
Ca*pit"u*la*ry(?), a.Relating to the chapter of a cathedral; capitular. \'bdCapitulary acts.\'b8 Warton. 1913 Webster]
Ca*pit"u*late(?), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Capitulated; p. pr. & vb. n.Capitulating.][LL. capitulatus, p. p. of capitulare to capitulate: cf. F. capituler. See Capitular, n.]1.To settle or draw up the heads or terms of an agreement, as in chapters or articles; to agree. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
There capitulates with the king . . . to take to wife his daughter Mary.Heylin. 1913 Webster]
There is no reason why the reducing of any agreement to certain heads or capitula should not be called to capitulate.Trench. 1913 Webster]
2.To surrender on terms agreed upon (usually, drawn up under several heads); as, an army or a garrison capitulates. 1913 Webster]
The Irish, after holding out a week, capitulated.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
Ca*pit"u*late, v. t.To surrender or transfer, as an army or a fortress, on certain conditions. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Ca*pit`u*la"tion(k, n.[Cf. F. capitulation, LL. capitulatio.]1.A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement. 1913 Webster]
With special capitulation that neither the Scots nor the French shall refortify.Bp. Burnet. 1913 Webster]
2.The act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms. 1913 Webster]
3.The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender. 1913 Webster]
Ca*pit"u*la`tor(k, n.[LL.]One who capitulates. 1913 Webster]
Cap"i*tule(k, n.[L. capitulum small head, chapter.]A summary. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ca*pit"u*lum(k, n.; pl.Capitula(k.[L., a small head.]1.A thick head of flowers on a very short axis, as a clover top, or a dandelion; a composite flower. A capitulum may be either globular or flat.Gray. 1913 Webster]
2.(Anat.)A knoblike protuberance of any part, esp. at the end of a bone or cartilage. [See Illust. of Artiodactyla.] 1913 Webster]
Ca*pi"vi(?), n.[Cf. Copaiba.]A balsam of the Spanish West Indies. See Copaiba. 1913 Webster]
Ca"ple(?), n.See Capel. 1913 Webster]
Cap"lin(?), n.See Capelin. 1913 Webster]
{ Cap"lin(?), Cap"ling(?), }n.The cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass which connect the handle and swingel.Wright. 1913 Webster]
Cap"no*man`cy(?), n.[Gr. kapno`s smoke + mancy: cf. F. capnomancie.]Divination by means of the ascent or motion of smoke. 1913 Webster]
Cap"no*mor(?), n.[Gr. kapno`s smoke + mo`ra, equiv. to moi^ra part.](Chem.)A limpid, colorless oil with a peculiar odor, obtained from beech tar.Watts. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ca*poc"(?), n.[Malay k\'bepoq.]A sort of cotton so short and fine that it can not be spun, used in the East Indies to line palanquins, to make mattresses, etc. 1913 Webster]
Ca*poch"(?), n.; pl.Capoches(#).[Cf. Sp. capucho, It. cappucio, F. Capuce, capuchon, LL. caputium, fr. capa cloak. See Cap.]A hood; especially, the hood attached to the gown of a monk. 1913 Webster]
Ca*poch", v. t.[imp. & p. p.Capoched(?).]To cover with, or as with, a hood; hence, to hoodwink or blind.Hudibras. 1913 Webster]
Ca"pon(kor k, n.[OE. capon, chapoun, AS. cap (cf. F. chapon), L. capo, fr. Gr. ka`pwn akin to ko`ptein to cut, OSlav. skopiti to castrate. Cf. Comma.]A castrated cock, esp. when fattened; a male chicken gelded to improve his flesh for the table.Shak. 1913 Webster]
The merry thought of a capon.W. Irving. 1913 Webster]
Ca"pon, v. t.To castrate; to make a capon of. 1913 Webster]
Ca"pon*et(?), n.A young capon. [R.] Chapman. 1913 Webster]
Cap`o*niere"(?), n.[F. caponni\'8are, fr. Sp. caponera, orig., a cage for fattening capons, hence, a place of refuge; cf. It. capponiera. See Capon.](Fort.)A work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the enemy, or to serve as a covered passageway. 1913 Webster]
Ca"pon*ize(?), v. t.To castrate, as a fowl. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ca`po*ral"(k, n.[Sp. See Corporal, n.]One who directs work; an overseer. [Sp. Amer.] Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Ca*pot"(?), n.[F.]A winning of all the tricks at the game of piquet. It counts for forty points.Hoyle. 1913 Webster]
Ca*pot", v. t.[imp. & p. p.Capotted.]To win all the tricks from, in playing at piquet. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ca"po tas"to(?). [It. capotasto.](Music)A sort of bar or movable nut, attached to the finger board of a guitar or other fretted instrument for the purpose of raising uniformly the pitch of all the strings. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Ca*pote"(?), n.[Sp. capote (cf. F. capote.), fr. LL. capa cape, cloak. See Cap.]A long cloak or overcoat, especially one with a hood. 1913 Webster]
Ca*pouch"(?), n. & v. t.Same as Capoch. 1913 Webster]
Cap"pa*dine(?), n.A floss or waste obtained from the cocoon after the silk has been reeled off, used for shag. 1913 Webster]
Cap"pa`per(?), See cap, n., also Paper, n. 1913 Webster]
Cap"peak`(?), n.The front piece of a cap; -- now more commonly called visor. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Cap*pel"la(?), n.See A cappella. 1913 Webster]
Cap"per(?), n.1.One whose business is to make or sell caps. 1913 Webster]
2.A by-bidder; a decoy for gamblers. [Slang, U. S.]<--shill?--> 1913 Webster]
3.An instrument for applying a percussion cap to a gun or cartridge. 1913 Webster]
Cap"ping plane`(?). (Join.)A plane used for working the upper surface of staircase rails. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ca"pra(?), n.[L., a she goat.](Zo\'94l.)A genus of ruminants, including the common goat. 1913 Webster]
Cap"rate(?), n.(Chem.)A salt of capric acid. 1913 Webster]
Caprellan.a genus somprising the skeleton shrimp. Syn. -- genus Caprella. WordNet 1.5]
Cap"re*o*late(?), a.[L. capreolus wild goat, tendril, fr.caper goat: cf. F. capr\'82ol\'82.](Bot.)Having a tendril or tendrils. 1913 Webster]
Cap"re*o*line(?), a.[L. capreolus wild goat, fr. caper goat.](Zo\'94l.)Of or pertaining to the roebuck. 1913 Webster]
Capreolusn.a genus of deer including the roe deer (Capreolus capreolus). Syn. -- genus Capreolus. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Ca"pri(?), n.Wine produced on the island of Capri, commonly a light, dry, white wine. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Cap"ric(?), a.[L. caper goat.](Chem.)Of or pertaining to capric acid or its derivatives. 1913 Webster]
Capric acid (also called decanoic acid), C9H19.CO.OH,
Caprylic acid (also called octanoic acid), C7H15.CO2.H, and
Caproic acid (also called hexanoic acid), C5H11.CO2.H, are fatty acids occurring in small quantities in butter, cocoanut oil, etc., united with glycerin; they are colorless oils, or white crystalline solids, of an unpleasant odor like that of goats or sweat. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ca*pric"cio(k, n.[It. See Caprice.]1.(Mus.)A piece in a free form, with frequent digressions from the theme; a fantasia; -- often called caprice. 1913 Webster]
2.A caprice; a freak; a fancy.Shak. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ca*pric*cio"so(k, a.[It.](Mus)In a free, fantastic style. 1913 Webster]
Ca*price"(k, n.[F. caprice, It. capriccio, caprice (perh. orig. a fantastical goat leap), fr. L. caper, capra, goat. Cf Capriole, Cab, Caper, v. i.]1.An abrupt change in feeling, opinion, or action, proceeding from some whim or fancy; a freak; a notion. \'bdCaprices of appetite.\'b8 W. Irving. 1913 Webster]
-- Ca*pri"cious*ly, adv. -- Ca*pri"cious*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
Cap"ri*corn(?), n.[L. capricornus; caper goat + cornu horn: cf. F. capricorne.]1.(Astron.)The tenth sign of zodiac, into which the sun enters at the winter solstice, about December 21. See Tropic. 1913 Webster]
The sun was entered into Capricorn.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
2.(Astron.)A southern constellation, represented on ancient monuments by the figure of a goat, or a figure with its fore part like a fish. 1913 Webster]
Capricorn beetle(Zo\'94l.), any beetle of the family Carambucid\'91; one of the long-horned beetles. The larv\'91 usually bore into the wood or bark of trees and shrubs and are often destructive. See Girdler, Pruner. 1913 Webster]
Cap"rid(?), a.[L. caper, capra, goat.](Zo\'94l.)Of or pertaining to the tribe of ruminants of which the goat, or genus Capra, is the type. 1913 Webster]
Cap`ri*fi*ca"tion(?), n.[L. caprificatio, fr. caprificare to ripen figs by caprification, fr. caprificus the wild fig; caper goat + ficus fig.]The practice of hanging, upon the cultivated fig tree, branches of the wild fig infested with minute hymenopterous insects. 1913 Webster]
Cap"ri*fo`li*a`ceous(?), a.Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the Honeysuckle family of plants (Caprifoliac\'91. 1913 Webster]
Cap"ri*form(?), a.[L. caper goat + -form.]Having the form of a goat. 1913 Webster]
Ca*prig"e*nous(?), a.[L. caprigenus; caper goat + gegnere to produce.]Of the goat kind. 1913 Webster]
Caprimulgidaen.[L. capris goat + mulgere to milk.]a widely distributed natural family of nocturnally active birds including the whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus), the chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis), and the common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor); -- called popularly the goatsuckers or nightjars. The nighthawks are sometimes active during the day. Syn. -- goatsuckers, nightjars, family Caprimulgidae. PJC]
The family . . . is alternately known as the nightjars (derived from the "churring" sounds of several species -- "jarring" the night air), or goatsuckers, a nonsense name that should be discontinued as it has its origin in the preposterous myth that the birds sucked the milk of nanny goats until they were dry.Terence Michael Short (Wild Birds of the Americas)
Caprimulgiformesn.an order of birds including the goatsuckers (Caprimulgidae), frogmouths, and the oilbird (guacharo) (family Steatornithidae). Syn. -- order Caprimulgiformes. WordNet 1.5]
Caprimulgusn.the type genus of the Caprimulgidae, including the whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus) and the chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis). Syn. -- genus Caprimulgus. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Cap"rine(?), a.[L. caprinus.]Of or pertaining to a goat; as, caprine gambols. 1913 Webster]
Cap"ri*ole(?), n.[F. capriole, cabriole, It. capriola, fr. L. caper goat. Cf. Caper, v. i.Cabriole, Caprice, Cheveril.]1.(Man.)A leap that a horse makes with all fours, upwards only, without advancing, but with a kick or jerk of the hind legs when at the height of the leap. 1913 Webster]
2.A leap or caper, as in dancing. \'bdWith lofty turns and caprioles.\'b8 Sir J. Davies. 1913 Webster]
Cap"ri*ole, v. i.To perform a capriole.Carlyle. 1913 Webster]
Cap"ri*ped(?), a.[L. capripers; caper goat + pes pedis, foot.]Having feet like those of a goat. 1913 Webster]
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Cap"ro*ate(?), n.(Chem.)A salt of caproic acid. 1913 Webster]
Ca*pro"ic(?), a.(Chem.)See under Capric. 1913 Webster]
Cap"ry*late(?), n.(Chem.)A salt of caprylic acid. 1913 Webster]
Ca*pryl"ic(?), a.(Chem.)See under Capric. 1913 Webster]
Cap*sa"i*cin(?), n.[From Capsicum.](Chem.)A colorless crystalline substance extracted from the Capsicum annuum, and giving off vapors of intense acridity. 1913 Webster]
Cap"sheaf`(?), n.The top sheaf of a stack of grain: (fig.) the crowning or finishing part of a thing. 1913 Webster]
Cap"si*cin(?), n.[From Capsicum.](Chem.)A red liquid or soft resin extracted from various species of capsicum. 1913 Webster]
Cap"si*cine(?), n.[From Capsicum.](Chem.)A volatile alkaloid extracted from Capsicum annuum or from capsicin. 1913 Webster]
Cap"si*cum(k, n.[NL., fr. L. capsa box, chest.](Bot.)A genus of plants of many species, producing capsules or dry berries of various forms, which have an exceedingly pungent, biting taste, and when ground form the red or Cayenne pepper of commerce. 1913 Webster]
Capsicum baccatum or bird pepper, Capsicum fastigiatum or chili pepper, Capsicum frutescens or spur pepper (from which tabasco is obtained), Capsicum chinense, which includes the fiery-hot habanero pepper, and Capsicum annuum or Guinea pepper, which includes the bell pepper, the jalapeno pepper, the cayenne pepper, and other commo