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word: Cabbage₂
definition:
Cabbage

Cab"bage
v. i.
To form a head like that the cabbage; as, to make lettuce cabbage.
Johnson.


word: Cabbage₃
definition:
Cabbage

Cab"bage
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Cabbaged (-ba̝jd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cabbaging (-ba̝*jĭng).]
[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.

Your tailor . . . cabbages whole yards of cloth.
Arbuthnot.


word: cabbage butterfly
definition:
cabbage butterfly

cab"bage butterfly
(Zoöl.)
a white butterfly (Pieris rapæ 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.


word: cabbageworm
definition:
cabbageworm

cabbage worm

cab"bage worm`, cab"bage*worm`
n.
(Zoöl.)
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 rapæ).  The cabbage cutworms, which eat off the stalks of young plants during the night, are the larvæ of several species of moths, of the genus Agrotis. See Cutworm.  larva of a cabbage butterfly.


word: Cabbling
definition:
Cabbling

Cab"bling
(-blĭng)
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.


word: Cabesse
definition:
Cabesse

Cabeca

{ &VerbarCa*be"ça (kȧ*ba̝"sȧ), &VerbarCa*besse" (kȧ*bĕs"), }
n.
[Pg. cabeça, F. cabesse.]
The finest kind of silk received from India.


word: Caber
definition:
Caber

Ca"ber
(kā"bẽr)
n.
[Gael. cabar.]
A pole or beam, esp. one used in Gaelic games for tossing as a trial of strength.


word: Cabezon
definition:
Cabezon

Cab`e*zon"
(kăb`a̝*z&obreve_;n" or kä*ba̝*tho̝n")
n.
[Sp., properly, big head. Cf. Cavesson.]
(Zoöl.)
A California fish (Hemilepidotus spinosus), allied to the sculpin.


word: Cabin
definition:
Cabin

Cab"in
(kăb"ĭn)
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.

A hunting cabin in the west.
E. Everett.

2.
A small room; an inclosed place.

So long in secret cabin there he held
Her captive.
Spenser.

3.
A room in ship for officers or passengers.

Cabin boy, a boy whose duty is to wait on the officers and passengers in the cabin of a ship.


word: Cabin₂
definition:
Cabin

Cab"in
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Cabined (-ĭnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cabining.]
To live in, or as in, a cabin; to lodge.

I'll make you . . . cabin in a cave.
Shak.


word: Cabin₃
definition:
Cabin

Cab"in
v. t.
To confine in, or as in, a cabin.

I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in
To saucy doubts and fears.
Shak.


word: Cabinet
definition:
Cabinet

Cab"i*net
(kăb"ĭ*nĕt)
n.
[F., dim. of cabine or cabane. See Cabin, n.]
1.
A hut; a cottage; a small house.
[Obs.]

Hearken a while from thy green cabinet,
The rural song of careful Colinet.
Spenser.

2.
A small room, or retired apartment; a closet.

3.
A private room in which consultations are held.

Philip passed some hours every day in his father's cabinet.
Prescott.

4.
The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a nation; a cabinet council.

&hand_; In England, the 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.

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 étagère or closed with doors. See étagère.

6.
Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection itself.

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.


word: Cabinet₂
definition:
Cabinet

Cab"i*net
a.
Suitable for a cabinet; small.

He [Varnhagen von Ense] is a walking cabinet edition of Goethe.
For. Quar. Rev.


word: Cabinet₃
definition:
Cabinet

Cab"i*net
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Cabineted; p. pr. & vb. n. Cabineting.]
To inclose
[R.]
Hewyt.


word: Cabinetmaker
definition:
Cabinetmaker

Cab"i*net*mak`er
(-māk`ẽr)
n.
One whose occupation is to make cabinets or other choice articles of household furniture, as tables, bedsteads, bureaus, etc.


word: Cabinetmaking
definition:
Cabinetmaking

Cab"i*net*mak`ing
n.
The art or occupation of making the finer articles of household furniture.


word: Cabinetwork
definition:
Cabinetwork

Cab"i*net*work`
(-wûrk`)
n.
The art or occupation of working upon wooden furniture requiring nice workmanship; also, such furniture.


word: Cabiri
definition:
Cabiri

Ca*bi"ri
(kȧ*bī"rī)
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 Hephæstus (or Vulcan), as being masters of the art of working metals.
[Written also Cabeiri.]
Liddell & Scott.


word: Cabiric
definition:
Cabiric

Ca*bir"ic
(kȧ*bĭr"ĭk)
a.
[Cf. F. Cabirique]
Of or pertaining to the Cabiri, or to their mystical worship.
[Written also Cabiritic.]


word: Cable
definition:
Cable

Ca"ble
(kā"b'l)
n.
[F. câble, 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.

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.

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.

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.


word: Cable₂
definition:
Cable

Ca"ble
(kā"b'l)
v. t.
1.
To fasten with a cable.

2.
(Arch.)
To ornament with cabling.  See Cabling.


word: Cable₃
definition:
Cable

Ca"ble
v. t. & i.
[imp. & p. p. Cabled (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Cabling (-blĭng).]
To telegraph by a submarine cable
[Recent]


word: Cabled
definition:
Cabled

Ca"bled
(-b'ld)
a.
1.
Fastened with, or attached to, a cable or rope.
cabled
Dyer.

2.
(Arch.)
Adorned with cabling.


word: Cablegram
definition:
Cablegram

Ca"ble*gram`
(kā"b'l*grăm`)
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.]


word: Cablelaid
definition:
Cablelaid

Ca"ble*laid`
(-lād`)
a.
1.
(Naut.)
Composed of three three-stranded ropes, or hawsers, twisted together to form a cable.

2.
Twisted after the manner of a cable; as, a cable-laid gold chain.
Simmonds.


word: Cablet
definition:
Cablet

Ca"blet
(?)
n.
[Dim. of cable; cf. F. câblot.]
A little cable less than ten inches in circumference.


word: Cabling
definition:
Cabling

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.


word: Cabob
definition:
Cabob

Ca*bob"
(?)
n.
[Hindi kabāb]
[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.]

2.
A leg of mutton roasted, stuffed with white herrings and sweet herbs.
Wright.

shish cabob See shish kebob.


word: Caboched
definition:
Caboched

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.]


word: cabochon
definition:
cabochon

ca`bo`chon"
(kă`bŭ*shän"; Fr. kȧ`bo̝`shôN")
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.


word: cabochon₂
definition:
cabochon

ca`bo`chon"
(kă`bŭ*shän"; Fr. kȧ`bo̝`shôN")
a.
[see cabochon, n..]
(Jewelry)
Of, pertaining to, containing, or in the style of, a cabochon.


word: Cabombaceae
definition:
Cabombaceae

Cabombaceae
prop. n.
A subfamily of plants, in some classifications considered as an independent family of water lilies; it comprises the genera Cabomba and Brasenia.

Syn. -- subfamily Cabombaceae, water-shield family.


word: caboodle
definition:
caboodle

ca*boo"dle
(kȧ*bō"d'l)
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.


word: Caboose
definition:
Caboose

Ca*boose"
(kȧ*bōs")
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.

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.]


word: Cabotage
definition:
Cabotage

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.


word: Cabree
definition:
Cabree

Ca*brée"
(kȧ*bra̝")
n.
[French Canadian.]
(Zoöl.)
The pronghorn antelope.
[Also written cabrit, cabret.]


word: Cabrerite
definition:
Cabrerite

Ca*brer"ite
(?)
n.
(Min.)
An apple-green mineral, a hydrous arseniate of nickel, cobalt, and magnesia; -- so named from the Sierra Cabrera, Spain.


word: Cabrilla
definition:
Cabrilla

Ca*bril"la
(?)
n.
[Sp., prawn.]
(Zool)
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.


word: Cabriole
definition:
Cabriole

Cab"ri*ole
(?)
n.
[F. See Cabriolet, and cf. Capriole.]
(Man.)
A curvet; a leap. See Capriole.

The cabrioles which his charger exhibited.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Cabriolet
definition:
Cabriolet

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.


word: Caburn
definition:
Caburn

Cab"urn
(?)
n.
[Cf. Cable, n.]
(Naut.)
A small line made of spun yarn, to bind or worm cables, seize tackles, etc.


word: ca-ca
definition:
ca-ca

ca-ca
n.
n.
[see cack.]
Feces; excrement; -- used in talking with very young children.
[baby talk]


word: ca-ca₂
definition:
ca-ca

ca-ca
v.
[see cack.]
to have a bowel movement.
[baby talk]

Syn. -- defecate, shit, take a shit, take a crap, crap, make.


word: Cachaemia
definition:
Cachaemia

{&VerbarCa*cæ"mi*a (kȧ*sē"mĭ*ȧ), &VerbarCa*chæ"mi*a (kȧ*ke̝"mĭ*ȧ),}
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. kako`s bad+ a"i^ma blood.]
(Med.)
A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood.


word: Cacajao
definition:
Cacajao

Ca*ca*jão"
(?)
n.
[Pg.]
(Zool)
A South American short-tailed monkey (Pithecia melanocephala syn. Brachyurus melanocephala).
[Written also cacajo.]


word: cacao
definition:
cacao

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.


word: Cachemia
definition:
Cachemia

Cachaemia

&VerbarCa*chæ"mi*a, &VerbarCa*che"mi*a (_;)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; bad + _; blood.]
(Med.)
A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood.
Ca*chæ"mic, Ca*che"mic (#), a.


word: cachalot
definition:
cachalot

cach"a*lot
(?)
n.
[F. cachalot.]
(Zoöl.)
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.


word: cache
definition:
cache

cache
(kăsh)
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.

2.
That which is hidden in a cache{2}; a hoard; a stockpile.

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.


word: Cachectical
definition:
Cachectical

Cachectic

{ Ca*chec"tic (?), Ca*chec"tic*al (?), }
a.
[L. cachecticus, Gr. _;_;_;_;_;_;_;_;_;: cf. F. cachectique.]
Having, or pertaining to, cachexia; as, cachectic remedies; cachectical blood.
Arbuthnot.


word: Cachepot
definition:
Cachepot

Cache`pot"
(kȧsh`po̝")
n.
[F., fr. cacher to hide + pot a pot.]
An ornamental casing for a flowerpot, of porcelain, metal, paper, etc.


word: Cachet
definition:
Cachet

Cach"et
(?)
n.
[F. fr. cacher to hide.]
A seal, as of a letter.

Lettre de cachet [F.], a sealed letter, especially a letter or missive emanating from the sovereign; -- much used in France before the Revolution as an arbitrary order of imprisonment.


word: Cachexy
definition:
Cachexy

Cachexia

{ &VerbarCa*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).


word: Cachinnation
definition:
Cachinnation

Cach`in*na"tion
(kăk`ĭn*nā"shŭn)
n.
[L. cachinnatio, fr. cachinnare to laugh aloud, cf. Gr. kacha`zein.]
Loud or immoderate laughter; -- often a symptom of hysterical or maniacal affections.

Hideous grimaces . . . attended this unusual cachinnation.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Cachinnatory
definition:
Cachinnatory

Ca*chin"na*to*ry
(?)
a.
Consisting of, or accompanied by, immoderate laughter.

Cachinnatory buzzes of approval.
Carlyle.


word: Cachiri
definition:
Cachiri

Ca*chi"ri
(?)
n.
A fermented liquor made in Cayenne from the grated root of the manioc, and resembling perry.
Dunglison.


word: Cacholong
definition:
Cacholong

Cach"o*long
(?)
n.
[F. cacholong, said to be from Cach, the name of a river in Bucharia + cholon, a Calmuck word for stone; or fr. a Calmuck word meaning “beautiful stone”]
(Min.)
An opaque or milk-white chalcedony, a variety of quartz; also, a similar variety of opal.


word: Cachou
definition:
Cachou

Ca`chou"
(?)
n.
[F. See Cashoo.]
A silvered aromatic pill, used to correct the odor of the breath.


word: Cachucha
definition:
Cachucha

Ca*chu"cha
(?)
n.
[Sp.]
An Andalusian dance in three-four time, resembling the bolero.
[Sometimes in English spelled cachuca (_;).]

The orchestra plays the cachucha.
Longfellow.


word: Cachunde
definition:
Cachunde

Ca*chun"de
(?)
n.
[Sp.]
(Med.)
A pastil or troche, composed of various aromatic and other ingredients, highly celebrated in India as an antidote, and as a stomachic and antispasmodic.


word: Cack
definition:
Cack

Cack
(kăk)
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.


word: Cackerel
definition:
Cackerel

Cack"er*el
(?)
n.
[OF. caquerel cagarel (Cotgr.), from the root of E. cack.]
(Zoöl.)
The mendole; a small worthless Mediterranean fish considered poisonous by the ancients. See Mendole.


word: Cackle
definition:
Cackle

Cac"kle
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Cackled (-k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Cackling (?).]
[OE. cakelen; cf. LG. kakeln, D. kakelen, G. gackeln, gackern; all of imitative origin. Cf. Gagle, Cake to cackle.]
1.
To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.

When every goose is cackling.
Shak.

2.
To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a hen or a goose; to giggle.
Arbuthnot.

3.
To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.
Johnson.


word: Cackle₂
definition:
Cackle

Cac"kle
(?)
n.
1.
The sharp broken noise made by a goose or by a hen that has laid an egg.

By her cackle saved the state.
Dryden.

2.
Idle talk; silly prattle.

There is a buzz and cackle all around regarding the sermon.
Thackeray.


word: Cacochymy
definition:
Cacochymy

Cacochymia

{ &VerbarCac`o*chym"i*a (?), Cac"o*chym`y (?), }
n.
[NL. cacochymia, fr. Gr. _;_;_;_;_;_;_;_;_;; kako`s bad + _;_;_;_;_; juice: cf. F. 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.


word: Cacochymical
definition:
Cacochymical

Cacochymic

{ Cac`o*chym"ic (?), Cac`o*chym"ic*al (?), }
a.
Having the fluids of the body vitiated, especially the blood.
Wiseman.


word: Cacodemon
definition:
Cacodemon

Cac`o*de"mon
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;_;_;_;_;_;_;_;_;_;; kako`s bad + _;_;_;_;_;_; demon: cf. F. cacodémon.]
1.
An evil spirit; a devil or demon.
Shak.

2.
(Med.)
The nightmare.
Dunaglison.


word: Cacodoxy
definition:
Cacodoxy

Cacodoxy

Cac"o*dox`y
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;_;_;_;_;_;_;_;_; perverted opinion; kako`s bad + _;_;_;_;_; opinion.]
Erroneous doctrine; heresy; heterodoxy.
[R.]

Heterodoxy, or what Luther calls cacodoxy.
R. Turnbull.


word: Cacodyl
definition:
Cacodyl

Cac"o*dyl
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;_;_;_;_;_;_; ill-smelling (kako`s bad + _;_;_;_;_; to smell) + -yl.]
(Chem.)
Alkarsin; a colorless, poisonous, arsenical liquid, As2(CH3)4, spontaneously inflammable and possessing an intensely disagreeable odor. It is the type of a series of compounds analogous to the nitrogen compounds called hydrazines.
[Written also cacodyle, and kakodyl.]


word: Cacodylic
definition:
Cacodylic

Cac`o*dyl"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, cacodyl.

Cacodylic acid, a white, crystalline, deliquescent substance, (CH3)2AsO.OH, obtained by the oxidation of cacodyl, and having the properties of an exceedingly stable acid; -- also called alkargen.


word: Cacoethes
definition:
Cacoethes

Cac`o*ë"thes
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;_;_;_;_;_;_;_; of ill habits, _;_; _;_;_;_;_;_;_;_; an ill habit; kako`s  bad + _; habit]
1.
A bad custom or habit; an insatiable desire; as, cacoëthes scribendi, “The itch for writing”.
Addison.

2.
(Med.)
A bad quality or disposition in a disease; an incurable ulcer.


word: Cacogastric
definition:
Cacogastric

Cac`o*gas"tric
(?)
a.
[Gr. kako`s bad + _;_;_;_;_;_; stomach.]
Troubled with bad digestion.
[R.]
Carlyle.


word: cacogenics
definition:
cacogenics

cacogenics
n.
the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced.

Syn. -- dysgenics.


word: Cacographic
definition:
Cacographic

Cac`o*graph`ic
(?)
a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, cacography; badly written or spelled.


word: Cacography
definition:
Cacography

Ca*cog`ra*phy
(?)
n.
[Gr. kako`s bad + -graphy; cf. F. cacographie.]
Incorrect or bad writing or spelling.
Walpole.


word: Cacolet
definition:
Cacolet

Ca`co*let"
(?)
n.
[F.]
A chair, litter, or other contrivance fitted to the back or pack saddle of a mule for carrying travelers in mountainous districts, or for the transportation of the sick and wounded of an army.


word: Cacology
definition:
Cacology

Ca*col"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. kako`s bad + -logy: cf. F. cacologie.]
Bad speaking; bad choice or use of words.
Buchanan.


word: Cacomixl
definition:
Cacomixl

Cacomixtle

Cacomixle

{ &VerbarCa`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.


word: Cacoon
definition:
Cacoon

Ca*coon"
(?)
n.
One of the seeds or large beans of a tropical vine (Entada scandens) used for making purses, scent bottles, etc.


word: Cacophonious
definition:
Cacophonious

Cacophonous

Cacophonical

Cacophonic

{ Cac`o*phon"ic (?), Cac`o*phon"ic*al (?), Ca*coph"o*nous (?), Cac`o*pho"ni*ous (?) }
a.
Harsh-sounding.


word: Cacophony
definition:
Cacophony

Ca*coph"o*ny
(?)
n.
pl. Cacophonies (#).
[Gr. _;_;_;_;_;_;_;_;_;; kako`s bad + _;_;_;_; sound: cf. F. Cacophonie.]
1.
(Rhet.)
An uncouth or disagreable sound of words, owing to the concurrence of harsh letters or syllables.
Cacophonies
Pope.

2.
(Mus.)
A combination of discordant sounds.

3.
(Med.)
An unhealthy state of the voice.


word: Cacostomia
definition:
Cacostomia

Cac`o*sto"mi*a
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. kako`s bad + _; mouth.]
(Med.)
Diseased or gangrenous condition of the mouth.


word: Cacotechny
definition:
Cacotechny

Cac"o*tech`ny
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;; kako`s bad + _; art.]
A corruption or corrupt state of art.
[R.]


word: Cacoxenite
definition:
Cacoxenite

Cacoxene

{ Ca*cox"ene (?), Ca*cox"e*nite (?) }
n.
[Gr. kako`s bad + _;_;_;_;_; guest.]
(Min.)
A hydrous phosphate of iron occurring in yellow radiated tufts. The phosphorus seriously injures it as an iron ore.


word: Cactaceous
definition:
Cactaceous

Cac*ta"ceous
(?)
a.
(Bot.)
Belonging to, or like, the family of plants of which the prickly pear is a common example.


word: Cactus
definition:
Cactus

Cac"tus
(?)
n.
pl. E. Cactuses (#), Cacti (-tī).
[L., a kind of cactus, Gr. _;_;_;_;_;_;.]
(Bot.)
Any plant of the order Cactacæ, as the prickly pear and the night-blooming cereus. See Cereus. They usually have leafless stems and branches, often beset with clustered thorns, and are mostly natives of the warmer parts of America.

Cactus wren (Zoöl.), an American wren of the genus Campylorhynchus, of several species.


word: Cacuminal
definition:
Cacuminal

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.


word: Cacuminate
definition:
Cacuminate

Ca*cu"mi*nate
(?)
v. i.
[L. cacuminatus, p. p. of cacuminare to point, fr. cacumen point.]
To make sharp or pointed.
[Obs.]


word: Cad
definition:
Cad

Cad
(?)
n.
[Abbrev. fr. cadet.]
1.
A person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and shut it, and to receive fares; an idle hanger-on about innyards.
[Eng.]
Dickens.

2.
A lowbred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow.
[Cant]
Thackeray.


word: Cadastral
definition:
Cadastral

Ca*das"tral
(?)
a.
[F.]
Of or pertaining to landed property.

Cadastral survey, or Cadastral map, a survey, map, or plan on a large scale (Usually 1/2500 of the linear measure of the ground, or twenty-five inches to the mile or about an inch to the acre) so as to represent the relative positions and dimensions of objects and estates exactly; -- distinguished from a topographical map, which exaggerates the dimensions of houses and the breadth of roads and streams, for the sake of distinctness. Brande & C.


word: Cadaster
definition:
Cadaster

Cadastre

{ &VerbarCa*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.


word: Cadaver
definition:
Cadaver

Ca*da"ver
(kȧ*dă"vẽr; kȧ*dā"vẽr)
n.
[L., fr cadere to fall.]
A dead human body; a corpse.


word: Cadaveric
definition:
Cadaveric

Ca*dav"er*ic
(?)
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a corpse, or the changes produced by death; cadaverous; as, cadaveric rigidity.
Dunglison.

Cadaveric alkaloid, an alkaloid generated by the processes of decomposition in dead animal bodies, and thought by some to be the cause of the poisonous effects produced by the bodies. See Ptomaine.


word: Cadaverin
definition:
Cadaverin

Cadaverine

{ Ca*dav"er*ine (?), n. Also Ca*dav"er*in  }
[From Cadaver and amine.]
(Chem.)
A sirupy, nontoxic ptomaine, H2N.(CH2)5.NH2 (chemically pentamethylene diamine), formed in putrefaction of flesh, etc.


word: Cadaverous
definition:
Cadaverous

Ca*dav"er*ous
(?)
a.
[L. cadaverosus.]
1.
Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale; ghastly; as, a cadaverous look.

2.
Of or pertaining to, or having the qualities of, a dead body.
cadaverous


word: Caddis
definition:
Caddis

Caddice

{ Cad"dice, Cad"dis  }
(?)
n.
[Prov. E. caddy, cadew; cf. G. köder bait.]
(Zool.)
The larva of a caddice fly. These larvæ 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.


word: Caddice fly
definition:
Caddice fly

Caddice fly
(Zool.)
a small mothlike species of trichopterous insect, whose larva is the caddice;  it has two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvae.


word: Caddie
definition:
Caddie

Cad"die
(?)
n.
[Written also caddy, cadie, cady, and cawdy.]
[See Cadet.]
1.
A cadet.
[Obs. Scot.]

2.
A lad; young fellow.
[Scot.]
Burns.

3.
One who does errands or other odd jobs.
[Scot.]

4.
An attendant who carries a golf player's clubs, tees his ball, etc.


word: Caddis₂
definition:
Caddis

Cad"dis
n.
[OE. caddas, Scot. caddis lint, caddes a kind of woolen cloth, cf. Gael. cada, cadadh, a kind of cloth, cotton, fustian, W. cadas, F. cadis.]
A kind of worsted lace or ribbon.
Caddises
Shak.


word: caddisfly
definition:
caddisfly

caddis fly

caddis fly, caddisfly
n.
same as caddice fly.

Syn. -- caddice fly, caddicefly.


word: Caddow
definition:
Caddow

Cad"dow
(?)
n.
[OE.  cadawe, prob. fr. ca chough + daw jackdaw; cf. Gael. cadhag, cathag. Cf. Chough, Daw, n.]
(Zool.)
A jackdaw.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Caddy
definition:
Caddy

Cad"dy
(?)
n.
pl. Caddies (#).
[Earlier spelt catty, fr. Malay katī a weight of 11/3 pounds. Cf. Catty.]
1.
A small box, can, or chest to keep tea in, also called tea caddy.

2.
a container to hold objects when not in use.

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.


word: Cade
definition:
Cade

Cade
(?)
a.
[Cf. OE. cad, kod, lamb, also Cosset, Coddle.]
Bred by hand; domesticated; petted.

He brought his cade lamb with him.
Sheldon.


word: Cade₂
definition:
Cade

Cade
v. t.
To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame.
[Obs.]
Johnson.


word: Cade₃
definition:
Cade

Cade
n.
[L. cadus jar, Gr. _;.]
A barrel or cask, as of fish.
cade
Shak.

A cade of herrings is 500, of sprats 1,000.
Jacob, Law Dict.


word: Cade₄
definition:
Cade

Cade
n.
[F. & Pr.; LL. cada.]
A species of juniper (Juniperus Oxycedrus) of Mediterranean countries.

Oil of cade, a thick, black, tarry liquid, obtained by destructive distillation of the inner wood of the cade. It is used as a local application in skin diseases.


word: Cadence
definition:
Cadence

Ca"dence
(?)
n.
[OE. cadence, cadens, LL. cadentia a falling, fr. L. cadere to fall; cf. F. cadence, It. cadenza. See Chance.]

1.
The act or state of declining or sinking.
[Obs.]

Now was the sun in western cadence low.
Milton.

2.
A fall of the voice in reading or speaking, especially at the end of a sentence.

3.
A rhythmical modulation of the voice or of any sound; as, music of bells in cadence sweet.

Blustering winds, which all night long
Had roused the sea, now with hoarse cadence lull
Seafaring men o'erwatched.
Milton.

The accents . . . were in passion's tenderest cadence.
Sir W. Scott.

4.
Rhythmical flow of language, in prose or verse.

Golden cadence of poesy.
Shak.

If in any composition much attention was paid to the flow of the rhythm, it was said (at least in the 14th and 15th centuries) to be “prosed in faire cadence.”
Dr. Guest.

5.
(Her.)
See Cadency.

6.
(Man.)
Harmony and proportion in motions, as of a well-managed horse.

7.
(Mil.)
A uniform time and place in marching.

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.

Imperfect cadence. (Mus.) See under Imperfect.


word: Cadence₂
definition:
Cadence

Ca"dence
v. t.
To regulate by musical measure.

These parting numbers, cadenced by my grief.
Philips.


word: Cadency
definition:
Cadency

Ca"den*cy
(?)
n.
Descent of related families; distinction between the members of a family according to their ages.

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.).


word: Cadene
definition:
Cadene

Ca*dene"
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. cadène.]
A species of inferior carpet imported from the Levant.
McElrath.


word: Cadenza
definition:
Cadenza

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.


word: Cadet
definition:
Cadet

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.]

1.
The younger of two brothers; a younger brother or son; the youngest son.

The cadet of an ancient and noble family.
Wood.

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.

&hand_; All the undergraduates at Annapolis are Naval cadets. The distinction between Cadet midshipmen and Cadet engineers was abolished by Act of Congress in 1882.

3.
In New Zealand, a young gentleman learning sheep farming at a station; also, any young man attached to a sheep station.

4.
A young man who makes a business of ruining girls to put them in brothels.
[Slang, U. S.]


word: Cadge
definition:
Cadge

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.]

1.
To carry, as a burden.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Halliwell.

2.
To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc.
[Prov.]

3.
To intrude or live on another meanly; to beg.
[Prov. or Slang, Eng.]
Wright.


word: Cadger
definition:
Cadger

Cadg"er
(?)
n.
[From Cadge, v. t., cf. Codger.]

1.
A packman or itinerant huckster.

2.
One who gets his living by trickery or begging.
[Prov. or Slang]
cadger
Dickens.


word: Cadger₂
definition:
Cadger

Cadg"er
n.
[OF. cagier one who catches hawks. Cf. Cage.]
(Hawking)
One who carries hawks on a cadge.


word: Cadgy
definition:
Cadgy

Cadg"y
(?)
a.
Cheerful or mirthful, as after good eating or drinking; also, wanton.
[Scot. & Prov. Eng.]


word: Cadi
definition:
Cadi

Ca"di
(?)
n.
[Turk. See Alcalde.]
An inferior magistrate or judge among the Muslims, usually the judge of a town or village.


word: Caddie₂
definition:
Caddie

Cadie

{ Cad"ie, Cad"die (?), }
n.
A Scotch errand boy, porter, or messenger.
[Written also cady.]

Every Scotchman, from the peer to the cadie.
Macaulay.


word: Cadilesker
definition:
Cadilesker

Ca`di*les"ker
(?)
n.
[Ar. qā&dsdot_;ī 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.


word: Cadillac
definition:
Cadillac

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 “the Cadillac of . . . ”


word: Cadmean
definition:
Cadmean

Cad*me"an
(kăd*mē"an)
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 -- α, β, γ, δ, ε, ι, κ, λ, μ, ν, ο, π, ρ, σ, τ, υ. These are called Cadmean letters.

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.


word: Cadmia
definition:
Cadmia

Cad"mi*a
(?)
n.
[L. cadmia calamine, Gr. _;. Cf. Calamine.]
(Min.)
An oxide of zinc which collects on the sides of furnaces where zinc is sublimed. Formerly applied to the mineral calamine.


word: Cadmic
definition:
Cadmic

Cad"mic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cadmium; as, cadmic sulphide.


word: Cadmium
definition:
Cadmium

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.

Cadmium yellow, a compound of cadmium and sulphur, of an intense yellow color, used as a pigment.


word: Cadrans
definition:
Cadrans

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.


word: Cadre
definition:
Cadre

Ca"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.]


word: Caducary
definition:
Caducary

Ca*du"ca*ry
(?)
a.
[See Caducous.]
(Law)
Relating to escheat, forfeiture, or confiscation.


word: Caduceus
definition:
Caduceus

Ca*du"ce*us
(?)
n.
[L. caduceum, caduceus; akin to Gr. _; a herald's wand, fr. _; herald.]
(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.


word: Caducibranchiate
definition:
Caducibranchiate

Ca*du`ci*bran"chi*ate
(?)
a.
[L. caducus falling (fr. cadere to fall) + E. branchiate.]
(Zool.)
With temporary gills: -- applied to those Amphibia in which the gills do not remain in adult life.


word: Caducity
definition:
Caducity

Ca*du"ci*ty
(?)
n.
[LL. caducitas: cf.  F. caducité. See Caducous.]
Tendency to fall; the feebleness of old age; senility.
[R.]

[A] jumble of youth and caducity.
Chesterfield.


word: Caducous
definition:
Caducous

Ca*du"cous
(?)
[L. caducus falling, inclined to fall, fr. cadere to fall. See Cadence.]
(Bot. & Zool.)
Dropping off or disappearing early, as the calyx of a poppy, or the gills of a tadpole.


word: Caduke
definition:
Caduke

Ca*duke"
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. caduc. See Caducous.]
Perishable; frail; transitory.
[Obs.]
Hickes.

The caduke pleasures of his world.
Bp. Fisher.


word: Caecal
definition:
Caecal

Cæ"cal
(?)
a.
(Anat.)

1.
Of or pertaining to the cæcum, or blind gut.

2.
Having the form of a cæcum, or bag with one opening; baglike; as, the cæcal extremity of a duct.


word: Caecilian
definition:
Caecilian

Cæ*cil"i*an
(?; 106)
n.
[L. caecus blind. So named from the supposed blindness of the species, the eyes being very minute.]
(Zool.)
A limbless amphibian belonging to the order Cæciliæ or Ophimorpha. See Ophiomorpha.
[Written also cœcilian.]


word: caecum
definition:
caecum

cae"cum
(?)
n.
pl. Cæcums, L. Cæca (#).
[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.]

&hand_; The cæcum 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 cæca.


word: Caelatura
definition:
Caelatura

Cæ`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.


word: caesar
definition:
caesar

cæ"sar
(sē"zẽr)
n.
[L.]
A Roman emperor, as being the successor of Augustus Cæsar.  Hence, a kaiser, or emperor of Germany, or any emperor or powerful ruler.  See Kaiser, Kesar, Tsar.

Marlborough anticipated the day when he would be servilely flattered and courted by Cæsar on one side and by Louis the Great on the other.
Macaulay.


word: Cæsarian
definition:
Cæsarian

Cæsarean

{ Cæ*sa"re*an, Cæ*sa"ri*an (se̝*zā"rĭ*an), }
a.
[L. Caesareus, Caesarianus.]
Of or pertaining to Cæsar or the Cæsars; imperial.


word: caesarean section
definition:
caesarean section

caesarean section
n.
(Surg.)
the operation of taking a child from the womb by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus; -- so called because Julius Cæsar 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.


word: Caesarism
definition:
Caesarism

Cæ"sar*ism
(sē"zẽr*ĭz'm)
n.
[Cf. F. Césarisme.]
A system of government in which unrestricted power is exercised by a single person, to whom, as Cæsar or emperor, it has been committed by the popular will; imperialism; also, advocacy or support of such a system of government.

&hand_; This word came into prominence in the time of Napoleon III., as an expression of the claims and political views of that emperor, and of the politicians of his court.


word: Caesaropapism
definition:
Caesaropapism

Caesaropapism
n.
The doctrine that the state is supreme over the church in ecclesiastical matters.

Syn. -- Erastianism, Byzantinism.


word: Caesious
definition:
Caesious

Cæ"si*ous
(sē"ze̝*ŭs)
a.
[L. caesius bluish gray.]
(Nat. Hist.)
Of the color of lavender; pale blue with a slight mixture of gray.
Lindley.


word: Caesium
definition:
Caesium

caesium

caesium, Cæ"si*um
(sē"ze̝*ŭm)
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


word: caesura
definition:
caesura

cae*su"ra
(?)
n.
pl. E. caesuras (_;), L. Cæsuræ (_;)
[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 cæsural accent rests, or which is used as a foot.

&hand_; In the following line the cæsura is between study and of.
[1913 Webster]
The prop | er stud |  y &Verbar of | mankind | is man.


2.
a pause or interruption (as in a conversation); as, after an ominous caesura the preacher continued.


word: Cafe
definition:
Cafe

Ca`fé"
(kă*fā" or F. kȧ`fa̝")
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.


word: cafe latte
definition:
cafe latte

ca`fé" lat"te
(kȧ`fā"lȧ*tā")
n.
A type of espresso coffee topped with foamy steamed milk, and usually served in a tall glass or mug; also called latte.


word: Cafeneh
definition:
Cafeneh

Cafenet

{ Caf"e*net (?), Caf"e*neh (?), }
n.
[Turk. qahveh khāneh coffeehouse.]
A humble inn or house of rest for travelers, where coffee is sold.
[Turkey]


word: Cafeteria
definition:
Cafeteria

Caf`e*te"ri*a
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. cafetière.]
1.
A restaurant or café 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.]

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.


word: Cafetorium
definition:
Cafetorium

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.


word: Caffeic
definition:
Caffeic

Caf*fe"ic
(?)
a.
[See Coffee.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or obtained from, coffee.

Caffeic acid, an acid obtained from coffee tannin, as a yellow crystalline substance, C9H8O4.


word: Caffeine
definition:
Caffeine

caffein

caf*fe"in, Caf*fe"ine
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. caféine. See Coffee.]
(Chem.)
A white, bitter, crystallizable substance, found in coffee and tea. It is identical with the alkaloid theine from tea leaves, and with guaranine from guarana.  It is responsible for most of the stimulating effect of coffee or tea.


word: Caffetannic
definition:
Caffetannic

Caf`fe*tan"nic
(?)
a.
[Caffeic + tannic.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, the tannin of coffee.

Caffetannic acid, a variety of tannin obtained from coffee berries, regarded as a glucoside.


word: Cafileh
definition:
Cafileh

Cafila

{ &VerbarCa"fi*la (?), &VerbarCa"fi*leh (?), }
n.
[Ar.]
A caravan of travelers; a military supply train or government caravan; a string of pack horses.


word: Caftan
definition:
Caftan

Caf"tan
(?)
n.
[Turk. qaftān: 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.


word: Caftan₂
definition:
Caftan

Caf"tan
(?)
v. t.
To clothe with a caftan.
[R.]

The turbaned and caftaned damsel.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Cage
definition:
Cage

Cage
(?)
n.
[F. cage, fr. L. cavea cavity, cage, fr. cavus hollow. Cf. Cave, n., Cajole, Gabion.]

1.
A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals.

In his cage, like parrot fine and gay.
Cowper.

2.
A place of confinement for malefactors
Shak.

Stone walls do not a prison make,
Nor iron bars a cage.
Lovelace.

3.
(Carp.)
An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as, the cage of a staircase.
Gwilt.

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.

5.
The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft.

6.
(Mining)
The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.

7.
(Baseball)
The catcher's wire mask.


word: Cage₂
definition:
Cage

Cage
(kāj)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Caged (kājd); p. pr. & vb. n. Caging.]
To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine.
Caged
Cowper.


word: Cageling
definition:
Cageling

Cage"ling
(kāj"lĭng)
n.
[Cage + -ling]
A bird confined in a cage; esp. a young bird.
[Poetic]
Tennyson.


word: Cagit
definition:
Cagit

Ca"git
(kā"jĭt)
n.
(Zool)
A kind of parrot, of a beautiful green color, found in the Philippine Islands.


word: Cagmag
definition:
Cagmag

Cag"mag
(kăg"măg)
n.
A tough old goose; hence, coarse, bad food of any kind.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.


word: Cagot
definition:
Cagot

Ca`got"
(kȧ`go̝")
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.


word: Cahenslyism
definition:
Cahenslyism

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.


word: Cahier
definition:
Cahier

Ca`hier"
(kȧ`ya̝" or kȧ`hēr)
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.

2.
A memorial of a body; a report of legislative proceedings, etc.


word: Cahinca root
definition:
Cahinca root

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.


word: Cahincic
definition:
Cahincic

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.


word: Cahoot
definition:
Cahoot

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.


word: Caique
definition:
Caique

Ca*ïque"
(?)
n.
[F., fr. Turk. qāīq boat.]
(Naut.)
A light skiff or rowboat used on the Bosporus; also, a Levantine vessel of larger size.


word: ca ira
definition:
ca ira

ça" i*ra"
(?)
[F. ça ira, ça ira, les aristocrates à 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.


word: Caird
definition:
Caird

Caird
(?)
n.
[Ir. ceard a tinker.]
A traveling tinker; also a tramp or sturdy beggar.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Cairn
definition:
Cairn

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.

Now here let us place the gray stone of her cairn.
Campbell.

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.


word: Cairo
definition:
Cairo

Cairo
prop. n.
(Geography)
The capital city of Egypt.  It is the largest city in Africa.  Population (2000) = 7,010,000.

Syn. -- El Qahira, Egyptian capital, capital of Egypt.


word: Cairngormstone
definition:
Cairngormstone

cairngorm

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.


word: Caisson
definition:
Caisson

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.

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.

3.
(Arch.)
A sunk panel of ceilings or soffits.

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.


word: Caisson disease
definition:
Caisson disease

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.


word: Caitiff
definition:
Caitiff

Cai"tiff
(?)
a.
[OE. caitif, cheitif, captive, miserable, OF. caitif, chaitif, captive, mean, wretched, F.  chétif, fr. L. captivus captive, fr. capere to take, akin to E. heave. See Heave, and cf. Captive.]
1.
Captive; wretched; unfortunate.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

2.
Base; wicked and mean; cowardly; despicable.

Arnold had sped his caitiff flight.
W. Irving.


word: Caitiff₂
definition:
Caitiff

Cai"tiff
n.
A captive; a prisoner.
[Obs.]

Avarice doth tyrannize over her caitiff and slave.
Holland.

2.
A wretched or unfortunate man.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

3.
A mean, despicable person; one whose character meanness and wickedness meet.

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.


word: Cajanus
definition:
Cajanus

Cajanus
n.
a genus of erect densely branched shrubby perennials of Old World tropics; naturalized in other warm regions.

Syn. -- genus Cajanus.


word: Cajole
definition:
Cajole

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. geôle, dim. of cage a cage. See Cage, Jail.]
To deceive with flattery or fair words; to wheedle.

I am not about to cajole or flatter you into a reception of my views.
F. W. Robertson.


word: Cajolement
definition:
Cajolement

Ca*jole"ment
(?)
n.
The act of cajoling; the state of being cajoled; cajolery.
Coleridge.


word: Cajolery
definition:
Cajolery

Ca*jol"er*y
(?)
n.
pl. Cajoleries (_;).
A wheedling to delude; words used in cajoling; flattery.
cajoleries
Evelyn.


word: Cajun
definition:
Cajun

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.


word: Cajuput
definition:
Cajuput

Caj"u*put
(?)
n.
[Of Malayan origin; kāyu tree + pūtih 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.


word: Cake
definition:
Cake

Cake
(kāk)
n.
[OE. cake, kaak; akin to Dan. kage, Sw. & Icel. kaka, D. koek, G.kuchen, OHG. chuocho.]

1.
A small mass of dough baked; especially, a thin loaf from unleavened dough; as, an oatmeal cake; johnnycake.

2.
A sweetened composition of flour and other ingredients, leavened or unleavened, baked in a loaf or mass of any size or shape.

3.
A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake; as buckwheat cakes.

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.

Cakes of rusting ice come rolling down the flood.
Dryden.

Cake urchin (Zool), any species of flat sea urchins belonging to the Clypeastroidea. -- Oil cake the refuse of flax seed, cotton seed, or other vegetable substance from which oil has been expressed, compacted into a solid mass, and used as food for cattle, for manure, or for other purposes. -- To have one's cake dough, to fail or be disappointed in what one has undertaken or expected. Shak.


word: Cake₃
definition:
Cake

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.

Clotted blood that caked within.
Addison.


word: calaba
definition:
calaba

calaba
n.
a West Indian tree (Calophyllum calaba) having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.

Syn. -- Santa Maria tree.


word: Calabar
definition:
Calabar

Cal"a*bar
(?)
n.
A district on the west coast of Africa.

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.


word: Calabarine
definition:
Calabarine

Cal"a*bar*ine
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
An alkaloid resembling physostigmine and occurring with it in the calabar bean.


word: Calabash
definition:
Calabash

Cal"a*bash
(kăl"ȧ*băsh)
n.
[Sp. calabaza, or Pg. calabaça, cabaça (cf. F. Calebasse), lit., a dry gourd, fr. Ar. qar', fem., a kind of gourd + aibas dry.]
1.
The common gourd (plant or fruit).

2.
The fruit of the calabash tree.

3.
A water dipper, bottle, bascket, or other utensil, made from the dry shell of a calabash or gourd.

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.


word: Calaboose
definition:
Calaboose

Cal`a*boose"
(?)
n.
[A corruption of Sp. calabozo dungeon.]
A prison; a jail.
[Local, U. S.]


word: calabura
definition:
calabura

calabura
n.
a fast-growing tropical American evergreen (Muntingia calabura) having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit; bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves.

Syn. -- Jamaican cherry, calabur tree, silkwood.


word: Calade
definition:
Calade

Ca*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.


word: Caladium
definition:
Caladium

Ca*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.


word: Calaite
definition:
Calaite

Cal"a*ite
(kăl`a̝*īt)
n.
[L. callaïs, Gr. ka`lai:s, ka`llai:s; cf. F. calaïte.]
A mineral. See Turquoise.


word: Calamanco
definition:
Calamanco

Cal`a*man"co
(kăl`ȧ*mă&nsmacr_;"ko̝)
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.
calamanco
Tatler.


word: Calamander wood
definition:
Calamander wood

Cal"a*man`der wood
(kăl"ȧ*măn`dẽr wŏd`)
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 quæsita. Called also Coromandel wood.


word: calamari
definition:
calamari

Cal"a*mar`i
(kăl`ȧ*mär"e̝)
n.
[It. calamari, fr. LL. calamarium inkstand, fr. L. calamus a reed pen: cf. F. calmar, calemar, pen case, calamar.]
(Cookery)
Squid, used as a food; -- from the Italian word. See Squid.


word: Calambac
definition:
Calambac

Cal"am*bac
(kăl"ăm*băk)
n.
[F. calambac, calambour, from Malay Kalambaq a king of fragrant wood.]
(Bot.)
A fragrant wood; agalloch.


word: Calambour
definition:
Calambour

Cal"am*bour
(kăl"ăm*bōr)
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.


word: Calamine
definition:
Calamine

Cal"a*mine
(kăl"ȧ*mīn or -mĭn)
n.
[F. calamine, LL. calamina, fr. L. Cadmia. See Cadmia.]
(min.)
A mineral, the hydrous silicate of zinc.

&hand_; The name was formerly applied to both the carbonate and silicate of zinc each of which is valuabic as an ore; but it is now usually restricted to the latter, the former being called smithsonite.


word: Calamint
definition:
Calamint

Cal"a*mint
(-mĭnt)
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.


word: Calamist
definition:
Calamist

Cal"a*mist
(-mĭst)
n.
[L. calamus a reed.]
One who plays upon a reed or pipe.
[Obs.]
Blount.


word: Calamistrate
definition:
Calamistrate

Cal`a*mis"trate
(-mĭs"trāt)
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.


word: Calamistration
definition:
Calamistration

Cal`a*mis*tra"tion
(kăl`ȧ*mĭs*trā"shŭn)
n.
The act or process of curling the hair.
[Obs.]
Burton.


word: Calamistrum
definition:
Calamistrum

Cal`a*mis"trum
(?)
n.
[L., a curling iron.]
(Zool.)
A comblike structure on the metatarsus of the hind legs of certain spiders (Ciniflonidæ), used to curl certain fibers in the construction of their webs.


word: Calamite
definition:
Calamite

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.


word: Calamitous
definition:
Calamitous

Ca*lam"i*tous
(?)
a.
[L. Calamitosus; cf. F. calamiteux.]

1.
Suffering calamity; wretched; miserable.
[Obs.]

Ten thousands of calamitous persons.
South.

2.
Producing, or attended with distress and misery; making wretched; wretched; unhappy.
calamitous
South.
calamitous
Milton.


word: Calamity
definition:
Calamity

Ca*lam"i*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Calamities (#).
[L. calamitas, akin to in-columis unharmed: cf. F. calamité]
1.
Any great misfortune or cause of misery; -- generally applied to events or disasters which produce extensive evil, either to communities or individuals.

The word calamity was first derived from calamus when the corn could not get out of the stalk.
Bacon.

Strokes of calamity that scathe and scorch the soul.
W. Irving.

2.
A state or time of distress or misfortune; misery.

The deliberations of calamity are rarely wise.
Burke.

Where'er I came I brought calamity.
Tennyson.


word: Calamus
definition:
Calamus

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.

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.

3.
(Zool.)
The horny basal portion of a feather; the barrel or quill.


word: Calandrinia
definition:
Calandrinia

Calandrinia
n.
a large genus of low-growing herbs; widespread throughout tropical and warm temperate regions having usually basal leaves and panicles of purplish ephemeral flowers.

Syn. -- genus Calandrinia.


word: calanthe
definition:
calanthe

calanthe
n.
any of various showy orchids of the genus Calanthe having white or yellow or rose-colored flowers and broad leaves folded lengthwise.


word: Calash
definition:
Calash

Ca*lash"
(?)
n.
[F. calèche; 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.

The baroness in a calash capable of holding herself, her two children, and her servants.
W. Irving.

2.
In Canada, a two-wheeled, one-seated vehicle, with a calash top, and the driver's seat elevated in front.

3.
A hood or top of a carriage which can be thrown back at pleasure.

4.
A hood, formerly worn by ladies, which could be drawn forward or thrown back like the top of a carriage.


word: Calaveras skull
definition:
Calaveras skull

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.


word: Calaverite
definition:
Calaverite

Ca`la*ve"rite
(_;)
n.
(Min.)
A bronze-yellow massive mineral with metallic luster; a telluride of gold; -- first found in Calaveras County California.


word: Calcaneum
definition:
Calcaneum

Cal*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.


word: Calcar
definition:
Calcar

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.


word: Calcar₂
definition:
Calcar

Cal"car
n.
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.

2.
(Zool.)
A slender bony process from the ankle joint of bats, which helps to support the posterior part of the web, in flight.

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.


word: Calcarated
definition:
Calcarated

Calcarate

{ Cal"ca*rate (?), Cal"ca*ra`ted (?), }
a.
[LL. calcaratus, fr. L. calcar. See 2d Calcar.]

1.
(Bot.)
Having a spur, as the flower of the toadflax and larkspur; spurred.
Gray.

2.
(Zool.)
Armed with a spur.


word: Calcareo-argillaceous
definition:
Calcareo-argillaceous

Cal*ca"re*o-ar`gil*la"ceous
(?)
a.
consisting of, or containing, calcareous and argillaceous earths.


word: Calcareo-bituminous
definition:
Calcareo-bituminous

Cal*ca"re*o-bi*tu"mi*nous
(?)
a.
Consisting of, or containing, lime and bitumen.
Lyell.


word: Calcareo-siliceous
definition:
Calcareo-siliceous

Cal*ca"re*o-si*li"ceous
(?)
a.
Consisting of, or containing, calcareous and siliceous earths.


word: Calcareous
definition:
Calcareous

Cal*ca"re*ous
(kăl*kā"re̝*ŭs)
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.

Calcareous spar. Same as Calcite.


word: Calcariferous
definition:
Calcariferous

Cal`ca*rif"er*ous
(kăl`kȧ*rĭf"ẽr*ŭs)
a.
[L. calcarius of lime + -ferous.]
Lime-yielding; calciferous


word: Calcarine
definition:
Calcarine

Cal"ca*rine
(kăl"kȧ*rĭn)
a.
(Anat.)
Pertaining to, or situated near, the calcar of the brain.


word: Calcavella
definition:
Calcavella

Cal`ca*vel"la
(kăl`kȧ*vĕl"lȧ)
n.
A sweet wine from Portugal; -- so called from the district of Carcavelhos.
[Written also Calcavellos or Carcavelhos.]


word: Calceated
definition:
Calceated

Cal"ce*a`ted
(kăl"se̝*ā`tĕd)
a.
[L. calceatus, p. p. of calceare to shoe, fr. calceus shoe, fr. calx, calcis, heel.]
Fitted with, or wearing, shoes.
Johnson.


word: Calced
definition:
Calced

Calced
(kălst)
a.
[See Calceated.]
Wearing shoes; calceated; -- in distinction from discalced or barefooted; as the calced Carmelites.


word: Calcedon
definition:
Calcedon

Cal"ce*don
(kăl"se̝*d&obreve_;n)
n.
[See Chalcedony.]
A foul vein, like chalcedony, in some precious stones.


word: Calcedonian
definition:
Calcedonian

Calcedonic

{ Cal`ce*don"ic (kăl`se̝*d&obreve_;n"ĭk), Cal`ce*do"ni*an, }
a.
See Chalcedonic.


word: Calceiform
definition:
Calceiform

Cal"ce*i*form`
(kăl"se̝*ĭ*fôrm`)
a.
[L. calceus shoe + -form.]
(Bot.)
Shaped like a slipper, as one petal of the lady's-slipper; calceolate.


word: calceolaria
definition:
calceolaria

cal`ce*o*la"ri*a
(kăl`se̝*o̝*lā"rĭ*ȧ)
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.


word: Calcic
definition:
Calcic

Cal"cic
(kăl"sĭk)
a.
[L. calx, calcis, lime: cf. F. calcique.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, calcium or lime.


word: calciferol
definition:
calciferol

cal*cif"er*ol
(kăl*sĭf"ẽr*&asuml_;l)
n.
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.


word: calciferous
definition:
calciferous

cal*cif"er*ous
(kăl*sĭf"ẽr*ŭs)
a.
[L. calx, calcis, lime + -ferous.]
Bearing, producing, or containing calcite, or carbonate of lime.

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.


word: Calcific
definition:
Calcific

Cal*cif"ic
(kăl*sĭf"ĭk)
a.
Calciferous.
Specifically:
(Zool.)
of or pertaining to the portion of the oviduct which forms the eggshell in birds and reptiles.
Huxley.


word: Calcification
definition:
Calcification

Cal`ci*fi*ca"tion
(kăl`sĭ*fĭ*kā"shŭn)
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.


word: Calcified
definition:
Calcified

Cal"ci*fied
(kăl"sĭ*fīd)
a.
Consisting of, or containing, calcareous matter or lime salts; calcareous.


word: Calciform
definition:
Calciform

Cal"ci*form
(kăl"sĭ*fôrm)
a.
[L. calx, calcis, lime + -form.]
In the form of chalk or lime.


word: Calcify
definition:
Calcify

Cal"ci*fy
(kăl"sĭ*fī)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Calcified (-fīd); p. pr. & vb. n. Calcifying.]
[L. calx, calcis, lime + -fy.]
To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime.


word: Calcify₂
definition:
Calcify

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.


word: Calcigenous
definition:
Calcigenous

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.


word: Calcigerous
definition:
Calcigerous

Cal*cig"er*ous
(?)
a.
[L. calx, calcis, lime + -gerouse.]
Holding lime or other earthy salts; as, the calcigerous cells of the teeth.


word: Calcimine
definition:
Calcimine

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.]


word: Calcimine₂
definition:
Calcimine

Cal"ci*mine
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Calcimined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Calcimining.]
To wash or cover with calcimine; as, to calcimine walls.


word: Calcination
definition:
Calcination

Cal`ci*na"tion
(kăl`sĭ*nā"shŭn)
n.
[F. calcination.]

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.

2.
The act or process of reducing a metal to an oxide or metallic calx; oxidation.


word: Calcine
definition:
Calcine

Cal*cine"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Calciden (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Calcining.]
[F. calciner, fr. L. calx, calcis, lime. See Calx.]

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.

2.
To oxidize, as a metal by the action of heat; to reduce to a metallic calx.


word: Calcine₂
definition:
Calcine

Cal*cine"
v. i.
To be converted into a powder or friable substance, or into a calx, by the action of heat.
Calcining
Newton.


word: Calcispongiae
definition:
Calcispongiae

Cal`ci*spon"gi*æ
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. L. calx, calcis, lime + spongia a sponge.]
(Zool.)
An order of marine sponges, containing calcareous spicules. See Porifera.


word: Calcite
definition:
Calcite

Cal"cite
(kăl"sīt)
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.

&hand_; 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.


word: Calcitrant
definition:
Calcitrant

Cal"ci*trant
(?)
a.
[L. calcitrans, p. pr. of calcitrare to kick, fr. calx, calcis , heel.]
Kicking.  Hence: Stubborn; refractory.


word: Calcitrate
definition:
Calcitrate

Cal"ci*trate
(?)
v. t. & i.
[L. calcitratus, p. p. of calcitrare. See Calcitrant.]
To kick.


word: Calcium
definition:
Calcium

Cal"ci*um
(kăl"sĭ*ŭm)
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.

&hand_; 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.

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.


word: Calcivorous
definition:
Calcivorous

Cal*civ"o*rous
(?)
a.
[L. calx lime + vorare to devour.]
Eroding, or eating into, limestone.


word: Calcographical
definition:
Calcographical

Calcographic

{ Cal`co*graph"ic (?), Cal`co*graph"ic*al, }
a.
Relating to, or in the style of, calcography.


word: Calcography
definition:
Calcography

Cal*cog"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[L. calx, calcis, lime, chalk + -graphy.]
The art of drawing with chalk.


word: Calculable
definition:
Calculable

Cal"cu*la*ble
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. calculable.]
That may be calculated or ascertained by calculation.


word: Calculary
definition:
Calculary

Cal"cu*la*ry
(?)
a.
[L. calculus a pebble, a calculus; cf calcularius pertaining to calculation.]
(Med.)
Of or pertaining to calculi.


word: Calculary₂
definition:
Calculary

Cal"cu*la*ry
n.
A congeries of little stony knots found in the pulp of the pear and other fruits.


word: Calculate
definition:
Calculate

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.

A calencar exacity calculated than any othe.
North.

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.

A cunning man did calculate my birth.
Shak.

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.

[Religion] is . . . calculated for our benefit.
Abp. Tillotson.

4.
To plan; to expect; to think.
[Local, U. S.]


word: Calculate₂
definition:
Calculate

Cal"cu*late
(?)
v. i.
To make a calculation; to forecast consequences; to estimate; to compute.

The strong passions, whether good or bad, never calculate.
F. W. Robertson.


word: Calculated
definition:
Calculated

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.

2.
Adapted by calculation, contrivance. or forethought to accomplish a purpose; as, to use arts calculated to deceive the people; a calculated response.

3.
Likely to produce a certain effect, whether intended or not; fitted; adapted; suited.

The only danger that attends multiplicity of publication is, that some of them may be calculated to injure rather than benefit society.
Goldsmith.

The minister, on the other hand, had never gone through an experience calculated to lead him beyond the scope of generally received laws
Hawthorne.


word: Calculating
definition:
Calculating

Cal"cu*la`ting
(?)
a.
1.
Of or pertaining to mathematical calculations; performing or able to perform mathematical calculations.

2.
Given to contrivance or forethought; forecasting; scheming; as, a cool calculating disposition.

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.


word: Calculating₂
definition:
Calculating

Cal"cu*la`ting
n.
The act or process of making mathematical computations or of estimating results.


word: Calculation
definition:
Calculation

Cal`cu*la"tion
(-lā"shŭn)
n.
[OE. calculation, fr. L. calculatio; cf. OF. calcucation.]
1.
The act or process, or the result, of calculating; computation; reckoning, estimate.
calculation
Nichol.

The mountain is not so his calculation makes it.
Boyle.

2.
An expectation based on circumstances.

The lazy gossips of the port,
Abhorrent of a calculation crost,
Began to chafe as at a personal wrong.
Tennyson.


word: Calculative
definition:
Calculative

Cal"cu*la*tive
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to calculation; involving calculation.

Long habits of calculative dealings.
Burke.


word: Calculator
definition:
Calculator

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.

Ambition is no exact calculator.
Burke.


word: Calcule
definition:
Calcule

Cal"cule
(?)
n.
[F. calcul, fr. L. calculus. See Calculus.]
Reckoning; computation.
[Obs.]
Howell.


word: Calculous
definition:
Calculous

Cal"cu*lous
(?)
a.
[L. calculosus.]
1.
Of the nature of a calculus; like stone; gritty; as, a calculous concretion.
Sir T. Browne.

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.


word: Calculus
definition:
Calculus

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.

2.
(Math.)
A method of computation; any process of reasoning by the use of symbols; any branch of mathematics that may involve calculation.

Barycentric calculus, a method of treating geometry by defining a point as the center of gravity of certain other points to which coëfficients 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.


word: Caldron
definition:
Caldron

Cal"dron
(k&asuml_;l"drŭn)
n.
[OE. caldron, caudron, caudroun, OF. caudron, chauderon, F. chaudron, an aug. of F. chaudière, LL. caldaria, fr. L. caldarius suitable for warming, fr. caldus, calidus, warm, fr. calere to be warm; cf. Skr. çrā to boil. Cf. Chaldron, Calaric, Caudle.]
A large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron. [Written also cauldron.]
Caldrons
Prescott.


word: Caledonian
definition:
Caledonian

Cal`e*do"ni*an
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to Caledonia or Scotland; Scottish; Scotch.
n. A native or inhabitant of Caledonia or Scotland.


word: Caledonite
definition:
Caledonite

Ca*led"o*nite
(?)
n.
(Min.)
A hydrous sulphate of copper and lead, found in some parts of Caledonia or Scotland.


word: Calefacient
definition:
Calefacient

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.]


word: Calefacient₂
definition:
Calefacient

Cal`e*fa"cient
n.
A substance that excites warmth in the parts to which it is applied, as mustard.


word: Calefaction
definition:
Calefaction

Cal`e*fac"tion
(?)
n.
[L. calefactio: cf. F. caléfaction.]
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.

2.
The state of being heated.


word: Calefactory
definition:
Calefactory

Cal`e*fac"to*ry
(?)
a.
[L. calefactorius.]
Making hot; producing or communicating heat.


word: Calefactory₂
definition:
Calefactory

Cal`e*fac"to*ry
n.
1.
(Eccl.)
An apartment in a monastery, warmed and used as a sitting room.

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.


word: Calefy
definition:
Calefy

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.


word: Calendar
definition:
Calendar

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.

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.

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.

Shepherds of people had need know the calendars of tempests of state.
Bacon.

Calendar clock, one that shows the days of the week and month. -- Calendar month. See under Month. -- French Republican calendar. See under Vendémiaire. -- Gregorian calendar, Julian calendar, Perpetual calendar. See under Gregorian, Julian, and Perpetual.


word: Calendar₂
definition:
Calendar

Cal"en*dar
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Calendared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Calendaring.]
To enter or write in a calendar; to register.
Waterhouse.


word: Calender
definition:
Calender

Cal"en*der
(?)
n.
[F. calandre, LL. calendra, corrupted fr. L. cylindrus a cylinder, Gr. _;_;_;_;_;_;_;_;_;. See 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.

2.
One who pursues the business of calendering.

My good friend the calender.
Cawper.


word: Calender₂
definition:
Calender

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.


word: Calender₃
definition:
Calender

Cal"en*der
n.
[Per. qalender.]
One of a sect or order of fantastically dressed or painted dervishes.


word: Calendrical
definition:
Calendrical

Calendric

{ Ca*len"dric (?), Ca*len"dric*al (?), }
a.
Of or pertaining to a calendar.


word: Calends
definition:
Calends

Cal"ends
(?)
n. pl.
[OE. kalendes month, calends, AS. calend month, fr. L. calendae; akin to calare to call, proclaim, Gr. _;_;_;_;_;_;. CF. Claim.]
The first day of each month in the ancient Roman calendar.
[Written also kalends.]

The Greek calends, a time that will never come, as the Greeks had no calends.


word: Calendula
definition:
Calendula

Ca*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.


word: Calendulin
definition:
Calendulin

Ca*len"du*lin
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A gummy or mucilaginous tasteless substance obtained from the marigold or calendula, and analogous to bassorin.


word: Calenture
definition:
Calenture

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.


word: Calenture₂
definition:
Calenture

Cal"en*ture
v. i.
To see as in the delirium of one affected with calenture.
[Poetic]

Hath fed on pageants floating through the air
Or calentures in depths of limpid flood.
Wordsworth.


word: Calescence
definition:
Calescence

Ca*les"cence
(?)
n.
[L. calescens, p. pr. of calescere, incho. of calere to be warm.]
Growing warmth; increasing heat.


word: Calf
definition:
Calf

Calf
(?)
n.
pl. Calves (#).
[OE. calf, kelf, AS. cealf; akin to D. kalf, G. kalb, Icel. kālfr, Sw. kalf, Dan. kalv, Goth. kalb&omacr; cf. Skr. garbha fetus, young, Gr. _;_;_;_;_;, Skr grabh to seize, conceive, Ir. colpa, colpach, a calf. √222.]
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.

2.
Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-colored leather used in bookbinding; as, to bind books in calf.

3.
An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.
[Colloq.]

Some silly, doting, brainless calf.
Drayton.

4.
A small island near a larger; as, the Calf of Man.

5.
A small mass of ice set free from the submerged part of a glacier or berg, and rising to the surface.
Kane.

6.
[Cf. Icel. kālfi.]
The fleshy hinder part of the leg below the knee.

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.


word: Cali
definition:
Cali

Ca"li
(?)
n.
(Hindoo Myth.)
The tenth avatar or incarnation of the god Vishnu.
[Written also Kali.]


word: Calibre
definition:
Calibre

Caliber

{ 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. qālib model, mold. Cf. Calipers, Calivere.]

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.

The caliber of empty tubes.
Reid.

A battery composed of three guns of small caliber.
Prescott.

&hand_; The 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.

2.
The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet or column.

3.
Fig.: Capacity or compass of mind.
Burke.

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.


word: Calibrate
definition:
Calibrate

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.


word: Calibration
definition:
Calibration

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.


word: caliche
definition:
caliche

ca*li"che
(kȧ*lē"che̝)
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

2.
a stratum of calcium carbonate in the soil of an arid or semiarid region.


word: caliche-topped
definition:
caliche-topped

caliche-topped
adj.
covered with caliche{2}, a hard calcium-carbonate encrusted soil.


word: Calicle
definition:
Calicle

Cal"i*cle
(?)
n.
[L. caliculus a small cup, dim. of calicis, a cup. Cf Calycle.]
(Zool.)
(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.]


word: Calico
definition:
Calico

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.]

The importation of printed or stained colicoes appears to have been coeval with the establishment of the East India Company
Beck (Draper's Dict. ).

2.
Cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern.

&hand_; In the United States the term calico is applied only to the printed fabric.

Calico bass (Zool.), 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.


word: Calico₂
definition:
Calico

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.]


word: Calicoback
definition:
Calicoback

Cal"i*co*back`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
(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.


word: Caliculate
definition:
Caliculate

Calicular

{ Ca*lic"u*lar (?), a. Ca*lic"u*late (?), }
a.
Relating to, or resembling, a cup; also improperly used for calycular, calyculate.


word: Caliduct
definition:
Caliduct

Cal"i*duct
(?)
n.
[See Caloriduct.]
A pipe or duct used to convey hot air or steam.

Subterranean caliducts have been introduced.
Evelyn.


word: California condor
definition:
California condor

Cal`i*for"ni*a con"dor
(Zool.)
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.


word: California jack
definition:
California jack

Cal`i*for"ni*a jack"
(?)
A game at cards, a modification of seven-up, or all fours.


word: Californian
definition:
Californian

Cal`i*for"ni*an
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to California.
n. A native or inhabitant of California.


word: Caligation
definition:
Caligation

Cal`i*ga"tion
(-gā"shŭn)
n.
[L. caligatio, fr. caligare to emit vapor, to be dark, from caligo mist, darkness.]
Dimness; cloudiness.
[R.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Caliginosity
definition:
Caliginosity

Ca*lig`i*nos"ity
(?)
n.
[L. caliginosus dark. See Caligation.]
Darkness.
[R.]
G. Eliot.


word: Caliginous
definition:
Caliginous

Ca*lig"i*nous
(?)
a.
[L. caliginosus; cf. F. caligineux.]
Affected with darkness or dimness; dark; obscure.
[R.]
Blount.

The caliginous regions of the air.
Hallywell.


word: Caligo
definition:
Caligo

Ca*li"go
(?)
n.
[L., darkness.]
(Med.)
Dimness or obscurity of sight, dependent upon a speck on the cornea; also, the speck itself.


word: Calin
definition:
Calin

Ca"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.


word: Calipash
definition:
Calipash

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.


word: Calipee
definition:
Calipee

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.


word: Calipers
definition:
Calipers

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.

Caliper square, a draughtsman's or mechanic's square, having a graduated bar and adjustable jaw or jaws. Knight. -- Vernier calipers. See Vernier.


word: Caliph
definition:
Caliph

Ca"liph
(kā"lĭf)
n.
[OE. caliphe, califfe, F. calife (cf. Sp. califa), fr. Ar. khalīfan 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.]


word: Caliphate
definition:
Caliphate

Cal"i*phate
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. califat.]
The office, dignity, or government of a caliph or of the caliphs.


word: Calippic
definition:
Calippic

Ca*lip"pic
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to Calippus, an Athenian astronomer.

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.


word: Calisaya bark
definition:
Calisaya bark

Cal`i*sa"ya bark
(?)
A valuable kind of Peruvian bark obtained from the Cinchona Calisaya, and other closely related species.


word: Calistheneum
definition:
Calistheneum

Cal`is*the"ne*um
n.
[NL.]
A gymnasium; esp. one for light physical exercise by women and children.


word: Calisthenic
definition:
Calisthenic

Cal`is*then"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. kalo`s beautiful + sqe`nos strength.]
Of or pertaining to calisthenics.


word: Calisthenics
definition:
Calisthenics

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.


word: Caliver
definition:
Caliver

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.


word: Calk
definition:
Calk

Calk
(k&asuml_;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.

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.


word: Calk₂
definition:
Calk

Calk
(kălk)
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]


word: Calk₃
definition:
Calk

Calk
(k&asuml_;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.

2.
An instrument with sharp points, worn on the sole of a shoe or boot, to prevent slipping.

3.
same as caulk{2}, n..


word: Calk₄
definition:
Calk

Calk
(k&asuml_;k)
v. i.
1.
To furnish with calks, to prevent slipping on ice; as, to calk the shoes of a horse or an ox.

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.

3.
same as caulk{2}, v. t..


word: Calking
definition:
Calking

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.

Calking iron, a tool like a chisel, used in calking ships, tightening seams in ironwork, etc.

Their left hand does the calking iron guide.
Dryden.


word: Call
definition:
Call

Call
(k&asuml_;l)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Called (k&asuml_;ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Calling]
[OE. callen, AS. ceallian; akin to Icel. & Sw. kalla, Dan. kalde, D. kallen to talk, prate, OHG. kall&omacrn 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.

Call hither Clifford; bid him come amain
Shak.

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.

Paul . . . called to be an apostle
Rom. i. 1.

The Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
Acts xiii. 2.

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.

Now call we our high court of Parliament.
Shak.

4.
To give name to; to name; to address, or speak of, by a specifed name.

If you would but call me Rosalind.
Shak.

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.
Gen. i. 5.

5.
To regard or characterize as of a certain kind; to denominate; to designate.

What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
Acts x. 15.

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.

[The] army is called seven hundred thousand men.
Brougham.

7.
To show or disclose the class, character, or nationality of.
[Obs.]

This speech calls him Spaniard.
Beau. & Fl.

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.

No parish clerk who calls the psalm so clear.
Gay.

9.
To invoke; to appeal to.

I call God for a witness.
2 Cor. i. 23 [Rev. Ver. ]

10.
To rouse from sleep; to awaken.

If thou canst awake by four o' the clock.
I prithee call me. Sleep hath seized me wholly.
Shak.

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.


word: Call₂
definition:
Call

Call
v. i.
1.
To speak in loud voice; to cry out; to address by name; -- sometimes with to.

You must call to the nurse.
Shak.

The angel of God called to Hagar.
Gen. xxi. 17.

2.
To make a demand, requirement, or request.

They called for rooms, and he showed them one.
Bunyan.

3.
To make a brief visit; also, to stop at some place designated, as for orders.

He ordered her to call at the house once a week.
Temple.

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.  “Whenever the coach stopped, the sailor called for more ale.” 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 out To call or utter loudly; to brawl.


word: Call₃
definition:
Call

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.
Call
Shak.

I rose as at thy call, but found thee not.
Milton.

2.
A signal, as on a drum, bugle, trumpet, or pipe, to summon soldiers or sailors to duty.

3.
(Eccl.)
An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.

4.
A requirement or appeal arising from the circumstances of the case; a moral requirement or appeal.

Dependence is a perpetual call upon humanity.
Addison.

Running into danger without any call of duty.
Macaulay.

5.
A divine vocation or summons.

St. Paul himself believed he did well, and that he had a call to it, when he persecuted the Christians.
Locke.

6.
Vocation; employment.
[In this sense, calling is generally used.]

7.
A short visit; as, to make a call on a neighbor; also, the daily coming of a tradesman to solicit orders.

The baker's punctual call.
Cowper.

8.
(Hunting)
A note blown on the horn to encourage the hounds.

9.
(Naut.)
A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate, to summon the sailors to duty.

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.

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.

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]

13.
See Assessment, 4.

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.


word: Calla
definition:
Calla

Cal"la
(kăl"lȧ)
n.
[Linnæus derived Calla fr. Gr. _;_;_;_;_;_;_; a cock's wattles but cf. L. calla, calsa, name of an unknown plant, and Gr. kalo`s beautiful.]
(Bot.)
A genus of plants, of the order Araceæ.

&hand_; The common 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.


word: callable
definition:
callable

callable
adj.
subject to a demand for payment or redemption before the due date; -- of financial instruments; as, callable bonds.


word: callathump
definition:
callathump

callathump
n.
1.
a noisy boisterous parade.

Syn. -- callithump, callithump parade.

2.
a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple.

Syn. -- shivaree, chivaree, charivari, callithump.


word: call-back
definition:
call-back

call-back
n.
1.
a return call, especially a telephone call.

2.
the recall of an employee to work after a layoff.


word: Caller₂
definition:
Caller

Cal"ler
(?)
a.
[Scot.]
1.
Cool; refreshing; fresh; as, a caller day; the caller air.
Jamieson.

2.
Fresh; in good condition; as, caller berrings.


word: Callet
definition:
Callet

Cal"let
(?)
n.
[Cf. Ir. & Gael. caile a country woman, strumpet.]
A trull or prostitute; a scold or gossip.
[Obs.]
[Written also callat.]


word: Callid
definition:
Callid

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.]


word: Callidity
definition:
Callidity

Cal*lid"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. calliditas.]
Acuteness of discernment; cunningness; shrewdness.
[R.]

Her eagly-eyed callidity.
C. Smart.


word: Calligraphical
definition:
Calligraphical

Calligraphic

{ Cal`li*graph"ic (?), Cal`li*graph"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Gr. _;_;_;_;_;_;_;_;_;_;_;; pref. _;_;_;_;_;- (fr. kalo`s beautiful) + gra`fein to write; cf. F. calligraphique.]
Of or pertaining to calligraphy.

Excellence in the calligraphic act.
T. Warton.


word: Calligraphy
definition:
Calligraphy

Cal*lig"ra*phy
n.
[Gr. _;_;_;_;_;_;_;_;_;_;_;: cf. F. calligraphie.]
Fair or elegant penmanship.


word: Callimorpha
definition:
Callimorpha

Callimorpha
n.
a genus of insects comprising the cinnabar moths.

Syn. -- genus Callimorpha.


word: Callinectes
definition:
Callinectes

Callinectes
n.
a genus of crustaceans comprising the New World blue crabs.

Syn. -- genus Callinectes.


word: Calling
definition:
Calling

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.

2.
A summoning or convocation, as of Parliament.

The frequent calling and meeting of Parlaiment.
Macaulay.

3.
A divine summons or invitation; also, the state of being divinely called.

Who hath . . . called us with an holy calling.
2 Tim. i. 9.

Give diligence to make yior calling . . . sure.
2 Pet. i. 10.

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.

5.
One's usual occupation, or employment; vocation; business; trade.

The humble calling of ter female parent.
Thackeray.

6.
The persons, collectively, engaged in any particular professions or employment.

To impose celibacy on wholy callings.
Hammond.

7.
Title; appellation; name.
[Obs.]

I am more proud to be Sir Rowland's son
His youngest son, and would not change that calling.
Shak.


word: Callionymidae
definition:
Callionymidae

Callionymidae
n.
a natural family comprising the dragonets.

Syn. -- family Callionymidae.


word: Calliope
definition:
Calliope

Cal*li"o*pe
(kăl*lī"o̝*pe̝)
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.

2.
(Astron.)
One of the asteroids. See Solar.

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.

4.
(Zool.)
A beautiful species of humming bird (Stellula Calliope) of California and adjacent regions.


word: Calliophis
definition:
Calliophis

Calliophis
n.
a genus comprising the Asian coral snakes.

Syn. -- genus Calliophis, Callophis, genus Callophis.


word: Calliopsis
definition:
Calliopsis

Cal`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.


word: Calliphoridae
definition:
Calliphoridae

Calliphoridae
n.
a natural family comprising the blowflies.

Syn. -- family Calliphoridae.


word: Callirhoe
definition:
Callirhoe

Callirhoe
n.
small genus of North American herbs having usually red or purple flowers.

Syn. -- genus Callirhoe.


word: Callisaurus
definition:
Callisaurus

Callisaurus
n.
a genus of lizards including the the zebra-tailed lizard.

Syn. -- genus Callisaurus.


word: Callisection
definition:
Callisection

Cal`li*sec"tion
(?)
n.
[L. callere to be insensible + E. section.]
Painless vivisection; -- opposed to sentisection.
B. G. Wilder.


word: Callistephus
definition:
Callistephus

Callistephus
n.
a genus of plants having only one species, an erect Asiatic herb with large flowers.

Syn. -- genus Callistephus.


word: Callisthenics
definition:
Callisthenics

Callisthenic

{ Cal`lis*then"ic, a., Cal`lis*then"ics (?), n. }
See Calisthenic, Calisthenics.


word: Callithricidae
definition:
Callithricidae

Callithricidae
n.
a natural family comprising the marmosets.

Syn. -- family Callithricidae.


word: Callithrix
definition:
Callithrix

Callithrix
n.
the type genus of the Callithricidae; the true marmosets.

Syn. -- genus Callithrix.


word: Callithump
definition:
Callithump

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.]


word: Callitris
definition:
Callitris

Callitris
n.
a genus of evergreen monoecious coniferous trees or shrubs; the cypress pines.

Syn. -- genus Callitris.


word: Callophis
definition:
Callophis

Callophis
n.
a genus of Asian coral snakes.

Syn. -- Calliophis, genus Calliophis, genus Callophis.


word: Callosity
definition:
Callosity

Cal*los"i*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Callosities (#).
[L. callasitas; cf. F. calosté.]
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.


word: Callosum
definition:
Callosum

Cal*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.


word: Callous
definition:
Callous

Cal"lous
(?)
a.
[L. callosus callous hard, fr. callum, callus, callous skin: cf. F. calleux.]
1.
Hardened; indurated.
callous
Goldsmith.
callous
Dunglison.

2.
Hardened in mind; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible.
callous
Macaulay.

It is an immense blessing to be perfectly callous to ridicule.
T. Arnold.
A callousness and numbness of soul.
Bentley.


word: callousness
definition:
callousness

cal"lous*ness
n.
lack of passion or feeling.

Syn. -- unfeelingness, hardness, insensibility.


word: Callow
definition:
Callow

Cal"low
(?)
a.
[OE. calewe, calu, bald, AS. calu; akin to D. kaal, OHG. chalo, G. Kuhl; cf. L. calvus.]

1.
Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged.

An in the leafy summit, spied a nest,
Which, o'er the callow young, a sparrow pressed.
Dryden.

2.
Immature; boyish; “green”; as, a callow youth.

I perceive by this, thou art but a callow maid.
Old Play [1675].


word: Callus
definition:
Callus

Cal"lus
(kăl"lŭs)
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.

2.
(Hort.)
The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets.


word: Calm
definition:
Calm

Calm
(käm)
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.

The wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
Mark. iv. 39.

A calm before a storm is commonly a peace of a man's own making.
South.


word: Calm₂
definition:
Calm

Calm
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Calmed (kämd); 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.

To calm the tempest raised by Eolus.
Dryden.

2.
To deliver from agitation or excitement; to still or soothe, as the mind or passions.

Passions which seem somewhat calmed.
Atterbury.


word: Calm₃
definition:
Calm

Calm
(käm)
a.
[Compar. Calmer (-ẽr); superl. Calmest (-ĕst)]
1.
Not stormy; without motion, as of winds or waves; still; quiet; serene; undisturbed.
Calm
Spenser.

Now all is calm, and fresh, and still.
Bryant.

2.
Undisturbed by passion or emotion; not agitated or excited; tranquil; quiet in act or speech.
Calm
Milton.
calm
Pope.

Such calm old age as conscience pure
And self-commanding hearts ensure.
Keble.


word: calming
definition:
calming

calming
adj.
1.
tending to soothe or calm or tranquilize.

Syn. -- ataractic, ataraxic, sedative, soothing, tranquilizing.

2.
freeing from fear and anxiety.

Syn. -- assuasive, pacifying, soothing.


word: Calmness
definition:
Calmness

Calm"ness
n.
The state of quality of being calm; quietness; tranquillity; self-repose.

The gentle calmness of the flood.
Denham.

Hes calmness was the repose of conscious power.
E. Everett.


word: Calmucks
definition:
Calmucks

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.]


word: Calocedrus
definition:
Calocedrus

Calocedrus
n.
a genus of tall evergreens of West North America and East Asia; formerly included in genus Libocedrus.

Syn. -- genus Calocedrus.


word: Calochortus
definition:
Calochortus

Calochortus
n.
large genus of West North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs.

Syn. -- genus Calochortus.


word: Calomel
definition:
Calomel

Cal"o*mel
(kăl"o̝*mĕl)
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. calomélas.]
(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.


word: Calorescence
definition:
Calorescence

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.


word: Caloric
definition:
Caloric

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.

Caloric expands all bodies.
Henry.


word: Caloric₂
definition:
Caloric

Ca*lor"ic
a.
Of or pertaining to caloric.

Caloric engine, a kind of engine operated by heated air.


word: Caloricity
definition:
Caloricity

Cal`o*ric"ity
(?)
n.
(Physiol.)
A faculty in animals of developing and preserving the heat necessary to life, that is, the animal heat.


word: Caloriduct
definition:
Caloriduct

Ca*lor"i*duct
(?)
n.
[L. calor heat (fr. calere to warm) + E. duct.]
A tube or duct for conducting heat; a caliduct.


word: Calorie
definition:
Calorie

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 0° to 1°. Compare the English standard unit, Foot pound.


word: Calorifere
definition:
Calorifere

Ca*lor"i*fere
(?)
n.
[F. calorifère, fr. L. calor heat + ferre to bear.]
An apparatus for conveying and distributing heat, especially by means of hot water circulating in tubes.


word: Calorific
definition:
Calorific

Cal`o*rif"ic
(?)
a.
[L. calorificus; calor heat + facere to make; cf. F. calorifique.]
Possessing the quality of producing heat; heating.

Calorific rays, the invisible, heating rays which emanate from the sun, and from burning and heated bodies.


word: Calorification
definition:
Calorification

Ca*lor`i*fi*ca"tion
(kȧ*l&obreve_;r`ĭ*fĭ*kā"shŭn)
n.
[Cf. F. calorification.]
Production of heat, esp. animal heat.


word: Calorificient
definition:
Calorificient

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.


word: Calorimeter
definition:
Calorimeter

Cal`o*rim"e*ter
(?)
n.
[L. calor heat + -meter; cf. F. calorimètre.]
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.

2.
(Engineering)
An apparatus for measuring the proportion of unevaporated water contained in steam.


word: Calorimetric
definition:
Calorimetric

Ca*lor`i*met"ric
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to the process of using the calorimeter.

Satisfactory calorimetric results.
Nichol.


word: Calorimotor
definition:
Calorimotor

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.


word: Calorisator
definition:
Calorisator

Ca*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.


word: Callot₂
definition:
Callot

Calotte

{ &VerbarCa*lotte" (?), Cal"lot (?) }
n.
[F. calotte, dim. of cale a sort of flat cap. Cf. Caul.]
A close cap without visor or brim.
(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.

To assume the calotte, to become a priest.


word: Calotype
definition:
Calotype

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.


word: Caloyer
definition:
Caloyer

Ca*loy"er
(?)
n.
[F., fr. NGr. _;_;_;_;_;_;_;_;_; a monk; kalo`s beautiful, good + _;_;_;_;_;, equiv. to Gr. _;_;_;_;_; an old man.]
A monk of the Greek Church; a cenobite, anchoret, or recluse of the rule of St. Basil, especially, one on or near Mt. Athos.


word: Calpe
definition:
Calpe

Calpe
n.
the Rock of Gibraltar, a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; associated with Britain.

Syn. -- Gibraltar, Rock of Gibraltar.


word: Caltrap
definition:
Caltrap

Caltrop

{ Cal"trop (?), Cal"trap (?), }
n.
[OE. calketrappe, calletrappe, caltor (in both senses), fr. AS. collræppe, 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 Zygophylleæ, 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.

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.


word: Calumba
definition:
Calumba

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.]

American calumba, the Frasera Carolinensis, also called American gentian. Its root has been used in medicine as bitter tonic in place of calumba.


word: Calumbin
definition:
Calumbin

Ca*lum"bin
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A bitter principle extracted as a white crystalline substance from the calumba root.
[Written also colombin, and columbin]


word: Calumet
definition:
Calumet

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.

Smoked the calumet, the Peace pipe,
As a signal to the nations.
Lowgfellow.

&hand_; The 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.


word: Calumniate
definition:
Calumniate

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.

Hatred unto the truth did always falsely report and calumniate all godly men's doings.
Strype.

Syn. -- To asperse; slander; defame; vilify; traduce; belie; bespatter; blacken; libel. See Asperse.


word: Calumniate₂
definition:
Calumniate

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.


word: Calumniation
definition:
Calumniation

Ca*lum`ni*a"tion
(kȧ*lŭm`nĭ*ā"shŭn)
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.

The calumniation of her principal counselors.
Bacon.


word: Calumnious
definition:
Calumnious

Ca*lum"ni*ous
(?)
a.
[L. calumniosus.]
Containing or implying calumny; false, malicious, and injurious to reputation; slanderous; as, calumnious reports.

Virtue itself 'scapes not calumnious strokes.
Shak.


word: Calumny
definition:
Calumny

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.
calumnies
Motley.

Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny.
Shak.


word: Calvaria
definition:
Calvaria

Cal*va"ri*a
(kăl*vā"rĭ*ȧ)
n.
[L. See Calvary.]
(Anat.)
The bones of the cranium; more especially, the bones of the domelike upper portion.


word: Calvary
definition:
Calvary

Cal"va*ry
(kăl"vȧ*r&ybreve_;)
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.

&hand_; The Latin calvaria is a translation of the Greek krani`on of the Evangelists, which is an interpretation of the Hebrew Golgotha.
Dr. W. Smith.

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.

3.
(Her.)
A cross, set upon three steps; -- more properly called cross calvary.


word: Calvatia
definition:
Calvatia

Calvatia
n.
a genus of puffballs having outer casings whose upper parts break at maturity into angular pieces to expose the spores.

Syn. -- genus Calvatia.


word: Calve
definition:
Calve

Calve
(käv)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Calved 3; p. pr. & vb. n. Calving.]
[AS. cealfian. See Calf.]
1.
To bring forth a calf.
calveth
Job xxi. 10.

2.
To bring forth young; to produce offspring.

Canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
Job xxxix. 1.

The grassy clods now calved.
Molton.

3.
(Phys. Geog.)
To throw off fragments which become icebergs; -- said of a glacier.


word: Calver
definition:
Calver

Cal"ver
(kăl"vẽr)
v. i.
1.
To cut in slices and pickle, as salmon.
[Obs.]

For a change, leave calvered salmon and eat sprats.
Massinger.

2.
To crimp; as, calvered salmon.
Nares.


word: Calver₂
definition:
Calver

Cal"ver
v. i.
To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered; as, grayling's flesh will calver.
Catton.


word: Calvinism
definition:
Calvinism

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.

&hand_; The distinguishing doctrines of this system, usually termed the 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.


word: Calvinistical
definition:
Calvinistical

Calvinistic

{ Cal`vin*is"tic (?), Cal`vin*is"tic*al (?), }
a.
Of or pertaining to Calvin, or Calvinism; following Calvin; accepting or Teaching Calvinism.
Calvinistic
Lowell.


word: Calx
definition:
Calx

Calx
(?)
n.
pl. E. Calxes (#), L. Calces (#).
[L. Calx, calcis. limestone; cf. Gr. _; gravel. _;, _;, pebble, Skr. _; gravel, Ir. carraic rock Gael. carraig, W. careg, stone. Cf. Chalk.]

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.

&hand_; Metallic calxes are now called oxides.

2.
Broken and refuse glass, returned to the post.


word: callyciflorous
definition:
callyciflorous

Calycifloral

{ 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.


word: Calyciform
definition:
Calyciform

Ca*lyc"i*form
(?)
a.
[L. calyx, calycis, calyx + -form.]
(Bot.)
Having the form or appearance of a calyx.


word: Calycine
definition:
Calycine

Calycinal

{ Ca*lyc"i*nal (?), Cal"y*cine (?), }
a.
(Bot.)
Pertaining to a calyx; resembling or having the nature of a calyx.


word: Calycle
definition:
Calycle

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.


word: Calycozoa
definition:
Calycozoa

Cal`y*co*zo"a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;, _;, cup or calyx a flower + _; animal.]
(Zool.)
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.


word: Calyculated
definition:
Calyculated

Calyculate

{ Ca*lyc"u*late (?), Ca*lyc"u*la`ted (?) }
a.
(Bot.)
Having a set of bracts resembling a calyx.


word: Calymene
definition:
Calymene

Ca*lym"e*ne
(?)
n.
[Gr. (_;) concealed, p. p. of _; to conceal.]
(Zool.)
A genus of trilobites characteristic of the Silurian age.


word: Calypso
definition:
Calypso

Ca*lyp"so
(kȧ*lĭp"so̝)
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° N.


word: calypter
definition:
calypter

calypter
n.
(Zool.)
a scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.

Syn. -- alula.


word: Calyptra
definition:
Calyptra

Ca*lyp"tra
(kȧ*lĭp"trȧ)
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.


word: Calyptriform
definition:
Calyptriform

Ca*lyp"tri*form
(?)
a.
[Calyptra + -form.]
Having the form a calyptra, or extinguisher.


word: Calystegia
definition:
Calystegia

Calystegia
n.
a genus of climbing or scrambling herbs; bindweed.

Syn. -- genus Calystegia.


word: Calyx
definition:
Calyx

Ca"lyx
(kā"lĭks; 277)
n.
pl. E. Calyxes (kā"lĭks*ĕz), L. Calyces (kăl"ĭ*sēz).
[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.

&hand_; The 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.

2.
(Anat.)
A cuplike division of the pelvis of the kidney, which surrounds one or more of the renal papillæ.


word: Calzoons
definition:
Calzoons

Cal*zoons"
(kăl*zōnz")
n. pl.
[F. caleçons (cf. It. calzoni breeches), fr. L. calceus shoe.]
Drawers.
[Obs.]


word: Cam
definition:
Cam

Cam
(kăm)
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.

&hand_; Cams are much used in machinery involving complicated, and irregular movements, as in the sewing machine, pin machine, etc.

2.
A ridge or mound of earth.
[Prov. Eng.]
Wright.

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.


word: camachile
definition:
camachile

camachile
n.
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.


word: Camaieu
definition:
Camaieu

Ca*ma"ieu
(?)
n.
[F.; of unknown origin. Cf. Cameo.]
1.
A cameo.
[Obs.]
Crabb.

2.
(Fine Arts)
Painting in shades of one color; monochrome.
Mollett.


word: Camail
definition:
Camail

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.

2.
A hood of other material than mail;
esp.
(Eccl.)
a hood worn in church services, -- the amice, or the like.


word: Camara dos Deputados
definition:
Camara dos Deputados

Camara dos Pares

Camara

Ca"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.


word: Camaraderie
definition:
Camaraderie

Ca`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.


word: Camarasaurus
definition:
Camarasaurus

Cam`a*ra*sau"rus
(?)
n.
[NL. fr. Gr. _; a vaulted chamber + _; lizard.]
(Paleon.)
A genus of gigantic American Jurassic dinosaurs, having large cavities in the bodies of the dorsal vertebræ.


word: Camarilla
definition:
Camarilla

Ca`ma*ril"la
(?)
n.
[Sp., a small room.]

1.
The private audience chamber of a king.

2.
A company of secret and irresponsible advisers, as of a king; a cabal or clique.


word: Camassia
definition:
Camassia

Camassia
n.
a genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs.

Syn. -- genus Camassia, Quamassia, genus Quamassia.


word: Camass
definition:
Camass

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.

&hand_; The Eastern cammass is Camassia Fraseri.


word: Camass₂
definition:
Camass

Cam"ass
(?)
n.
[Origin uncert.]
A small prairie in a forest; a small grassy plain among hills.
[Western U. S.]


word: Camber
definition:
Camber

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).

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.

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.


word: Camber₂
definition:
Camber

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.


word: Camberkeeled
definition:
Camberkeeled

Cam"ber*keeled
(?)
a.
(Naut.)
Having the keel arched upwards, but not actually hogged; -- said of a ship.


word: Cambial
definition:
Cambial

Cam"bi*al
(?)
a.
[LL. cambialis, fr. cambiars. See Change.]
Belonging to exchanges in commerce; of exchange.
[R.]


word: Cambist
definition:
Cambist

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.


word: Cambium
definition:
Cambium

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.

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.


word: Cambrasine
definition:
Cambrasine

Cam"bra*sine
(?)
n.
A kind of linen cloth made in Egypt, and so named from its resemblance to cambric.


word: Cambrian
definition:
Cambrian

Cam"bri*an
(?)
a.
1.
(Geog.)
Of or pertaining to Cambria or Wales.

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.


word: cambric
definition:
cambric

cam"bric
(kăm"brĭk)
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.

He hath ribbons of all the colors i' the rainbow; . . . inkles, caddises, cambrics, lawns.
Shak.

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.


word: came
definition:
came

came
(kām)
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.


word: camel
definition:
camel

cam"el
(kăm"ĕl)
n.
[OE. camel, chamel, OF. camel, chamel, F. chameau L. camelus, fr. Gr. ka`mhlos; of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. gāmāl, Ar. jamal. Cf. As. camel, fr. L. camelus.]
1.
(Zool.)
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 hump on the back, while the Bactrian camel (Camelus Bactrianus) has two.  The llama, alpaca, and vicuña, of South America, belong to a related genus (Auchenia).

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.

Camel bird (Zool.), the ostrich. -- Camel locust (Zool.), 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.


word: camelia
definition:
camelia

camelia
n.
any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers; the camellia.

Syn. -- camellia.


word: Camelidae
definition:
Camelidae

Camelidae
n.
a natural family comprising the camels and llamas and vicunas.

Syn. -- family Camelidae.


word: Camelina
definition:
Camelina

Camelina
n.
a genus of annual and biennial herbs of Mediterranean to Central Asia.

Syn. -- genus Camelina.


word: Camellia
definition:
Camellia

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.

2.
(Hort.)
An ornamental greenhouse shrub (Thea japonica) with glossy evergreen leaves and roselike red or white double flowers.


word: Camelopard
definition:
Camelopard

Ca*mel"o*pard
(kȧ*mĕl"o̝*pärd or kăm"ĕl*o̝*pärd; 277)
n.
[LL. camelopardus, L. camelopardalus, camelopardalis, fr. Gr. kamhlopa`rdalis; ka`mhlos a camel + pa`rdalis pard, leopard: cf. F. camélopard. The camelopard has a neck and head like a camel, and is spotted like a pard. See Camel, and Pard.]
(Zool.)
An African ruminant; the giraffe.  See Giraffe.


word: Camelot₂
definition:
Camelot

Cam"e*lot
(kăm"ŭ*l&obreve_;t)
prop. n.
1.
The legendary site of King Arthur's court and castle.

2.
Hence, any place or time thought of as having idyllic peace, justice, and happiness.


word: Camelshair
definition:
Camelshair

Cam"els*hair`
(?)
a.
Of camel's hair.

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.


word: Camembert cheese
definition:
Camembert cheese

Camembert

&VerbarCa`mem`bert" (?), n., or Camembert 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.


word: Cameo
definition:
Cameo

Cam"e*o
(kăm"e̝*o̝)
n.
pl. Cameos (kăm"e̝*&omacrz).
[It. cammeo; akin to F. camée, camaïeu, 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.

&hand_; Most cameos are carved in a material which has layers of different colors, such stones as the onyx and sardonyx, and various kinds of shells, being used.  The classical 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.

Cameo conch (Zool.), a large, marine, univalve shell, esp. Cassis cameo, Cassis rua, and allied species, used for cutting cameos. See Quern conch.


word: Camera
definition:
Camera

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.

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.


word: Cameralistics
definition:
Cameralistics

Cam`e*ra*lis"tics
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. caméralistique, G. kameralistik, fr. L. camera vault, LL., chamber, treasury.]
The science of finance or public revenue.


word: Camera lucida
definition:
Camera lucida

Cam"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.


word: Camera obscura
definition:
Camera obscura

Cam"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.

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.


word: Camerate
definition:
Camerate

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.

2.
To divide into chambers.


word: Camerlingo
definition:
Camerlingo

Ca`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.]


word: Cameronian
definition:
Cameronian

Cam`e*ro"ni*an
(?)
n.
A follower of the Rev. Richard Cameron, a Scotch Covenanter of the time of Charles II.

Cameron and others refused to accept the “indulgence” 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.


word: Camis
definition:
Camis

Cam"is
(kăm"ĭs)
n.
[See Chemise.]
A light, loose dress or robe.
[Also written camus.]
[Obs.]

All in a camis light of purple silk.
Spenser.


word: Camisado
definition:
Camisado

Camisade

{ 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.

Give them a camisado in night season.
Holinshed.


word: Camisard
definition:
Camisard

Cam"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.


word: Camisole
definition:
Camisole

Cam"i*sole
(?)
n.
[F. See chemise.]
1.
A short dressing jacket for women.

2.
A kind of straitjacket.


word: Camlet
definition:
Camlet

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.]

&hand_; They have been made plain and twilled, of single warp and weft, of double warp, and sometimes with double weft also, with thicker yarn.
Beck (Draper's Dict. )


word: Cammock
definition:
Cammock

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.


word: Chamomile
definition:
Chamomile

Camomile

{ Cam"o*mile, Cham"o*mile  }
(kăm"o̝*mīl)
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.


word: Camonflet
definition:
Camonflet

Ca*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.


word: Camorra
definition:
Camorra

Ca*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.


word: Camoys
definition:
Camoys

Camous

{ 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.]


word: Camoused
definition:
Camoused

Ca"moused
(_;)
a.
[From Camouse]
Depressed; flattened.
[Obs.]

Though my nose be cammoused.
B. Jonson


word: Camp
definition:
Camp

Camp
(kămp)
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.

2.
A collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly arranged in an orderly manner.

Forming a camp in the neighborhood of Boston.
W. Irving.

3.
A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp.

4.
The company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers, of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc.

The camp broke up with the confusion of a flight.
Macaulay.

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.]

6.
[Cf. OE. & AS. camp contest, battle. See champion.]
An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England.
Halliwell.

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.


word: Camp₂
definition:
Camp

Camp
(kămp)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Camped (kămt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. Camping.]
To afford rest or lodging for, as an army or travelers.

Had our great palace the capacity
To camp this host, we all would sup together.
Shak.


word: Camp₃
definition:
Camp

Camp
v. i.
1.
To pitch or prepare a camp; to encamp; to lodge in a camp; -- often with out.

They camped out at night, under the stars.
W. Irving.

2.
[See Camp, n., 6]
To play the game called camp.
[Prov. Eng.]
Tusser.


word: Campagna
definition:
Campagna

Cam*pa"gna
(cȧm*pä"nyȧ)
n.
[It. See Campaign.]
An open level tract of country; especially “Campagna di Roma.” The extensive undulating plain which surrounds Rome.

&hand_; Its length is commonly stated to be about ninety miles, and its breadth from twenty-seven to forty miles. The ground is almost entirely volcanic, and vapors which arise from the district produce malaria.


word: Campagnol
definition:
Campagnol

Cam`pa`gnol"
(?)
n.
[F. , fr. campagne field.]
(Zool.)
A mouse (Arvicala agrestis), called also meadow mouse, which often does great damage in fields and gardens, by feeding on roots and seeds.


word: Campaign
definition:
Campaign

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.

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.

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.

4.
Hence:
Any coordinated effort to contact potential supporters or customers and solicit their support or patronage; as, an advertising campaign.

5.
(Metal.)
The period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation.


word: Campaigner
definition:
Campaigner

Cam*paign"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who has served in an army in several campaigns; an old soldier; a veteran.

2.
one who is campaigning, especially a politician running for elective office, or one of his/her supporters.


word: campaigning
definition:
campaigning

campaigning
n.
The campaign of a candidate to be elected.

Syn. -- candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaign.


word: Campana
definition:
Campana

Cam*pa"na
(?)
n.
[LL. campana bell. Cf. Campanle.]
1.
(Eccl.)
A church bell.

2.
(Bot.)
The pasque flower.
Drayton.

3.
(Doric Arch.)
Same as Gutta.


word: Campanero
definition:
Campanero

Cam`pa*ne"ro
(?)
n.
[Sp., a bellman.]
(Zool.)
The bellbird of South America. See Bellbird.


word: Campanile
definition:
Campanile

Cam`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.

Many of the campaniles of Italy are lofty and magnificent structures.
Swift.


word: Campanology
definition:
Campanology

Cam`pa*nol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[LL. campana bell + -logy.]
The art of ringing bells, or a treatise on the art.


word: Campanula
definition:
Campanula

Cam*pan"u*la
(kăm*păn"&uuptack_;*lȧ)
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.


word: Campanulaceae
definition:
Campanulaceae

Campanulaceae
prop. n.
A natural family of flowering plants, which in some classifications includes the Lobeliaciae.

Syn. -- family Campanulaceae, bellflower family.


word: Campanulaceous
definition:
Campanulaceous

Cam*pan`u*la"ceous
(kăm*păn`&uuptack_;*lā"shŭs)
a.
(Bot.)
Of pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants (Campanulaceæ) of which Campanula is the type, and which includes the Canterbury bell, the harebell, and the Venus's looking-glass.


word: Campanulales
definition:
Campanulales

Campanulales
n.
an order of plants which includes the Campanulaceae; Lobeliaceae; Cucurbitaceae; Goodeniaceae; Stylidiaceae; Calyceraceae; and Compositae.

Syn. -- order Campanulales.


word: campanular
definition:
campanular

cam*pan"u*lar
(kăm*păn"&uuptack_;*lẽr)
adj.
shaped like a bell or campana; campaniform.

Syn. -- campanulate, campanulated, campaniform, campaniliform.


word: Campanularian
definition:
Campanularian

Cam*pan`u*la"ri*an
(?)
n.
[L. campanula a bell.]
(Zool.)
A hydroid of the family Campanularidæ, characterized by having the polyps or zooids inclosed in bell-shaped calicles or hydrothecæ.


word: Campbellite
definition:
Campbellite

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.


word: Camper
definition:
Camper

Camp"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who lodges temporarily in a hut or camp, especially who sleeps in a wilderness for recreation.

2.
A person who stays at a summer camp or day camp.

3.
A vehicle, such as a small truck, or a pickup truck with a hood over the back, equipped for convenience while camping out.

happy camper a 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.


word: Campestrian
definition:
Campestrian

Campestral

{ 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.


word: Campfight
definition:
Campfight

Camp"fight`
(?)
n.
[Cf. Camp, n., 6.]
(O. Eng. Law.)
A duel; the decision of a case by a duel.


word: Camphene
definition:
Camphene

Cam"phene
(kăm"fēn or kăm*fēn")
n.
(Chem.)
One of a series of substances C10H16, resembling camphor, regarded as modified terpenes.


word: Camphine
definition:
Camphine

Cam*phine"
(kăm*fēn" or kăm"fĭn)
n.
[From Camphor.]
Rectified oil of turpentine, used for burning in lamps, and as a common solvent in varnishes.

&hand_; The name is also applied to a mixture of this substance with three times its volume of alcohol and sometimes a little ether, used as an illuminant.


word: Camphogen
definition:
Camphogen

Cam"pho*gen
(?)
n.
[Camphor + -gen: -- formerly so called as derived from camphor: cf. F. camphogène.]
(Chem.)
See Cymene.


word: Camphor
definition:
Camphor

Cam"phor
(kăm"fẽr)
n.
[OE. camfere, F. camphre (cf. It. canfora, Sp. camfora, alcanfor, LL. canfora, camphora, NGr. kafoyra`), fr. Ar. kāfūr, prob. fr. Skr. karpūra.]
1.
A tough, white, aromatic resin, or gum, obtained from different species of the Laurus family, esp. from Cinnamomum camphara (the Laurus camphora of Linnæus.). Camphor, C10H16O, is volatile and fragrant, and is used in medicine as a diaphoretic, a stimulant, or sedative.

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.

&hand_; The name 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.

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.


word: Camphorated
definition:
Camphorated

Camphorate

{ Cam"phor*ate (?), Cam"phor*a`ted (?), }
Combined or impregnated with camphor.

Camphorated oil, an oleaginous preparation containing camphor, much used as an embrocation.


word: Camphoric
definition:
Camphoric

Cam*phor"ic
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. camphorique.]
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, camphor.

Camphoric acid, a white crystallizable substance, C10H16O4, obtained from the oxidation of camphor.

&hand_; Other acids of camphor are campholic acid, C10H18O2, and camphoronic acid, C9H12O5, white crystallizable substances.


word: Camping
definition:
Camping

Camp"ing
(?)
n.
1.
Lodging in a camp.

2.
[See Camp, n., 6]
A game of football.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Campion
definition:
Campion

Cam"pi*on
(?)
n.
[Prob. fr. L. campus field.]
(Bot.)
A plant of the Pink family (Cucubalus bacciferus), bearing berries regarded as poisonous.

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.


word: Camptosorus
definition:
Camptosorus

Camptosorus
n.
a classification used in some esp. former systems for plants usually placed in the genus Asplenium.

Syn. -- genus Camptosorus.


word: Campus
definition:
Campus

Cam"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.

2.
a college or university.

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.

4.
higher education considered as a whole; as, the financial effects of research cutbacks on the campus.

5.
a business site with pleasant landscaping; as, the Squibb research campus at Princeton.


word: Campyloneurum
definition:
Campyloneurum

Campyloneurum
n.
a genus of epiphytic ferns of tropical America.

Syn. -- genus Campyloneurum.


word: Campylorhynchus
definition:
Campylorhynchus

Campylorhynchus
n.
an alternative genus classification for the cactus wrens.

Syn. -- genus Campylorhynchus, Heleodytes, genus Heleodytes.


word: Campylospermous
definition:
Campylospermous

Cam`py*lo*sper"mous
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; curved + _; seed.]
(Bot.)
Having seeds grooved lengthwise on the inner face, as in sweet cicely.


word: Campylotropous
definition:
Campylotropous

Cam`py*lot"ro*pous
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; curved + _; a turning.]
(Bot.)
Having the ovules and seeds so curved, or bent down upon themselves, that the ends of the embryo are brought close together.


word: Can
definition:
Can

Can
(kăn)
an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry. [See Gan.]

With gentle words he can faile gree.
Spenser.


word: Can₂
definition:
Can

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. ]

Fill the cup and fill can,
Have a rouse before the morn.
Tennyson.

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.

&hand_; A 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.


word: Can₃
definition:
Can

Can
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Canned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Canning.]
To preserve by putting in sealed cans
[U. S.]
Canned
W. D. Howells.

Canned goods, a general name for fruit, vegetables, meat, or fish, preserved in hermetically sealed cans.


word: Can₄
definition:
Can

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. cūðe (for cunðe); p. p. cūð (for cunð); akin to OS. Kunnan, D. Kunnen, OHG. chunnan, G. können, 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. √45. See Ken, Know; cf. Con, Cunning, Uncouth.]
1.
To know; to understand.
[Obs.]

I can rimes of Robin Hood.
Piers Plowman.

I can no Latin, quod she.
Piers Plowman.

Let the priest in surplice white,
That defunctive music can.
Shak.

2.
To be able to do; to have power or influence.
[Obs.]

The will of Him who all things can.
Milton.

For what, alas, can these my single arms?
Shak.

Mæcænas and Agrippa, who can most with Cæsar.
Beau. & Fl.

3.
To be able; -- followed by an infinitive without to; as, I can go, but do not wish to.
Yet he could not but acknowledge to himself that there was something calculated to impress awe, . . . in the sudden appearances and vanishings . . . of the masque
De Quincey.

Tom felt that this was a rebuff for him, and could not but understand it as a left-handed hit at his employer.
Dickens.


word: Canaan
definition:
Canaan

Canaan
n.
an ancient country is southwest Asia on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean.

Syn. -- Palestine, Holy Land.


word: Canaanite
definition:
Canaanite

Ca"naan*ite
(?)
n.
1.
A descendant of Canaan, the son of Ham, and grandson of Noah.

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.


word: Canaanite₂
definition:
Canaanite

Ca"naan*ite
n.
[From an Aramaic word signifying “zeal.”]
A zealot.
Canaanite
Matt. x. 4.

&hand_; This was the “Simon called Zelotes” (Luke vi. 15), i.e., Simon the zealot.
Kitto.


word: Canada
definition:
Canada

Canyada

Ca*ña"da
(?)
n.
[Sp.]
1.
A small cañon; a narrow valley or glen; also, but less frequently, an open valley.
[Local, Western U. S.]

2.
A dry riverbed.


word: Canachites
definition:
Canachites

Canachites
prop. n.
A genus of birds including the spruce grouse Canachites canadensis.

Syn. -- genus Canachites.


word: Canada₂
definition:
Canada

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.

Canada balsam. See under Balsam. -- Canada goose. (Zool.) See Wild goose. -- Canada jay. See Whisky Jack. -- Canada lynx. (Zool.) 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 (Zool.) See Porcupine, and Urson. -- Canada rice (Bot.) See under Rick. -- Canada robin (Zool.), the cedar bird.


word: Canadian
definition:
Canadian

Ca*na"di*an
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to Canada.
n. A native or inhabitant of Canada.

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.


word: canafistula
definition:
canafistula

canafistola

canafistola, canafistula
n.
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.


word: Canaille
definition:
Canaille

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.

2.
Shorts or inferior flour.
[Canadian]


word: Canal
definition:
Canal

Ca*nal"
(?)
n.
[F. canal, from L. canalis canal, channel; prob. from a root signifying “to cut”; cf. D. kanaal, fr. the French. Cf. Channel, Kennel gutter.]

1.
An artificial channel filled with water and designed for navigation, or for irrigating land, etc.

2.
(Anat.)
A tube or duct; as, the alimentary canal; the semicircular canals of the ear.

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]

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.


word: Canaliculated
definition:
Canaliculated

Canaliculate

{ 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.


word: canalize
definition:
canalize

canalize
v.
1.
to provide with a canal, as of a city.

Syn. -- canal.

2.
to to direct the flow of; -- also used abstractly, as of money or information.

Syn. -- channel.


word: Canape
definition:
Canape

Ca`na`pé"
(?)
n.
[F., orig. a couch with mosquito curtains. See Canopy.]
1.
A sofa or divan.

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.


word: Canape confident
definition:
Canape confident

Ca`na`pé" con`fi`dent"
(?)
A sofa having a seat at each end at right angles to the main seats.


word: Canard
definition:
Canard

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.


word: Canary
definition:
Canary

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.

2.
Of a pale yellowish color; as, Canary stone.

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.


word: Canary₂
definition:
Canary

Ca*na"ry
n.
pl. Canaries (#).
1.
Wine made in the Canary Islands; sack.
canary
Shak.

2.
A canary bird.

3.
A pale yellow color, like that of a canary bird.

4.
A quick and lively dance.
[Obs.]

Make you dance canary
With sprightly fire and motion.
Shak.


word: Canary₃
definition:
Canary

Ca*na"ry
(?)
v. i.
To perform the canary dance; to move nimbly; to caper.
[Obs.]

But to jig of a tune at the tongue's end, canary to it with your feet.
Shak.


word: Canary bird
definition:
Canary bird

Ca*na"ry bird`
(?)
(Zool.)
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.

Canary bird flower (Bot.), a climbing plant (Tropæolum peregrinum) with canary-colored flowers of peculiar form; -- called also canary vine.


word: canasta
definition:
canasta

canasta
n.
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.


word: Canaster
definition:
Canaster

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.


word: Canavalia
definition:
Canavalia

Canavalia
n.
a genus of herbs or woody vines of mainly American tropics and subtropics.

Syn. -- genus Canavalia.


word: Canberra
definition:
Canberra

Canberra
prop. n.
(Geography)
The capital city of Australia.  Population (2000) = 307,700.


word: Cancan
definition:
Cancan

Can"can
(?)
n.
[F.]
A rollicking French dance, accompanied by indecorous or extravagant postures and gestures.


word: Cancel
definition:
Cancel

Can"cel
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Canceled or Cancelled (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Canceling or Cancelling.]
[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. _; latticed gate. Cf. Chancel.]
1.
To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework.
[Obs.]

A little obscure place canceled in with iron work is the pillar or stump at which . . . our Savior was scourged.
Evelyn.

2.
To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude.
[Obs.]
Canceled
Milton.

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.

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.

4.
To annul or destroy; to revoke or recall.

The indentures were canceled.
Thackeray.

He was unwilling to cancel the interest created through former secret services, by being refractory on this occasion.
Sir W. Scott.

5.
(Print.)
To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.

Canceled figures (Print), figures cast with a line across the face., as for use in arithmetics.


word: Cancel₂
definition:
Cancel

Can"cel
n.
[See Cancel, v. i., and cf. Chancel.]

1.
An inclosure; a boundary; a limit.
[Obs.]

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.

2.
(Print)
(a)
The suppression or striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.
(b)
The part thus suppressed.


word: Cancelier
definition:
Cancelier

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.

He makes his stoop; but wanting breath, is forced
To cancelier.
Massinger.


word: Canceleer
definition:
Canceleer

Cancelier

{ 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.]

The fierce and eager hawks, down thrilling from the skies,
Make sundry canceliers ere they the fowl can reach.
Drayton.


word: Cancellate
definition:
Cancellate

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.

2.
(Zool.)
Having the surface coveres with raised lines, crossing at right angles.


word: Cancellated
definition:
Cancellated

Can"cel*la`ted
(?)
a.
1.
Crossbarred; marked with cross lines.
Grew.

2.
(Anat.)
Open or spongy, as some porous bones.


word: Cancellation
definition:
Cancellation

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.

2.
(Math.)
The operation of striking out common factors, in both the dividend and divisor.


word: Cancelli
definition:
Cancelli

Can*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.

2.
(Anat.)
The interlacing osseous plates constituting the elastic porous tissue of certain parts of the bones, esp. in their articular extremities.


word: Cancellous
definition:
Cancellous

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.


word: Cancer
definition:
Cancer

Can"cer
(?)
n.
[L. cancer, cancri, crab, ulcer, a sign of the zodiac; akin to Gr. karki`nos, Skr. karka&tsdot_;a crab, and prob. Skr. karkara hard, the crab being named from its hard shell. Cf. Canner, Chancre.]
1.
(Zool.)
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.

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.

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.

&hand_; Four kinds of cancers are recognized: (1) Epithelial cancer, or Epithelioma, in which there is no trabecular framework. See Epithelioma. (2) Scirrhous cancer, or Hard cancer, in which the framework predominates, and the tumor is of hard consistence and slow growth. (3) Encephaloid  cancer, Medullary  cancer, or Soft 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.

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.


word: Cancerate
definition:
Cancerate

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.


word: Canceration
definition:
Canceration

Can`cer*a"tion
(?)
n.
The act or state of becoming cancerous or growing into a cancer.


word: Cancerite
definition:
Cancerite

Can"cer*ite
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. cancéreux.]
Like a cancer; having the qualities or virulence of a cancer; affected with cancer.
Cancerous
G. Eliot.


word: cancerous
definition:
cancerous

can"cer*ous
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. cancéreux]
Like a cancer; having the qualities or virulence of a cancer; affected with cancer; as, a cancerous growth.
cancerous
G. Eliot.


word: Cancridae
definition:
Cancridae

Cancridae
n.
a natural family including many of the best known edible crabs.

Syn. -- family Cancridae.


word: Cancriform
definition:
Cancriform

Can"cri*form
(?)
a.
[Cancer + -form; cf. F. cancriforme.]
1.
Having the form of, or resembling, a crab; crab-shaped.

2.
Like a cancer; cancerous.


word: Cancrinite
definition:
Cancrinite

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.


word: Cancroid
definition:
Cancroid

Can"croid
(?)
a.
[Cancer + oid.]
1.
(Zool.)
Resembling a crab; pertaining to the Cancroidea, one of the families of crabs, including the genus Cancer.

2.
Like a cancer; as, a cancroid tumor.


word: candela
definition:
candela

candela
n.
the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the System International d'Unites.

Syn. -- candle, cd, standard candle.


word: candelabra
definition:
candelabra

candelabra
n.
1.
a branched, ornamental candlestick having several sockets for candles.

Syn. -- candelabrum.

2.
a branched, ornamental electric light fixture, resembling an candelabra[wn1], having several sockets for lights.

Syn. -- candelabrum.


word: Candelabrum
definition:
Candelabrum

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.

2.
A large candlestick, having several branches; also called candelabra.


word: candellila
definition:
candellila

candellila
n.
1.
either of two Mexican shrubs Pedilanthus bracteatus or Pedilanthus pavonis.

2.
a wax-coated shrub (Euphorbia antisyphilitica) of northern Mexico and the southwestern U.S.


word: Candent
definition:
Candent

Can`dent
(?)
a.
[L. candens, p. pr. of candëre to glitter. See Candid.]
Heated to whiteness; glowing with heat.
candent
Boyle.


word: Canderos
definition:
Canderos

Can"de*ros
(?)
n.
An East Indian resin, of a pellucid white color, from which small ornaments and toys are sometimes made.


word: Candescent
definition:
Candescent

Can*des"cent
(?)
a.
[L. candescens, -entis, p. pr. of candescere, v. incho. fr. candere to shine.]
Glowing; luminous; incandescent.


word: Candicant
definition:
Candicant

Can"di*cant
(?)
a.
[L. candicans, p. pr. of candicare to be whitish.]
Growing white.
[Obs.]


word: Candid
definition:
Candid

Can*did
(kăn"dĭd)
a.
[F. candide (cf. It. candido), L. candidus white, fr. candēre to be of a glowing white; akin to accendĕre, incendĕre, to set on fire, Skr. chand to shine. Cf. Candle, Incense.]
1.
White.
[Obs.]

The box receives all black; but poured from thence,
The stones came candid forth, the hue of innocence.
Dryden.

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.
Candid
W. Irving.

3.
Open; frank; ingenuous; outspoken.


word: Candidacy
definition:
Candidacy

Can"di*da*cy
(?)
n.
The position of a candidate; state of being a candidate; candidateship.


word: Candidate
definition:
Candidate

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.


word: Candidating
definition:
Candidating

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.]


word: candidiasis
definition:
candidiasis

candidiasis
n.
an infection caused by fungi of the genera Monilia or Candida, especially Candida albicans.

Syn. -- moniliasis, monilia disease.


word: Candied
definition:
Candied

Can"died
(?)
a.
[From 1st Candy.]
1.
Preserved in or with sugar; incrusted with a candylike substance; as, candied fruits.

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.

Let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp.
Shak.

3.
Covered or incrusted with that which resembles sugar or candy.

Will the cold brook,
Candiedwith ice, caudle thy morning tast?
Shak.

4.
smoothly coated with crystals of sugar; -- used especially of fruits; as, a candied apple.

Syn. -- candied, crystallized, glacé, glacéed.


word: Candify
definition:
Candify

Can"di*fy
(?)
v. t. or v. i.
[L. candificare; candëre to be white + -facere to make.]
To make or become white, or candied.
[R.]


word: Candle
definition:
Candle

Can"dle
(?)
n.
[OE. candel, candel, AS, candel, fr. L. candela a (white) light made of wax or tallow, fr. candëre 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.

How far that little candle throws his beams!
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
Shak.

&hand_; Candles are usually made by repeatedly dipping the wicks in the melted tallow, etc. (“dipped candles”), or by casting or running in a mold.

2.
That which gives light; a luminary.

By these blessed candles of the night.
Shak.

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.


word: Candleberry tree
definition:
Candleberry tree

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.


word: Candlebomb
definition:
Candlebomb

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.

2.
A pasteboard shell used in signaling. It is filled with a composition which makes a brilliant light when it explodes.
Farrow.


word: Candlefish
definition:
Candlefish

Can"dle*fish`
(#)
n.
(Zool.)
(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.


word: Candle foot
definition:
Candle foot

Candle foot
(Photom.)
The illumination produced by a British standard candle at a distance of one foot; -- used as a unit of illumination.


word: Candleholder
definition:
Candleholder

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.


word: Candlemas
definition:
Candlemas

Can"dle*mas
(#)
n.
[AS. candelmæsse, candel candle + mæsse 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.


word: Candle meter
definition:
Candle meter

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.


word: Candlenut
definition:
Candlenut

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 oil or kekune oil) has many uses, including as a varnish.

Syn. -- varnish tree.

2.
The tree itself (Aleurites moluccana).


word: Candlepin
definition:
Candlepin

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.


word: Candle power
definition:
Candle power

candlepower

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.


word: Candlestick
definition:
Candlestick

Can"dle*stick`
(?)
n.
[AS. candel-sticca; candel candle + sticca stick.]
An instrument or utensil for supporting a candle.


word: Candlewaster
definition:
Candlewaster

Can"dle*wast`er
(?)
n.
One who consumes candles by being up late for study or dissipation.

A bookworm, a candlewaster.
B. Jonson.


word: can-do
definition:
can-do

can-do
adj.
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]


word: Candock
definition:
Candock

Can"dock
(?)
n.
[Prob. fr. can + dock (the plant). Cf. G. kannenkraut horsetail, lit. “canweed.”]
(Bot.)
A plant or weed that grows in rivers; a species of Equisetum; also, the yellow frog lily (Nuphar luteum).


word: Candor
definition:
Candor

Can"dor
(?)
n.
[Written also candour.]
[L. candor, fr. candëre; cf. F. candeur. See candid.]

1.
Whiteness; brightness; (as applied to moral conditions) usullied purity; innocence.
[Obs.]

Nor yor unquestioned integrity
Shall e'er be sullied with one taint or spot
That may take from your innocence and candor.
Massinger.

2.
A disposition to treat subjects with fairness; freedom from prejudice or disguise; frankness; sincerity.

Attribute superior sagacity and candor to those who held that side of the question.
Whewell.


word: Candy
definition:
Candy

Can"dy
(kăn"d&ybreve_;)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Candied (kăn"dēd); p. pr & vb. n. Candying.]
[F. candir (cf. It. candire, Sp. azúcar cande or candi), fr. Ar. & Pers. qand, fr. Skr. Kha&nsdot_;&dsdot_;da piece, sugar in pieces or lumps, fr. kha&nsdot_;&dsdot_;, kha&dsdot_; to break.]
1.
To conserve or boil in sugar; as, to candy fruits; to candy ginger.

2.
To make sugar crystals of or in; to form into a mass resembling candy; as, to candy sirup.

3.
To incrust with sugar or with candy, or with that which resembles sugar or candy.

Those frosts that winter brings
Which candy every green.
Drayson.


word: Candy₂
definition:
Candy

Can"dy
(kăn"d&ybreve_;)
v. i.
1.
To have sugar crystals form in or on; as, fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time.

2.
To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.


word: Candy₃
definition:
Candy

Can"dy
n.
[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.

2.
Cocaine.
[slang]


word: Candy₄
definition:
Candy

Candy
n.
[Mahratta kha&nsdot_;&dsdot_;ī, Tamil ka&nsdot_;&dsdot_;i.]
A weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds.


word: candyfloss
definition:
candyfloss

candyfloss
n.
a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature; -- called commonly cotton candy.

Syn. -- spun sugar.


word: Candytuft
definition:
Candytuft

Can"dy*tuft`
(kăn"de̝*tŭft`)
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.


word: candyweed
definition:
candyweed

can"dy*weed`
(kăn"de̝*wēd`)
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.


word: Cane
definition:
Cane

Cane
(kān)
n.
[OE. cane, canne, OF. cane, F. canne, L. canna, fr. Gr. ka`nna, ka`nnh; prob. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. qāneh reed. Cf. Canister, canon, 1st Cannon.]

1.
(Bot.)
(a)
A name given to several peculiar palms, species of Calamus and Dæmanorops, 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.

Like light canes, that first rise big and brave.
B. Jonson.

&hand_; In the Southern United States great cane is the Arundinaria macrosperma, and small cane is. Arundinaria tecta.

2.
A walking stick; a staff; -- so called because originally made of one of the species of cane.

Stir the fire with your master's cane.
Swift.

3.
A lance or dart made of cane.
[R.]

Judgelike thou sitt'st, to praise or to arraign
The flying skirmish of the darted cane.
Dryden.

4.
A local European measure of length. See Canna.

Cane borer (Zool.), 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.


word: Cane₂
definition:
Cane

Cane
(kān)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Caned (kānd); p. pr. & vb. n. Caning.]
1.
To beat with a cane.
Macaulay.

2.
To make or furnish with cane or rattan; as, to cane chairs.


word: cane cutter
definition:
cane cutter

canecutter

cane"cut`ter, cane" cut`ter
(kān"kŭt`ẽr)
n.
a type of rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus) inhabiting southeastern U.S. swamps and lowlands; -- called also swamp rabbit.

Syn. -- swamp rabbit, swamp hare.


word: Caned
definition:
Caned

Caned
(kānd)
a.
[Cf. L. canus white.]
Filled with white flakes; mothery; -- said vinegar when containing mother.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.


word: Canella
definition:
Canella

Ca*nel"la
(kȧ*nĕl"lȧ)
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 Canellaceæ, growing in the West Indies.

&hand_; The principal species is Canella alba, and its bark is a spice and drug exported under the names of wild cinnamon and whitewood bark.


word: Canella-alba
definition:
Canella-alba

Canella-alba
n.
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.


word: Canellaceae
definition:
Canellaceae

Canellaceae
n.
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.


word: Canescent
definition:
Canescent

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.


word: Cangue
definition:
Cangue

Cangue
(kăng)
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.


word: Can hook
definition:
Can hook

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.


word: Canicula
definition:
Canicula

Ca*nic"u*la
(?)
n.
[L. canicula, lit., a little dog, a diminutive of canis dog; cf. F. canicule.]
(Astron.)
The Dog Star; Sirius.


word: Canicular
definition:
Canicular

Ca*nic"u*lar
(?)
a.
[L. canicularis; cf. F. caniculaire.]
Pertaining to, or measured, by the rising of the Dog Star.

Canicular days, the dog days, See Dog days. -- Canicular year, the Egyptian year, computed from one heliacal rising of the Dog Star to another.


word: Canidae
definition:
Canidae

Can"id*ae
n.
a natural family of doglike mammals including the domestic dogs, wolves, jackals, foxes, hyenas, and coyotes.

Syn. -- family Canidae.


word: Canine
definition:
Canine

Ca*nine"
(?)
a.
[L. caninus, fr. canis dog: cf. F. canin. See Hound.]
1.
Of or pertaining to the family Canidæ, or dogs and wolves; having the nature or qualities of a dog; like that or those of a dog.

2.
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the pointed tooth on each side the incisors.

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.


word: caning
definition:
caning

can"ing
n.
something made of interlaced slender branches of especially willow.

Syn. -- wicker, wickerwork.


word: Canis
definition:
Canis

Ca"nis
(kă"nĭs)
n.
pl. Canes (-nēz).
[L., a dog.]
(Zool.)
A genus of carnivorous mammals, of the family Canidæ, including the dogs and wolves.

&VerbarCanis major [L., larger dog], a constellation to the southeast of Orion, containing Sirius or the Dog Star. -- &VerbarCanis minor [L., smaller dog], a constellation to the east of Orion, containing Procyon, a star of the first magnitude.


word: canistel
definition:
canistel

canistel
n.
1.
a tropical tree of Florida and West Indies (Pouteria campechiana nervosa) yielding edible fruit.

Syn. -- canistel tree.

2.
an ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies.

Syn. -- eggfruit.


word: Canister
definition:
Canister

Can"is*ter
(kăn"ĭs*tẽr)
n.
[L. canistrum a basket woven from reeds Gr. _;, fr. ka`nh, ka`nna reed; cf. F. canistre. See Cane, and Canaster.]
1.
A small basket of rushes, reeds, or willow twigs, etc.

2.
A small box or case for holding tea, coffee, etc.

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.


word: Canker
definition:
Canker

Can"ker
(kă&nsmacr_;"kẽr)
n.
[OE. canker, cancre, AS. cancer (akin to D. kanker, OHG chanchar.), fr. L. cancer a cancer; or if a native word, cf. Gr. _; excrescence on tree, _; gangrene. Cf. also OF. cancre, F. chancere, fr. L. cancer. See cancer, and cf. Chancre.]

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.

2.
Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy.

The cankers of envy and faction.
Temple.

3.
(Hort.)
A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off.

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.

5.
A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose.

To put down Richard, that sweet lovely rose.
And plant this thorm, this canker, Bolingbroke.
Shak.

Black canker. See under Black.


word: Canker₂
definition:
Canker

Can"ker
(kă&nsmacr_;"kẽr)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Cankered (-kẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cankering.]
1.
To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.

No lapse of moons can canker Love.
Tennyson.

2.
To infect or pollute; to corrupt.
Addison.

A tithe purloined cankers the whole estate.
Herbert.


word: Canker₃
definition:
Canker

Can"ker
v. i.
1.
To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.
[Obs.]

Silvering will sully and canker more than gliding.
Bacom.

2.
To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous.

Deceit and cankered malice.
Dryden.

As with age his body uglier grows,
So his mind cankers.
Shak.


word: Canker blossom
definition:
Canker blossom

Can"ker blos`som
(?)
That which blasts a blossom as a canker does.
[Obs.]

O me! you juggler! you canker blossom!
You thief of Love!
Shak.


word: Cankered
definition:
Cankered

Can"kered
(?)
a.
1.
Affected with canker; as, a cankered mouth.

2.
Affected mentally or morally as with canker; sore, envenomed; malignant; fretful; ill-natured.
cankered
Shak.


word: Cankerous
definition:
Cankerous

Can"ker*ous
(?)
a.
Affecting like a canker.
Canrerous
Thomson.

Misdeem it not a cankerous change.
Wordsworth.


word: Canker rash
definition:
Canker rash

Can"ker rash`
(?)
(Med.)
A form of scarlet fever characterized by ulcerated or putrid sore throat.


word: Cankerworm
definition:
Cankerworm

Can"ker*worm`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
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 larvæ are also called cankerworms.

&hand_; The autumnal species (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 larvæ are similar in appearance and habits, and belong to the family of measuring worms or spanworms. These larvæ hatch from the eggs when the leaves begin to expand in spring.


word: Canna
definition:
Canna

Can"na
(?)
n.
[It.]
A measure of length in Italy, varying from six to seven feet. See Cane, 4.


word: Canna₂
definition:
Canna

Can"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.


word: Cannabene
definition:
Cannabene

Can"na*bene
(?)
n.
[From Cannabis.]
(Chem.)
A colorless oil obtained from hemp by distillation, and possessing its intoxicating properties.


word: Cannabidaceae
definition:
Cannabidaceae

Cannabidaceae
n.
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.


word: Cannabin
definition:
Cannabin

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.


word: Cannabis
definition:
Cannabis

Can"na*bis
(?)
prop. n.
[L., hemp. See Canvas.]
1.
(Bot.)
A genus of a single species belonging to the order Uricaceæ; hemp.

2.
The Indian hemp plant plant Cannabis sativa syn. Cannabis Indica.  See Cannabis Indica, below.

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.


word: Cannaceae
definition:
Cannaceae

Cannaceae
prop. n.
A natural family of plants coextensive with the genus Canna.

Syn. -- family Cannaceae.


word: Cannae
definition:
Cannae

Cannae
n.
the name of a battle in which Hannibal defeated the Romans in 216 b. c.  Called also battle of Cannae.


word: canned
definition:
canned

canned
adj.
1.
Recorded; in contrast with live; -- used of sound or video broadcasts.

Syn. -- filmed, taped, tape-recorded.

2.
Sealed in a can or jar.

Syn. -- tinned.


word: Cannel coal
definition:
Cannel coal

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.


word: Cannele
definition:
Cannele

Can`ne*lé"
(?)
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.


word: Cannelure
definition:
Cannelure

Can"ne*lure
(kăn"ne̝*l&uuptack_;r)
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.


word: Cannery
definition:
Cannery

Can"ner*y
(?)
n.
A place where the business of canning fruit, meat, etc., is carried on.
[U. S.]


word: Cannibal
definition:
Cannibal

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 “propter rabiem caninam anthropophagorum gentis.” 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.


word: cannibalic
definition:
cannibalic

cannibalic
adj.
resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility.

Syn. -- beastly, bestial, brute(prenominal), brutish.


word: cannibalize
definition:
cannibalize

cannibalise

cannibalise, cannibalize
v. i.
to eat human flesh.

Syn. -- practice cannibalism.


word: cannibalize₂
definition:
cannibalize

cannibalise

cannibalise, cannibalize
v. t.
to use parts of (something, such as a machine), to repair something else.

Syn. -- use parts of.


word: Cannibalism
definition:
Cannibalism

Can"ni*bal*ism
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. cannibalisme.]
The act or practice of eating human flesh by mankind. Hence; Murderous cruelty; barbarity.
Berke.


word: Cannon
definition:
Cannon

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.

&hand_; Cannons are made of various materials, as iron, brass, bronze, and steel, and of various sizes and shapes with respect to the special service for which they are intended, as intended, as siege, seacoast, naval, field, or mountain, guns. They always aproach more or less nearly to a cylindrical from, being usually thicker toward the breech than at the muzzle. Formerly they were cast hollow, afterwards they were cast, solid, and bored out. The cannon now most in use for the armament of war vessels and for seacoast defense consists of a forged steel tube reinforced with massive steel rings shrunk upon it. Howitzers and mortars are sometimes called cannon. See Gun.

2.
(Mech.)
A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently.

3.
(Printing.)
A kind of type. See Canon.

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.


word: Cannon₂
definition:
Cannon

Can"non
v. i.
1.
To discharge cannon.

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.


word: Cannonade
definition:
Cannonade

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.

A furious cannonade was kept up from the whole circle of batteries on the devoted towm.
Prescott.

2.
Fig.; A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.

Blue Walden rolls its cannonade.
Ewerson.


word: Cannonade₂
definition:
Cannonade

Can`non*ade"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Cannonade; p. pr. & vb. n. Cannonading.]
To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot.


word: Cannonier
definition:
Cannonier

Cannoneer

{ Can`non*eer", Can`non*ier"  }
(?)
n.
[F. canonnier.]
A man who manages, or fires, cannon.


word: Cannonry
definition:
Cannonry

Can"non*ry
(?)
n.
Cannon, collectively; artillery.

The ringing of bells and roaring of cannonry proclaimed his course through the country.
W. Irving.


word: Cannot
definition:
Cannot

Can"not
(?)
[Can to be able + -not.]
Am, is, or are, not able; -- written either as one word or two.


word: Cannula
definition:
Cannula

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.]


word: Cannulated
definition:
Cannulated

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.]


word: Cannei
definition:
Cannei

Canny

{ Can"ny, Can"nei  }
(?)
a.
[Cf. Icel. kenn skilled, learned, or E. canny. Cf. Kenn.]
[North of Eng. & Scot.]
1.
Artful; cunning; shrewd; wary.

2.
Skillful; knowing; capable.
Sir W. Scott.

3.
Cautious; prudent; safe..
Ramsay.

4.
Having pleasing or useful qualities; gentle.
Burns.

5.
Reputed to have magical powers.
Sir W. Scott.

No canny, not safe, not fortunate; unpropitious. [Scot.]


word: Canoe
definition:
Canoe

Ca*noe"
(?)
n.
pl. Canoes (#).
[Sp. canoa, fr. Caribbean canáoa.]
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.

Others devised the boat of one tree, called the canoe.
Raleigh.

2.
A boat made of bark or skins, used by savages.

A birch canoe, with paddles, rising, falling, on the water.
Longfellow.

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.


word: canoe
definition:
canoe

ca*noe"
(kȧ*nō")
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Canoed (kȧ*nōd") p. pr. & vb. n. Canoeing (kȧ*nō"ĭng).]
To manage a canoe, or voyage in a canoe.


word: canoeman
definition:
canoeman

ca*noe"man
(kȧ*nō"man)
n.
pl. Canoemen (kȧ*nō"men).
One who uses a canoe; one who travels in a canoe.

Cabins and clearing greeted the eye of the passing canoeman.
Parkman.


word: canon
definition:
canon

can"on
(kăn"ŭn)
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.

Or that the Everlasting had not fixed
His canon 'gainst self-slaughter.
Shak.

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.

Various canons which were made in councils held in the second centry.
Hook.

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.

4.
In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.

5.
A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.

6.
A member of a cathedral chapter; a person who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.

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.

8.
(Print.)
The largest size of type having a specific name; -- so called from having been used for printing the canons of the church.

9.
The part of a bell by which it is suspended; -- called also ear and shank.
[See Illust. of Bell.]
Knight.

10.
(Billiards)
See Carom.

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.


word: canyon
definition:
canyon

Ca*ñon"
(kä*nyo̝n"; anglicized kăn"yŭn)
n.
[Sp., a tube or hollow, fr. caña 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.]
[Also spelled canyon.]


word: Canon bit
definition:
Canon bit

Can"on bit`
(?)
[F. canon, fr. L. canon a rule.]
That part of a bit which is put in a horse's mouth.


word: Canon bone
definition:
Canon bone

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.


word: canoncito
definition:
canoncito

cañ`on*ci"to
(?)
n.
[Amer. Sp. dim. See cañon.]
[Southwestern U. S.]
1.
A small cañon.

2.
A narrow passage or lane through chaparral or a forest.


word: Canoness
definition:
Canoness

Can"on*ess
(?)
n.
[Cf. LL. canonissa.]
A woman who holds a canonry in a conventual chapter.

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.


word: canonical
definition:
canonical

canonic

{ ca*non"ic (kȧ*n&obreve_;n"ĭk), ca*non"ic*al (kȧ*n&obreve_;n"ĭ*kal), }
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.
canonical
Hallam.

2.
Appearing in a Biblical canon; as, a canonical book of the Christian New Testament.

3.
Accepted as authoritative; recognized.

4.
(Math.)
In its standard form, usually also the simplest form; -- of an equation or coordinate.

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.
6.
Pertaining to or resembling a musical canon.

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.


word: Canonicals
definition:
Canonicals

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.

Full canonicals, the complete costume of an officiating clergyman or ecclesiastic.


word: Canonicate
definition:
Canonicate

Ca*non"i*cate
(?)
n.
[LL. canonucatus canonical: cf. F. canonicat.]
The office of a canon; a canonry.


word: Canonicity
definition:
Canonicity

Can`on*ic"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. canonicité.]
The state or quality of being canonical; agreement with the canon.


word: Canonist
definition:
Canonist

Can"on*ist
n.
[Cf. F. canoniste.]
A professor of canon law; one skilled in the knowledge and practice of ecclesiastical law.
South.


word: Canonization
definition:
Canonization

Can`on*i*za"tion
(?)
n.
[F. canonisation.]

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.

Canonization of saints was not known to the Christian church titl toward the middle of the tenth century.
Hoock.

2.
The state of being canonized or sainted.


word: Canonize
definition:
Canonize

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.

2.
To glorify; to exalt to the highest honor.

Fame in time to come canonize us.
Shak.

2.
To rate as inspired; to include in the canon.
[R.]


word: Canonry
definition:
Canonry

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.


word: Canonship
definition:
Canonship

Can"on*ship
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to Canopus in Egypt; as, the Canopic vases, used in embalming.


word: canopic jar
definition:
canopic jar

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.]


word: canopied
definition:
canopied

canopied
adj.
covered with or as with a canopy; as, a canopied bed; streets canopied by stately trees.


word: Canopus
definition:
Canopus

Ca*no"pus
(?)
n.
[L. Canopus, fr. Gr. _;, town of Egypt.]
(Astron.)
A star of the first magnitude in the southern constellation Argo.


word: Canopy
definition:
Canopy

Can"o*py
(kăn"o̝*p&ybreve_;)
n.
pl. Canopies (-pĭz).
[OE. canapie, F. canapé sofa, OF. conopée, conopeu, conopieu, canopy, vail, pavilion (cf. It. canopè 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.
canopies
Dryden.

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.


word: Canopy₂
definition:
Canopy

Can"o*py
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Canopes (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Canopying.]
To cover with, or as with, a canopy.
canopied
Milton.


word: Canorous
definition:
Canorous

Ca*no"rous
(?)
a.
[L. canorus, from nor melody, fr. canere to sing.]
Melodious; musical.
canorous
Sir T. Browne.

A long, lound, and canorous peal of laughter.
De Quincey.


word: Canorousness
definition:
Canorousness

Ca*no"rous*ness
n.
The quality of being musical.

He chooses his language for its rich canorousness.
Lowell.


word: Cant
definition:
Cant

Cant
(?)
n.
[OF., edge, angle, prof. from L. canthus the iron ring round a carriage wheel, a wheel, Gr. _; the corner of the eye, the felly of a wheel; cf. W. cant the stake or tire of a wheel. Cf. Canthus, Canton, Cantle.]
1.
A corner; angle; niche.
[Obs.]

The first and principal person in the temple was Irene, or Peace; she was placed aloft in a cant.
B. Jonson.

2.
An outer or external angle.

3.
An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl.
Totten.

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.

5.
(Coopering)
A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.
Knight.

6.
(Mech.)
A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel.
Knight.

7.
(Naut.)
A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.

Cant frames, Cant timbers (Naut.), timber at the two ends of a ship, rising obliquely from the keel.


word: Cant₂
definition:
Cant

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.

2.
To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football.

3.
To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of timber, or from the head of a bolt.


word: Cant₃
definition:
Cant

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.

2.
The idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class, or occupation.
Goldsmith.

The cant of any profession.
Dryden.

3.
The use of religious phraseology without understanding or sincerity; empty, solemn speech, implying what is not felt; hypocrisy.

They shall hear no cant from me.
F. W. Robertson

4.
Vulgar jargon; slang; the secret language spoker by gipsies, thieves, tramps, or beggars.


word: Cant₄
definition:
Cant

Cant
(?)
a.
Of the nature of cant; affected; vulgar.

To introduce and multiply cant words in the most ruinous corruption in any language.
Swift.


word: Cant₅
definition:
Cant

Cant
v. i.
1.
To speak in a whining voice, or an affected, singsong tone.

2.
To make whining pretensions to goodness; to talk with an affectation of religion, philanthropy, etc.; to practice hypocrisy; as, a canting fanatic.

The rankest rogue that ever canted.
Beau. & Fl.

3.
To use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or technical terms; to talk with an affectation of learning.

The doctor here,
When he discourseth of dissection,
Of vena cava and of vena porta,
The meseræum and the mesentericum,
What does he else but cant.
B. Jonson

That uncouth affected garb of speech, or canting language, if I may so call it.
Bp. Sanderson.


word: Cant₆
definition:
Cant

Cant
n.
[Prob. from OF. cant, equiv. to L. quantum; cf. F. encan, fr. L. in quantum, i.e. “for how much?”]
A call for bidders at a public sale; an auction.
cant
Swift.


word: Cantabile
definition:
Cantabile

Can*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.


word: Cantabile₂
definition:
Cantabile

Can*ta"bi*le
n.
(Mus.)
A piece or passage, whether vocal or instrumental, peculiarly adapted to singing; -- sometimes called cantilena.


word: Cantabrigian
definition:
Cantabrigian

Can`ta*brig"i*an
(?)
n.
A native or resident of Cambridge; esp. a student or graduate of the university of Cambridge, England.


word: Cantalever
definition:
Cantalever

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.

2.
(Engin.)
A projecting beam, truss, or bridge unsupported at the outer end; one which overhangs.

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.


word: Cantaloupe
definition:
Cantaloupe

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.]


word: Cantankerous
definition:
Cantankerous

Can*tan"ker*ous
(?)
a.
Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious.
[Colloq.]
Can*tan"ker*ous*ly, adv. -- Can*tan"ker*ous*ness, n.

The cantankerous old maiden aunt.
Thackeray.


word: Cantarro
definition:
Cantarro

Cantar

{ Can"tar (?), &VerbarCan*tar"ro (?), }
n.
[It. cantaro (in sense 1), Sp. cantaro (in sense 2).]

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.

2.
A liquid measure in Spain, ranging from two and a half to four gallons.
Simmonds.


word: Cantata
definition:
Cantata

Can*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.


word: Canted
definition:
Canted

Cant"ed
(?)
a.
[From 2d Cant.]
1.
Having angles; as, a six canted bolt head; a canted window.

Canted column (Arch.), a column polygonal in plan.

2.
Inclined at an angle to something else; tipped; sloping.


word: Canteen
definition:
Canteen

Can*teen"
(kăn*tēn")
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.]

&hand_; In 1910 in the English service the canteen is made of wood and holds three pints; in the United States it is usually a tin flask.

2.
A chest containing culinary and other vessels for military officers in a garrison.

3.
The sutler's shop in a garrison.

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.

5.
A temporary location where food is dispensed during an emergency.


word: Canter
definition:
Canter

Can"ter
(kăn"tẽr)
n.
[An abbreviation of Canterbury. See Canterbury gallop, under Canterbury.]
1.
A moderate and easy gallop adapted to pleasure riding.

&hand_; The 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.

2.
A rapid or easy passing over.

A rapid canter in the Times over all the topics.
Sir J. Stephen.


word: Canter₂
definition:
Canter

Can"ter
(kăn"tẽr)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Cantered (kăn"tẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cantering.]
To move in a canter.


word: Canter₄
definition:
Canter

Cant"er
n.
1.
One who cants or whines; a beggar.

2.
One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.

The day when he was a canter and a rebel.
Macaulay.


word: Canterbury
definition:
Canterbury

Can"ter*bur*y
(kăn"tẽr*bĕr*r&ybreve_;)
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 à Becket, to which pilgrimages were formerly made.

2.
A stand with divisions in it for holding music, loose papers, etc.

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.


word: Cantharidal
definition:
Cantharidal

Can*thar"*i*dal
(kăn*thăr"ĭ*dal)
a.
Of or pertaining to cantharides or made of cantharides; as, cantharidal plaster.


word: Cantharidin
definition:
Cantharidin

Can*thar"i*din
(kăn*thăr"ĭ*dĭn)
n.
(Chem.)
The active principle of the cantharis, or Spanish fly, a volatile, acrid, bitter solid, crystallizing in four-sided prisms.


word: Cantharis
definition:
Cantharis

Can"tha*ris
(kăn"thȧ*rĭs)
n.
pl. Cantharides (kăn*thăr"ĭ*dēz).
[L., a kind of beetle, esp. the Spanish fly, Gr. kanqari`s.]
(Zool.)
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.


word: Cant hook
definition:
Cant hook

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.


word: Canthoplasty
definition:
Canthoplasty

Can"tho*plas`ty
(?)
n.
[Gr._;, corner of the eye + _; to from.]
(Surg.)
The operation of forming a new canthus, when one has been destroyed by injury or disease.


word: Canthus
definition:
Canthus

Can"thus
(?)
n.
pl. Canthi (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. _;.]
(Anat.)
The corner where the upper and under eyelids meet on each side of the eye.


word: Canticle
definition:
Canticle

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.

2.
pl
The Song of Songs or Song of Solomon, one of the books of the Old Testament.

3.
A canto or division of a poem
[Obs.]
Spenser.

4.
A psalm, hymn, or passage from the Bible, arranged for chanting in church service.


word: Canticoy
definition:
Canticoy

Can"ti*coy
(?)
n.
[Of American Indian origin.]
A social gathering; usually, one for dancing.


word: Cantillate
definition:
Cantillate

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.


word: Canting
definition:
Canting

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.
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.


word: Cantiniere
definition:
Cantiniere

Can`ti*niere"
(?)
n.
[F., fr. cantine a sutler's shop, canteen.]
(Mil)
A woman who carries a canteen for soldiers; a vivandière.


word: Cantle
definition:
Cantle

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.
cantle
Milton.

Cuts me from the best of all my land
A huge half moon, a monstrous cantle out.
Shak.

2.
The upwardly projecting rear part of saddle, opposite to the pommel.
[Written also cante.]


word: Canto
definition:
Canto

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.

2.
(Mus.)
The highest vocal part; the air or melody in choral music; anciently the tenor, now the soprano.

&VerbarCanto fermo (_;) [It.] (Mus.), the plain ecclesiastical chant in cathedral service; the plain song.


word: Canton₂
definition:
Canton

Can"ton
n.
[F. canton, augm. of OF. cant edge, corner. See 1st Cant.]
1.
A small portion; a division; a compartment.

That little canton of land called the “English pale”
Davies.

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.

2.
A small community or clan.

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.

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.

The king gave us the arms of England to be borne in a canton in our arms.
Evelyn.


word: Canton₃
definition:
Canton

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.

They canton out themselves a little Goshen in the intellectual world.
Locke.

2.
(Mil.)
To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops.


word: Canton crape
definition:
Canton crape

Can"ton crape"
(krāp")
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.


word: Cantoned
definition:
Cantoned

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.

2.
(Arch.)
Having the angles marked by, or decorated with, projecting moldings or small columns; as, a cantoned pier or pilaster.


word: Cantonment
definition:
Cantonment

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.

&hand_; When troops are sheltered in huts or quartered in the houses of the people during any suspension of hostilities, they are said to be in cantonment, or to be cantoned. In India, permanent military stations, or military towns, are termed cantonments.


word: Cantoon
definition:
Cantoon

Can*toon"
(?)
n.
A cotton stuff showing a fine cord on one side and a satiny surface on the other.


word: Cantor
definition:
Cantor

Can"tor
(?)
n.
[L., a singer, fr. caner to sing.]
A singer; esp. the leader of a church choir; a precentor.

The cantor of the church intones the Te Deum.
Milman.


word: Cantoral
definition:
Cantoral

Can"tor*al
(?)
a.
Of or belonging to a cantor.

Cantoral staff, the official staff or baton of a cantor or precentor, with which time is marked for the singers.


word: Cantoris
definition:
Cantoris

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.


word: Cantrip
definition:
Cantrip

Cantrap

{ 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.]


word: Cantref
definition:
Cantref

Cantred

{ Can"tred (?), &VerbarCan"tref, }
n.
[W. cantref; cant hundred + tref dwelling place, village.]
A district comprising a hundred villages, as in Wales.
[Written also kantry.]


word: Canty
definition:
Canty

Can"ty
(?)
a.
Cheerful; sprightly; lively; merry.
canty
Wordsworth [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

Contented with little, and canty with mair.
Burns.


word: Canuck
definition:
Canuck

Ca*nuck"
(?)
n.
1.
A Canadian.
[Slang]

2.
A small or medium-sized hardy horse, common in Canada.
[Colloq.]


word: Canulated
definition:
Canulated

Canular

Canula

{ Can"u*la (?), n., Can"u*lar (?), a., Can"u*la`ted (?), }
a.
See Cannula, Cannular, and Cannulated.


word: Canvas
definition:
Canvas

Can"vas
(?)
n.
[OE. canvas, canevas, F. canevas, LL. canabacius hempen cloth, canvas, L. cannabis hemp, fr. G. _;. See Hemp.]
1.
A strong cloth made of hemp, flax, or cotton; -- used for tents, sails, etc.

By glimmering lanes and walls of canvas led.
Tennyson.

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.

History . . . does not bring out clearly upon the canvas the details which were familiar.
J. H. Newman.

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.

To suit his canvas to the roughness of the see.
Goldsmith.

Light, rich as that which glows on the canvas of Claude.
Macaulay.

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.


word: Canvas₂
definition:
Canvas

Can"vas
a.
Made of, pertaining to, or resembling, canvas or coarse cloth; as, a canvas tent.


word: Canvasback
definition:
Canvasback

Can"vas*back`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
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.


word: Canvass
definition:
Canvass

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.

I have made careful search on all hands, and canvassed the matter with all possible diligence.
Woodward.

2.
To examine by discussion; to debate.

An opinion that we are likely soon to canvass.
Sir W. Hamilton.

3.
To go through, with personal solicitation or public addresses; as, to canvass a district for votes; to canvass a city for subscriptions.


word: Canvass₂
definition:
Canvass

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.


word: Canvass₃
definition:
Canvass

Can"vass
n.
1.
Close inspection; careful review for verification; as, a canvass of votes.
Bacon.

2.
Examination in the way of discussion or debate.

3.
Search; exploration; solicitation; systematic effort to obtain votes, subscribers, etc.

No previous canvass was made for me.
Burke.


word: Canzone
definition:
Canzone

Can*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 Provençal origin, resembling, though not strictly, the madrigal.
(b)
An instrumental piece in the madrigal style.


word: Canzonet
definition:
Canzonet

Can`zo*net"
(?)
n.
[It. canzonetta, dim. of canzone.]
(Mus.)
A short song, in one or more parts.


word: Caoutchin
definition:
Caoutchin

Caout"chin
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
An inflammable, volatile, oily, liquid hydrocarbon, obtained by the destructive distillation of caoutchouc.


word: Caoutchouc
definition:
Caoutchouc

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.

Mineral caoutchouc. See under Mineral.


word: Cap
definition:
Cap

Cap
(kăp)
n.
[OE. cappe, AS. cæppe, cap, cape, hood, fr. LL, cappa, capa; perhaps of Iberian origin, as Isidorus of Seville mentions it first: “Capa, quia quasi totum capiat hominem; it. capitis ornamentum.” See 3d Cape, and cf. 1st Cope.]
1.
A covering for the head
(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.

2.
The top, or uppermost part; the chief.

Thou art the cap of all the fools alive.
Shak.

3.
A respectful uncovering of the head.

He that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks.
Fuller.

4.
(Zool.)
The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.

5.
Anything resembling a cap in form, position, or use
(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.

6.
A large size of writing paper; as, flat cap; foolscap; legal cap.

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 “narrow edge.” -- 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.]


word: Cap₂
definition:
Cap

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.

The bones next the joint are capped with a smooth cartilaginous substance.
Derham.

2.
To deprive of cap.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

3.
To complete; to crown; to bring to the highest point or consummation; as, to cap the climax of absurdity.

4.
To salute by removing the cap.
[Slang. Eng.]

Tom . . . capped the proctor with the profoundest of bows.
Thackeray.

5.
To match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to; as, to cap text; to cap proverbs.
Shak.

Now I have him under girdle I'll cap verses with him to the end of the chapter.
Dryden.

&hand_; In 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.


word: Capability
definition:
Capability

Ca`pa*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Capabilities (#).
1.
The quality of being capable; capacity; capableness; esp. intellectual power or ability.

A capability to take a thousand views of a subject.
H. Taylor.

2.
Capacity of being used or improved.


word: Capable
definition:
Capable

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.

Concious of joy and capable of pain.
Prior.

2.
Possessing adequate power; qualified; able; fully competent; as, a capable instructor; a capable judge; a mind capable of nice investigations.

More capable to discourse of battles than to give them.
Motley.

3.
Possessing legal power or capacity; as, a man capable of making a contract, or a will.

4.
Capacious; large; comprehensive.
[Obs.]
Shak.

&hand_; Capable is usually followed by of, sometimes by an infinitive.


word: Capableness
definition:
Capableness

Ca"pa*ble*ness
n.
The quality or state of being capable; capability; adequateness; competency.


word: capaciate
definition:
capaciate

capaciate
v. i.
(Biol.)
to become active so as to be able to penetrate an ovum; -- of sperm, in the female reproduction system.


word: Capacify
definition:
Capacify

Ca*pac"i*fy
(kȧ*păs"ĭ*fī)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Capacified (kȧ*păs"ĭ*fīd).]
[L. capax, -acis, capacious + -fy.]
To quality.
[R.]

The benefice he is capacified and designed for.
Barrow.


word: Capacious
definition:
Capacious

Ca*pa"cious
(kȧ*pā"shŭs)
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.

In the capacious recesses of his mind.
Bancroft.

2.
Able or qualified to make large views of things, as in obtaining knowledge or forming designs; comprehensive; liberal.
capacious
Watts.


word: Capaciousness
definition:
Capaciousness

Ca*pa"cious*ness
n.
The quality of being capacious, as of a vessel, a reservoir a bay, the mind, etc.


word: capacitance
definition:
capacitance

ca*pac"i*tance
(kȧ*păs"ĭ*tans)
n.
1.
an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored.

Syn. -- electrical capacity, capacity.

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.


word: Capacitate
definition:
Capacitate

Ca*pac"i*tate
(kȧ*păs"ĭ*tāt)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Capacitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Capacitating.]
To render capable; to enable; to qualify.

By this instruction we may be capaciated to observe those errors.
Dryden.


word: capacitor
definition:
capacitor

ca*pac"i*tor
(kȧ*păs"ĭ*tẽr)
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.


word: Capacity
definition:
Capacity

Ca*pac"i*ty
(kȧ*păs"ĭ*t&ybreve_;)
n.
pl. Capacities (-tĭz).
[L. capacitus, fr. capax, capacis; fr. F. capacité. See Capacious.]
1.
The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or space; passive power; -- used in reference to physical things.

Had our great palace the capacity
To camp this host, we all would sup together.
Shak.

The capacity of the exhausted cylinder.
Boyle.

2.
The power of receiving and holding ideas, knowledge, etc.; the comprehensiveness of the mind; the receptive faculty; capability of understanding or feeling.

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.

3.
Ability; power pertaining to, or resulting from, the possession of strength, wealth, or talent; possibility of being or of doing.

The capacity of blessing the people.
Alex. Hamilton.

A cause with such capacities endued.
Blackmore.

4.
Outward condition or circumstances; occupation; profession; character; position; as, to work in the capacity of a mason or a carpenter.

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.

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.


word: Capapie
definition:
Capapie

Cap`*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.
cap-a-pie
Prescott.


word: Caparison
definition:
Caparison

Ca*par"i*son
(?)
n.
[F. caparaçon, 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.

Their horses clothed with rich caparison.
Drylen.

2.
Gay or rich clothing.

My heart groans beneath the gay caparison.
Smollett.


word: Caparison₂
definition:
Caparison

Ca*par"i*son
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Caparisoned (?) p. pr. & vb. n. Caparisoning.]
[Cf. F caparaçonner.]

1.
To cover with housings, as a horse; to harness or fit out with decorative trappings, as a horse.

The steeds, caparisoned with purple, stand.
Dryden.

2.
To adorn with rich dress; to dress.

I am caparisoned like a man.
Shak.


word: Caparro
definition:
Caparro

Ca*par"ro
(?)
n.
[Native Indian name.]
(Zool.)
A large South American monkey (Lagothrix Humboldtii), with prehensile tail.


word: Capcase
definition:
Capcase

Cap"case`
(?)
n.
A small traveling case or bandbox; formerly, a chest.

A capcase for your linen and your plate.
Beau. & Fl.


word: Cape
definition:
Cape

Cape
(kāp)
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.

Cape buffalo (Zool.) 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 (Zool.), 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.


word: Cape₂
definition:
Cape

Cape
v. i.
(Naut.)
To head or point; to keep a course; as, the ship capes southwest by south.


word: Cape₃
definition:
Cape

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.


word: Caple
definition:
Caple

Capel

{ Ca"pel (kā"pĕl), Ca"ple (-p'l) }
n.
[Icel. kapall; cf. L. caballus.]
A horse; a nag.
[Obs.]
Chaucer. Holland.


word: Capel
definition:
Capel

Ca"pel
(kā"pĕl)
n.
(Mining)
A composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornblende) in the walls of tin and copper lodes.


word: Capelin
definition:
Capelin

Cape"lin
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. capelan, caplan.]
(Zool.)
Either of two small marine fishes formerly classified in the family Salmonidæ, 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.]

&hand_; This fish, which is like a smelt, is called by the Spaniards anchova, and by the Portuguese capelina.  However the anchovy used as a food is a different fish.
Fisheries of U. S. (1884).


word: Capeline
definition:
Capeline

Ca"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.


word: Capella
definition:
Capella

Ca*pel"la
(?)
n.
[L., a little goat, dim. of caper a goat.]
(Asrton.)
A brilliant star in the constellation Auriga.


word: Capellet
definition:
Capellet

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.


word: Capellmeister
definition:
Capellmeister

Ca*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.]


word: Caper
definition:
Caper

Ca"per
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Capered p. 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.

He capers, he dances, he has eyes of youth.
Shak.


word: Caper₂
definition:
Caper

Ca"per
n.
A frolicsome leap or spring; a skip; a jump, as in mirth or dancing; a prank.

To cut a caper, to frolic; to make a sportive spring; to play a prank. Shak.


word: Caper₄
definition:
Caper

Ca"per
n.
[F. câpre, fr. L. capparis, Gr. _;; cf. Ar. & Per. al-kabar.]
1.
The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), much used for pickles.

2.
(Bot.)
A plant of the genus Capparis; -- called also caper bush, caper tree.

&hand_; The 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.

Bean caper. See Bran caper, in the Vocabulary. -- Caper sauce, a kind of sauce or catchup made of capers.


word: Caperberry
definition:
Caperberry

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.

2.
The currantlike fruit of the African and Arabian caper (Capparis sodado).


word: Capercally
definition:
Capercally

Capercailzie

{ Ca"per*cail`zie (?), or Ca"per*cal`ly (?), }
n.
[Gael, capulcoile.]
(Zool.)
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.]


word: Caperclaw
definition:
Caperclaw

Ca"per*claw`
(?)
v. t.
To treat with cruel playfulness, as a cat treats a mouse; to abuse.
[Obs.]
Birch.


word: Caperer
definition:
Caperer

Ca"per*er
(?)
n.
One who capers, leaps, and skips about, or dances.

The nimble caperer on the cord.
Dryden.


word: capeweed
definition:
capeweed

cape"weed
n.
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.

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


word: Capful
definition:
Capful

Cap"ful
(?)
n.
pl. Capfuls (_;)
As much as will fill a cap.

A capful of wind (Naut.), a light puff of wind.


word: Capias
definition:
Capias

Ca"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.

&hand_; One principal kind of 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.


word: Capillaceous
definition:
Capillaceous

Cap`il*la"ceous
(?)
a.
[L. capillaceus hairy, fr. capillus hair.]
Having long filaments; resembling a hair; slender. See Capillary.


word: Capillaire
definition:
Capillaire

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.

2.
Any simple sirup flavored with orange flowers.


word: Capillament
definition:
Capillament

Ca*pil"la*ment
(?)
n.
[L. capillamentum, fr. capillus hair: cf. F. capillament.]
1.
(Bot.)
A filament.
[R.]

2.
(Anat.)
Any villous or hairy covering; a fine fiber or filament, as of the nerves.


word: Capillarity
definition:
Capillarity

Cap`il*lar"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. capillarité.]

1.
The quality or condition of being capillary.

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.

&hand_; Capillarity depends upon the relative attraction 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.


word: Capillary
definition:
Capillary

Cap"il*la*ry
(kăp"ĭl*la̝*r&ybreve_; or kȧ*pĭl"lȧ*r&ybreve_;; 277)
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.

2.
Pertaining to capillary tubes or vessels; as, capillary action.

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.


word: Capillary₂
definition:
Capillary

Cap"il*la*ry
n.
pl. Capillaries (_;).
1.
A tube or vessel, extremely fine or minute.

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.


word: Capillation
definition:
Capillation

Cap`il*la"tion
(?)
n.
[L. capillatio the hair.]
A capillary blood vessel.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Capilliform
definition:
Capilliform

Ca*pil"li*form
(?)
a.
[L. capillus hair + -form.]
In the shape or form of, a hair, or of hairs.


word: Capistrate
definition:
Capistrate

Ca*pis"trate
(?)
a.
[L. capistratus, p. p. of capistrare halter.]
(Zool.)
Hooded; cowled.


word: Capital
definition:
Capital

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.]

Needs must the Serpent now his capital bruise
Expect with mortal pain.
Milton.

2.
Having reference to, or involving, the forfeiture of the head or life; affecting life; punishable with death; as, capital trials; capital punishment.

Many crimes that are capital among us.
Swift.

To put to death a capital offender.
Milton.

3.
First in importance; chief; principal.

A capital article in religion
Atterbury.

Whatever is capital and essential in Christianity.
I. Taylor.

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.

5.
Of first rate quality; excellent; as, a capital speech or song.
[Colloq.]

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 letters have 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.


word: capital
definition:
capital

cap"i*tal
(kăp"ĭ*tal)
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.

2.
[Cf. F. capilate, fem., sc. ville.]
(Geog.)
The seat of government; the chief city or town in a country; a metropolis.
capital
Macauly.

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.

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.

&hand_; When wealth is used to assist production it is called 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.

5.
Anything which can be used to increase one's power or influence.

He tried to make capital out of his rival's discomfiture.
London Times.

6.
(Fort.)
An imaginary line dividing a bastion, ravelin, or other work, into two equal parts.

7.
A chapter, or section, of a book.
[Obs.]

Holy St. Bernard hath said in the 59th capital.
Sir W. Scott.

8.
(Print.)
See Capital letter, under Capital, a.

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.


word: capitalism
definition:
capitalism

cap"i*tal*is`m
(kăp"ĭ*tal*ĭz`m)
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.


word: Capitalist
definition:
Capitalist

Cap"i*tal*ist
(kăp"ĭ*tal*ĭst)
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.

The expenditure of the capitalist.
Burke.


word: capitalistic
definition:
capitalistic

capitalistic
adj.
1.
Of or relating to capitalism or capitalists.
capitalistic methods and incentives

Syn. -- capitalist.

2.
Favoring or practicing capitalism.
bourgeois
socialistic

Syn. -- capitalist.


word: Capitalize
definition:
Capitalize

Cap"i*tal*ize
(kăp"ĭ*tal*īz)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Capitalized (kăp"ĭ*tal*īzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Capitalizing.]
1.
To convert into capital, or to use as capital.

2.
To compute, appraise, or assess the capital value of (a patent right, an annuity, etc.)

3.
To print in capital letters, or with an initial capital.

4.
To supply capital for (an enterprise), especially by selling capital stock.


word: Capitalize on
definition:
Capitalize on

Cap"i*tal*ize on`
(kăp"ĭ*tal*īz &obreve_;n`)
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.


word: Capitally
definition:
Capitally

Cap*i*tal*ly
adv.
1.
In a way involving the forfeiture of the head or life; as, to punish capitally.

2.
In a capital manner; excellently.
[Colloq.]


word: Capitan Pacha
definition:
Capitan Pacha

Capitan Pasha

{ Ca`pi*tan" Pa*sha" or Ca`pi*tan" Pa*cha" (kä`pe̝*tän" pȧ*shä") }
[See capitan.]
The chief admiral of the Turkish fleet.


word: Capitate
definition:
Capitate

Cap"i*tate
(kăp"ĭ*ta̝t)
a.
[L. capitatus fr. caput head.]
1.
Headlike in form; also, having the distal end enlarged and rounded, as the stigmas of certain flowers.

2.
(Bot.)
Having the flowers gathered into a head.


word: capitatim
definition:
capitatim

cap`i*ta"tim
(kăp`ĭ*tā"tĭm)
a.
[NL.]
Of so much per head; as, a capitatim tax; a capitatim grant.


word: capitation
definition:
capitation

cap`i*ta"tion
(kăp`ĭ*tā"shŭn)
n.
[L. capitatio a poll tax, fr. caput head; cf. F. capitation.]
1.
A numbering of heads or individuals.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.

2.
A tax upon each head or person, without reference to property; a poll tax.


word: Capitellate
definition:
Capitellate

Cap`i*tel"late
(kăp`ĭ*tĕl"la̝t)
a.
[L. capitellum, dim. of caput head.]
(Bot.)
Having a very small knoblike termination, or collected into minute capitula.


word: Capitibranchiata
definition:
Capitibranchiata

Cap`i*ti*bran`chi*a"ta
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., from L. caput, capitis, head + -branchiae gills.]
(Zool.)
A division of annelids in which the gills arise from or near the head. See Tubicola.


word: Capitol
definition:
Capitol

Cap"i*tol
(?)
[L. capitolium, fr. caput head: cf. F. capitole. See Chief.]

1.
The temple of Jupiter, at Rome, on the Mona Capitolinus, where the Senate met.

Comes Cæsar to the Capitol to-morrow?
Shak.

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.


word: Capitoline
definition:
Capitoline

Capitolian

{ Cap`i*to"li*an (?), Cap"i*to*line (?), }
a.
[L. capitolinus: cf. F. capitolin.]
Of or pertaining to the Capitol in Rome.
Capitolian
Macaulay.

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.


word: Capitular
definition:
Capitular

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.

2.
A member of a chapter.

The chapter itself, and all its members or capitulars.
Ayliffe.

3.
The head or prominent part.


word: Capitular₂
definition:
Capitular

Ca*pit"u*lar
(?)
a.
1.
(Eccl.)
Of or pertaining to a chapter; capitulary.

From the pope to the member of the capitular body.
Milman.

2.
(Bot.)
Growing in, or pertaining to, a capitulum.

3.
(Anat.)
Pertaining to a capitulum; as, the capitular process of a vertebra, the process which articulates with the capitulum of a rib.


word: Capitulary
definition:
Capitulary

Ca*pit"u*la*ry
(?)
n.
pl. Capitularies (#)
[See Capitular.]
1.
A capitular.

2.
The body of laws or statutes of a chapter, or of an ecclesiastical council.

3.
A collection of laws or statutes, civil and ecclesiastical, esp. of the Frankish kings, in chapters or sections.

Several of Charlemagne's capitularies.
Hallam.


word: Capitulary₂
definition:
Capitulary

Ca*pit"u*la*ry
(?)
a.
Relating to the chapter of a cathedral; capitular.
Capitulary
Warton.


word: Capitulate
definition:
Capitulate

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.]

There capitulates with the king . . . to take to wife his daughter Mary.
Heylin.

There is no reason why the reducing of any agreement to certain heads or capitula should not be called to capitulate.
Trench.

2.
To surrender on terms agreed upon (usually, drawn up under several heads); as, an army or a garrison capitulates.

The Irish, after holding out a week, capitulated.
Macaulay.


word: Capitulate₂
definition:
Capitulate

Ca*pit"u*late
v. t.
To surrender or transfer, as an army or a fortress, on certain conditions.
[R.]


word: Capitulation
definition:
Capitulation

Ca*pit`u*la"tion
(kȧ*pĭt`&uuptack_;*lā"shŭn)
n.
[Cf. F. capitulation, LL. capitulatio.]
1.
A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.

With special capitulation that neither the Scots nor the French shall refortify.
Bp. Burnet.

2.
The act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms.

3.
The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender.


word: Capitulum
definition:
Capitulum

Ca*pit"u*lum
(kȧ*pĭt"&uuptack_;*lŭm)
n.
pl. Capitula (kȧ*pĭt"&uuptack_;*lȧ).
[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.

2.
(Anat.)
A knoblike protuberance of any part, esp. at the end of a bone or cartilage. [See Illust. of Artiodactyla.]


word: Capling
definition:
Capling

Caplin

{ Cap"lin (?), Cap"ling (?), }
n.
The cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass which connect the handle and swingel.
Wright.


word: Capnomancy
definition:
Capnomancy

Cap"no*man`cy
(?)
n.
[Gr. kapno`s smoke + mancy: cf. F. capnomancie.]
Divination by means of the ascent or motion of smoke.


word: Capnomor
definition:
Capnomor

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.


word: Capoc
definition:
Capoc

Ca*poc"
(?)
n.
[Malay kāpoq.]
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.


word: Capoch
definition:
Capoch

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.


word: Capoch₂
definition:
Capoch

Ca*poch"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Capoched (?).]
To cover with, or as with, a hood; hence, to hoodwink or blind.
Hudibras.


word: Capon
definition:
Capon

Ca"pon
(kā"p'n or kā"pŭn; 277)
n.
[OE. capon, chapoun, AS. capūn (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.

The merry thought of a capon.
W. Irving.


word: Caponiere
definition:
Caponiere

Cap`o*niere"
(?)
n.
[F. caponnière, 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.


word: Caporal
definition:
Caporal

Ca`po*ral"
(kä`po̝*räl")
n.
[Sp. See Corporal, n.]
One who directs work; an overseer.
[Sp. Amer.]


word: Capot
definition:
Capot

Ca*pot"
(?)
n.
[F.]
A winning of all the tricks at the game of piquet. It counts for forty points.
Hoyle.


word: Capo tasto
definition:
Capo tasto

Ca"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.


word: Capote
definition:
Capote

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.


word: Cappadine
definition:
Cappadine

Cap"pa*dine
(?)
n.
A floss or waste obtained from the cocoon after the silk has been reeled off, used for shag.


word: Capper
definition:
Capper

Cap"per
(?)
n.
1.
One whose business is to make or sell caps.

2.
A by-bidder; a decoy for gamblers.
[Slang, U. S.]

3.
An instrument for applying a percussion cap to a gun or cartridge.


word: Capping plane
definition:
Capping plane

Cap"ping plane`
(?)
(Join.)
A plane used for working the upper surface of staircase rails.


word: Capreolate
definition:
Capreolate

Cap"re*o*late
(?)
a.
[L. capreolus wild goat, tendril, fr.caper goat: cf. F. capréolé.]
(Bot.)
Having a tendril or tendrils.


word: Capreoline
definition:
Capreoline

Cap"re*o*line
(?)
a.
[L. capreolus wild goat, fr. caper goat.]
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the roebuck.


word: Capreolus
definition:
Capreolus

Capreolus
n.
a genus of deer including the roe deer (Capreolus capreolus).

Syn. -- genus Capreolus.


word: Capric
definition:
Capric

Cap"ric
(?)
a.
[L. caper goat.]
(Chem.)
Of or pertaining to capric acid or its derivatives.

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.


word: Capriccio
definition:
Capriccio

Ca*pric"cio
(kȧ*prēt"cho̝)
n.
[It. See Caprice.]
1.
(Mus.)
A piece in a free form, with frequent digressions from the theme; a fantasia; -- often called caprice.

2.
A caprice; a freak; a fancy.
Shak.


word: Caprice
definition:
Caprice

Ca*price"
(kȧ*prēs")
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.
Caprices
W. Irving.

2.
(Mus.)
See Capriccio.


word: Capricious
definition:
Capricious

Ca*pri"cious
(kȧ*prĭsh"ŭs)
a.
[Cf. F. capricieux, It. capriccioso.]
Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable.
Capricious
Shak.
Capricious
Hugh Miller.

A capricious partiality to the Romish practices.
Hallam.


word: Capricorn
definition:
Capricorn

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.

The sun was entered into Capricorn.
Dryden.

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.

Capricorn beetle (Zool.), any beetle of the family Carambucidæ; one of the long-horned beetles. The larvæ usually bore into the wood or bark of trees and shrubs and are often destructive. See Girdler, Pruner.


word: Caprid
definition:
Caprid

Cap"rid
(?)
a.
[L. caper, capra, goat.]
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the tribe of ruminants of which the goat, or genus Capra, is the type.


word: Caprification
definition:
Caprification

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.

&hand_; It is supposed that the little insects insure fertilization by carrying the pollen from the male flowers near the opening of the fig down to the female flowers, and also accelerate ripening the fruit by puncturing it.  The practice has existed since ancient times, but its benefit has been disputed.


word: Caprifoliaceous
definition:
Caprifoliaceous

Cap"ri*fo`li*a`ceous
(?)
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the Honeysuckle family of plants (Caprifoliacæ.


word: Caprigenous
definition:
Caprigenous

Ca*prig"e*nous
(?)
a.
[L. caprigenus; caper goat + gegnere to produce.]
Of the goat kind.


word: Caprimulgidae
definition:
Caprimulgidae

Caprimulgidae
n.
[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.

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)


word: Caprimulgiformes
definition:
Caprimulgiformes

Caprimulgiformes
n.
an order of birds including the goatsuckers (Caprimulgidae), frogmouths, and the oilbird (guacharo) (family Steatornithidae).

Syn. -- order Caprimulgiformes.


word: Caprimulgus
definition:
Caprimulgus

Caprimulgus
n.
the type genus of the Caprimulgidae, including the whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus) and the chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis).

Syn. -- genus Caprimulgus.


word: Capriole
definition:
Capriole

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.

2.
A leap or caper, as in dancing.
caprioles
Sir J. Davies.


word: Capriped
definition:
Capriped

Cap"ri*ped
(?)
a.
[L. capripers; caper goat + pes pedis, foot.]
Having feet like those of a goat.


word: Capsaicin
definition:
Capsaicin

Cap*sa"i*cin
(?)
n.
[From Capsicum.]
(Chem.)
A colorless crystalline substance extracted from the Capsicum annuum, and giving off vapors of intense acridity.


word: Capsheaf
definition:
Capsheaf

Cap"sheaf`
(?)
n.
The top sheaf of a stack of grain: (fig.) the crowning or finishing part of a thing.


word: Capsicin
definition:
Capsicin

Cap"si*cin
(?)
n.
[From Capsicum.]
(Chem.)
A red liquid or soft resin extracted from various species of capsicum.


word: Capsicine
definition:
Capsicine

Cap"si*cine
(?)
n.
[From Capsicum.]
(Chem.)
A volatile alkaloid extracted from Capsicum annuum or from capsicin.


word: Capsicum
definition:
Capsicum

Cap"si*cum
(kăp"sĭ*kŭm)
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.

&hand_; The most important species are 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 common garden varieties.  The fruit is much used, both in its green and ripe state, in pickles and in cookery.   These contain varying levels of the substance capsaicin (C18H27O3N), which gives the peppers their hot taste.  The habanero is about 25-50 times hotter than the jalapeno according to a scale developed by Wilbur Scoville in 1912.  See also Cayenne pepper, pepper and http://www.chili-pepper-plants.com/.

3.
Any plant of the genus Capsicum (of the Solanaceae family, which are unrelated to Piper), and its fruit; red pepper; chili pepper; as, the bell pepper and the jalapeno pepper (both Capsicum annuum) and the habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense); .


word: Capsidae
definition:
Capsidae

Capsidae
n.
a natural family comprising the leaf bugs.

Syn. -- Miridae, family Miridae, family Capsidae.


word: Capsize
definition:
Capsize

Cap*size"
(?)
v. t. & i.
[imp. & p. p. Capsized (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Capsizing.]
[Cf. Sp. cabecear to nod, pitch, capuzar, chapuzar, to sink (a vessel) by the head; both fr. L. caput head.]
To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body.

But what if carrying sail capsize the boat?
Byron.


word: Capsquare
definition:
Capsquare

Cap"*square
(?)
n.
(Gun.)
A metal covering plate which passes over the trunnions of a cannon, and holds it in place.


word: Capstan
definition:
Capstan

Cap"stan
(?)
n.
[F. cabestan, fr. Sp. cabestrante, cabrestante, fr. cabestrar to bind with a halter, fr. cabestrohalter, fr. L. capistrum halter, fr. capere to hold (see Capacious); or perh. the Spanish is fr. L. caper goat + stans, p. pr. of stare to stand; cf. F. chèvre she-goat, also a machine for raising heavy weights.]
A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket.
[Sometimes spelt Capstern, but improperly.]

Capstan bar, one of the long bars or levers by which the capstan is worked; a handspike.. -- To pawl the capstan, to drop the pawls so that they will catch in the notches of the pawl ring, and prevent the capstan from turning back. -- To rig the capstan, to prepare the for use, by putting the bars in the sockets. -- To surge the capstan, to slack the tension of the rope or cable wound around it.


word: Capstone
definition:
Capstone

Cap"stone`
(?)
n.
(Paleon.)
A fossil echinus of the genus Cannulus; -- so called from its supposed resemblance to a cap.


word: Capsulary
definition:
Capsulary

Capsular

{ Cap"su*lar (?), Cap"su*la*ry (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. capsulaire.]
Of or pertaining to a capsule; having the nature of a capsule; hollow and fibrous.

Capsular ligament (Anat.), a ligamentous bag or capsule surrounding many movable joints in the skeleton.


word: Capsulated
definition:
Capsulated

Capsulate

{ Cap"su*late (?), Cap"su*la`ted (?), }
a.
Inclosed in a capsule, or as in a chest or box;
esp.
(Botany)
enclosed in a seed capsule; -- of seeds or spores.

Syn. -- encapsulated.


word: Capsule
definition:
Capsule

Cap"sule
(kăp"sūl)
n.
[L. capsula a little box or chest, fr. capsa chest, case, fr. capere to take, contain: cf. F. capsule.]
1.
(Bot.)
a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of the poppy, the flax, the lily, etc.

2.
(Chem.)
(a)
A small saucer of clay for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.
(b)
a small, shallow, evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.

3.
(Med.)
A small cylindrical or spherical gelatinous envelope in which nauseous or acrid doses are inclosed to be swallowed.

4.
(Anat.)
A membranous sac containing fluid, or investing an organ or joint; as, the capsule of the lens of the eye. Also, a capsulelike organ.

5.
A metallic seal or cover for closing a bottle.

6.
A small cup or shell, as of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.

Atrabiliary capsule. See under Atrabiliary. -- Glisson's capsule, a membranous envelope, entering the liver along with the portal vessels and insheathing the latter in their course through the organ. -- Suprarenal capsule, a ductless gland secreting epinephrine, norepinephrine, and steroid hormones, on the upper end of each kidney.  It is also called the adrenal gland, glandula suprarenalis, suprarenal gland, epinephros, atrabiliary capsule, and adrenal capsule.


word: Capsulitis
definition:
Capsulitis

Cap`su*li"tis
(?)
n.
[NL.; E. capsule + -itis.]
(Med.)
Inflammation of a capsule, as that of the crystalline lens.


word: Capsulotomy
definition:
Capsulotomy

Cap`su*lot"o*my
(?)
n.
[Capsule + Gr. _; to cut.]
(Surg.)
The incision of a capsule, esp. of that of the crystalline lens, as in a cataract operation.


word: Captain
definition:
Captain

Cap"tain
(kăp"tĭn)
n.
[OE. capitain, captain, OF. capitain, F. capitaine (cf. Sp. capitan, It. capitano), LL. capitaneus, capitanus, fr. L. caput the head. See under Chief, and cf. Chieftain.]
1.
A head, or chief officer
(a)
The military officer who commands a company, troop, or battery, or who has the rank entitling him to do so though he may be employed on other service.
(b)
An officer in the United States navy, next above a commander and below a commodore, and ranking with a colonel in the army.
(c)
By courtesy, an officer actually commanding a vessel, although not having the rank of captain.
(d)
The master or commanding officer of a merchant vessel.
(e)
One in charge of a portion of a ship's company; as, a captain of a top, captain of a gun, etc.
(f)
The foreman of a body of workmen.
(g)
A person having authority over others acting in concert; as, the captain of a boat's crew; the captain of a football team.

A trainband captain eke was he.
Cowper.

The Rhodian captain, relying on . . . the lightness of his vessel, passed, in open day, through all the guards.
Arbuthnot.

2.
A military leader; a warrior.

Foremost captain of his time.
Tennyson.

Captain general. (a) The commander in chief of an army or armies, or of the militia. (b) The Spanish governor of Cuba and its dependent islands. -- Captain lieutenant, a lieutenant with the rank and duties of captain but with a lieutenant's pay, -- as in the first company of an English regiment.


word: Captain₂
definition:
Captain

Cap"tain
(?)
v. t.
To act as captain of; to lead.
[R.]

Men who captained or accompanied the exodus from existing forms.
Lowell.


word: Captaincy
definition:
Captaincy

Cap"tain*cy
(?)
n.
pl. Captaincies (_;).
The rank, post, or commission of a captain.
Washington.

Captaincy general, the office, power, territory, or jurisdiction of a captain general; as, the captaincy general of La Habana (Cuba and its islands).


word: Captainry
definition:
Captainry

Cap"tain*ry
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. capitainerie.]
Power, or command, over a certain district; chieftainship.
[Obs.]


word: Captainship
definition:
Captainship

Cap"tain*ship
n.
1.
The condition, rank, post, or authority of a captain or chief commander.
captainship
Shak.

2.
Military skill; as, to show good captainship.


word: Captation
definition:
Captation

Cap*ta`tion
(?)
n.
[L. captatio, fr. captare to catch, intens. of caper to take: cf. F. captation.]
A courting of favor or applause, by flattery or address; a captivating quality; an attraction.
[Obs.]

Without any of those dresses, or popular captations, which some men use in their speeches.
Eikon Basilike.


word: Caption
definition:
Caption

Cap"tion
(?)
n.
[L. captio, fr. caper to take. In senses 3 and 4, perhaps confounded in meaning with L. caput a head. See Capacious.]
1.
A caviling; a sophism.
[Obs.]

This doctrine is for caption and contradiction.
Bacon.

2.
The act of taking or arresting a person by judicial process.
[R.]
Bouvier.

3.
(Law)
That part of a legal instrument, as a commission, indictment, etc., which shows where, when, and by what authority, it was taken, found, or executed.
Bouvier. Wharton.

4.
The heading of a chapter, section, or page.
[U. S.]


word: Captious
definition:
Captious

Cap"tious
(?)
a.
[F. captieux, L. captiosus. See Caption.]
1.
Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please.

A captious and suspicious age.
Stillingfleet.

I am sensible I have not disposed my materials to abide the test of a captious controversy.
Bwike.

2.
Fitted to harass, perplex, or insnare; insidious; troublesome.

Captious restraints on navigation.
Bancroft.
Caviling is the carping of argument, carping the caviling of ill temper.
C. J. Smith.


word: Captivate
definition:
Captivate

Cap"ti*vate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Captivated; p. pr. & vb. n. Captivating.]
[L. captivatus, p. p. of captivare to capture, fr. captivus captive. See Captive.]
1.
To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue.
[Obs.]

Their woes whom fortune captivates.
Shak.

2.
To acquire ascendancy over by reason of some art or attraction; to fascinate; to charm; as, Cleopatra captivated Antony; the orator captivated all hearts.

Small landscapes of captivating loveliness.
W. Irving.


word: Captivate₂
definition:
Captivate

Cap"ti*vate
(?)
p. a.
[L. captivatus.]
Taken prisoner; made captive; insnared; charmed.

Women have been captivate ere now.
Shak.


word: captivated
definition:
captivated

captivated
adj.
1.
having an affection or admiration, caused by charm of the person or object.

Syn. -- charmed.

2.
filled with wonder and delight.

Syn. -- beguiled, charmed, delighted, enthralled, entranced.


word: Captivating
definition:
Captivating

Cap"ti*va`ting
(?)
a.
Having power to captivate or charm; fascinating; as, captivating smiles.
Cap"ti*va`ting*ly, adv.


word: Captivation
definition:
Captivation

Cap"ti*va`tion
(?)
n.
[L. capticatio.]
The act of captivating.
[R.]

The captivation of our understanding.
Bp. Hall.


word: Captive
definition:
Captive

Cap"tive
(?)
n.
[L. captivus, fr. capere to take: cf. F. captif. See Caitiff.]
1.
A prisoner taken by force or stratagem, esp., by an enemy, in war; one kept in bondage or in the power of another.

Then, when I am thy captive, talk of chains.
Milton.

2.
One charmed or subdued by beaty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated.


word: Captive₂
definition:
Captive

Cap"tive
a.
1.
Made prisoner, especially in war; held in bondage or in confinement.

A poor, miserable, captive thrall.
Milton.

2.
Subdued by love; charmed; captivated.

Even in so short a space, my wonan's heart
Grossly grew captive to his honey words.
Shak.

3.
Of or pertaining to bondage or confinement; serving to confine; as, captive chains; captive hours.


word: Captive₃
definition:
Captive

Cap"tive
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Captived (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Captiving.]
To take prisoner; to capture.

Their inhabitans slaughtered and captived.
Burke.


word: Captivity
definition:
Captivity

Cap*tiv"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. captivitas: cf. F. captivité.]
1.
The state of being a captive or a prisoner.

More celebrated in his captivity that in his greatest triumphs.
Dryden.

2.
A state of being under control; subjection of the will or affections; bondage.

Sink in the soft captivity together.
Addison.


word: Captor
definition:
Captor

Cap"tor
(?)
n.
[L., a cather (of animals), fr. caper to take.]
One who captures any person or thing, as a prisoner or a prize.


word: Capture
definition:
Capture

Cap"ture
(?)
n.
[L. capture, fr. caper to take: cf. F. capture. See Caitiff, and cf. aptive.]

1.
The act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal.

Even with regard to captures made at sea.
Bluckstone.

2.
The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.

3.
The thing taken by force, surprise, or stratagem; a prize; prey.


word: Capture₂
definition:
Capture

Cap"ture
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Captured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Capturing.]
1.
To seize or take possession of by force, surprise, or stratagem; to overcome and hold; to secure by effort.

2.
to record or make a lasting representation of (sound or images); as, to capture an event on videotape; the artist captured the expression of grief on his face.

3.
(Games)
to take control of, or remove from play; as, to capture a piece in chess.

4.
to exert a strong psychological influence on; as, to capture the heart of a maiden; to capture the attention of the nation.

5.
(Computers)
to record (data) in a computer-readable form; as, to capture a transaction in a database.

Her heart is like some fortress that has been captured.
W. Ivring.


word: Capuchin
definition:
Capuchin

Cap`u*chin"
(?)
n.
[F. capucin a monk who wears a cowl, fr. It. cappuccio hood. See Capoch.]

1.
(Eccl.)
A Franciscan monk of the austere branch established in 1526 by Matteo di Baschi, distinguished by wearing the long pointed cowl or capoch of St. Francis.

A bare-footed and long-bearded capuchin.
Sir W. Scott.

2.
A garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood, resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of capuchin monks.

3.
(Zool.)
(a)
A long-tailed South American monkey (Cabus capucinus), having the forehead naked and wrinkled, with the hair on the crown reflexed and resembling a monk's cowl, the rest being of a grayish white; -- called also capucine monkey, weeper, sajou, sapajou, and sai.
(b)
Other species of Cabus, as Cabus fatuellus (the brown capucine or horned capucine.), Cabus albifrons (the cararara), and Cabus apella.
(c)
A variety of the domestic pigeon having a hoodlike tuft of feathers on the head and sides of the neck.

Capuchin nun, one of an austere order of Franciscan nuns which came under Capuchin rule in 1538. The order had recently been founded by Maria Longa.


word: Caput
definition:
Caput

Ca"put
(kā"pŭt)
n.
pl. Capita (kăp"ĭ*tȧ).
[L., the head.]
1.
(Anat.)
The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum.

2.
The top or superior part of a thing.

3.
(Eng.)
The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.

Your caputs and heads of colleges.
Lamb.

Caput mortuum (_;). [L., dead head.] (Old Chem.) The residuum after distillation or sublimation; hence, worthless residue.


word: Capybara
definition:
Capybara

Ca`py*ba"ra
(?)
n.
[Sp. capibara, fr. the native name.]
(Zool.)
A large South American rodent (Hydrochærus capybara) Living on the margins of lakes and rivers. It is the largest extant rodent, being about three feet long, and half that in height. It somewhat resembles the Guinea pig, to which it is related; -- called also cabiai and water hog.


word: Car
definition:
Car

Car
(?)
n.
[OF. car, char, F. cahr, fr. L. carrus, Wagon: a Celtic word; cf. W. car, Armor. karr, Ir. & Gael. carr. cf. Chariot.]
1.
A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.

2.
A vehicle adapted to the rails of a railroad.
[U. S.]

&hand_; In England a railroad passenger car is called a railway carriage; a freight car a goods wagon; a platform car a goods truck; a baggage car a van. But styles of car introduced into England from America are called cars; as, tram car. Pullman car. See Train.

3.
A chariot of war or of triumph; a vehicle of splendor, dignity, or solemnity.
[Poetic]

The gilded car of day.
Milton.

The towering car, the sable steeds.
Tennyson.

4.
(Astron.)
The stars also called Charles's Wain, the Great Bear, or the Dipper.

The Pleiads, Hyads, and the Northern Car.
Dryden.

5.
The cage of a lift or elevator.

6.
The basket, box, or cage suspended from a balloon to contain passengers, ballast, etc.

7.
A floating perforated box for living fish.
[U. S.]

Car coupling, or Car coupler, a shackle or other device for connecting the cars in a railway train. [U. S.] -- Dummy car (Railroad), a car containing its own steam power or locomotive. -- Freight car (Railrood), a car for the transportation of merchandise or other goods. [U. S.] -- Hand car (Railroad), a small car propelled by hand, used by railroad laborers, etc. [U. S.] -- Horse car, or Street car, an omnibus car, draw by horses or other power upon rails laid in the streets. [U. S.] -- Palace car, Drawing-room car, Sleeping car, Parlor car, etc. (Railroad), cars especially designed and furnished for the comfort of travelers.


word: Carabao
definition:
Carabao

Ca`ra*ba"o
(?)
n.
[Native name.]
(Zool.)
The water buffalo of the Philippines.
[Phil. Islands]


word: Carabid
definition:
Carabid

Car"a*bid
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the genus Carabus or family Carabidae.
n. One of the Carabidae, a family of active insectivorous beetles.


word: Carabidae
definition:
Carabidae

Carabidae
n.
a family of nocturnal, terrestrial insects consisting of the ground beetles, which feed chiefly on other insects.

Syn. -- family Carabidae.


word: Caraboid
definition:
Caraboid

Car"a*boid
(kăr"ȧ*boid)
a.
[Carabus + -oid.]
(Zool.)
Like, or pertaining to the genus Carabus.


word: Carabus
definition:
Carabus

Car"a*bus
(kăr"ȧ*bŭs)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. ka`rabos a horned beetle.]
(Zool.)
A genus of ground beetles, including numerous species. They devour many injurious insects.


word: Caracal
definition:
Caracal

Car"a*cal
(kăr"ȧ*kăl)
n.
[F. caracal, fr. Turk qarahqootaq; qarah black + qootaq ear.]
(Zool.)
A lynx (Felis caracal syn. Lynx caracal).  It is a native of Africa and Asia.  Its ears are black externally, and tipped with long black hairs.


word: Caracara
definition:
Caracara

Ca`ra*ca"ra
(kä`rȧkä"rȧ)
n.
(Zool.)
A south American bird of several species and genera, resembling both the eagles and the vultures. The caracaras act as scavengers, and are also called carrion buzzards.

&hand_; The black caracara is Ibycter ater; the chimango is Milvago chimango; the Brazilian is Polyborus Braziliensis.


word: Carack
definition:
Carack

Car"ack
(?)
n.
[F. caraque (cf. Sp. & Pg. carraca, It. caracca.), LL. carraca, fr. L. carrus wagon; or perh. fr. Ar. qorqūr (pl. qarāqir) a carack.]
(Naut.)
A kind of large ship formerly used by the Spaniards and Portuguese in the East India trade; a galleon.
[Spelt also carrack.]

The bigger whale like some huge carrack lay.
Waller.


word: Caracole
definition:
Caracole

Car"a*cole
(?)
n.
[F. caracole, caracol, fr. Sp. caracol snail, winding staircase, a wheeling about.]

1.
(Man.)
A half turn which a horseman makes, either to the right or the left.

2.
(Arch.)
A staircase in a spiral form.

&VerbarEn caracole (_;) [F.], spiral; -- said of a staircase.


word: Caracole₂
definition:
Caracole

Car"a*cole
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Caracoled (?).]
[Cf. F. caracoler.]
(Man.)
To move in a caracole, or in caracoles; to wheel.

Prince John caracoled within the lists.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Caracoly
definition:
Caracoly

Car"a*col`y
(?)
n.
An alloy of gold, silver, and copper, of which an inferior quality of jewelry is made.


word: Caracora
definition:
Caracora

Caracore

{ Car"a*core (?), Car"a*co`ra (?) }
n.
[Malay kurakura.]
A light vessel or proa used by the people of Borneo, etc., and by the Dutch in the East Indies.


word: Carambola
definition:
Carambola

Ca`ram*bo"la
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
An East Indian tree (Averrhoa Carambola), and its acid, juicy fruit; called also Coromandel gooseberry.


word: Caramel
definition:
Caramel

Car"a*mel
(?)
n.
[F. caramel (cf. Sp. caramelo), LL. canna mellis, cannamella, canamella, calamellus mellitus, sugar cane, from or confused with L. canna reed + mel, mellis, honey. See Cane.]
1.
(Chem.)
Burnt sugar; a brown or black porous substance obtained by heating sugar. It is soluble in water, and is used for coloring spirits, gravies, etc.

2.
A kind of confectionery, usually a small cube or square of tenacious paste, or candy, of varying composition and flavor.


word: caramelise
definition:
caramelise

caramelise
v. i.
1.
to to change into caramel, by the action of heat; as, The sugar caramelized quickly.

Syn. -- caramelize.

2.
to convert to caramel.

Syn. -- caramelize.


word: caramelize
definition:
caramelize

caramelize
v. t.
1
to to convert [usu. sugar] into caramel, by the action of heat.

Syn. -- caramelise.


word: caranday
definition:
caranday

caranda

caranda, caranday
n.
a South American palm (Copernicia australis or Copernicia alba) yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax.

Syn. -- caranday, caranda palm, wax palm.


word: carangid₂
definition:
carangid

carangid
n.
any fish of the family Carangidae, including the cavallas, jacks, pompanos and scads.


word: Carangidae
definition:
Carangidae

Carangidae
n.
1.
large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes allied to the mackerels, with widely forked tails; chiefly of warm seas; it includes the caranx, American bluefish, and the pilot fish.

Syn. -- family Carangidae.


word: Carangoid
definition:
Carangoid

Ca*ran"goid
(?)
a.
[Caranx + -oid.]
(Zool.)
Belonging to the Carangidæ, a family of fishes allied to the mackerels, and including the caranx, American bluefish, and the pilot fish.


word: Caranx
definition:
Caranx

Ca"ranx
(kā"ră&nsmacr_;ks)
n.
(Zool.)
A genus of fishes, common on the Atlantic coast, including the yellow or golden mackerel.


word: Carapace
definition:
Carapace

Car"a*pace
(kăr"ȧ*pās)
n.
[F.]
(Zool.)
The thick shell or shield which covers the back of the tortoise, or turtle, the crab, and other crustaceous animals.


word: Carapato
definition:
Carapato

Ca`ra*pa"to
(kä`rȧ*pä"to̝)
n.
[Pg. carrapato.]
(Zool.)
A south American tick of the genus Amblyomma. There are several species, very troublesome to man and beast.


word: Carat
definition:
Carat

Car"at
(kăr"ăt)
n.
[F. carat (cf. It. carato, OPg. quirate, Pg. & Sp. quilate), Ar. qīrāt bean or pea shell, a weight of four grains, a carat, fr. Gr. kera`tion a little horn, the fruit of the carob tree, a weight, a carat. See Horn.]
1.
The weight by which precious stones and pearls are weighed.

&hand_; The carat equals three and one fifth grains Troy, and is divided into four grains, sometimes called carat grains. Diamonds and other precious stones are estimated by carats and fractions of carats, and pearls, usually, by carat grains.
Tiffany.

2.
A twenty-fourth part; -- a term used in estimating the proportionate fineness of gold.

&hand_; A mass of metal is said to be so many carats fine, according to the number of twenty-fourths of pure gold which it contains; as, 22 carats fine (goldsmith's standard) = 22 parts of gold, 1 of copper, and 1 of silver.


word: Caravan
definition:
Caravan

Car"a*van
(kăr"ȧ*văn or kăr*ȧ*văn"; 277)
n.
[F. caravane (cf. Sp. caravana), fr. Per. karwān a caravan (in sense 1). Cf. Van a wagon.]
1.
A company of travelers, pilgrims, or merchants, organized and equipped for a long journey, or marching or traveling together, esp. through deserts and countries infested by robbers or hostile tribes, as in Asia or Africa.

2.
A large, covered wagon, or a train of such wagons, for conveying wild beasts, etc., for exhibition; an itinerant show, as of wild beasts.

3.
A covered vehicle for carrying passengers or for moving furniture, etc.; -- sometimes shorted into van.


word: Caravaneer
definition:
Caravaneer

Car`a*van*eer"
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. caravanier.]
The leader or driver of the camels in caravan.


word: Caravansary
definition:
Caravansary

Car`a*van"sa*ry
(?)
n.
pl. Caravansaries (#).
[F. caravansérai, fr. Per. karwānsarāï; karwān caravan + -sarāï palace, large house, inn.]
A kind of inn, in the East, where caravans rest at night, being a large, rude, unfurnished building, surrounding a court.
[Written also caravanserai and caravansera.]


word: Caravel
definition:
Caravel

Car"a*vel
(kăr"ȧ*vĕl)
n.
[F. caravelle (cf. It. caravella, Sp. carabela), fr. Sp. caraba a kind of vessel, fr. L. carabus a kind of light boat, fr. Gr. ka`rabos a kind of light ship, NGr. kara`bi ship, vessel.]
[written also carvel and caravelle.]
(Naut.)
A name given to several kinds of vessels.
(a)
The caravel of the 16th century was a small vessel with broad bows, high, narrow poop, four masts, and lateen sails. Columbus commanded three caravels on his great voyage.
(b)
A Portuguese vessel of 100 or 150 tons burden.
(c)
A small fishing boat used on the French coast.
(d)
A Turkish man-of-war.


word: Caraway
definition:
Caraway

Car"a*way
(kăr"ȧ*wa̝)
n.
[F. carvi (cf. Sp. carvi and al-caravea, al-carahueya, Pg. al-caravia) fr. Ar. karawīā, karwīā fr. Gr. ka`ron; cf. L. careum.]
1.
(Bot.)
A biennial plant of the Parsley family (Carum Carui). The seeds have an aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent taste. They are used in cookery and confectionery, and also in medicine as a carminative.

2.
A cake or sweetmeat containing caraway seeds.

Caraways, or biscuits, or some other [comfits].
Cogan.


word: Carbamic
definition:
Carbamic

Car*bam"ic
(kär*băm"ĭk)
a.
[Carbon + amido.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to an acid so called.

Carbamic acid (Chem.), an amido acid, H2N.CO2.H, not existing in the free state, but occurring as a salt of ammonium in commercial ammonium carbonate; -- called also amido formic acid.


word: Carbamide
definition:
Carbamide

Car*bam"ide
(kär*băm"ĭd or -īd)
n.
[Carbonyl + amide.]
(Chem.)
The technical name for urea.


word: Carbamine
definition:
Carbamine

Car*bam"ine
(kär*băm"ĭn or -ēd)
n.
(Chem.)
An isocyanide of a hydrocarbon radical. The carbamines are liquids, usually colorless, and of unendurable odor.


word: Carbanil
definition:
Carbanil

Car"ba*nil
(?)
n.
[Carbonyl + aniline.]
(Chem.)
A mobile liquid, CO.N.C6H5, of pungent odor. It is the phenyl salt of isocyanic acid.


word: Carbazol
definition:
Carbazol

Car"ba*zol
(?)
n.
[Carbon + azo + -ol.]
(Chem.)
A white crystallized substance, C12H8NH, derived from aniline and other amines.


word: Carbazotic
definition:
Carbazotic

Car`ba*zot"ic
(?)
a.
[Carbon + azole.]
Containing, or derived from, carbon and nitrogen.

Carbazotic acid (Chem.), picric acid. See under Picric.


word: Carbide
definition:
Carbide

Car"bide
(?)
n.
[Carbon + -ide.]
(Chem.)
A binary compound of carbon with some other element or radical, in which the carbon plays the part of a negative; -- formerly termed carburet.


word: Carbimide
definition:
Carbimide

Car"bi*mide
(?)
n.
[Carbon + imide]
(Chem.)
The technical name for isocyanic acid. See under Isocyanic.


word: Carbine
definition:
Carbine

Car"bine
(?)
n.
[F. carbine, OF. calabrin carabineer (cf. Ot. calabrina a policeman), fr. OF & Pr. calabre, OF. cable, chable, an engine of war used in besieging, fr. LL. chadabula, cabulus, a kind of projectile machine, fr. Gr. _; a throwing down, fr. _; to throw; _; down + _; to throw. Cf. Parable.]
(Mil.)
A short, light musket or rifle, esp. one used by mounted soldiers or cavalry.


word: Carbinol
definition:
Carbinol

Car"bi*nol
(?)
n.
[Carbin (Kolbe's name for the radical) + -ol.]
(Chem.)
Methyl alcohol, CH3OH; -- also, by extension, any one in the homologous series of paraffine alcohols of which methyl alcohol is the type.


word: Carbohydrate
definition:
Carbohydrate

Car`bo*hy"drate
(?)
n.
[Carbon + hydrate.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
One of a group of compounds including the sugars, starches, and gums, which contain six (or some multiple of six) carbon atoms, united with a variable number of hydrogen and oxygen atoms, but with the two latter always in proportion as to form water; as dextrose, C6H12O6.


word: Carbolic
definition:
Carbolic

Car*bol"ic
(kär*b&obreve_;l"ĭk)
a.
[L. carbo coal + oleum oil.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid derived from coal tar and other sources; as, carbolic acid (called also phenic acid, and phenol{1}). See Phenol.


word: Carbolic acid
definition:
Carbolic acid

Car*bol"ic ac"id
(kär*b&obreve_;l"ĭk ăs"ĭd)
n.
[L. carbo coal + oleum oil.]
(Chem.)
same as phenol{1}, (C6H5.OH). See phenol{1}.

Syn. -- phenol{1}, hydroxybenzene, phenyl hydroxide, phenic acid.


word: Carbolize
definition:
Carbolize

Car"bo*lize
(kär"bo̝*līz)
v. t.
(Med.)
To apply carbolic acid to; to wash or treat with carbolic acid.


word: carbomycin
definition:
carbomycin

carbomycin
n.
a colorless basic macrolide antibiotic that inhibits the growth of Gram-positive organisms.


word: Carbon
definition:
Carbon

Car"bon
(kär"b&obreve_;n)
n.
[F. carbone, fr. L. carbo coal; cf. Skr. çrā to cook.]
(Chem.)
1.
An elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. it is combustible, and forms the base of lampblack and charcoal, and enters largely into mineral coals. In its pure crystallized state it constitutes the diamond, the hardest of known substances, occuring in monometric crystals like the octahedron, etc. Another modification is graphite, or blacklead, and in this it is soft, and occurs in hexagonal prisms or tables. When united with oxygen it forms carbon dioxide, commonly called carbonic acid, or carbonic oxide, according to the proportions of the oxygen; when united with hydrogen, it forms various compounds called hydrocarbons. Compare Diamond, and Graphite.

2.
(Elec.)
A carbon rod or pencil used in an arc lamp; also, a plate or piece of carbon used as one of the elements of a voltaic battery.

3.
a sheet of carbon paper.

4.
a carbon copy.

Carbon compounds, Compounds of carbon (Chem.), those compounds consisting largely of carbon, commonly produced by animals and plants, and hence called organic compounds, though their synthesis may be effected in many cases in the laboratory.
[1913 Webster]
The formation of the compounds of carbon is not dependent upon the life process. I. Remsen
-- carbon copy, originally, a copy of a document made by use of a carbon paper, but now used generally to refer to any copy of a document made by a mechanical process, such as xerographic copying. -- Carbon dioxide, Carbon monoxide. (Chem.) See under Carbonic. -- Carbon light (Elec.), an extremely brilliant electric light produced by passing a galvanic current through two carbon points kept constantly with their apexes neary in contact. -- Carbon point (Elec.), a small cylinder or bit of gas carbon moved forward by clockwork so that, as it is burned away by the electric current, it shall constantly maintain its proper relation to the opposing point. -- Carbon paper, a thin type of paper coated with a dark-colored waxy substance which can be transferred to another sheet of paper underneath it by pressing on the carbon paper.  It is used by placing a sheet between two sheets of ordinary writing paper, and then writing or typing on the top sheet, by which process a copy of the writing or typing is transferred to the second sheet below, making a copy without the need for writing or typing a second time.  Multiple sheets may be used, with a carbon paper placed above each plain paper to which an impression is to be transferred.  In 1997 such paper was still used, particularly to make multiple copies of filled-in purchase invoice forms, but in most applications this technique has been superseded by the more faithful xerographic reproduction and computerized printing processes. -- Carbon tissue, paper coated with gelatine and pigment, used in the autotype process of photography. Abney. -- Gas carbon, a compact variety of carbon obtained as an incrustation on the interior of gas retorts, and used for the manufacture of the carbon rods of pencils for the voltaic, arc, and for the plates of voltaic batteries, etc.


word: carbon-14
definition:
carbon-14

carbon-14
n.
a radioactive isotope of carbon with a half-life of 5730 years.  It occurs naturally in minute quantities, and is used as the basis for radiocarbon dating.

Syn. -- radiocarbon, carbon 14.


word: Carbonado
definition:
Carbonado

Carbonade

{ Car"bo*nade (?), Car`bo*na"do (?), }
n.
[Cf. F. carbonnade, It. carbonata, Sp. carbonada, from L. carbo coal.]
(Cookery)
Flesh, fowl, etc., cut across, seasoned, and broiled on coals; a chop.
[Obs.]


word: Carbonade
definition:
Carbonade

Carbonado

{ Car`bo*na"do (?), Car"bo*nade (?), }
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Carbonadoed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Carbonadoing.]
1.
To cut (meat) across for frying or broiling; to cut or slice and broil.
[Obs.]

A short-legged hen daintily carbonadoed.
Bean. & Fl.

2.
To cut or hack, as in fighting.
[Obs.]

I'll so carbonado your shanks.
Shak.


word: Carbonado₂
definition:
Carbonado

Car`bo*na"do
(?)
n.
pl. Carbonadoes (#).
[Pg., carbonated.]
(Min.)
A black variety of diamond, found in Brazil, and used for diamond drills. It occurs in irregular or rounded fragments, rarely distinctly crystallized, with a texture varying from compact to porous.


word: Carbonaro
definition:
Carbonaro

Car`bo*na"ro
(?)
n.
pl. Carbonari (#).
[It., a coal man.]
A member of a secret political association in Italy, organized in the early part of the nineteenth centry for the purpose of changing the government into a republic.

&hand_; The origin of the Carbonari is uncertain, but the society is said to have first met, in 1808, among the charcoal burners of the mountains, whose phraseology they adopted.


word: Carbonatation
definition:
Carbonatation

Car`bon*a*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[From Carbonate.]
(Sugar Making)
The saturation of defecated beet juice with carbonic acid gas.
Knight.


word: Carbonate
definition:
Carbonate

Car"bon*ate
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. carbonate.]
(Chem.)
A salt or carbonic acid, as in limestone, some forms of lead ore, etc.


word: Carbone
definition:
Carbone

Car"bone
(?)
v. t.
[See Carbonado.]
To broil. [Obs.] “We had a calf's head carboned”.
Pepys.


word: Carbonic
definition:
Carbonic

Car*bon"ic
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. carbonique. See Carbon.]
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, carbon; as, carbonic oxide.

Carbonic acid (Chem.), an acid HO.CO.OH, not existing separately, which, combined with positive or basic atoms or radicals, forms carbonates. In common language the term is very generally applied to a compound of carbon and oxygen, CO2, more correctly called carbon dioxide. It is a colorless, heavy, irrespirable gas, extinguishing flame, and when breathed destroys life. It can be reduced to a liquid and solid form by intense pressure. It is produced in the fermentation of liquors, and by the combustion and decomposition of organic substances, or other substances containing carbon. It is formed in the explosion of fire damp in mines, and is hence called after damp; it is also know as choke damp, and mephitic air. Water will absorb its own volume of it, and more than this under pressure, and in this state becomes the common soda water of the shops, and the carbonated water of natural springs. Combined with lime it constitutes limestone, or common marble and chalk. Plants imbibe it for their nutrition and growth, the carbon being retained and the oxygen given out. -- Carbonic oxide (Chem.), a colorless gas, CO, of a light odor, called more correctly carbon monoxide. It is almost the only definitely known compound in which carbon seems to be divalent. It is a product of the incomplete combustion of carbon, and is an abundant constituent of water gas. It is fatal to animal life, extinguishes combustion, and burns with a pale blue flame, forming carbon dioxide.


word: Carboniferous
definition:
Carboniferous

Car`bon*if"er*ous
(kär`b&obreve_;n*ĭf"ẽr*ŭs)
a.
[Carbon + -ferous.]
Producing or containing carbon or coal.

Carboniferous age (Geol.), the age immediately following the Devonian, or Age of fishes, and characterized by the vegetation which formed the coal beds. This age embraces three periods, the Subcarboniferous, the Carboniferous, and Permian. See Age of acrogens, under Acrogen. -- Carboniferous formation (Geol.), the series of rocks (including sandstones, shales, limestones, and conglomerates, with beds of coal) which make up the strata of the Carboniferous age or Carboniferous period.  See the Diagram under Geology.


word: Carbonite
definition:
Carbonite

Car"bon*ite
(?)
n.
[Carbon + -ite.]
1.
An explosive consisting essentially of nitroglycerin, wood meal, and some nitrate, as that of sodium.

2.
An explosive composed of nitrobenzene, saltpeter, sulphur, and kieselguhr.


word: Carbonization
definition:
Carbonization

Car`bon*i*za"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. carbonisation.]
1.
The act or process of carbonizing.

2.
the destructive distillation of coal (as in coke ovens).

Syn. -- carbonisation.


word: Carbonize
definition:
Carbonize

Car"bon*ize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Carbonized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Carbonizing.]
[Cf. F. carboniser.]
1.
To convert (an animal or vegetable substance) into a residue of carbon by the action of fire or some corrosive agent; to char.

2.
To impregnate or combine with carbon, as in making steel by cementation.


word: Carbonometer
definition:
Carbonometer

Car`bon*om"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Carbon + -meter.]
An instrument for detecting and measuring the amount of carbon which is present, or more esp. the amount of carbon dioxide, by its action on limewater or by other means.


word: carbonous
definition:
carbonous

carbonous
adj.
relating to, containing, or rich in carbon.

Syn. -- carbonaceous, carbonic.


word: Carbon process
definition:
Carbon process

Car"bon process
(Photog.)
A printing process depending on the effect of light on bichromatized gelatin. Paper coated with a mixture of the gelatin and a pigment is called carbon paper or carbon tissue. This is exposed under a negative and the film is transferred from the paper to some other support and developed by washing (the unexposed portions being dissolved away). If the process stops here it is called single transfer; if the image is afterward transferred in order to give an unreversed print, the method is called double transfer.


word: Carbon steel
definition:
Carbon steel

Carbon steel
Steel deriving its qualities from carbon chiefly, without the presence of other alloying elements; -- opposed to alloy steel.


word: Carbonyl
definition:
Carbonyl

Car"bon*yl
(?)
n.
[Carbon + -yl.]
(Chem.)
The radical (=CO), occuring, always combined, in many compounds, as the aldehydes, the ketones, urea, carbonyl chloride, etc.

&hand_; Though denoted by a formula identical with that of carbon monoxide, it is chemically distinct, as carbon seems to be divalent in carbon monoxide, but tetravalent in carbonyl compounds.

Carbonyl chloride (Chem.), a colorless gas, COCl2, of offensive odor, and easily condensable to liquid.  It is formed from chlorine and carbon monoxide, under the influence of light, and hence has been called phosgene, or phosgene gas; -- called also carbon oxychloride.  It is used in chemical synthesis, and was also used as a poison gas in World War I.


word: Carborundum
definition:
Carborundum

Car`bo*run"dum
(kär`bo̝*rŭn"dŭm)
[a trade name, from Carbon + corundum.]
A beautiful crystalline compound, silicon carbide (SiC), consisting of carbon and silicon in combination; -- also called carbon silicide. It is made by heating carbon and sand together in an electric furnace. The commercial article is dark-colored and iridescent. It is harder than emery, and is used as an abrasive.


word: carborundum paper
definition:
carborundum paper

carborundum cloth

{ carborundum cloth or carborundum paper  }
Cloth or paper covered with powdered carborundum; -- a foprm of sandpaper.


word: Carbostyril
definition:
Carbostyril

Car`bo*sty"ril
(?)
n.
[Carbon + styrene.]
A white crystalline substance, C9H6N.OH, of acid properties derived from one of the amido cinnamic acids.


word: Carboxide
definition:
Carboxide

Car*box"ide
(?)
n.
[Carbon + oxide.]
(Chem.)
A compound of carbon and oxygen, as carbonyl, with some element or radical; as, potassium carboxide.

Potassium carboxide, a grayish explosive crystalline compound, C6O6K, obtained by passing carbon monoxide over heated potassium.


word: Carboxyl
definition:
Carboxyl

Car*box"yl
(kär*b&obreve_;ks"ĭl)
n.
[Carbon + oxygen + -yl.]
(Chem.)
The complex radical, CO.OH, regarded as the essential and characteristic constituent which all oxygen acids of carbon (as formic, acetic, benzoic acids, etc.) have in common; -- called also oxatyl.


word: carboxyl group
definition:
carboxyl group

car*box"yl group`
(kär*b&obreve_;ks"ĭl grōp)
n.
(Chem.)
a monovalent organic radical (written -COOH, -CO2H or -CO.OH) whose presence confers acidic properties on the compound containing it; -- called also carboxylic group.  Monocarboxylic acids (such as acetic acid or butyric acid) have one carboxyl group, dicarboxylic acids (such as oxalic acid or malonic acid) have two, tricarboxylic acids (such as citric acid) have three.  It is weakly acidic, the pKa of acetic acid being 4.75.


word: carboxylic
definition:
carboxylic

car`box*yl"ic
(kär`b&obreve_;ks*ĭl"ĭk)
adj.
(Chem.)
of or pertaining to the carboxyl group; having a carboxyl group (written -COOH, -CO2H or -CO.OH); as, carboxylic acids are weakly acidic.

Syn. -- carboxyl.


word: carboxylic acid
definition:
carboxylic acid

carboxylic acid
n.
(Chem.)
an organic compound whose acidity is due to the presence of a carboxyl gorup.  Monocarboxylic acids (such as acetic acid or butyric acid) have one carboxyl group, dicarboxylic acids (such as oxalic acid or malonic acid) have two, tricarboxylic acids (such as citric acid) have three.


word: Carboy
definition:
Carboy

Car"boy
(kär"boi)
n.
[Cf. Ir. & Gael carb basket; or Pers qurābah a sort of bottle.]
A large, globular glass bottle, esp. one of green glass, inclosed in basket work or in a box, for protection; -- used commonly for carrying corrosive liquids; as sulphuric acid, etc.


word: Carbuncle
definition:
Carbuncle

Car"bun*cle
(?)
n.
[L. carbunculus a little coal, a bright kind of precious stone, a kind of tumor, dim. of carbo coal: cf. F. carboncle. See Carbon.]

1.
(Min.)
A beautiful gem of a deep red color (with a mixture of scarlet) called by the Greeks anthrax; found in the East Indies. When held up to the sun, it loses its deep tinge, and becomes of the color of burning coal. The name belongs for the most part to ruby sapphire, though it has been also given to red spinel and garnet.

2.
(Med.)
A very painful acute local inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue, esp. of the trunk or back of the neck, characterized by brawny hardness of the affected parts, sloughing of the skin and deeper tissues, and marked constitutional depression. It differs from a boil in size, tendency to spread, and the absence of a central core, and is frequently fatal. It is also called anthrax.

3.
(Her.)
A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone. It has eight scepters or staves radiating from a common center. Called also escarbuncle.


word: Carbuncled
definition:
Carbuncled

Car"bun*cled
(?)
a.
1.
Set with carbuncles.

He has deserves it [armor], were it carbuncled
Like holy Phabus' car.
Shak.

2.
Affected with a carbuncle or carbuncles; marked with red sores; pimpled and blotched.
carbuncled
Brome.


word: Carbuncular
definition:
Carbuncular

Car*bun"cu*lar
(?)
a.
Belonging to a carbuncle; resembling a carbuncle; red; inflamed.


word: Carbunculation
definition:
Carbunculation

Car*bun`cu*la"tion
(?)
n.
[L. carbunculatio.]
The blasting of the young buds of trees or plants, by excessive heat or cold.
Harris.


word: Carburet₂
definition:
Carburet

Car"bu*ret
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Carbureted or Carburetted (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Carbureting or Carburetting.]
To combine or to impregnate with carbon, as by passing through or over a liquid hydrocarbon; to carbonize or carburize.

By carbureting the gas you may use poorer coal.
Knight.


word: Carbureted
definition:
Carbureted

Car"bu*ret`ed
(?)
a.
1.
(Chem.)
Combined with carbon in the manner of a carburet or carbide.

2.
Saturated or impregnated with some volatile carbon compound; as, water gas is carbureted to increase its illuminating power.
Carbureted hydrogen gas, any one of several gaseous compounds of carbon and hydrogen, some of with make up illuminating gas. -- Light carbureted hydrogen, methane (CH4), also called marsh gas, and fire damp.


word: Carburettor
definition:
Carburettor

Carburetor

{ Car"bu*ret`or, Car"bu*ret`tor (?) }
n.
1.
(Chem.)
An apparatus in which coal gas, hydrogen, or air is passed through or over a volatile hydrocarbon, in order to confer or increase illuminating power.
[Written also carburettor.]

2.
One that carburets; specif., an apparatus in which air or gas is carbureted, as by passing it through a light petroleum oil. The carburetor for a gasoline engine is usually either a surface carburetor, or alternatively a float carburetor (called also float-feed carburetor, or spray carburetor). In the former air is charged by being passed over the surface of gasoline. In the latter a fine spray of gasoline is drawn from an atomizing nozzle by a current of air induced by the suction of the engine piston, the supply of gasoline being regulated by a float which actuates a needle valve controlling the outlet of the feed pipe. Alcohol and other volatile inflammable liquids may be used instead of gasoline.


word: Carburize
definition:
Carburize

Car"bu*rize
(kär"b&uuptack_;*rīz)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Carburized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Carburizing.]
(Chem.)
To combine with carbon or a carbon compound; -- said esp. of a process for conferring a higher degree of illuminating power on combustible gases by mingling them with a vapor of volatile hydrocarbons.


word: Carcajou
definition:
Carcajou

Car"ca*jou
(kär"kȧ*jō)
n.
[Probably a Canadian French corruption of an Indian name of the wolverene.]
(Zool.)
The wolverene; -- also applied, but erroneously, to the Canada lynx, and sometimes to the American badger. See Wolverene.


word: Carcanet
definition:
Carcanet

Car"ca*net
(kär"kȧ*nĕt)
n.
[Dim. fr. F. carcan the iron collar or chain of a criminal, a chain of precious stones, LL. carcannum, fr. Armor.  kerchen bosom, neck, kelchen collar, fr. kelch circle; or Icel. kverk troat, OHG. querca throat.]
A jeweled chain, necklace, or collar.
[Also written carkanet and carcant.]
Shak.


word: Carcass
definition:
Carcass

Car"cass
(kär"kas)
n.
pl. Carcasses (#).
[Written also carcase.]
[F. carcasse, fr. It. carcassa, fr. L. caro flesh + capsa chest, box, case. Cf. Carnal, Case a sheath.]
1.
A dead body, whether of man or beast; a corpse; now commonly the dead body of a beast.

He turned to see the carcass of the lion.
Judges xiv. 8.

This kept thousands in the town whose carcasses went into the great pits by cartloads.
De Foe.

2.
The living body; -- now commonly used in contempt or ridicule.
carcass
South.

Lovely her face; was ne'er so fair a creature.
For earthly carcass had a heavenly feature.
Oldham.

3.
The abandoned and decaying remains of some bulky and once comely thing, as a ship; the skeleton, or the uncovered or unfinished frame, of a thing.

A rotten carcass of a boat.
Shak.

4.
(Mil.)
A hollow case or shell, filled with combustibles, to be thrown from a mortar or howitzer, to set fire to buldings, ships, etc.

A discharge of carcasses and bombshells.
W. Iving.


word: Carcel
definition:
Carcel

Car"cel
(?)
n.
(Photom.)
A light standard much used in France, being the light from a Carcel lamp of stated size and construction consuming 42 grams of colza oil per hour with a flame 40 millimeters in height. Its illuminating power is variously stated at from 8.9 to 9.6 British standard candles.


word: Carcelage
definition:
Carcelage

Car"ce*lage
(?)
n.
[LL. carcelladium, carceragium, fr. L. carcer prison.]
Prison fees.
[Obs.]


word: Carcel lamp
definition:
Carcel lamp

Car"cel lamp`
(?)
[Named after Carcel, the inventor.]
A French mechanical lamp, for lighthouses, in which a superabundance of oil is pumped to the wick tube by clockwork.


word: Carcharias
definition:
Carcharias

Carcharias
prop. n.
The type and sole genus of Carchariidae; the sand sharks.

Syn. -- genus Carcharias, Odontaspis, genus Odontaspis.


word: Carchariidae
definition:
Carchariidae

Carchariidae
prop. n.
a natural family comprising the sand sharks; in some classifications coextensive with the family Carcharhinidae.

Syn. -- family Carchariidae, Odontaspididae, family Odontaspididae.


word: Carcharodon
definition:
Carcharodon

Carcharodon
prop. n.
A genus of sharks including man-eating sharks, such as the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias.

Syn. -- genus Carcharodon.


word: carcino-
definition:
carcino-

carcino-
pref.
[From Gr. karki`nos, a crab.]
A combining form meaning cancer, as in carcinogen.


word: carcinogen
definition:
carcinogen

car*cin"o*gen
(kär*sĭn"o̝*jĕn)
n.
Any substance that produces cancer; as, to test for carcinogens in the drinking water.


word: carcinogenic
definition:
carcinogenic

car`cin*o*gen"ic
(kär`sĭn*o̝*jĕn"ĭk)
adj.
Causing or tending to cause cancer; as, the carcinogenic action of certain chemicals or of ionizing radiation.
car`cin*o*gen*ic"i*ty, n.


word: carcinoid
definition:
carcinoid

carcinoid
[From Gr. karki`nos, a crab + -oid.]
n.
A small tumor (benign or malignant) arising from the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract; it is usually associated with excessive secretion of serotonin.


word: Carcinological
definition:
Carcinological

Car`ci*no*log"ic*al
(kär`sĭ*n&obreve_;*l&obreve_;j"ĭ*kal)
a.
Of or pertaining to carcinology.


word: Carcinology
definition:
Carcinology

Car`ci*nol"o*gy
(kär`sĭ*n&obreve_;l"o̝*j&ybreve_;)
n.
[Gr. karki`nos a crab + -logy.]
(Zool.)
The department of Zoology which treats of the Crustacea (lobsters, crabs, etc.); -- called also malacostracology and crustaceology.


word: carcinoma
definition:
carcinoma

car`ci*no"ma
(kär`sĭ*n&omacr"mȧ)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. karki`nwma, fr. karki`nos crab, cancer. See -oma.]
(Med.)
A form of malignant cancer arising from epithelial tissue.  The term was earlier applied to all forms of cancer, or to certain non-malignant forms. It is contrasted with sarcoma, a malignant form of cancer arising from connective tissue.  See Cancer.
Dunglison. Stedman.


word: Carcinosys
definition:
Carcinosys

Car`ci*no"sys
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. karki`nos cancer.]
The affection of the system with cancer.


word: Card
definition:
Card

Card
(kärd)
n.
[F. carte, fr. L. charta paper, Gr. _; a leaf of paper. Cf. Chart.]
1.
A piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses; as, a playing card; a visiting card; a card of invitation; pl. a game played with cards.

Our first cards were to Carabas House.
Thackeray.

2.
A published note, containing a brief statement, explanation, request, expression of thanks, or the like; as, to put a card in the newspapers. Also, a printed programme, and (fig.), an attraction or inducement; as, this will be a good card for the last day of the fair.

3.
A paper on which the points of the compass are marked; the dial or face of the mariner's compass.

All the quartere that they know
I' the shipman's card.
Shak.

4.
(Weaving)
A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom. See Jacquard.

5.
An indicator card. See under Indicator.

Business card, a card on which is printed an advertisement or business address. -- Card basket (a) A basket to hold visiting cards left by callers. (b) A basket made of cardboard. -- Card catalogue. See Catalogue. -- Card rack, a rack or frame for holding and displaying business or visiting card. -- Card table, a table for use inplaying cards, esp. one having a leaf which folds over. -- On the cards, likely to happen; foretold and expected but not yet brought to pass; -- a phrase of fortune tellers that has come into common use; also, according to the programme. -- Playing card, cards used in playing games; specifically, the cards cards used playing which and other games of chance, and having each pack divided onto four kinds or suits called hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades. The full or whist pack contains fifty-two cards. -- To have the cards in one's own hands, to have the winning cards; to have the means of success in an undertaking. -- To play one's cards well, to make no errors; to act shrewdly. -- To play snow one's cards, to expose one's plants to rivals or foes. -- To speak by the card, to speak from information and definitely, not by guess as in telling a ship's bearing by the compass card. -- Visiting card, a small card bearing the name, and sometimes the address, of the person presenting it.


word: Card₂
definition:
Card

Card
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Carded; p. pr. & vb. n. Carding.]
To play at cards; to game.
Johnson.


word: Card₃
definition:
Card

Card
n.
[F. carde teasel, the head of a thistle, card, from L. carduus, cardus, thistle, fr. carere to card.]

1.
An instrument for disentangling and arranging the fibers of cotton, wool, flax, etc.; or for cleaning and smoothing the hair of animals; -- usually consisting of bent wire teeth set closely in rows in a thick piece of leather fastened to a back.

2.
A roll or sliver of fiber (as of wool) delivered from a carding machine.

Card clothing, strips of wire-toothed card used for covering the cylinders of carding machines.


word: Card₄
definition:
Card

Card
(?)
v. t.
1.
To comb with a card; to cleanse or disentangle by carding; as, to card wool; to card a horse.

These card the short comb the longer flakes.
Dyer.

2.
To clean or clear, as if by using a card.
[Obs.]

This book [must] be carded and purged.
T. Shelton.

3.
To mix or mingle, as with an inferior or weaker article.
[Obs.]

You card your beer, if you guests being to be drunk. -- half small, half strong.
Greene.

&hand_; In the manufacture of wool, cotton, etc., the process of carding disentangles and collects together all the fibers, of whatever length, and thus differs from combing, in which the longer fibers only are collected, while the short straple is combed away. See Combing.


word: Cardamine
definition:
Cardamine

Car"da*mine
(?)
n.
[L. cardamina, Gr. _;: cf. F. cardamine.]
(Bot.)
A genus of cruciferous plants, containing the lady's-smock, cuckooflower, bitter cress, meadow cress, etc.


word: Cardamom
definition:
Cardamom

Car"da*mom
(kär"dȧ*mŭm)
n.
[L. cardamomun, Gr. karda`mwmon]
1.
The aromatic fruit, or capsule with its seeds, of several plants of the Ginger family growing in the East Indies and elsewhere, and much used as a condiment, and in medicine.
[Also spelled cardamum.]

Syn. -- cardamon.

2.
(Bot.)
A rhizomatous herb which produces cardamoms, esp. Elettaria Cardamomum and several species of Amomum.


word: Cardboard
definition:
Cardboard

Card"board`
(kärd"b&omacrrd`)
n.
A stiff compact pasteboard of various qualities, for making cards, etc., often having a polished surface.


word: Cardecu
definition:
Cardecu

Car"de*cu
(kär"de̝*k&uuptack_;)
n.
[Corrupt, from F. quart d'écu.]
A quarter of a crown.
[Obs.]

The bunch of them were not worth a cardecu.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Cardia
definition:
Cardia

Car"di*a
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; heart, or upper orifice of the stomach.]
(Anat.)
(a)
The heart.
(b)
The anterior or cardiac orifice of the stomach, where the esophagus enters it.


word: Cardiac
definition:
Cardiac

Car"di*ac
(?)
a.
[L. cardiacus, Gr. _;, fr. _; heart: cf. F. cardiaque.]
1.
(Anat.)
Pertaining to, resembling, or hear the heart; as, the cardiac arteries; the cardiac, or left, end of the stomach.

2.
(Med.)
Exciting action in the heart, through the medium of the stomach; cordial; stimulant.

Cardiac passion (Med.) cardialgia; heartburn. [Archaic] -- Cardiac wheel. (Mach.) See Heart wheel.


word: Cardialgy
definition:
Cardialgy

Cardialgla

{ &VerbarCar`di*al"gl*a (?), Car"di*al`gy (?), }
n.
[NL. cardialgia, fr. Gr. _;; _; heart + _; pain: cf. F. cardialgie.]
(Med.)
A burning or gnawing pain, or feeling of distress, referred to the region of the heart, accompanied with cardiac palpitation; heartburn. It is usually a symptom of indigestion.


word: Cardigan jacket
definition:
Cardigan jacket

Cardigan

Car"di*gan, Car"di*gan jack`et
(#)
[From the Earl of Cardigan, who was famous in the Crimean campaign of 1854-55.]
1.
A warm jacket of knit worsted with or without sleeves, especially a knitted jacket with sleeves that is fastened up the front with buttons or a zipper.


word: Cardigan
definition:
Cardigan

Car"di*gan
(#)
a slightly bow-legged variety of corgi having rounded ears and a long tail.

Syn. -- Cardigan Welsh corgi.


word: Cardiidae
definition:
Cardiidae

Cardiidae
n.
a natural family of somewhat heart-shaped sand-burrowing bivalve mollusks.

Syn. -- family Cardiidae.


word: Cardinal
definition:
Cardinal

Car"di*nal
(?)
a.
[L. cardinalis, fr. cardo the hinge of a door, that on which a thing turns or depends: cf. F. cardinal.]
Of fundamental importance; preëminent; superior; chief; principal.

The cardinal intersections of the zodiac.
Sir T. Browne.

Impudence is now a cardinal virtue.
Drayton.

But cardinal sins, and hollow hearts, I fear ye.
Shak.

Cardinal numbers, the numbers one, two, three, etc., in distinction from first, second, third, etc., which are called ordinal numbers. -- Cardinal points (a) (Geol.) The four principal points of the compass, or intersections of the horizon with the meridian and the prime vertical circle, north, south east, and west. (b) (Astrol.) The rising and setting of the sun, the zenith and nadir. -- Cardinal signs (Astron.) Aries, Libra, Cancer, and Capricorn. -- Cardinal teeth (Zool.), the central teeth of bivalve shell. See Bivalve. -- Cardinal veins (Anat.), the veins in vertebrate embryos, which run each side of the vertebral column and returm the blood to the heart. They remain through life in some fishes. -- Cardinal virtues, preëminent virtues; among the ancients, prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude. -- Cardinal winds, winds which blow from the cardinal points due north, south, east, or west.


word: Cardinal₂
definition:
Cardinal

Car"di*nal
n.
[F. carinal, It. cardinale, LL. cardinalis (ecclesiæ Romanæ). See Cardinal, a.]
1.
(R. C. Ch.)
One of the ecclesiastical princes who constitute the pope's council, or the sacred college.

The clerics of the supreme Chair are called Cardinals, as undoubtedly adhering more nearly to the hinge by which all things are moved.
Pope Leo IX.

&hand_; The cardinals are appointed by the pope. Since the time of Sixtus V., their number can never exceed seventy (six of episcopal rank, fifty priests, fourteen deacons), and the number of cardinal priests and deacons is seldom full. When the papel chair is vacant a pope is elected by the college of cardinals from among themselves. The cardinals take precedence of all dignitaries except the pope. The principal parts of a cardinal's costume are a red cassock, a rochet, a short purple mantle, and a red hat with a small crown and broad brim, with cords and tessels of a special pattern hanging from it.

2.
A woman's short cloak with a hood.

Where's your cardinal! Make haste.
Lloyd.

3.
Mulled red wine.
Hotten.

4.
the cardinal bird, also called the northern cardinal.

Cardinal bird, or Cardinal grosbeak (Zool.), an American song bird (Cardinalis cardinalis, or Cardinalis Virginianus), of the family Fringillidæ, or finches of which the male has a bright red plumage, and both sexes have a high, pointed crest on its head; -- it is also called the northern cardinal or eastern cardinal.  The males have loud and musical notes resembling those of a fife.  Other related species are also called cardinal birds. -- Cardinal flower (Bot.), an herbaceous plant (Lobelia cardinalis) bearing brilliant red flowers of much beauty. -- Cardinal red, a color like that of a cardinal's cassock, hat, etc.; a bright red, darker than scarlet, and between scarlet and crimson.


word: Cardinalate
definition:
Cardinalate

Car"di*nal*ate
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. cardinalat, LL. cardinalatus.]
The office, rank, or dignity of a cardinal.


word: Carding
definition:
Carding

Card"ing
(?)
a.
1.
The act or process of preparing staple for spinning, etc., by carding it. See the Note under Card, v. t.

2.
A roll of wool or other fiber as it comes from the carding machine.

Carding engine, Carding machine, a machine for carding cotton, wool, or other fiber, by subjecting it to the action of cylinders, or drums covered with wire-toothed cards, revolving nearly in contact with each other, at different rates of speed, or in opposite directions.  The staple issues in soft sheets, or in slender rolls called slivers.


word: cardiogram
definition:
cardiogram

car"di*o*gram`
(?)
n.
[Gr. kardi`a heart + -gram.]
(Physiol.)
Any instrumental record made of heart activity, especially the curve or tracing made by a cardiograph.  Sometimes used synonymously with electrocardiogram.


word: cardiography
definition:
cardiography

car`di*og"ra*phy
(?)
n.
1.
Description of the heart.

2.
(Physiol.)
Examination of heart activity using a cardiograph.


word: cardiograph
definition:
cardiograph

car"di*o*graph
(?)
n.
[Gr. kardi`a heart + -graph.]
(Med.)
An instrument which, when placed in contact with the chest, will register graphically the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements.


word: Cardiographic
definition:
Cardiographic

Car`di*o*graph"ic
(?)
a.
(Physiol.)
Of or pertaining to, or produced by, a cardiograph.


word: Cardioid
definition:
Cardioid

Car"di*oid
(?)
n.
[Gr. kardio-eidh`s heart-shaped; kardi`a heart + e'i^dos shape.]
(Math.)
An algebraic curve, so called from its resemblance to a heart.


word: Cardioinhibitory
definition:
Cardioinhibitory

Car`di*o*in*hib"i*to*ry
(?)
a.
(Physiol.)
Checking or arresting the heart's action.


word: Cardiolgy
definition:
Cardiolgy

Car`di*ol"*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. kardi`a heart + -ology.]
The science which treats of the heart and its functions.


word: Cardiometry
definition:
Cardiometry

Car`di*om"e*try
(?)
n.
[Gr. kardi`a heart + -metry.]
(Med.)
Measurement of the heart, as by percussion or auscultation.


word: cardiorespiratory
definition:
cardiorespiratory

cardiopulmonary

cardiopulmonary cardiorespiratory
adj.
Of or pertaining to or affecting both the heart and the lungs and their functions; as, cardiopulmonary resuscitation.


word: cardiopulmonary resuscitation
definition:
cardiopulmonary resuscitation

cardiopulmonary resuscitation
n.
An emergency procedure to revive heart and lung function in persons whose heart has apparently stopped beating, involving forced respiration, periodic pressure on the heart by pushing on the chest, and sometimes electrical or mechanical equipment.  It is often referred to by the acronym CPR.


word: cardiosclerosis
definition:
cardiosclerosis

car"di*o*scle*ro"sis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. kardi`a heart + sclerosis.]
Induration of the heart, caused by development of fibrous tissue in the cardiac muscle.
[Obsolescent]


word: Cardiospermum
definition:
Cardiospermum

Car"di*o*sper`mum
prop. n.
A genus of tendril-climbing herbs or shrubs whose seeds have a white heart-shaped spot.

Syn. -- genus Cardiospermum.


word: cardiovascular
definition:
cardiovascular

cardiovascular
adj.
Of or pertaining to or involving the heart and blood vessels; as, cardiovascular conditioning.


word: Carditis
definition:
Carditis

Car*di"tis
(kär*dī"tĭs)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. kardi`a heart + -itis: cf. F. cardite.]
(Med)
Inflammation of the fleshy or muscular substance of the heart. See Endocarditis and Pericarditis.
Dunglison.


word: Cardo
definition:
Cardo

Car"do
(kär"do̝)
n.
pl. Cardines (#).
[L., a hinge.]
(Zool.)
(a)
The basal joint of the maxilla in insects.
(b)
The hinge of a bivalve shell.


word: Cardol
definition:
Cardol

Car"dol
(kär"d&omacrl)
n.
[NL. Anacardium generic name of the cashew + L. oleum oil.]
(Chem.)
A yellow oily liquid, extracted from the shell of the cashew nut.


word: Cardoon
definition:
Cardoon

Car*doon"
(kär*dōn")
n.
[F. cardon. The same word as F. cardon thistle, fr. L. carduus, cardus, LL. cardo. See 3d Card.]
(Bot.)
A large herbaceous plant (Cynara Cardunculus) related to the artichoke; -- used in cookery and as a salad.


word: cardsharper
definition:
cardsharper

cardsharp

card"sharp`, card"sharp`er
n.
a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games.


word: Carduelinae
definition:
Carduelinae

Carduelinae
n.
a subfamily of birds consisting of the old world finches, many of which have taken up residence in the Americas; -- it is a subgroup of finches used in some classifications, in which the Fringillidae are divided into two subfamilies, the Carduelinae (including the goldfinches, siskins, redpolls, crossbills, and linnets) and Fringillinae (the brambling and the chaffinches).  The siskins and goldfinches have migrated as far south as the southern end of South America.
T. M. Shortt.

Syn. -- subfamily Carduelinae.


word: Carduelis
definition:
Carduelis

Carduelis
n.
the type genus of a subfamily Carduelinae of the Fringillidae, used in some classifications.  It includes the goldfinches (such as the American goldfinch, Cardulis tristis, and the European goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis); siskins; redpolls; and linnets, as well as the common northern cardinal (Carduelis cardinalis, also called the cardinal bird).

Syn. -- genus Carduelis.


word: Carduus
definition:
Carduus

Carduus
n.
a genus of annual or perennial Old World prickly thistles.

Syn. -- genus Carduus.


word: Care
definition:
Care

Care
(kâr)
n.
[AS. caru, cearu; akin to OS. kara sorrow, Goth. kara, OHG chara, lament, and perh. to Gr. gh^rys voice. Not akin to cure. Cf. Chary.]
1.
A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.

Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie.
Shak.

2.
Charge, oversight, or management, implying responsibility for safety and prosperity.

The care of all the churches.
2 Cor. xi. 28.

Him thy care must be to find.
Milton.

Perplexed with a thousand cares.
Shak.

3.
Attention or heed; caution; regard; heedfulness; watchfulness; as, take care; have a care.

I thank thee for thy care and honest pains.
Shak.

4.
The object of watchful attention or anxiety.

Right sorrowfully mourning her bereaved cares.
Spenser.


word: Care₂
definition:
Care

Care
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Cared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Caring.]
[AS. cearian. See Care, n.]
To be anxious or solicitous; to be concerned; to have regard or interest; -- sometimes followed by an objective of measure.

I would not care a pin, if the other three were in.
Shak.

Master, carest thou not that we perish?
Mark. iv. 38.

To care for. (a) To have under watchful attention; to take care of. (b) To have regard or affection for; to like or love.

He cared not for the affection of the house.
Tennyson.


word: cared-for
definition:
cared-for

cared-for
adj.
having needed care and attention; as, well-cared-for children.  Opposite of uncared-for.


word: Careen
definition:
Careen

Ca*reen"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Careened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Careening.]
[OF. cariner, F. caréner, fr. OF. carène, the bottom of a ship, keel, fr. L. carina.]
(Naut.)
To cause (a vessel) to lean over so that she floats on one side, leaving the other side out of water and accessible for repairs below the water line; to case to be off the keel.


word: Careen₂
definition:
Careen

Ca*reen"
(_;)
v. i.
To incline to one side, or lie over, as a ship when sailing on a wind; to be off the keel.


word: Careenage
definition:
Careenage

Ca*reen"age
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. carénage.]
(Naut.)
(a)
Expense of careening ships.
(b)
A place for careening.


word: Career
definition:
Career

Ca*reer"
(?)
n.
[F. carrière race course, high road, street, fr. L. carrus wagon. See Car.]
1.
A race course: the ground run over.

To go back again the same career.
Sir P. Sidney.

2.
A running; full speed; a rapid course.

When a horse is running in his full career.
Wilkins.

3.
General course of action or conduct in life, or in a particular part or calling in life, or in some special undertaking; usually applied to course or conduct which is of a public character; as, Washington's career as a soldier.

An impartial view of his whole career.
Macaulay.

4.
(Falconry)
The flight of a hawk.


word: Career₂
definition:
Career

Ca*reer"
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Careered 3; p. pr. & vb. n. Careering]
To move or run rapidly.

Careering gayly over the curling waves.
W. Irving.


word: careerism
definition:
careerism

careerism
n.
The practice of advancing one's career at the expense of one's personal integrity.


word: carefree
definition:
carefree

care"free`
(kâr"frē`)
adj.
1.
Free of trouble and worry and care; as, the carefree joys of childhood; carefree millionaires, untroubled financially.

Syn. -- happy, lighthearted, unworried.

2.
nonchalant in a cheerful manner.

Syn. -- breezy, airy.

3.
cheerfully irresponsible; as, carefree with his money.  Opposite of careful.

Syn. -- devil-may-care, happy-go-lucky, harum-scarum, slaphappy.

4.
same as unconcerned.   Opposite of concerned.

Syn. -- blithe.


word: Careful
definition:
Careful

Care"ful
(kâr"f&usdot_;l)
a.
[AS. cearful.]
1.
Full of care; anxious; solicitous.
[Archaic]

Be careful [Rev. Ver. “anxious”] for nothing.
Phil. iv. 6.

The careful plowman doubting stands.
Milton.

2.
Filling with care or solicitude; exposing to concern, anxiety, or trouble; painful.

The careful cold beginneth for to creep.
Spenser.

By Him that raised me to this careful height.
Shak.

3.
Taking care; giving good heed; watchful; cautious; provident; not indifferent, heedless, or reckless; -- often followed by of, for, or the infinitive; as, careful of money; careful to do right.

Thou hast been careful for us with all this care.
2. Kings iv, 13.

What could a careful father more have done?
Dryden.


word: Careless
definition:
Careless

Care"less
(?)
a.
[AS. cearleás.]
1.
Free from care or anxiety. hence, cheerful; light-hearted.
Spenser.

Sleep she as sound as careless infancy.
Shak.

2.
Having no care; not taking ordinary or proper care; negligent; unconcerned; heedless; inattentive; unmindful; regardless.

My brother was too careless of his charge.
Shak.

He grew careless of himself.
Steele.

3.
Without thought or purpose; without due care; without attention to rule or system; unstudied; inconsiderate; spontaneous; rash; as, a careless throw; a careless expression.

He framed the careless rhyme.
Beattie.

4.
Not receiving care; uncared for.
[R.]

Their many wounds and careless harms.
Spenser.


word: Carelessness
definition:
Carelessness

Care"less*ness
n.
The quality or state of being careless; heedlessness; negligence; inattention.


word: Carene
definition:
Carene

Ca*rene"
(?)
n.
[LL. carena, corrupted fr. quarentena. See Quarantine.]
(Ecol.)
A fast of forty days on bread and water.
[Obs.]


word: Caress
definition:
Caress

Ca*ress"
(kȧ*rĕs")
n.
[F. caresse, It. carezza, LL. caritia dearness, fr. L. carus dear. See Charity.]
An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness.

Wooed her with his soft caresses.
Langfellow.

He exerted himself to win by indulgence and caresses the hearts of all who were under his command.
Macaulay.


word: Caress₂
definition:
Caress

Ca*ress"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Caressed (kȧ*rĕst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Caressing.]
[F. caresser, fr. It. carezzare, fr. carezza caress. See Caress., n.]
To treat with tokens of fondness, affection, or kindness; to touch or speak to in a loving or endearing manner; to fondle.

The lady caresses the rough bloodhound.
Sir W. Scott.


word: caressing
definition:
caressing

caressing
n.
1.
the act of embracing; holding in one's arms .

2.
foreplay without contact with the genital organs.

Syn. -- caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling.


word: Caret
definition:
Caret

Ca"ret
(kā"rĕt or kăr"ĕt)
n.
[L. caret there is wanting, fr. carere to want.]
A mark [^] used by writers and proof readers to indicate that something is interlined above, or inserted in the margin, which belongs in the place marked by the caret.


word: Carex
definition:
Carex

Ca"rex
(?)
n.
[L., sedge.]
(Bot.)
A numerous and widely distributed genus of perennial herbaceous plants of the order Cypreaceæ; the sedges.


word: Cargason
definition:
Cargason

Car"ga*son
(?)
n.
[F. cargaison, Sp. cargazon, LL. cargare to load. See rgo.]
A cargo.
[Obs.]


word: Cargo
definition:
Cargo

Car"go
(?)
n.
pl. Cargoes (#).
[Sp. cargo, carga, burden, load, from cargar to load, from cargar to load, charge, See Charge.]
The lading or freight of a ship or other vessel; the goods, merchandise, or whatever is conveyed in a vessel or boat; load; freight.

Cargoes of food or clothing.
E. Everett.

&hand_; The term cargo, in law, is usually applied to goods only, and not to live animals or persons.
Burill.


word: Cargoose
definition:
Cargoose

Car"goose`
(?)
n.
[Perh. fr. Gael. & Ir. cir, cior (pronounced kir, kior), crest, comb + E. goose. Cf. Crebe.]
(Zool.)
A species of grebe (Podiceps crisratus); the crested grebe.


word: cariama
definition:
cariama

ça`ri*a"ma
(sä`re̝*ȧ"mȧ)
n.
[Native name.]
(Zool.)
A large, long-legged cranelike South American wading bird (Cariama cristata, formerly Dicholophus cristatus) which preys upon snakes, etc.; it is also called the seriema, but that latter name is also applied to another South American bird.  See Seriema.


word: Cariama
definition:
Cariama

Cariama
prop. n.
The type genus of the Cariamidae, consisting only of the Cariama cristata, also called the seriema.

Syn. -- genus Cariama.


word: Cariamidae
definition:
Cariamidae

Cariamidae
n.
a natural family of cranelike South American wading birds.

Syn. -- family Cariamidae.


word: Carib
definition:
Carib

Car"ib
(?)
n.
pl. Caries.
[See Cannibal.]
(Ethol.)
A native of the Caribbee islands or the coasts of the Caribbean sea; esp., one of a tribe of Indians inhabiting a region of South America, north of the Amazon, and formerly most of the West India islands.


word: Caribbee
definition:
Caribbee

Caribbean

{ Car`ib*be"an (?), Car`ib*bee (?), }
a.
Of or pertaining to the Caribs, to their islands (the eastern and southern West Indies), or to the sea (called the Caribbean sea) lying between those islands and Central America.


word: Caribe
definition:
Caribe

Ca*ri"be
(?)
n.
[Sp. a cannibal.]
(Zool)
A south American fresh water fish of the genus Serrasalmo of many species, remarkable for its voracity. When numerous they attack man or beast, often with fatal results.


word: Caribou
definition:
Caribou

Car"i*bou
(kăr"ĭ*bō)
n.
[Canadian French.]
(Zool.)
The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland species (Rangifer Caribou).

Barren Ground caribou. See under Barren. -- Woodland caribou, the common reindeer (Rangifer Caribou) of the northern forests of America.


word: Carica
definition:
Carica

Carica
n.
the type genus of the Caricaceae; consisting of tropical American trees; the papayas.

Syn. -- genus Carica.


word: Caricaceae
definition:
Caricaceae

Caricaceae
n.
a natural family of trees native to tropical America and Africa with milky juice and large palmately lobed leaves.

Syn. -- family Caricaceae, papaya family.


word: Caricature
definition:
Caricature

Car"i*ca*ture
(?)
n.
[It. caricatura, fr. caricare to charge, overload, exaggerate. See Charge, v. t.]
1.
An exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts or characteristics, as in a picture.

2.
A picture or other figure or description in which the peculiarities of a person or thing are so exaggerated as to appear ridiculous; a burlesque; a parody.
[Formerly written caricatura.]

The truest likeness of the prince of French literature will be the one that has most of the look of a caricature.
I. Taylor.

A grotesque caricature of virtue.
Macaulay.


word: Caricature₂
definition:
Caricature

Car"i*ca*ture
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Caricatured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Caricaturing.]
To make or draw a caricature of; to represent with ridiculous exaggeration; to burlesque.

He could draw an ill face, or caricature a good one, with a masterly hand.
Lord Lyttelton.


word: Caricous
definition:
Caricous

Car"i*cous
(?)
a.
[L. carica a kind of dry fig.]
Of the shape of a fig; as, a caricous tumor.
Graig.


word: Caries
definition:
Caries

Ca"ri*es
(?)
n.
[L., decay.]
(Med.)
Ulceration of bone; a process in which bone disintegrates and is carried away piecemeal, as distinguished from necrosis, in which it dies in masses.


word: Carillon
definition:
Carillon

Car"il*lon
(?)
n.
[F. carillon a chime of bells, originally consisting of four bells, as if fr.. (assumed) L. quadrilio, fr. quatuer four.]

1.
(Mus.)
A chime of bells diatonically tuned, played by clockwork or by finger keys.

2.
A tune adapted to be played by musical bells.


word: Carina
definition:
Carina

Ca*ri"na
(?)
n.
[L., keel.]
1.
(Bot.)
A keel
(a)
That part of a papilionaceous flower, consisting of two petals, commonly united, which incloses the organs of fructification
(b)
A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat.

2.
(Zool.)
The keel of the breastbone of birds.


word: Carinaria
definition:
Carinaria

Car`i*na"ri*a
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. L. carina keel.]
(Zool.)
A genus of oceanic heteropod Mollusca, having a thin, glassy, bonnet-shaped shell, which covers only the nucleus and gills.


word: Carinatae
definition:
Carinatae

Car`i*na"tæ
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., Fem. pl. fr. L. carinatus. See Carinate.]
A grand division of birds, including all existing flying birds; -- So called from the carina or keel on the breastbone.


word: Carinated
definition:
Carinated

Carinate

{ Car"i*nate (?), Car"i*na`ted (?) }
a.
[L. carinatus, fr. carina keel.]
Shaped like the keel or prow of a ship; having a carina or keel; as, a carinate calyx or leaf; a carinate sternum (of a bird).


word: Cariole
definition:
Cariole

Car"i*ole
(?)
n.
[F. carriole, dim. fr. L. carrus. See Car, and Carryall.]
(a)
A small, light, open one-horse carriage
(b)
A covered cart
(c)
A kind of calash. See Carryall.


word: Carious
definition:
Carious

Ca"ri*ous
(?)
a.
[L. cariosus, fr. caries dacay.]
Affected with caries; decaying; as, a carious tooth.


word: carissa
definition:
carissa

carissa
n.
a shrub of the genus Carissa having fragrant white flowers and plumlike red to purple-black fruits.


word: carjack
definition:
carjack

carjack
v. t.
[car + hijack.]
to take (a car) by an act of carjacking; as, the three teens carjacked two automobiles in one night.


word: carjacking
definition:
carjacking

car"jack*ing
n.
[car + hijacking.]
the forcible taking of a car while the driver is in it; the robber may force the driver out, force the driver to drive while under threat of harm, or be forced to relinquish the controls while also being forced to remain in the car.  In the latter two cases, the act also constitutes a kidnapping.


word: Cark
definition:
Cark

Cark
(kärk)
n.
[OE. cark, fr. a dialectic form of F. charge; cf. W. carc anxiety, care, Arm karg charge, burden. See Charge, and cf. Cargo.]
A noxious or corroding care; solicitude; worry.
[Archaic.]

His heavy head, devoid of careful cark.
Spenser.

Fling cark and care aside.
Motherwell.

Freedom from the cares of money and the cark of fashion.
R. D. Blackmore.


word: Cark₂
definition:
Cark

Cark
(kärk)
v. i.
To be careful, anxious, solicitous, or troubled in mind; to worry or grieve.
[R.]
Beau. & Fl.


word: Cark₃
definition:
Cark

Cark
v. t.
To vex; to worry; to make by anxious care or worry.
[R.]

Nor can a man, independently . . . of God's blessing, care and cark himself one penny richer.
South.


word: Carl
definition:
Carl

Carl
(?)
n.
[Icel, karl a male, a man; akin to AS. ceorl, OHG. charal, G. kerl fellow. See Churl.]
[Written also carle.]
1.
A rude, rustic man; a churl.

The miller was a stout carl.
Chaucer.

2.
Large stalks of hemp which bear the seed; -- called also carl hemp.

3.
pl.
A kind of food. See citation, below.

Caring or carl are gray steeped in water and fried the next day in butter or fat.  They are eaten on the second Sunday before Easter, formerly called Carl Sunday.
Robinson's Whitby Glossary (1875).


word: Caroline
definition:
Caroline

Carline

{ Car"line (?), Car"o*line (?) }
n.
[F. carin; cf. It. carlino; -- so called from Carlo (Charles) VI. of Naples.]
A silver coin once current in some parts of Italy, worth about seven cents.
Simmonds.


word: Carling
definition:
Carling

Carline

{ Car"line (?), Car"ling (?) }
n.
[Cf. F. carlingur, Sp. Pg., & It. carlinga.]
(Naut.)
A short timber running lengthwise of a ship, from one transverse desk beam to another; also, one of the cross timbers that strengthen a hath; -- usually in pl.


word: Carline thistle
definition:
Carline thistle

Car"line this`tle
(?)
[F. carline, It., Sp., & Pg., carlina. Said to be so called from the Emperor Charlemagne, whose army is reputed to have used it as a remedy for pestilence.]
(Bot.)
A prickly plant of the genus Carlina (Carlina vulgaris), found in Europe and Asia.


word: Carlings
definition:
Carlings

Car"lings
(?)
n. pl.
Same as Carl, 3.

Carling Sunday, a Sunday in Lent when carls are eaten. In some parts of England, Passion Sunday. See Carl, 4.


word: Carlock
definition:
Carlock

Car"lock
(?)
n.
[F. carlock, fr. Russ. Karlúk'.]
A sort of Russian isinglass, made from the air bladder of the sturgeon, and used in clarifying wine.


word: Carlovingian
definition:
Carlovingian

Car`lo*vin"gi*an
(?)
a.
[F. Carlovingen.]
Pertaining to, founded by, of descended from, Charlemagne; as, the Carlovingian race of kings.


word: Carmagnole
definition:
Carmagnole

Car`ma`gnole"
(?)
n.
[F.]
1.
A popular or Red Rebublican song and dance, of the time of the first French Revolution.

They danced and yelled the carmagnole.
Compton Reade.

2.
A bombastic report from the French armies.


word: Carman
definition:
Carman

Car"man
(?)
n.
pl. Carmen (_;)
A man whose employment is to drive, or to convey goods in, a car or car.


word: Carmelin
definition:
Carmelin

Carmelite

{ Car"mel*ite (?), Car"mel*in  }
a.
Of or pertaining to the order of Carmelites.


word: Carmelite
definition:
Carmelite

Car"mel*ite
(?)
n.
1.
(Eccl. Hist.)
A friar of a mendicant order (the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel) established on Mount Carmel, in Syria, in the twelfth century; a White Friar.

2.
A nun of the Order of Our lady of Mount Carmel.


word: Car mile
definition:
Car mile

Car mile
(Railroads)
A mile traveled by a single car, taken as a unit of computation, as in computing the average travel of each car of a system during a given period.


word: Car mileage
definition:
Car mileage

Car mileage
(Railroads)
(a)
Car miles collectively.
(b)
The amount paid by one road for the use of cars of another road.


word: Carminative
definition:
Carminative

Car*min"ative
(?)
a.
[NL. carminativus (1622), fr. carminare to card, hence to cleanse, fr. carmen a card for freeing wool or flax from the coarser parts, and from extraneous matter: cf. F. carminatif.]
Expelling wind from the body; warming; antispasmodic.
Carminative
Dunglison.


word: Carminative₂
definition:
Carminative

Car*min"a*tive
n.
A substance, esp. an aromatic, which tends to expel wind from the alimentary canal, or to relieve colic, griping, or flatulence.


word: Carmine
definition:
Carmine

Car"mine
(?)
n.
[F. carmin (cf. Sp. carmin, It. carminio), contr. from LL. carmesinus purple color. See Crimson.]
1.
A rich red or crimson color with a shade of purple.

2.
A beautiful pigment, or a lake, of this color, prepared from cochineal, and used in miniature painting.

3.
(Chem.)
The essential coloring principle of cochineal, extracted as a purple-red amorphous mass. It is a glucoside and possesses acid properties; -- hence called also carminic acid.

Carmine red (Chem.), a coloring matter obtained from carmine as a purple-red substance, and probably allied to the phthaleïns.


word: Carminic
definition:
Carminic

Car*min"ic
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to, or derived from, carmine.

Carminic acid. Same as Carmine, 3.


word: Carmot
definition:
Carmot

Car"mot
(?)
n.
(Alchemy)
The matter of which the philosopher's stone was believed to be composed.


word: Carnage
definition:
Carnage

Car"nage
(?)
n.
[F. carnage, LL. carnaticum tribute of animals, flesh of animals, fr. L. caro, carnis, flesh. See Carnal.]
1.
Flesh of slain animals or men.

A miltitude of dogs came to feast on the carnage.
Macaulay.

2.
Great destruction of life, as in battle; bloodshed; slaughter; massacre; murder; havoc.

The more fearful carnage of the Bloody Circuit.
Macaulay.


word: Carnal
definition:
Carnal

Car"nal
(?)
a.
[L. carnalis, fr. caro, carnis, flesh; akin to Gr. _;, Skr. kravya; cf. F. charnel, Of. also carnel. Cf. Charnel.]
1.
Of or pertaining to the body or its appetites; animal; fleshly; sensual; given to sensual indulgence; lustful; human or worldly as opposed to spiritual.

For ye are yet carnal.
1 Cor. iii. 3.

Not sunk in carnal pleasure.
Milton

Carnal desires after miracles.
Trench.

2.
Flesh-devouring; cruel; ravenous; bloody.
[Obs.]

This carnal cur
Preys on the issue of his mother's body.
Shak.

Carnal knowledge, sexual intercourse; -- used especially of an unlawful act on the part of the man.


word: Carnality
definition:
Carnality

Car*nal"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. carnalitas.]
The state of being carnal; fleshly lust, or the indulgence of lust; grossness of mind.

Because of the carnality of their hearts.
Tillotson.


word: Carnalize
definition:
Carnalize

Car"nal*ize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Carnalized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Carnalizing.]
To make carnal; to debase to carnality.

A sensual and carnalized spirit.
John Scott.


word: Carnallite
definition:
Carnallite

Car"nal*lite
(?)
n.
[G. carnallit, fr. Von Carnall, a Prussian.]
(Min.)
A hydrous chloride of potassium and magnesium, sometimes found associated with deposits of rock salt.


word: Carnally
definition:
Carnally

Car"nal*ly
(?)
adv.
According to the flesh, to the world, or to human nature; in a manner to gratify animal appetites and lusts; sensually.

For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
Rom. viii. 6.


word: Carnary
definition:
Carnary

Car"na*ry
(?)
n.
[L. carnarium, fr. caro, carnis, flesh.]
A vault or crypt in connection with a church, used as a repository for human bones disintered from their original burial places; a charnel house.


word: Carnassial
definition:
Carnassial

Car*nas"si*al
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. carnassier carnivorous, and L. caro, carnis, flesh.]
(Anat.)
Adapted to eating flesh.
n. A carnassial tooth; especially, the last premolar in many carnivores.


word: Carnation
definition:
Carnation

Car*na"tion
(?)
n.
[F. carnation the flesh tints in a painting, It carnagione, fr. L. carnatio fleshiness, fr. caro, carnis, flesh. See Carnal.]
1.
The natural color of flesh; rosy pink.

Her complexion of the delicate carnation.
Ld. Lytton.

2.
pl.
(Paint.)
Those parts of a picture in which the human body or any part of it is represented in full color; the flesh tints.

The flesh tints in painting are termed carnations.
Fairholt.

3.
(Bot.)
A species of Dianthus (Dianthus Caryophyllus) or pink, having very beautiful flowers of various colors, esp. white and usually a rich, spicy scent.


word: Carnegiea
definition:
Carnegiea

Carnegiea
n.
a genus of plants consisting of one species, the saguaro.

Syn. -- genus Carnegiea.


word: Carnelian
definition:
Carnelian

Car*nel"ian
(?)
n.
[For carnelian; influenced by L. carneus fleshy, of flesh, because of its flesh red color. See Cornellan.]
(Min.)
A variety of chalcedony, of a clear, deep red, flesh red, or reddish white color. It is moderately hard, capable of a good polish, and often used for seals.


word: Carneous
definition:
Carneous

Car"ne*ous
(?)
a.
[L. carneus, from caro, carnis, flesh.]
Consisting of, or like, flesh; carnous; fleshy.
Carneous
Ray.


word: Carney
definition:
Carney

Car"ney
(?)
n.
[Cf. L. carneus flesh.]
(Far.)
A disease of horses, in which the mouth is so furred that the afflicted animal can not eat.


word: Carnic
definition:
Carnic

Car"nic
(kär"nĭk)
a.
[L. caro, carnis, flesh.]
Of or pertaining to flesh;
specif.
(Physiol. Chem.)
pertaining to or designating a hygroscopic monobasic acid, C10H15O5N3, obtained as a cleavage product from an acid of muscle tissue.


word: Carnifex
definition:
Carnifex

Car"ni*fex
(?)
n.
[L., fr. caro, carnis, flesh + facere to make.]
(Antiq.)
The public executioner at Rome, who executed persons of the lowest rank; hence, an executioner or hangman.


word: Carnification
definition:
Carnification

Car`ni*fi*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. carnification.]
The act or process of turning to flesh, or to a substance resembling flesh.


word: Carnify
definition:
Carnify

Car"ni*fy
(kär"nĭ*fī)
v. i.
[LL. carnificare, fr. L. caro, carnis, flesh + facere to make: cf. F. carnifier.]
To form flesh; to become like flesh.
Sir M. Hale.


word: Carnin
definition:
Carnin

Car"nin
(kär"nĭn)
n.
[L. caro, canis , flesh.]
(Chem.)
A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, found in extract of meat, and related to xanthin.


word: Carnival
definition:
Carnival

Car"ni*val
(kär"nĭ*val)
n.
[It. carnevale, prob. for older carnelevale, prop., the putting away of meat; fr. L. caro, carnis, flesh + levare to take away, lift up, fr. levis light.]
1.
A festival celebrated with merriment and revelry in Roman Catholic countries during the week before Lent, esp. at Rome and Naples, during a few days (three to ten) before Lent, ending with Shrove Tuesday.

The carnival at Venice is everywhere talked of.
Addison.

2.
Any merrymaking, feasting, or masquerading, especially when overstepping the bounds of decorum; a time of riotous excess.
Tennyson.

He saw the lean dogs beneath the wall
Hold o'er the dead their carnival
Byron.


word: Carnivora
definition:
Carnivora

Car*niv"o*ra
(kär*nĭv"o̝*rȧ)
n. pl.
[NL., neut. pl. from L. carnivorus. See Carnivorous.]
(Zoöl.)
An order of Mammallia including the lion, tiger, wolf bear, seal, etc. They are adapted by their structure to feed upon flesh, though some of them, as the bears, also eat vegetable food. The teeth are large and sharp, suitable for cutting flesh, and the jaws powerful.


word: Carnivorous
definition:
Carnivorous

Car*niv"o*rous
(kär*nĭv"o̝*rŭs)
a.
[L. carnivorus; caro, carnis, flesh + varare to devour.]
Eating or feeding on flesh. The term is applied: (a) to animals which naturally seek flesh for food, as the tiger, dog, etc.; (b) to plants which are supposed to absorb animal food; (c) to substances which destroy animal tissue, as caustics.


word: Carnous
definition:
Carnous

Carnose

{ Car*nose (?), Car"*nous  }
(?)
a.
[L. carnosus, fr. caro, carnis, flesh: cf. OF. carneux, F. charneux.]
1.
Of or pertaining to flesh; fleshy.

A distinct carnose muscle.
Ray.

2.
(Bot.)
Of a fleshy consistence; -- applied to succulent leaves, stems, etc.


word: Carnosity
definition:
Carnosity

Car*nos"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. carnosité.]

1.
(Med.)
A fleshy excrescence; esp. a small excrescence or fungous growth.
Wiseman.

2.
Fleshy substance or quality; fleshy covering.

[Consciences] overgrown with so hard a carnosity.
Spelman.

The olives, indeed be very small there, and bigger than capers; yet commended they are for their carnosity.
Holland.


word: Carnot's cycle
definition:
Carnot's cycle

Car`not's" cy"cle
(kär`n&omacrz")
[After N. L. S. Carnot, French physicist.]
(Thermodynamics)
An ideal heat-engine cycle in which the working fluid goes through the following four successive operations: (1) Isothermal expansion to a desired point; (2) adiabatic expansion to a desired point; (3) isothermal compression to such a point that (4) adiabatic compression brings it back to its initial state.


word: Carob
definition:
Carob

Car"ob
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. caroube fruit of the carob tree, Sp. garrobo, al-garrobo, carob tree, fr. Ar. kharrūb, Per. Kharnūb. Cf. Clgaroba.]
1.
(Bot.)
An evergreen leguminous tree (Ceratania Siliqua) found in the countries bordering the Mediterranean; the St. John's bread; -- called also carob tree.

2.
One of the long, sweet, succulent, pods of the carob tree, which are used as food for animals and sometimes eaten by man; -- called also St. John's bread, carob bean, and algaroba bean.


word: Caroche
definition:
Caroche

Ca*roche"
(?)
n.
[OF. carrache, F. carrose from It. carrocio, carrozza, fr. carro, L. carus. See Car.]
A kind of pleasure carriage; a coach.
[Obs.]

To mount two-wheeled caroches.
Butler.


word: Carol
definition:
Carol

Car"ol
(?)
n.
[OF. carole a kind of dance wherein many dance together, fr. caroler to dance; perh. from Celtic; cf. Armor. koroll, n., korolla, korolli, v., Ir. car music, turn, circular motion, also L. choraula a flute player, charus a dance, chorus, choir.]
1.
A round dance.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

2.
A song of joy, exultation, or mirth; a lay.

The costly feast, the carol, and the dance.
Dryden

It was the carol of a bird.
Byron.

3.
A song of praise of devotion; as, a Christmas or Easter carol.

Heard a carol, mournful, holy.
Tennyson.

In the darkness sing your carol of high praise.
Keble.

4.
Joyful music, as of a song.

I heard the bells on Christmans Day
Their old, familiar carol play.
Longfellow.


word: Carol₂
definition:
Carol

Car"ol
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Caroled (?), or Carolled; p. pr. & vb. n. Caroling, or Carolling.]

1.
To praise or celebrate in song.

The Shepherds at their festivals
Carol her goodness.
Milton.

2.
To sing, especially with joyful notes.

Hovering swans . . . carol sounds harmonious.
Prior.


word: Carol₃
definition:
Carol

Car"ol
v. i.
To sing; esp. to sing joyfully; to warble.

And carol of love's high praise.
Spenser.

The gray linnets carol from the hill.
Beattie.


word: Carrol
definition:
Carrol

Carol

{ Car"ol, Car"rol  }
n.
[OF. carole a sort of circular space, or carol.]
(Arch.)
A small closet or inclosure built against a window on the inner side, to sit in for study. The word was used as late as the 16th century.  The term carrel, of the same has largely superseded its use.

A bay window may thus be called a carol.
Parker.


word: Carolin
definition:
Carolin

Car"o*lin
(?)
n.
[L. Carolus Charles.]
A former gold coin of Germany worth nearly five dollars; also, a gold coin of Sweden worth nearly five dollars.


word: Caroling
definition:
Caroling

Car"ol*ing
(?)
n.
A song of joy or devotion; a singing, as of carols.
Coleridge.

Such heavenly notes and carolings.
Spenser.


word: Carolus
definition:
Carolus

Car"o*lus
(?)
n.
pl. E. Caroluses (#), L. Caroli (#).
[L., Charles.]
An English gold coin of the value of twenty or twenty-three shillings. It was first struck in the reign of Charles I.

Told down the crowns and Caroluses.
Macawlay.


word: Carom
definition:
Carom

Car"om
(?)
n.
[Prob. corrupted fr. F. carumboler to carom, carambolage a carom, carambole the red ball in billiards.]
(Billiards)
A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball. In England it is called cannon.


word: Caroteel
definition:
Caroteel

Car`o*teel"
(?)
n.
(Com.)
A tierce or cask for dried fruits, etc., usually about 700 lbs.
Simmonds.


word: Carotic
definition:
Carotic

Ca*rot"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; stupefying. See Carotid.]
1.
Of or pertaining to stupor; as, a carotic state.

2.
(Anat.)
Carotid; as, the carotic arteries.


word: Carotid
definition:
Carotid

Ca*rot"id
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, pl., from _; heavy sleep: cf. F. carotide. The early Greeks believed that these arteries in some way caused drowsiness.]
(Anat.)
One of the two main arteries of the neck, by which blood is conveyed from the aorta to the head. [See Illust. of Aorta.]


word: Carotidal
definition:
Carotidal

Carotid

{ Ca*rot"id (?), Ca*rot"id*al (?), }
a.
(Anat.)
Pertaining to, or near, the carotids or one of them; as, the carotid gland.


word: Carotin
definition:
Carotin

Ca*ro"tin
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A red crystallizable tasteless substance, extracted from the carrot.


word: Carotte
definition:
Carotte

Ca`rotte"
(?)
n.
[F., prop., carrot.]
A cylindrical roll of tobacco; as, a carotte of perique.


word: Carousal
definition:
Carousal

Ca*rous"al
(?)
n.
[See Carouse, but also cf. F. carrousel tilt.]
A jovial feast or festival; a drunken revel; a carouse.

The swains were preparing for a carousal.
Sterne.


word: Carouse
definition:
Carouse

Ca*rouse"
(kȧ*rouz")
n.
[F. carrousse, earlier carous, fr. G. garaus finishing stroke, the entire emptying of the cup in drinking a health; gar entirely + aus out. See Yare, and Out.]
1.
A large draught of liquor.
[Obs.]
carouse
Sir J. Davies.

Drink carouses to the next day's fate.
Shak.

2.
A drinking match; a carousal.

The early feast and late carouse.
Pope.


word: Carouse₂
definition:
Carouse

Ca*rouse"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Caroused (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Carousing.]
To drink deeply or freely in compliment; to take part in a carousal; to engage in drunken revels.

He had been aboard, carousing to his mates.
Shak.


word: Carouse₃
definition:
Carouse

Ca*rouse"
v. t.
To drink up; to drain; to drink freely or jovially.
[Archaic]

Guests carouse the sparkling tears of the rich grape.
Denham.

Egypt's wanton queen,
Carousing gems, herself dissolved in love.
Young.


word: carousel
definition:
carousel

carousel
(kăr`o̝*sĕl")
n.
1.
a continuous belt oriented horizontally or near-horizontally around a central structure, driven in a circular motion by some mechanism, which carries luggage delivered from the luggage hold of an airplane to air travelers; -- used at airports.

Syn. -- luggage carousel.

2.
same as merry-go-round.

Syn. -- merry-go-round, roundabout, whirligig.


word: Carp
definition:
Carp

Carp
(kärp)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Carped (kärpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Carping.]
[OE. carpen to say, speak; from Scand. (cf. Icel. karpa to boast), but influenced later by L. carpere to pluck, calumniate.]
1.
To talk; to speak; to prattle.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

2.
To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions without reason or ill-naturedly; -- usually followed by at.

Carping and caviling at faults of manner.
Blackw. Mag.

And at my actions carp or catch.
Herbert.


word: Carp₃
definition:
Carp

Carp
n.
pl. Carp, formerly Carps.
[Cf. Icel. karfi, Dan. karpe, Sw. karp, OHG. charpho, G. karpfen, F. carpe, LL. carpa.]
(Zool.)
A fresh-water herbivorous fish (Cyprinus carpio.). Several other species of Cyprinus, Catla, and Carassius are called carp. See Cruclan carp.

&hand_; The carp was originally from Asia, whence it was early introduced into Europe, where it is extensively reared in artificial ponds. Within a few years it has been introduced into America, and widely distributed by the government. Domestication has produced several varieties, as the leather carp, which is nearly or quite destitute of scales, and the mirror carp, which has only a few large scales. Intermediate varieties occur.

Carp louse (Zool.), a small crustacean, of the genus Argulus, parasitic on carp and allied fishes. See Branchiura. -- Carp mullet (Zool.), a fish (Moxostoma carpio) of the Ohio River and Great Lakes, allied to the suckers. -- Carp sucker (Zool.), a name given to several species of fresh-water fishes of the genus Carpiodes in the United States; -- called also quillback.


word: Carpal
definition:
Carpal

Car"pal
(?)
a.
[From Carpus.]
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the carpus, or wrist.
n. One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus; a carpale.

Carpal angle (Zool.), the angle at the last joint of the folded wing of a bird.


word: Carpale
definition:
Carpale

Car*pa"le
(?)
n.
pl. Carpalia (#).
[NL., fr. E. carpus.]
(Anat.)
One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus; esp. one of the series articulating with the metacarpals.


word: Carpathian
definition:
Carpathian

Car*pa"thi*an
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to a range of mountains in Austro-Hungary, called the Carpathians, which partially inclose Hungary on the north, east, and south.


word: Carpellum
definition:
Carpellum

Carpel

{ Car"pel (kär"pĕl), &VerbarCar*pel"lum (-pĕl"lŭm), }
n.
[NL. carpellum, fr. Gr. karpo`s fruit.]
(Bot.)
A simple pistil or single-celled ovary or seed vessel, or one of the parts of a compound pistil, ovary, or seed vessel. See Illust of Carpaphore.


word: carpellate
definition:
carpellate

carpellate
adj.
(Botany)
bearing or consisting of carpels.  Opposite of acarpelous.

Syn. -- pistillate.


word: Carpenter
definition:
Carpenter

Car"pen*ter
(?)
n.
[OF. carpentier, F. charpentier, LL. carpentarius, fr. L. carpentum wagon, carriage.]
An artificer who works in timber; a framer and builder of houses, ships, etc.
Carpenter ant (Zool.), any species of ant which gnaws galleries in the wood of trees and constructs its nests therein. They usually select dead or somewhat decayed wood. The common large American species is Formica Pennsylvanica. -- Carpenter bee (Zool.), a large hymenopterous insect of the genus Xylocopa; -- so called because it constructs its nest by gnawing long galleries in sound timber. The common American species is Xylocopa Virginica.


word: carpenteria
definition:
carpenteria

carpenteria
n.
a California evergreen shrub (Carpenteria californica) having glossy opposite leaves and terminal clusters of a few fragrant white flowers.


word: Carpentering
definition:
Carpentering

Car"pen*ter*ing
n.
The occupation or work of a carpenter; the act of working in timber; carpentry.


word: Carpentry
definition:
Carpentry

Car"pen*try
(?)
n.
[F. charpenterie, OF. also carpenterie. See Carpenter.]

1.
The art of cutting, framing, and joining timber, as in the construction of buildings.

2.
An assemblage of pieces of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter.


word: Carpet
definition:
Carpet

Car"pet
(kär"pĕt)
n.
[OF. carpite rug, soft of cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L. carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo`s fruit, E. Harvest.]
1.
A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor, as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a wrought cover for tables.

Tables and beds covered with copes instead of carpets and coverlets.
T. Fuller.

2.
A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet.
carpet
Shak.

Carpet beetle or Carpet bug (Zool.), a small beetle (Anthrenus scrophulariæ), which, in the larval state, does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; -- also called buffalo bug. -- Carpet knight. (a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of the drawing room; an effeminate person. Shak. (b) One made a knight, for some other than military distinction or service. -- Carpet moth (Zool.), the larva of an insect which feeds on carpets and other woolen goods.  There are several kinds.  Some are the larvæ of species of Tinea (as Tinea tapetzella); others of beetles, esp. Anthrenus. -- Carpet snake (Zool.), an Australian snake. See Diamond snake, under Diamond. -- Carpet sweeper, an apparatus or device for sweeping carpets. -- To be on the carpet, to be under consideration; to be the subject of deliberation; to be in sight; -- an expression derived from the use of carpets as table cover. -- Brussels carpet. See under Brussels.


word: Carpet₂
definition:
Carpet

Car"pet
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Carpeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Carpeting.]
To cover with, or as with, a carpet; to spread with carpets; to furnish with a carpet or carpets.

Carpeted temples in fashionable squares.
E. Everett.


word: Carpetbag
definition:
Carpetbag

Car"pet*bag`
(?)
n.
A portable bag for travelers; -- so called because originally made of carpet.


word: Carpetbagger
definition:
Carpetbagger

Car"pet*bag`ger
(?)
n.
An adventurer; -- a term of contempt for a Northern man seeking private gain or political advancement in the southern part of the United States after the Civil War (1865).
[U. S.]


word: carpeted
definition:
carpeted

carpeted
adj.
covered with or as if with carpeting or with carpeting as specified; often used in combination; as, the carpeted hallway; a flower-carpeted hillside.  Opposite of uncarpeted.


word: Carpeting
definition:
Carpeting

Car"pet*ing
n.
1.
The act of covering with carpets.

2.
Cloth or materials for carpets; carpets, in general.

The floor was covered with rich carpeting.
Prescott.


word: Carpetmonger
definition:
Carpetmonger

Car"pet*mon`ger
(?)
n.
1.
One who deals in carpets; a buyer and seller of carpets.

2.
One fond of pleasure; a gallant.
Shak.


word: Carpetway
definition:
Carpetway

Car"pet*way`
(?)
n.
(Agric.)
A border of greensward left round the margin of a plowed field.
Ray.


word: Carphology
definition:
Carphology

Car*phol"o*gy
(kär*f&obreve_;l"o̝*j&ybreve_;)
n.
[Gr. ka`rfos any small dry body + -logy: cf. F. carphologie.]
(Med.)
See Floccillation.


word: Carpinaceae
definition:
Carpinaceae

Carpinaceae
n.
a natural family used in some classification systems to include the genera Carpinus; Ostryopsis; and Ostryopsis.

Syn. -- subfamily Carpinaceae, family Carpinaceae.


word: Carpintero
definition:
Carpintero

Car`pin*te"ro
(kär`pe̝n*ta̝"ro̝)
n.
[Sp., a carpenter, a woodpecker.]
A california woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus), noted for its habit of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in trees. The acorns become infested by insect larvæ, which, when grown, are extracted for food by the bird.


word: Carpodacus
definition:
Carpodacus

Carpodacus
n.
a genus of birds including the house finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) and purple finch (Carpodacus purpurea).

Syn. -- genus Carpodacus.


word: Carpogenic
definition:
Carpogenic

Car`po*gen"ic
(kär`po̝*jĕn"ĭk)
a.
[Gr. karpo`s fruit + -gen.]
(Bot.)
Productive of fruit, or causing fruit to be developed.


word: Carpolite
definition:
Carpolite

Car"po*lite
(kär"po̝*līt)
n.
[Gr. karpo`s fruit + -lite, cf. F. carpolithe.]
A general term for a fossil fruit, nut, or seed.


word: Carpology
definition:
Carpology

Car*pol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. karpo`s fruit + -logy.]
That branch of botany which relates to the structure of seeds and fruit.


word: Carpophagous
definition:
Carpophagous

Car*poph"a*gous
(?)
a.
[Gr. karpo`s fruit + _; to eat.]
Living on fruits; fruit-consuming.


word: Carpophore
definition:
Carpophore

Car"po*phore
(?)
n.
[Gr. karpo`s fruit + fe`rein to bear.]
(Bot.)
A slender prolongation of the receptacle as an axis between the carpels, as in Geranium and many umbelliferous plants.


word: Carpophyll
definition:
Carpophyll

Car"po*phyll
(?)
n.
[Gr. karpo`s fruit + _; leaf.]
(Bot.)
A leaf converted into a fruit or a constituent portion of a fruit; a carpel. [See Illust. of Gymnospermous.]


word: Carpophyte
definition:
Carpophyte

Car"po*phyte
(kär"po̝*līt)
n.
[Gr. karpo`s fruit + fyto`n plant.]
(Bot.)
A flowerless plant which forms a true fruit as the result of fertilization, as the red seaweeds, the Ascomycetes, etc.

&hand_; The division of algæ and fungi into four classes called Carpophytes, Oophytes, Protophytes, and Zygophytes (or Carposporeæ, Oosporeæ, Protophyta, and Zygosporeæ) was proposed by Sachs about 1875.


word: Carpospore
definition:
Carpospore

Car"po*spore
(?)
n.
[Gr. karpo`s + -spore.]
(Bot.)
A kind of spore formed in the conceptacles of red algæ.
Car`po*spor"ic (_;), a.


word: carposporous
definition:
carposporous

carposporic

car`po*spor"ic, car`po*spor"ous
adj.
1.
of or relating to a carpospore.

2.
having carpospores.


word: Carpus
definition:
Carpus

Car"pus
(kär"pŭs)
n.
pl. Carpi (kär"pī).
[NL., fr. Gr. karpo`s wrist.]
(Anat.)
The wrist; the bones or cartilages between the forearm, or antibrachium, and the hand or forefoot; in man, consisting of eight short bones disposed in two rows.


word: Carrigeen
definition:
Carrigeen

Carrageen

{ Car"ra*geen` (?), Car"ri*geen` (?) }
n.
A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed (Chondrus crispus), which, when bleached, is the Irish moss of commerce.
[Also written carragheen, carageen.]


word: Carrigeenin
definition:
Carrigeenin

Carrageenan

{ Car`ra*geen"an (?), Car`ri*geen"in (?) }
n.
a colloidal material obtained from seaweed or Irish moss, used as an thickening or emulsifying agent and for stabilizing foods, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals.


word: Carrancha
definition:
Carrancha

Car*ran"cha
(?)
n.
[Native name.]
(Zool.)
The Brazilian kite (Polyborus Brasiliensis); -- so called in imitation of its notes.


word: Carrel₂
definition:
Carrel

Car"rel
n.
(Arch.)
1.
Same as 4th Carol.

2.
a table partitioned by vertical boards into small areas where an individual may read or study with minimal distraction from activities nearby.  They are used especially in libraries.  Also, the term is used to refer to one partition of such a table.  Related etymologically to the 4th carol.


word: Carriage
definition:
Carriage

Car"riage
(?)
n.
[OF. cariage luggage, carriage, chariage carriage, cart, baggage, F. charriage, cartage, wagoning, fr. OF. carier, charier, F. charrier, to cart. See Carry.]
1.
That which is carried; burden; baggage.
[Obs.]

David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage.
1. Sam. xvii. 22.

And after those days we took up our carriages and went up to Jerusalem.
Acts. xxi. 15.

2.
The act of carrying, transporting, or conveying.

Nine days employed in carriage.
Chapman.

3.
The price or expense of carrying.

4.
That which carries of conveys,
(a)
A wheeled vehicle for persons, esp. one designed for elegance and comfort.
(b)
A wheeled vehicle carrying a fixed burden, as a gun carriage.
(c)
A part of a machine which moves and carries of supports some other moving object or part.
(d)
A frame or cage in which something is carried or supported; as, a bell carriage.

5.
The manner of carrying one's self; behavior; bearing; deportment; personal manners.

His gallant carriage all the rest did grace.
Stirling.

6.
The act or manner of conducting measures or projects; management.

The passage and whole carriage of this action.
Shak.

Carriage horse, a horse kept for drawing a carriage. -- Carriage porch (Arch.), a canopy or roofed pavilion covering the driveway at the entrance to any building. It is intended as a shelter for those who alight from vehicles at the door; -- sometimes erroneously called in the United States porte-cochère.


word: Carriageable
definition:
Carriageable

Car"riage*a*ble
(?)
a.
Passable by carriages; that can be conveyed in carriages.
[R.]
Ruskin.


word: carriageway
definition:
carriageway

carriageway
n.
one of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in one direction only, usually in two or three lanes.
[British]


word: carriage bolt
definition:
carriage bolt

carriage bolt
n.
a type of bolt threaded only at the end opposite the head, used mostly for fastening pieces of timber together, and inserted into pre-drilled holes.


word: carriage house
definition:
carriage house

carriage house
n.
a small building usually near a large residence or part of an estate, used for keeping coaches, carriages, or other vehicles; -- also called coach house.  It is now (1998) obsolescent and its function has been taken over by the garage, which is usually attached to a residence or main building.  Carriage houses are still found on older estates, though not usually used for their original purpose.


word: Carrick
definition:
Carrick

Car"rick
(?)
n.
(Naut.)
A carack. See Carack.

Carrick bend (Naut.), a kind of knot, used for bending together hawsers or other ropes. -- Carrick bitts (Naut.), the bitts which support the windlass. Totten.


word: Carrier
definition:
Carrier

Car"ri*er
(?)
n.
[From Carry.]
1.
One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.

The air which is but . . . a carrier of the sounds.
Bacon.

2.
One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster.

The roads are crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures.
Swift.

3.
(Mach.)
That which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. (c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.

Carrier pigeon (Zool.), a variety of the domestic pigeon used to convey letters from a distant point to to its home. -- Carrier shell (Zool.), a univalve shell of the genus Phorus; -- so called because it fastens bits of stones and broken shells to its own shell, to such an extent as almost to conceal it. -- Common carrier (Law.) See under Common, a.


word: Carrion
definition:
Carrion

Car"ri*on
(?)
n.
[OE. caroyne, OF. caroigne, F. charogne, LL. caronia, fr. L. caro flesh Cf. Crone, Crony.]
1.
The dead and putrefying body or flesh of an animal; flesh so corrupted as to be unfit for food.

They did eat the dead carrions.
Spenser.

2.
A contemptible or worthless person; -- a term of reproach.
[Obs.]
carrions
Shak.


word: Carrion₂
definition:
Carrion

Car"ri*on
a.
Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion.

A prey for carrion kites.
Shak.

Carrion beetle (Zool.), any beetle that feeds habitually on dead animals; -- also called sexton beetle and burying beetle.  There are many kinds, belonging mostly to the family Silphidæ. -- Carrion buzzard (Zool.), a South American bird of several species and genera (as Ibycter, Milvago, and Polyborus), which act as scavengers. See Caracara. -- Carrion crow, the common European crow (Corvus corone) which feeds on carrion, insects, fruits, and seeds.


word: Carromata
definition:
Carromata

Car`ro*ma"ta
(?)
n.
[Sp. in Phil. I.]
In the Philippines, a light, two-wheeled, boxlike vehicle usually drawn by a single native pony and used to convey passengers within city limits or for traveling. It is the common public carriage.


word: Carronade
definition:
Carronade

Car`ron*ade
(?)
n.
[From Carron, in Scotland where it was first made.]
(Med.)
A kind of short cannon, formerly in use, designed to throw a large projectile with small velocity, used for the purpose of breaking or smashing in, rather than piercing, the object aimed at, as the side of a ship. It has no trunnions, but is supported on its carriage by a bolt passing through a loop on its under side.


word: Carron oil
definition:
Carron oil

Car"ron oil
(kăr"rŭn oil)
A lotion of linseed oil and lime water, used as an application to burns and scalds; -- first used at the Carron iron works in Scotland.


word: Carrot
definition:
Carrot

Car"rot
(?)
n.
[F. carotte, fr. L. carota; cf. Gr. _;]
1.
(Bot.)
An umbelliferous biennial plant (Daucus Carota), of many varieties.

2.
The esculent root of cultivated varieties of the plant, usually spindle-shaped, and of a reddish yellow color.


word: Carroty
definition:
Carroty

Car"rot*y
a.
Like a carrot in color or in taste; -- an epithet given to reddish yellow hair, etc.


word: Carry
definition:
Carry

Car"ry
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Carried (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Carrying.]
[OF. carier, charier, F. carrier, to cart, from OF. car, char, F. car, car. See Car.]
1.
To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

When he dieth he shall carry nothing away.
Ps. xiix. 17.

Devout men carried Stephen to his burial.
Acts viii, 2.

Another carried the intelligence to Russell.
Macaulay.

The sound will be carried, at the least, twenty miles.
Bacon.

2.
To have or hold as a burden, while moving from place to place; to have upon or about one's person; to bear; as, to carry a wound; to carry an unborn child.

If the ideas . . . were carried along with us in our minds.
Locke.

3.
To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead or guide.

Go, carry Sir John Falstaff to the Fleet.
Shak.

He carried away all his cattle.
Gen. xxxi. 18.

Passion and revenge will carry them too far.
Locke.

4.
To transfer from one place (as a country, book, or column) to another; as, to carry the war from Greece into Asia; to carry an account to the ledger; to carry a number in adding figures.

5.
To convey by extension or continuance; to extend; as, to carry the chimney through the roof; to carry a road ten miles farther.

6.
To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, as a leader or principle; hence, to succeed in, as in a contest; to bring to a successful issue; to win; as, to carry an election.
carries
Shak.

The carrying of our main point.
Addison.

7.
To get possession of by force; to capture.

The town would have been carried in the end.
Bacon.

8.
To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of ; to show or exhibit; to imply.

He thought it carried something of argument in it.
Watts.

It carries too great an imputation of ignorance.
Lacke.

9.
To bear (one's self); to behave, to conduct or demean; -- with the reflexive pronouns.

He carried himself so insolently in the house, and out of the house, to all persons, that he became odious.
Clarendon.

10.
To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another; as, a merchant is carrying a large stock; a farm carries a mortgage; a broker carries stock for a customer; to carry a life insurance.

Carry arms (Mil. Drill), a command of the Manual of Arms directing the soldier to hold his piece in the right hand, the barrel resting against the hollow of the shoulder in a nearly perpendicular position. In this position the soldier is said to stand, and the musket to be held, at carry. -- To carry all before one, to overcome all obstacles; to have uninterrupted success. -- To carry arms (a) To bear weapons. (b) To serve as a soldier. -- To carry away. (a) (Naut.) to break off; to lose; as, to carry away a fore-topmast. (b) To take possession of the mind; to charm; to delude; as, to be carried by music, or by temptation. -- To carry coals, to bear indignities tamely, a phrase used by early dramatists, perhaps from the mean nature of the occupation. Halliwell. -- To carry coals to Newcastle, to take things to a place where they already abound; to lose one's labor. -- To carry off (a) To remove to a distance. (b) To bear away as from the power or grasp of others. (c) To remove from life; as, the plague carried off thousands. -- To carry on (a) To carry farther; to advance, or help forward; to continue; as, to carry on a design. (b) To manage, conduct, or prosecute; as, to carry on husbandry or trade. -- To carry out. (a) To bear from within. (b) To put into execution; to bring to a successful issue. (c) To sustain to the end; to continue to the end. -- To carry through. (a) To convey through the midst of. (b) To support to the end; to sustain, or keep from falling, or being subdued. “Grace will carry us . . . through all difficulties.” Hammond. (c) To complete; to bring to a successful issue; to succeed. -- To carry up, to convey or extend in an upward course or direction; to build. -- To carry weight. (a) To be handicapped; to have an extra burden, as when one rides or runs. “He carries weight, he rides a race” Cowper. (b) To have influence.


