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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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C p. 181C, the third letter in the English alphabet, and the second of the consonant letters, has two sounds, which are produced by two very different positions of the organs; one hard, like K, which occurs…Ca-ā'bā, n. p. 181The temple at Mecca, and especially a small, cubical oratory within, adored by Mohammedans, as containing the black stone said to have been given by an angel to Abraham.Căb, n. p. 181A kind of covered carriage with two or four wheels, drawn by one horse. A cab came clattering up. Thackeray.Căb, n. p. 181A Hebrew dry measure, containing two and five sixths pints English and American corn measure.Ca-băl', n. p. 181A number of persons united in some close design, usually to promote their private views in church or state by intrigue; a junto. It so happened, by a whimsical coincidence, that in 1671 the cabinet…Ca-băl' or Căb'a-lȧ, n. p. 181Tradition, or a mysterious kind of science among Jewish rabbins, pretended to have been delivered to the ancient Jews by revelation, and transmitted by oral tradition, serving for the interpretation…Ca-băl', v. i. p. 181To unite in a small party to promote private views by intrigue; to intrigue; to unite in secret artifices to effect some design. Caballing still against it with the great. Dryden. Syn.—To plot…Căb'a-lĭsm, n. p. 181The secret science of the cabalists. “Vigorous impressions of spirit, ecstasies, . . . cabalisms.” Spenser.Căb'a-līst, n. p. 181A Jewish doctor who professes the study of the cabala, or the mysteries of Jewish traditions. “Studious cabalists.” Swift.Cāb'a-līst'ic or Cāb'a-līst'ic-al, a. p. 181Pertaining to the cabala, or mysterious science of Jewish traditions; containing an occult meaning. “Cabalistical theology.” Bp. Bull. “Cabalistic depositaries.” Beckford.Căb'a-list'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 181In the manner of the cabalists. Herbert.Căb'a-lize, v. i. p. 181To use the manner or language of the cabalists. [Rare.] Henry More.Ca-bāl'ler, n. p. 181One who unites with others in close designs to effect an object by intrigue; one who cabals. Cautious in the field, he shunned the sword; A close caballer and tongue-valiant lord. Dryden.Căb'al-line, a. p. 181Pertaining to a horse. Caballine spring, the fountain of Hippocrene, on Mount Helicon;—so called from the fable which represented it to have been formed by a blow from the foot of the winged horse…Căb'al-līne, n. p. 181(Far.) A coarse variety of aloes, so called because used as a medicine for horses. See CABALLINE, a.Căb'a-ret, n. p. 181A tavern; a house where liquors are retailed. “Some cabaret or tennis-court.” Bramhall.Ca-bās', n. p. 181A flat basket or frail for figs, &c.; hence, a lady’s flat work-basket or reticule; — often written cabas. C. Brontë.Ca-bās'sou, n. p. 181(Zoöl.) A large species of armadillo (Dasypus unicinctus), a native of South America. S. F. Baird.Cāb'baġe, n. p. 181A genus of plants of different varieties of the species Brassica oleracea, common as a garden vegetable. 2. Cloth purloined by one who cuts out garments. Sea-cabbage, the sea-beach kale, or…Căb'bāge, v. i. p. 181To form a head in growing; as, a plant cabbages. Johnson.Cāb'bage, v. t. p. 181To purloin or embezzle, as pieces of cloth, after cutting out a garment. Your tailor . . . cabbages whole yards of cloth. Arbuthnot.Căb'baġe-nĕt, n. p. 181A small net to boil cabbage in.Căb'baġe-pälm, n. p. 181See CABBAGE-TREE.Căb'baġe-rōse, n. p. 181(Bot.) A species of rose (Rosa centifolia), having a thick, compacted form, like a cabbage.Căb'baġe-tree, n. p. 181(Bot.) A species of palm (Euterpe montana of some botanists, and Areca oleracea of others) found in the West Indies and adjacent parts of South America. It grows with a straight stem to a great…Căb'bage-wood, n. p. 181The wood of the cabbage-tree. See PARTRIDGE-WOOD.Căb'bāge-worm, n. p. 181(Entom.) One of the larvae of four different species of moth or butterfly which attack cabbages.Căb'bling, n. p. 181(Metal.) A process in iron-making; it consists in breaking up flat masses of iron to be reheated and then wrought into bar iron. Simmonds.Ca-bē'ēa or Ca-bēsse', n. p. 181The finest kind of silk received from India. Simmonds.Căb'i-ai, n. p. 181(Zoöl.) An animal of South America (Hydrochærus capybara), living on the margins of lakes and rivers. It is the largest living species of rodent (or quadruped of the beaver tribe), being about three…Căb'in, n. p. 181A small room; an inclosed place. Long in secret cabin there he held Her captive. — Spenser. 2. A cottage; a hut or small house. — Swift. 3. Any covered place for a temporary residence; a tent; a…Căb'in, v. i. p. 181To live in a cabin; to lodge. Shak.Căb'in, v. t. p. 181To confine in a cabin. I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in To saucy doubts and fears. Shak.Căb'in-boy, n. p. 181A boy whose duty is to wait on the officers and passengers on board of a ship.Căb'in-et, n. p. 181A small room, or retired apartment; a closet. 2. A private room in which consultations are held. Philip passed some hours every day in his father's cabinet. Prescott. 3. The select or secret council…Căb'in-et, v. t. p. 181To inclose. [Rare.] Howell.Căb'in-et-coun'cil, n. p. 181A council held with privacy; the confidential council of a prince or executive magistrate. 2. The members of a privy council; a select number of confidential counselors.Căb'i-rē'an, n. p. 181One of the Cabiri. Faber.Ca-bī'rī, n. pl. p. 181(Myth.) Certain deities greatly venerated by the ancient pagans in Greece and Phenicia. The accounts of these deities are confused and contradictory. Some authors limit their number to four; some to…Ca-bīr'i-an or Ca-bīr'ic or Căb'i-rīt'ic, a. p. 181Pertaining to the Cabiri, or to their mystical worship.Cā'ble, n. p. 181A large, strong rope or chain, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is commonly made of hemp or iron, but sometimes of iron or copper wire, as in the case of the cable of a…Cā'ble, v. t. p. 181To fasten with a cable. Cast out the cabled stone upon the strand. Dyer. 2. (Arch.) To fill, as the lower part of the flutes of columns, with cables or cylindrical ornaments.Cā'ble-lāid, a. p. 181Twisted after the manner of a cable, as a gold chain, &c. Simmonds.Cā'ble-mōld'ing or Cā'ble-mōuld'ing, n. p. 181(Arch.) A bead or round molding, cut in imitation of a rope;—much used in the later Norman style. Oxf. Gloss.Cā'blet, n. p. 181A little cable.Cā'ble-tiĕr, n. p. 182(Naut.) (a.) That part of a vessel where the cables are stowed. (b.) The coils of a cable.Cā'bling, n. p. 182(Arch.) (a.) The filling of flutes with a round molding like a rope. (b.) A round molding frequently worked in the flutes of columns, pilasters, &c., nearly filling the hollow part. Oxf. Gloss.Ca-bōb', n. p. 182A small piece of meat roasted on a skewer;— so called in Turkey and Persia. Simmonds. 2. A leg of mutton stuffed with white herrings and sweet herbs. Wright.Ca-bōb', v. t. p. 182To roast, as a cabob. Sir T. Herbert.Ca-bōched’ or Ca-bōshed’, a. p. 182(Her.) Having the head of a beast full-faced, with nothing of the neck seen;—said of armorial bearings.Ca-bōōse', n. p. 182(Naut.) (a.) A house on deck, where the cooking is done; commonly called the galley. Dana. (b.) A box that covers the chimney in a ship.Cāb'os, n. p. 182(Zoöl.) A species of eel-pout, about two feet long. Wright.Căb'o-tage, n. p. 182(Naut.) Navigation along the coast, or from cape to cape; coasting; cruising. Buchanan.Căb’ri-ōle', n. p. 182A curvet; leap; prancing; a capriole. See CAPRIOLE. Interrupted only in his meditations by the occasional cabrioles which his charger exhibited at the reiterated assaults of those canine Cossacks. W.…Căb'ri-o-let', n. p. 182A one-horse pleasure-carriage with two seats, having a calash top, and a covering for the legs and lap.Cāb'urn, n. p. 182(Naut.) A small line made of spun-yarn, to bind cables, seize tackles, and the like. Simmonds.Ca-cā'o, n. p. 182(Bot.) The chocolate tree, a species of Theobroma (T. cacao), found in South America and the West Indies; it grows to the height of twenty or thirty feet, with a brownish bark, and bears a pulpy…Cāch'a-lōt, n. p. 182(Zool.) The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). It has in its head a large cavity, in which is collected an oily fluid, which, after death, concretes into a granulated, yellowish substance called…Cāche, n. p. 182A hole in the ground, or a hiding-place for concealing and preserving provisions which it is inconvenient to carry. Kane.Ca-chec'tic or Ca-chec'tic-al, a. p. 182Having, or pertaining to, cachexy, or a bad state of body; as, cachectical blood; cachectic remedies. Arbuthnot.