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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Cāch'et, n. p. 182A seal, as of a letter. Lettre de cachet, a sealed letter, especially a letter or missive emanating from the sovereign, signed by him and countersigned by a secretary of state, folded in such a…Ca-chēx'y, n. p. 182A depraved condition of the system, as from cancer or syphilis.Căch'in-nā'tion, n. p. 182Loud or immoderate laughter;— often a symptom of hysterical or maniacal affections. Hideous grimaces . . . attended this unusual cachinatio. W. Scott.Ca-chī'rī, n. p. 182A fermented liquor made in Cayenne from the rasped root of the manioc, and resembling perry. Dunglison.Cāch'o-lōng, n. p. 182(Min.) An opaque or milk-white chalcedony, a variety of quartz. It often envelops common chalcedony, and is sometimes associated with flint. Dana.Ca-chū'cha, n. p. 182A kind of dance, performed by a man and woman to a lively and graceful air.Ca-chun'de, n. p. 182A pastile or troche, composed of various aromatic and other ingredients, highly celebrated in India and China as an antidote, and as stomachic and anti-spasmodic.Ca'cique, n. p. 182See CA-ZIQUE. Prescott.Căck, v. i. p. 182To ease the body by stool; to go to stool. Pope.Căck'er-el, n. p. 182A fish which is said to void excrements when pursued, or which, when eaten, produces laxity of the bowels. Skinner. Johnson.Căck'le, v. i. p. 182To make a sharp, broken sound or noise, as a goose or hen does. “When every goose is cackling.” Shak. 2. To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a goose; to giggle. Arbuthnot. 3. To talk…Căck'le, n. p. 182The broken noise of a goose or hen. “By her cackle saved the state.” Dryden. 2. Idle talk; silly prattle. There is a buzz and cackle all around regarding the sermon. Thackeray.Căck'ler, n. p. 182A fowl that cackles. 2. One who prattles, or tells tales; a tattler.