Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Căck'ling, n. p. 182The broken noise of a goose or hen.Căc′/o-chym′ie or Căc′/o-chym′ie-al, a. p. 182Having the fluids of the body vitiated, especially the blood. Wiseman.Cäc'o-chym'y, n. p. 182(Med.) A vitiated state of the humors of the body, especially of the blood. Dunglison.Căc'ō-dē'mon, n. p. 182An evil spirit. [Obs.] 2. (Med.) The nightmare. Dunglison.Căc'e-o-dŏx'y, n. p. 182Deviation from established belief or opinion, especially in religious matters; heresy. [Rare.] Less anxious . . . to favor or deny orthodoxy, heterodoxy, or what Luther calls cacodoxy, than to…Căc'o-dȳle, n. p. 182(Chem.) A colorless liquid of very offensive smell and highly poisonous vapor, composed of arsenic, carbon, and hydrogen. Gregory.Căc′/o-ē′thēs, n. p. 182A bad custom or habit; a bad disposition. 2. (Med.) A bad quality or disposition in disease; an incurable ulcer.Căc·o-grāph'ic, a. p. 182Pertaining to, or characterized by, cacography; badly written or spelled.Ca-cōg'ra-phy, n. p. 182Incorrect or bad spelling or writing. Walpole.Ca·cōl'o·gy, n. p. 182Bad speaking; bad choice of words.Căc'o-phŏn'ic or Căc'o-phŏn'ic-al, a. p. 182Sounding harshly; cacophonous.Căc'o-phō'ni-oŭs or Ca-cŏph'o-noŭs, a. p. 182Harsh sounding.Ca-cŏph'o-ny, n. p. 182(Rhet.) An uncouth or disagreeable sound of words, owing to the concurrence of harsh letters or syllables. “Cacophonies of all kinds.” Pope. 2. (Med.) A bad voice, an altered state of the voice. 3.…Căc'o-tĕch'ny, n. p. 182A corruption or corrupt state of art.Ca-cŏt’ro-phy, n. p. 182(Med.) Bad food, or bad nutrition. Coxe.Cac·tā'ceoŭs, a. p. 182Pertaining to, or like the cactus; as, cactaceae plants.Căc'tus, n. p. 182(Bot.) A genus of succulent plants, remarkable for having thick, fleshy stems, generally without leaves, and often armed with spines; for having few, if any, branches; for being often of grotesque…Ca-eū'mi-nāte, v. t. p. 182To make sharp or pointed.Cād, n. p. 182A person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and shut it, and to receive the fares of passengers, &c. [Eng.] Dickens. 2. A messenger or errand-boy; an idle hanger about. C. Kingsley.Ca-dās'tral, a. p. 182Pertaining to real estate. Murchison.