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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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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.Ca-dās'tre, n. p. 182(Law.) An official estimate of the quantity and value of real property, made for the purpose of justly apportioning taxes;—term used in Louisiana. Bouvier.Ca-dā'ver, n. p. 182A dead human body; a corpse.Ca-dāv'er-ic, a. p. 182Pertaining to a corpse, or the changes produced by death; cadaverous; as, cadaveric rigidity. Dunglison.Ca·dāv'er-ōus, a. p. 182Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale; wan; ghastly; as, a cadaverous look. 2. Pertaining to, or having the qualities of, a dead body. “The scent cadaverous.” Young.Ca-dāv'er-oŭs-ly, adv. p. 182In a cadaverous form or manner.Ca-dāv'er-oŭs-ness, n. p. 182The quality of being cadaverous.Căd'-bait or Căd'-dīçe or Căd'-dis, n. p. 182(Entom.) The larva of the caddice-fly, a species of trichopterous insect, of the genus Phryganea. The larva generally lives in cylindrical cases, open at each end, made by itself, and covered…Căd'dīçe-fly, n. p. 182(Entom.) A species of trichopterous insect, frequenting marshy places; their larves are the caddice-worm, or cad-bait. Baird.Căd'dis, n. p. 182A kind of worsted lace or ribbon. “Caddises, cambrics, lawns.” Shak.Căd'dōw, n. p. 182A chough; a jackdaw. Ray.Căd'dy, n. p. 182A small box for keeping tea.Cāde, a. p. 182Bred by hand; domesticated. [Obs.] He brought his cade lamb with him. Sheldon.Cāde, v. t. p. 182To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to tame. Johnson.