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C. (s 1. C is the third letter of the English alphabet. It is from the Latin letter C, which in old Latin represented the sounds of k, and g (in go); its original value being the latter. In Anglo-Saxon words, or Old English before the Norman Conquest, it always has the sound of k. The Latin C was the same letter as the Greek ce, and was derived, probably, through the French. Etymologically C is related to g, h, k, q, s (and other sibilant sounds). Examples of these relations are in L. acutus, E. acute, ague; E. acrid, eager, vinegar; L. cornu, E. horn; E. cat, kitten; E. coy, quiet; L. circare, OF. cerchier, E. search.
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See Guide to Pronunciation,
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2. (Mus.) (a) The keynote of the normal or \'bdnatural\'b8 scale, which has neither flats nor sharps in its signature; also, the third note of the relative minor scale of the same. (b) C after the clef is the mark of common time, in which each measure is a semibreve (four fourths or crotchets); for alla breve time it is written (c) The \'bdC clef,\'b8 a modification of the letter C, placed on any line of the staff, shows that line to be middle C.
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3. As a numeral, C stands for Latin centum or 100, CC for 200, etc.
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C spring, a spring in the form of the letter C.
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Ca n. the chemical symbol for calcium, the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust.
Syn. -- calcium, atomic number 20.
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\'d8Ca*a"ba (k, n. [Ar. ka'bah, lit., a square building, fr. ka'b cube.] The small and nearly cubical stone building, toward which all Mohammedans must pray. [Written also kaaba.]
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Caaba is situated in Mecca, a city of Arabia, and contains a famous black stone said to have been brought from heaven. Before the time of Mohammed, the Caaba was an idolatrous temple, but it has since been the chief sanctuary and object of pilgrimage of the Mohammedan world.
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Caas (k, n. sing. & pl. Case. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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\'d8Caa*tin"ga (?), n. [Tupi caa-tinga white forest.] (Phytogeography) A forest composed of stunted trees and thorny bushes, found in areas of small rainfall in Brazil.
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Cab (k, n. [Abbrev. fr. cabriolet.] 1. A kind of close carriage with two or four wheels, usually a public vehicle. \'bdA cab came clattering up.\'b8 Thackeray.
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cab may have two seats at right angles to the driver's seat, and a door behind; or one seat parallel to the driver's, with the entrance from the side or front.
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Hansom cab. See Hansom.
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2. The covered part of a locomotive, in which the engineer has his station. Knight.
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Cab (k, n. [Heb. qab, fr. q\'bebab to hollow.] A Hebrew dry measure, containing a little over two (2.37) pints. W. H. Ward. 2 Kings vi. 25.
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Ca*bal" (k, n. [F. cabale cabal, cabala, LL. cabala cabala, fr. Heb. qabb\'bel\'c7h reception, tradition, mysterious doctrine, fr. q\'bebal to take or receive, in Pi\'89l qibbel to adopt (a doctrine).] 1. Tradition; occult doctrine. See Cabala. [Obs.] Hakewill.
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2. A secret. [Obs.] \'bdThe measuring of the temple, a cabal found out but lately.\'b8 B. Jonson.
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3. A number of persons united in some close design, usually to promote their private views and interests in church or state by intrigue; a secret association composed of a few designing persons; a junto.
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It so happend, by a whimsical coincidence, that in 1671 the cabinet consisted of five persons, the initial letters of whose names made up the word cabal; Clifford, Arlington, Buckingham, Ashley, and Lauderdale. Macaulay.
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4. The secret artifices or machinations of a few persons united in a close design; intrigue.
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By cursed cabals of women. Dryden.

Syn. -- Junto; intrigue; plot; combination; conspiracy. -- Cabal, Combination, Faction. An association for some purpose considered to be bad is the idea common to these terms. A combination is an organized union of individuals for mutual support, in urging their demands or resisting the claims of others, and may be good or bad according to circumstances; as, a combiniation of workmen or of employers to effect or to prevent a change in prices. A cabal is a secret association of a few individuals who seek by cunning practices to obtain office and power. A faction is a larger body than a cabal, employed for selfish purposes in agitating the community and working up an excitement with a view to change the existing order of things. \'bdSelfishness, insubordination, and laxity of morals give rise to combinations, which belong particularly to the lower orders of society. Restless, jealous, ambitious, and little minds are ever forming cabals. Factions belong especially to free governments, and are raised by busy and turbulent spirits for selfish purposes\'b8. Crabb.
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Ca*bal", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caballed (-b; p. pr. & vb. n. Caballing]. [Cf. F. cabaler.] To unite in a small party to promote private views and interests by intrigue; to intrigue; to plot.
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Caballing still against it with the great. Dryden.
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Cab"a*la (k, n. [LL. See Cabal, n.] 1. A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain medi\'91val Christians, which treats of the nature of god and the mystery of human existence. It assumes that every letter, word, number, and accent of Scripture contains a hidden sense; and it teaches the methods of interpretation for ascertaining these occult meanings. The cabalists pretend even to foretell events by this means.
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2. Secret science in general; mystic art; mystery.
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Cab"a*lism (k, n. [Cf. F. cabalisme.]
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1. The secret science of the cabalists.
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2. A superstitious devotion to the mysteries of the religion which one professes. [R] Emerson.
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Cab"a*list (-l, n. [Cf. F. cabaliste.] One versed in the cabala, or the mysteries of Jewish traditions. \'bdStudious cabalists.\'b8 Swift.
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{ Cab`a*lis"tic (k, Cab`a*lis"tic*al (-t } a. Of or pertaining to the cabala; containing or conveying an occult meaning; mystic.
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The Heptarchus is a cabalistic exposition of the first chapter of Genesis. Hallam.
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Cab`a*lis"tic*al*ly, adv. In a cabalistic manner.
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Cab"a*lize (?), v. i. [Cf. F. cabaliser.] To use cabalistic language. [R] Dr. H. More.
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Ca*bal"ler (k, n. One who cabals.
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A close caballer and tongue-valiant lord. Dryden.
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\'d8Ca`bal*le*ri"a (?), n. [Sp. See Caballero.] An ancient Spanish land tenure similar to the English knight's fee; hence, in Spain and countries settled by the Spanish, a land measure of varying size. In Cuba it is about 33 acres; in Puerto Rico, about 194 acres; in the Southwestern United States, about 108 acres.
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\'d8ca`bal*le"ro (?), n. [Sp. Cf. Cavalier.] A knight or cavalier; hence, a gentleman.
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cab"al*line (k, a. [L.caballinus, fr. caballus a nag. Cf. Cavalier.] Of or pertaining to a horse. -- n. Caballine aloes.
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caballine aloes, an inferior and impure kind of aloes formerly used in veterinary practice; -- called also horse aloes. -- Caballine spring, the fountain of Hippocrene, on Mount Helicon; -- fabled to have been formed by a stroke from the foot of the winged horse Pegasus.
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\'d8Ca*bal"lo (k, n. [Written also cavallo.] [Sp., fr. L. caballus a nag. See Cavalcade.] A horse. [Sp. Amer.]
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Cab"a*ret (k, n. [F.] 1. A tavern; a house where liquors are retailed. [Obs. as an English word.]
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2. A type of restaurant where liquor and dinner is served, and entertainment is provided, as by musicians, dancers, or comedians, and usually providing space for dancing by the patrons; -- similar to a nightclub. In some cases, the performers dance or sing on the floor between the tables, after the practice of a certain class of French taverns. The term cabaret is often used in the names of such an establishment.
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3. The type of entertainment provided in a cabaret{2}.
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\'d8Ca*bas" (k, n. [F.] A flat basket or frail for figs, etc.; hence, a lady's flat workbasket, reticule, or hand bag; -- often written caba. C. Bront\'82.
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\'d8Ca*bas"sou (k, n. (Zo\'94l.) A species of armadillo of the genus Xenurus (Xenurus unicinctus and Xenurus hispidus); the tatouay. [Written also kabassou.]
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Cab"bage (k, n. [OE. cabage, fr. F. cabus headed (of cabbages), chou cabus headed cabbage, cabbage head; cf. It. capuccio a little head, cappuccio cowl, hood, cabbage, fr. capo head, L. caput, or fr. It. cappa cape. See Chief, Cape.] (Bot.) 1. An esculent vegetable of many varieties, derived from the wild Brassica oleracea of Europe. The common cabbage has a compact head of leaves. The cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, etc., are sometimes classed as cabbages.
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2. The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like, cabbage, for food. See Cabbage tree, below.
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3. The cabbage palmetto. See below.
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Cabbage aphis (Zo\'94l.), a green plant-louse (Aphis brassic\'91) which lives upon the leaves of the cabbage. -- Cabbage beetle (Zo\'94l.), a small, striped flea-beetle (Phyllotreta vittata) which lives, in the larval state, on the roots, and when adult, on the leaves, of cabbage and other cruciferous plants. -- Cabbage fly (Zo\'94l.), a small two-winged fly (Anthomyia brassic\'91), which feeds, in the larval or maggot state, on the roots of the cabbage, often doing much damage to the crop. -- Cabbage head, the compact head formed by the leaves of a cabbage; -- contemptuously or humorously, and colloquially, a very stupid and silly person; a numskull. -- Cabbage palmetto, a species of palm tree (Sabal Palmetto) found along the coast from North Carolina to Florida. -- Cabbage rose (Bot.), a species of rose (Rosa centifolia) having large and heavy blossoms. -- Cabbage tree, Cabbage palm, a name given to palms having a terminal bud called a cabbage, as the Sabal Palmetto of the United States, and the Euterpe oleracea and Oreodoxa oleracea of the West Indies. -- Sea cabbage.(Bot.) (a) Sea kale (b). The original Plant (Brassica oleracea), from which the cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, etc., have been derived by cultivation. -- Thousand-headed cabbage. See Brussels sprouts.
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Cab"bage, v. i. To form a head like that the cabbage; as, to make lettuce cabbage. Johnson.
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Cab"bage, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cabbaged (-b; p. pr. & vb. n. Cabbaging (-b.] [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.
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Your tailor . . . cabbages whole yards of cloth. Arbuthnot.
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Cab"bage, n. Cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments.
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cab"bage butterfly (Zo\'94l.), a white butterfly (Pieris rap\'91 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.
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cab"bage worm`, cab"bage*worm` n. (Zo\'94l.), 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 rap\'91). The cabbage cutworms, which eat off the stalks of young plants during the night, are the larv\'91 of several species of moths, of the genus Agrotis. See Cutworm. larva of a cabbage butterfly.
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Cab"bler (k, n. One who works at cabbling.
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Cab"bling (-bl, 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.
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{ \'d8Ca*be"\'87a (k, \'d8Ca*besse" (k, } n. [Pg. cabe\'87a, F. cabesse.] The finest kind of silk received from India.
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Ca"ber (k, n. [Gael. cabar.] A pole or beam, esp. one used in Gaelic games for tossing as a trial of strength.
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Cab`e*zon" (kor k, n. [Sp., properly, big head. Cf. Cavesson.] (Zo\'94l.) A California fish (Hemilepidotus spinosus), allied to the sculpin.
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Cab"i*ai (k, n. [Native South American name.] (Zo\'94l.) The capybara. See Capybara.
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Cab"in (k, 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.
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A hunting cabin in the west. E. Everett.
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2. A small room; an inclosed place.
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So long in secret cabin there he held
Spenser.
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3. A room in ship for officers or passengers.
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Cabin boy, a boy whose duty is to wait on the officers and passengers in the cabin of a ship.
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Cab"in v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cabined (-; p. pr. & vb. n. Cabining.] To live in, or as in, a cabin; to lodge.
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I'll make you . . . cabin in a cave. Shak.
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Cab"in, v. t. To confine in, or as in, a cabin.
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I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in
Shak.
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Cab"i*net (k, n. [F., dim. of cabine or cabane. See Cabin, n.] 1. A hut; a cottage; a small house. [Obs.]
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Hearken a while from thy green cabinet,
Spenser.
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2. A small room, or retired apartment; a closet.
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3. A private room in which consultations are held.
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Philip passed some hours every day in his father's cabinet. Prescott.
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4. The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a nation; a cabinet council.
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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.<-- ##??add new departments, eliminate war & navy: defense, commerce, Education, HHS -->
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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 \'82tag\'8are or closed with doors. See \'90tag\'8are.
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6. Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection itself.
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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.
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Cab"i*net, a. Suitable for a cabinet; small.
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He [Varnhagen von Ense] is a walking cabinet edition of Goethe. For. Quar. Rev.
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Cab"i*net, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cabineted; p. pr. & vb. n. Cabineting.] To inclose [R.] Hewyt.
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Cab"i*net*mak`er (-m, n. One whose occupation is to make cabinets or other choice articles of household furniture, as tables, bedsteads, bureaus, etc.
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Cab"i*net*mak`ing, n. The art or occupation of making the finer articles of household furniture.
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Cab"i*net*work` (-w, n. The art or occupation of working upon wooden furniture requiring nice workmanship; also, such furniture.
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Cab`i*re"an (k, n. One of the Cabiri.
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\'d8Ca*bi"ri (k, 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 Heph\'91stus (or Vulcan), as being masters of the art of working metals. [Written also Cabeiri.] Liddell & Scott.
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Ca*bir"i*an (k, a. Same as Cabiric.
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Ca*bir"ic (k, a. [Cf. F. Cabirique] Of or pertaining to the Cabiri, or to their mystical worship. [Written also Cabiritic.]
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Ca"ble (k, n. [F. c\'83ble, 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Ca"ble (k, v. t. 1. To fasten with a cable.
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2. (Arch.) To ornament with cabling. See Cabling.
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Ca"ble, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Cabled (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Cabling (-bl\'ceng).] To telegraph by a submarine cable [Recent]
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Ca"bled (-b'ld), a. 1. Fastened with, or attached to, a cable or rope. \'bdThe cabled stone.\'b8 Dyer.
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2. (Arch.) Adorned with cabling.
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Ca"ble*gram` (k, 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.]
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Ca"ble*laid` (-l, a. 1. (Naut.) Composed of three three-stranded ropes, or hawsers, twisted together to form a cable.
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2. Twisted after the manner of a cable; as, a cable-laid gold chain. Simmonds.
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Ca"blet (?), n. [Dim. of cable; cf. F. c\'83blot.] A little cable less than ten inches in circumference.
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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.
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Cab"man (?), n.; pl. Cabmen (. The driver of a cab.
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Ca*bob" (?), n. [Hindi kab\'beb] [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.]
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2. A leg of mutton roasted, stuffed with white herrings and sweet herbs. Wright.
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shish cabob See shish kebob.
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Ca*bob", v. t. [Now more commonly spelled kabob.] To roast, as a cabob. Sir. T. Herbert.
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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.]
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\'d8ca`bo`chon" (k, 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.
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\'d8ca`bo`chon" (k, a. [see cabochon, n..] (Jewelry) Of, pertaining to, containing, or in the style of, a cabochon.
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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.
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ca*boo"dle (k, 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.
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Ca*boose" (k, 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.
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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.]
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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.
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\'d8Ca*br\'82e" (k, n. [French Canadian.] (Zo\'94l.) The pronghorn antelope. [Also written cabrit, cabret.]
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Ca*brer"ite (?), n. (Min.) An apple-green mineral, a hydrous arseniate of nickel, cobalt, and magnesia; -- so named from the Sierra Cabrera, Spain.
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\'d8Ca*bril"la (?), n. [Sp., prawn.] (Zo\'94l) 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.
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Cab"ri*ole (?), n. [F. See Cabriolet, and cf. Capriole.] (Man.) A curvet; a leap. See Capriole.
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The cabrioles which his charger exhibited. Sir W. Scott.
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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.
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Ca*brit" (?), n. Same as Cabr\'82e.
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Cab"urn (?), n. [Cf. Cable, n.] (Naut.) A small line made of spun yarn, to bind or worm cables, seize tackles, etc.

ca-ca n. n. [see cack.] Feces; excrement; -- used in talking with very young children. [baby talk]
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ca-ca v. [see cack.] to have a bowel movement. [baby talk]
Syn. -- defecate, shit, take a shit, take a crap, crap, make.
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{\'d8Ca*c\'91"mi*a (k, \'d8Ca*ch\'91"mi*a (k,} n. [NL., fr. Gr. kako`s bad+ a"i^ma blood.] (Med.) A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood.
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ca*ca"ine (?), n. (Chem.) The essential principle of cacao; -- now called theobromine.
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\'d8Ca*ca*j\'eeo" (?), n. [Pg.] (Zo\'94l) A South American short-tailed monkey (Pithecia melanocephala syn. Brachyurus melanocephala). [Written also cacajo.]
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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.
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\'d8Ca*ch\'91"mi*a, \'d8Ca*che"mi*a (, n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood. -- Ca*ch\'91"mic, Ca*che"mic (#), a.
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cach"a*lot (?), n. [F. cachalot.] (Zo\'94l.) 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.
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cache (k, 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.
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2. That which is hidden in a cache{2}; a hoard; a stockpile.
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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.
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cache (k, v. t. To store in a cache{1}.
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{ Ca*chec"tic (?), Ca*chec"tic*al (?), } a. [L. cachecticus, Gr. cachectique.] Having, or pertaining to, cachexia; as, cachectic remedies; cachectical blood. Arbuthnot.
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\'d8Cache`pot" (k, n. [F., fr. cacher to hide + pot a pot.] An ornamental casing for a flowerpot, of porcelain, metal, paper, etc.
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\'d8Cach"et (?), n. [F. fr. cacher to hide.] A seal, as of a letter.
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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.
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{ \'d8Ca*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).
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Cach`in*na"tion (k, n. [L. cachinnatio, fr. cachinnare to laugh aloud, cf. Gr. kacha`zein.] Loud or immoderate laughter; -- often a symptom of hysterical or maniacal affections.
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Hideous grimaces . . . attended this unusual cachinnation. Sir W. Scott.
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Ca*chin"na*to*ry (?), a. Consisting of, or accompanied by, immoderate laughter.
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Cachinnatory buzzes of approval. Carlyle.
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\'d8Ca*chi"ri (?), n. A fermented liquor made in Cayenne from the grated root of the manioc, and resembling perry. Dunglison.
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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 \'bdbeautiful stone\'b8] (Min.) An opaque or milk-white chalcedony, a variety of quartz; also, a similar variety of opal.
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Ca`chou" (?), n. [F. See Cashoo.] A silvered aromatic pill, used to correct the odor of the breath.
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\'d8Ca*chu"cha (?), n. [Sp.] An Andalusian dance in three-four time, resembling the bolero. [Sometimes in English spelled cachuca (.]
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The orchestra plays the cachucha. Longfellow.
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\'d8Ca*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.
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\'d8Ca*cique" (?), n. [Sp.] See Cazique.
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Cack (k, 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.
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Cack"er*el (?), n. [OF. caquerel cagarel (Cotgr.), from the root of E. cack.] (Zo\'94l.) The mendole; a small worthless Mediterranean fish considered poisonous by the ancients. See Mendole.
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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.
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When every goose is cackling. Shak.
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2. To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a hen or a goose; to giggle. Arbuthnot.
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3. To talk in a silly manner; to prattle. Johnson.
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Cac"kle (?), n. 1. The sharp broken noise made by a goose or by a hen that has laid an egg.
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By her cackle saved the state. Dryden.
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2. Idle talk; silly prattle.
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There is a buzz and cackle all around regarding the sermon. Thackeray.
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Cac"kler (?), n. 1. A fowl that cackles.
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2. One who prattles, or tells tales; a tattler.
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Cac"kling, n. The broken noise of a goose or a hen.
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{ \'d8Cac`o*chym"i*a (?), Cac"o*chym`y (?), } n. [NL. cacochymia, fr. Gr. kako`s bad + 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.
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{ Cac`o*chym"ic (?), Cac`o*chym"ic*al (?), } a. Having the fluids of the body vitiated, especially the blood. Wiseman.
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Cac`o*de"mon (?), n. [Gr. kako`s bad + cacod\'82mon.] 1. An evil spirit; a devil or demon. Shak.
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2. (Med.) The nightmare. Dunaglison.
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Cac`o*dox"ic*al (?), a. Heretical.
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Cac"o*dox`y (?), n. [Gr. kako`s bad + Erroneous doctrine; heresy; heterodoxy. [R.]
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Heterodoxy, or what Luther calls cacodoxy. R. Turnbull.
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Cac"o*dyl (?), n. [Gr. kako`s bad + -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.]
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Cac`o*dyl"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, cacodyl.
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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. <-- # error in original formula corrected! -->
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\'d8Cac`o*\'89"thes (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. kako`s bad + 1. A bad custom or habit; an insatiable desire; as, caco\'89thes scribendi, \'bdThe itch for writing\'b8. Addison.
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2. (Med.) A bad quality or disposition in a disease; an incurable ulcer.
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Cac`o*gas"tric (?), a. [Gr. kako`s bad + Troubled with bad digestion. [R.] Carlyle.
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cacogenics n. the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced.
Syn. -- dysgenics.
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Cac`o*graph`ic (?), a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, cacography; badly written or spelled.
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Ca*cog`ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. kako`s bad + -graphy; cf. F. cacographie.] Incorrect or bad writing or spelling. Walpole.
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\'d8Ca`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.
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Ca*col"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. kako`s bad + -logy: cf. F. cacologie.] Bad speaking; bad choice or use of words. Buchanan.
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{ \'d8Ca`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.
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Ca*coon" (?), n. One of the seeds or large beans of a tropical vine (Entada scandens) used for making purses, scent bottles, etc.
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{ Cac`o*phon"ic (?), Cac`o*phon"ic*al (?), Ca*coph"o*nous (?), Cac`o*pho"ni*ous (?) }, a. Harsh-sounding.
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Ca*coph"o*ny (?), n.; pl. Cacophonies (#). [Gr. kako`s bad + Cacophonie.] 1. (Rhet.) An uncouth or disagreable sound of words, owing to the concurrence of harsh letters or syllables. \'bdCacophonies of all kinds.\'b8 Pope.
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2. (Mus.) A combination of discordant sounds.
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3. (Med.) An unhealthy state of the voice.
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\'d8Cac`o*sto"mi*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. kako`s bad + (Med.) Diseased or gangrenous condition of the mouth.
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Cac"o*tech`ny (?), n. [Gr. kako`s bad + A corruption or corrupt state of art. [R.]
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{ Ca*cox"ene (?), Ca*cox"e*nite (?) }, n. [Gr. kako`s bad + (Min.) A hydrous phosphate of iron occurring in yellow radiated tufts. The phosphorus seriously injures it as an iron ore.
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Cac*ta"ceous (?), a. (Bot.) Belonging to, or like, the family of plants of which the prickly pear is a common example.
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Cac"tus (?), n. ; pl. E. Cactuses (#), Cacti (-t\'c6). [L., a kind of cactus, Gr. (Bot.) Any plant of the order Cactac\'91, 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.
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Cactus wren (Zo\'94l.), an American wren of the genus Campylorhynchus, of several species.
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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.
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Ca*cu"mi*nate (?), v. i. [L. cacuminatus, p. p. of cacuminare to point, fr. cacumen point.] To make sharp or pointed. [Obs.]
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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.
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2. A lowbred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow. [Cant] Thackeray.
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cadaster n. same as cadastre.
Syn. -- cadastre.
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Ca*das"tral (?), a. [F.] Of or pertaining to landed property.
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Cadastral survey, or Cadastral map, a survey, map, or plan on a large scale (Usually topographical map, which exaggerates the dimensions of houses and the breadth of roads and streams, for the sake of distinctness. Brande & C.
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{ \'d8Ca*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.
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\'d8Ca*da"ver (k, n. [L., fr cadere to fall.] A dead human body; a corpse.
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Ca*dav"er*ic (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a corpse, or the changes produced by death; cadaverous; as, cadaveric rigidity. Dunglison.
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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.
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{ Ca*dav"er*ine (?), n. Also -in }. [From Cadaver and amine.] (Chem.) A sirupy, nontoxic ptomaine, H2N.(CH2)5.NH2 (chemically pentamethylene diamine), formed in putrefaction of flesh, etc.
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Ca*dav"er*ous (?), a. [L. cadaverosus.] 1. Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale; ghastly; as, a cadaverous look.
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2. Of or pertaining to, or having the qualities of, a dead body. \'bdThe scent cadaverous.\'b8

-- Ca*dav"er*ous*ly, adv. -- Ca*dav"er*ous*ness, n.
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Cad"bait` (?), n. [Prov. E. codbait, cadbote fly.] (Zo\'94l.) See Caddice.

{ Cad"dice, Cad"dis } (?), n. [Prov. E. caddy, cadew; cf. G. k\'94der bait.] (Zo\'94l.) The larva of a caddice fly. These larv\'91 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.
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Caddice fly (Zo\'94l.), a small mothlike species of trichopterous insect, whose larva is the caddice; it has two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvae.
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Cad"die (?), n. [Written also caddy, cadie, cady, and cawdy.] [See Cadet.] 1. A cadet. [Obs. Scot.]
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2. A lad; young fellow. [Scot.] Burns.
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3. One who does errands or other odd jobs. [Scot.]
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4. An attendant who carries a golf player's clubs, tees his ball, etc.
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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. \'bdCaddises, cambrics, lawns.\'b8 Shak.
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caddis fly, caddisfly n. same as caddice fly.
Syn. -- caddice fly, caddicefly.
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Cad"dish (?), a. Like a cad; lowbred and presuming.
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Cad"dow (?), n. [OE. cadawe, prob. fr. ca chough + daw jackdaw; cf. Gael. cadhag, cathag. Cf. Chough, Daw, n.] (Zo\'94l.) A jackdaw. [Prov. Eng.]
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Cad"dy (?), n.; pl. Caddies (#). [Earlier spelt catty, fr. Malay kat\'c6 a weight of 1\'a7 pounds. Cf. Catty.] 1. A small box, can, or chest to keep tea in, also called tea caddy.
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2. a container to hold objects when not in use.
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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.
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Cade (?), a. [Cf. OE. cad, kod, lamb, also Cosset, Coddle.] Bred by hand; domesticated; petted.
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He brought his cade lamb with him. Sheldon.
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Cade, v. t. To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame. [Obs.] Johnson.
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Cade, n. [L. cadus jar, Gr. A barrel or cask, as of fish. \'bdA cade of herrings.\'b8 Shak.
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A cade of herrings is 500, of sprats 1,000. Jacob, Law Dict.
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Cade, n. [F. & Pr.; LL. cada.] A species of juniper (Juniperus Oxycedrus) of Mediterranean countries.
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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.
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Ca"dence (?), n. [OE. cadence, cadens, LL. cadentia a falling, fr. L. cadere to fall; cf. F. cadence, It. cadenza. See Chance.]
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1. The act or state of declining or sinking. [Obs.]
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Now was the sun in western cadence low. Milton.
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2. A fall of the voice in reading or speaking, especially at the end of a sentence.
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3. A rhythmical modulation of the voice or of any sound; as, music of bells in cadence sweet.
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Blustering winds, which all night long
cadence lull
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The accents . . . were in passion's tenderest cadence. Sir W. Scott.
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4. Rhythmical flow of language, in prose or verse.
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Golden cadence of poesy. Shak.
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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 \'bdprosed in faire cadence.\'b8 Dr. Guest.
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5. (Her.) See Cadency.
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6. (Man.) Harmony and proportion in motions, as of a well-managed horse.
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7. (Mil.) A uniform time and place in marching.
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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.
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Imperfect cadence. (Mus.) See under Imperfect.
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Ca"dence, v. t. To regulate by musical measure.
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These parting numbers, cadenced by my grief. Philips.
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Ca"den*cy (?), n. Descent of related families; distinction between the members of a family according to their ages.
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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.).
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Ca*dene" (?), n. [Cf. F. cad\'8ane.] A species of inferior carpet imported from the Levant. McElrath.
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Ca"dent (?), a. [L. cadens, -entis, p. pr. of cadere to fall.] Falling. [R.] \'bdCadent tears.\'b8 Shak.
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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.
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Ca"der (?), n. See Cadre.
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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.]
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1. The younger of two brothers; a younger brother or son; the youngest son.
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The cadet of an ancient and noble family. Wood.
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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.
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Naval cadets. The distinction between Cadet midshipmen and Cadet engineers was abolished by Act of Congress in 1882.
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3. In New Zealand, a young gentleman learning sheep farming at a station; also, any young man attached to a sheep station.
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4. A young man who makes a business of ruining girls to put them in brothels. [Slang, U. S.]
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Ca*det"ship (?), n. The position, rank, or commission of a cadet; as, to get a cadetship.

{ Ca*dew" (?), Cade"worm` (?), } n. A caddice. See Caddice.
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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.]
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1. To carry, as a burden. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Halliwell.
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2. To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc. [Prov.]
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3. To intrude or live on another meanly; to beg. [Prov. or Slang, Eng.] Wright.
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Cadge, n. [Cf. 2d Cadger.] (Hawking) A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.
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Cadg"er (?), n. [From Cadge, v. t., cf. Codger.]
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1. A packman or itinerant huckster.
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2. One who gets his living by trickery or begging. [Prov. or Slang] \'bdThe gentleman cadger.\'b8 Dickens.
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Cadg"er, n. [OF. cagier one who catches hawks. Cf. Cage.] (Hawking) One who carries hawks on a cadge.
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Cadg"y (?), a. Cheerful or mirthful, as after good eating or drinking; also, wanton. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
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Ca"di (?), n. [Turk. See Alcalde.] An inferior magistrate or judge among the Mohammedans, usually the judge of a town or village.
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{ Cad"ie, Cad"die (?), } n. A Scotch errand boy, porter, or messenger. [Written also cady.]
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Every Scotchman, from the peer to the cadie. Macaulay.
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Ca`di*les"ker (?), n. [Ar. q\'be\'c8\'c6 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.
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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 \'bdthe Cadillac of . . . \'b8
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Cad"is (?), n. [F.] A kind of coarse serge.
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Cad*me"an (k, 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 -- Cadmean letters.
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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.
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Cad"mi*a (?), n. [L. cadmia calamine, Gr. Calamine.] (Min.) An oxide of zinc which collects on the sides of furnaces where zinc is sublimed. Formerly applied to the mineral calamine.
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Cad"mi*an (?), a. [R.] See Cadmean.
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Cad"mic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cadmium; as, cadmic sulphide.
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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.
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Cadmium yellow, a compound of cadmium and sulphur, of an intense yellow color, used as a pigment.
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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.
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\'d8Ca"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.]
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Ca*du"ca*ry (?), a. [See Caducous.] (Law) Relating to escheat, forfeiture, or confiscation.
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Ca*du"ce*an (?), a. Of or belonging to Mercury's caduceus, or wand.
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Ca*du"ce*us (?), n. [L. caduceum, caduceus; akin to Gr. (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.
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Ca*du`ci*bran"chi*ate (?), a. [L. caducus falling (fr. cadere to fall) + E. branchiate.] (Zo\'94l.) With temporary gills: -- applied to those Amphibia in which the gills do not remain in adult life.
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Ca*du"ci*ty (?), n. [LL. caducitas: cf. F. caducit\'82. See Caducous.] Tendency to fall; the feebleness of old age; senility. [R.]
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[A] jumble of youth and caducity. Chesterfield.
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Ca*du"cous (?), [L. caducus falling, inclined to fall, fr. cadere to fall. See Cadence.] (Bot. & Zo\'94l.) Dropping off or disappearing early, as the calyx of a poppy, or the gills of a tadpole.
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Ca*duke" (?), a. [Cf. F. caduc. See Caducous.] Perishable; frail; transitory. [Obs.] Hickes.
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The caduke pleasures of his world. Bp. Fisher.
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Cad"y (?), n. See Cadie.
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\'d8C\'91"ca (?), n. pl. See C\'91cum.
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C\'91"cal (?), a. (Anat.)
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1. Of or pertaining to the c\'91cum, or blind gut.
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2. Having the form of a c\'91cum, or bag with one opening; baglike; as, the c\'91cal extremity of a duct.
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\'d8C\'91"ci*as (?), n. [L. caecias, Gr. A wind from the northeast. Milton.
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C\'91*cil"i*an (?; 106), n. [L. caecus blind. So named from the supposed blindness of the species, the eyes being very minute.] (Zo\'94l.) A limbless amphibian belonging to the order C\'91cili\'91 or Ophimorpha. See Ophiomorpha. [Written also c\'d2cilian.]
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cae"cum (?), n.; pl. C\'91cums, L. C\'91ca (#). [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.]
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c\'91cum 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 c\'91ca.
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C\'91`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.
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C\'91`no*zo"ic (?), a. (Geol.) See Cenozoic.
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Ca"en stone" (?), A cream-colored limestone for building, found near Caen, France.
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C\'91"sar (?), n. [L.] A Roman emperor, as being the successor of Augustus C\'91sar. Hence, a kaiser, or emperor of Germany, or any emperor or powerful ruler. See Kaiser, Kesar.
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Malborough anticipated the day when he would be servilely flattered and courted by C\'91sar on one side and by Louis the Great on the other. Macaulay.
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{ C\'91*sa"re*an, C\'91*sa"ri*an (?), } a. [L. Caesareus, Caesarianus.] Of or pertaining to C\'91sar or the C\'91sars; imperial.
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caesarean n. same as caesarean section.
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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 C\'91sar 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.
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C\'91"sar*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. C\'82sarisme.] A system of government in which unrestricted power is exercised by a single person, to whom, as C\'91sar or emperor, it has been committed by the popular will; imperialism; also, advocacy or support of such a system of government.
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Caesaropapism n. the doctrine that the state is supreme over the church in ecclesiastical matters.
Syn. -- Erastianism, Byzantinism.
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C\'91"si*ous (?), a. [L. caesius bluish gray.] (Nat. Hist.) Of the color of lavender; pale blue with a slight mixture of gray. Lindley.
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caesium, C\'91"si*um (?), 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
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C\'91s"pi*tose` (?), a. Same as Cespitose.
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cae*su"ra (?), n.; pl. E. caesuras (, L. C\'91sur\'91 ( [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 c\'91sural accent rests, or which is used as a foot.
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c\'91sura is between study and of.
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The prop | er stud | y || of | mankind | is man.
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2. a pause or interruption (as in a conversation); as, after an ominous caesura the preacher continued.
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C\'91*su"ral (?), a. Of or pertaining to a c\'91sura.
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C\'91sural pause, a pause made at a c\'91sura.
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\'d8Ca`f\'82" (?), 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.
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ca`f\'82" lat"te (k, n. A type of espresso coffee topped with foamy steamed milk, and usually served in a tall glass or mug; also called latte.
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{ Caf"e*net (?), Caf"e*neh (?), } n. [Turk. qahveh kh\'beneh coffeehouse.] A humble inn or house of rest for travelers, where coffee is sold. [Turkey]
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Caf`e*te"ri*a (?), n. [Cf. F. cafeti\'8are.] 1. A restaurant or caf\'82 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.]
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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.
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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.
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caff (?), n. [from cafe.] a cafe. [British slang]
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Caf*fe"ic (?), a. [See Coffee.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, coffee.
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Caffeic acid, an acid obtained from coffee tannin, as a yellow crystalline substance, C9H8O4.
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caf*fe"in, Caf*fe"ine (?), n. [Cf. F. caf\'82ine. 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.
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Caf`fe*tan"nic (?), a. [Caffeic + tannic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the tannin of coffee.
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Caffetannic acid, a variety of tannin obtained from coffee berries, regarded as a glucoside.
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\'d8Caf"fi*la (?), n. [Ar.] See Cafila.
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Caf"fre (?), n. See Kaffir.
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{ \'d8Ca"fi*la (?), \'d8Ca"fi*leh (?), } n. [Ar.] A caravan of travelers; a military supply train or government caravan; a string of pack horses.
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Caf"tan (?), n. [Turk. qaft\'ben: 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.
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Caf"tan (?), v. t. To clothe with a caftan. [R.]
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The turbaned and caftaned damsel. Sir W. Scott.
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Cag (?), n. See Keg. [Obs.]
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Cage (?), n. [F. cage, fr. L. cavea cavity, cage, fr. cavus hollow. Cf. Cave, n., Cajole, Gabion.]
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1. A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals.
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In his cage, like parrot fine and gay. Cowper.
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2. A place of confinement for malefactors Shak.
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Stone walls do not a prison make,
cage. Lovelace.
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3. (Carp.) An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as, the cage of a staircase. Gwilt.
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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.
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5. The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft.
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6. (Mining) The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.
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7. (Baseball) The catcher's wire mask.
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Cage (k, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caged (k; p. pr. & vb. n. Caging.] To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine. \'bdCaged and starved to death.\'b8 Cowper.
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Caged (k, a. Confined in, or as in, a cage; like a cage or prison. \'bdThe caged cloister.\'b8 Shak.
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Cage"ling (k, n. [Cage + -ling] A bird confined in a cage; esp. a young bird. [Poetic] Tennyson.
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\'d8Ca"git (k, n. (Zo\'94l) A kind of parrot, of a beautiful green color, found in the Philippine Islands.
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Cag"mag (k, n. A tough old goose; hence, coarse, bad food of any kind. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
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\'d8Ca`got" (k, 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.
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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.
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\'d8Ca`hier" (kor k, 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.
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2. A memorial of a body; a report of legislative proceedings, etc.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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\'d8Cai`ma*cam" (?), n. [Turk.] The governor of a sanjak or district in Turkey.
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Cai"man (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Cayman.
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Cai`no*zo"ic (?), a. (Geol.) See Cenozic.
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\'d8Ca*\'8bque" (?), n. [F., fr. Turk. q\'be\'c6q boat.] (Naut.) A light skiff or rowboat used on the Bosporus; also, a Levantine vessel of larger size.
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\'d8\'80a" i*ra" (?). [F. \'87a ira, \'87a ira, les aristocrates \'85 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.
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Caird (?), n. [Ir. ceard a tinker.] A traveling tinker; also a tramp or sturdy beggar. [Prov. Eng.]
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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.
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Now here let us place the gray stone of her cairn. Campbell.
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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.
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cairned adj. piled up, like a cairn.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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3. (Arch.) A sunk panel of ceilings or soffits.
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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.
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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.
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Cai"tiff (?), a. [OE. caitif, cheitif, captive, miserable, OF. caitif, chaitif, captive, mean, wretched, F. ch\'82tif, fr. L. captivus captive, fr. capere to take, akin to E. heave. See Heave, and cf. Captive.] 1. Captive; wretched; unfortunate. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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2. Base; wicked and mean; cowardly; despicable.
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Arnold had sped his caitiff flight. W. Irving.
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Cai"tiff, n. A captive; a prisoner. [Obs.]
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Avarice doth tyrannize over her caitiff and slave. Holland.
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2. A wretched or unfortunate man. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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3. A mean, despicable person; one whose character meanness and wickedness meet.
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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.
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Cajanus n. a genus of erect densely branched shrubby perennials of Old World tropics; naturalized in other warm regions.
Syn. -- genus Cajanus.
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Caj"e*put (?), n. See Cajuput.
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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. ge\'93le, dim. of cage a cage. See Cage, Jail.] To deceive with flattery or fair words; to wheedle.
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I am not about to cajole or flatter you into a reception of my views. F. W. Robertson.

Syn. -- To flatter; wheedle; delude; coax; entrap.
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Ca*jole"ment (?), n. The act of cajoling; the state of being cajoled; cajolery. Coleridge.
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Ca*jol"er (?), n. A flatterer; a wheedler.
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Ca*jol"er*y (?), n.; pl. Cajoleries (. A wheedling to delude; words used in cajoling; flattery. \'bdInfamous cajoleries.\'b8 Evelyn.
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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.
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Caj"u*put (?), n. [Of Malayan origin; k\'beyu tree + p\'d4tih 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.
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Caj"u*put*ene` (?), n. (Chem.) A colorless or greenish oil extracted from cajuput.
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Cake (k, n. [OE. cake, kaak; akin to Dan. kage, Sw. & Icel. kaka, D. koek, G.kuchen, OHG. chuocho.]
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1. A small mass of dough baked; especially, a thin loaf from unleavened dough; as, an oatmeal cake; johnnycake.
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2. A sweetened composition of flour and other ingredients, leavened or unleavened, baked in a loaf or mass of any size or shape.
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3. A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake; as buckwheat cakes.
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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.
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Cakes of rusting ice come rolling down the flood. Dryden.
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Cake urchin (Zo\'94l), 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.
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Cake, v. i. To form into a cake, or mass.
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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.
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Clotted blood that caked within. Addison.
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Cake, v. i. To cackle as a goose. [Prov. Eng.]
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Cak"ing coal` (?). See Coal.
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Cal (?), n. (Cornish Mines) Wolfram, an ore of tungsten. Simmonds.
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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.
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Cal"a*bar (?), n. A district on the west coast of Africa.
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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.
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Cal"a*bar*ine (?), n. (Chem.) An alkaloid resembling physostigmine and occurring with it in the calabar bean.
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Cal"a*bash (k, n. [Sp. calabaza, or Pg. calaba, caba (cf. F. Calebasse), lit., a dry gourd, fr. Ar. qar', fem., a kind of gourd + aibas dry.] 1. The common gourd (plant or fruit).
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2. The fruit of the calabash tree.
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3. A water dipper, bottle, bascket, or other utensil, made from the dry shell of a calabash or gourd.
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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.
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Cal`a*boose" (?), n. [A corruption of Sp. calabozo dungeon.] A prison; a jail. [Local, U. S.]
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\'d8Ca`la*bo"zo (?), n. [Sp.] A jail. See Calaboose.
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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.
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\'d8Ca*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.
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caladenia n. any of various orchids of the genus Caladenia.
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\'d8Ca*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.
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Cal"a*ite (k, n. [L. calla\'8bs, Gr. ka`lai:s, ka`llai:s; cf. F. cala\'8bte.] A mineral. See Turquoise.
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Cal`a*man"co (k, 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. \'bdA gay calamanco waistcoat.\'b8 Tatler.
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Cal"a*man`der wood (k. 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 qu\'91sita. Called also Coromandel wood.
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{ Cal"a*mar (k, Cal"a*ma*ry, (-m} n. [LL. calamarium inkstand, fr. L. calamus a reed pen: cf. F. calmar, calemar, pen case, calamar.] (Zo\'94l.) A cephalopod, belonging to the genus Loligo and related genera. There are many species. They have a sack of inklike fluid which they discharge from the siphon tube, when pursued or alarmed, in order to confuse their enemies. Their shell is a thin horny plate, within the flesh of the back, shaped very much like a quill pen. In America they are called squids. See Squid.
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Cal"am*bac (k, n. [F. calambac, calambour, from Malay Kalambaq a king of fragrant wood.] (Bot.) A fragrant wood; agalloch.
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Cal"am*bour (k, 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.
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Cal`a*mif"er*ous (?), a. [L. calamus reed + ferous.] Producing reeds; reedy.
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Cal"a*mine (kor -m, n. [F. calamine, LL. calamina, fr. L. Cadmia. See Cadmia.] (min.) A mineral, the hydrous silicate of zinc.
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smithsonite.
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Cal"a*mint (-m, 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.
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Cal"a*mist (-m, n. [L. calamus a reed.] One who plays upon a reed or pipe. [Obs.] Blount.
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Cal`a*mis"trate (-m, 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.

Cal`a*mis*tra"tion (k, n. The act or process of curling the hair. [Obs.] Burton.
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\'d8Cal`a*mis"trum (?), n. [L., a curling iron.] (Zo\'94l.) A comblike structure on the metatarsus of the hind legs of certain spiders (Ciniflonid\'91), used to curl certain fibers in the construction of their webs.
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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.
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Ca*lam"i*tous (?), a. [L. Calamitosus; cf. F. calamiteux.]
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1. Suffering calamity; wretched; miserable. [Obs.]
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Ten thousands of calamitous persons. South.
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2. Producing, or attended with distress and misery; making wretched; wretched; unhappy. \'bdThis sad and calamitous condition.\'b8 South. \'bdA calamitous prison\'b8 Milton.

Syn. -- Miserable; deplorable; distressful; afflictive; wretched; grievous; baleful; disastrous; adverse; unhappy; severe; sad; unfortunate.

-- Ca*lam"i*tous*ly, adv. -- Ca*lam"i*tous*ness, n.
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Ca*lam"i*ty (?) n.; pl. Calamities (#). [L. calamitas, akin to in-columis unharmed: cf. F. calamit\'82] 1. Any great misfortune or cause of misery; -- generally applied to events or disasters which produce extensive evil, either to communities or individuals.
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The word calamity was first derived from calamus when the corn could not get out of the stalk. Bacon.
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Strokes of calamity that scathe and scorch the soul. W. Irving.
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2. A state or time of distress or misfortune; misery.
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The deliberations of calamity are rarely wise. Burke.
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Where'er I came I brought calamity. Tennyson.

Syn. -- Disaster; distress; affliction; adversity; misfortune; unhappiness; infelicity; mishap; mischance; misery; evil; extremity; exigency; downfall. -- Calamity, Disaster, Misfortune, Mishap, Mischance. Of these words, calamity is the strongest. It supposes a somewhat continuous state, produced not usually by the direct agency of man, but by natural causes, such as fire, flood, tempest, disease, etc, Disaster denotes literally ill-starred, and is some unforeseen and distressing event which comes suddenly upon us, as if from hostile planet. Misfortune is often due to no specific cause; it is simply the bad fortune of an individual; a link in the chain of events; an evil independent of his own conduct, and not to be charged as a fault. Mischance and mishap are misfortunes of a trivial nature, occurring usually to individuals. \'bdA calamity is either public or private, but more frequently the former; a disaster is rather particular than private; it affects things rather than persons; journey, expedition, and military movements are often attended with disasters; misfortunes are usually personal; they immediately affect the interests of the individual.\'b8 Crabb.
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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.
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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.
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3. (Zo\'94l.) The horny basal portion of a feather; the barrel or quill.
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\'d8Ca*lan"do (?), a. [It.] (Mus.) Gradually diminishing in rapidity and loudness.
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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.
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calanthe n. any of various showy orchids of the genus Calanthe having white or yellow or rose-colored flowers and broad leaves folded lengthwise.
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Ca*lash" (?), n. [F. cal\'8ache; 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.
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The baroness in a calash capable of holding herself, her two children, and her servants. W. Irving.
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2. In Canada, a two-wheeled, one-seated vehicle, with a calash top, and the driver's seat elevated in front.
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3. A hood or top of a carriage which can be thrown back at pleasure.
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4. A hood, formerly worn by ladies, which could be drawn forward or thrown back like the top of a carriage.
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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.
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Ca`la*ve"rite (, n. (Min.) A bronze-yellow massive mineral with metallic luster; a telluride of gold; -- first found in Calaveras County California.
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Cal*ca"ne*al (?), a. (Anal.) Pertaining to the calcaneum; as, calcaneal arteries.
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\'d8Cal*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.
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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.
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\'d8Cal"car, n.; L. 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.
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2. (Zo\'94l.) A slender bony process from the ankle joint of bats, which helps to support the posterior part of the web, in flight.
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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.
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{ Cal"ca*rate (?), Cal"ca*ra`ted (?), } a. [LL. calcaratus, fr. L. calcar. See 2d Calcar.]
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1. (Bot.) Having a spur, as the flower of the toadflax and larkspur; spurred. Gray.
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2. (Zo\'94l.) Armed with a spur.
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Cal*ca"re*o-ar`gil*la"ceous (?), a. consisting of, or containing, calcareous and argillaceous earths.
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Cal*ca"re*o-bi*tu"mi*nous (?), a. Consisting of, or containing, lime and bitumen. Lyell.
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Cal*ca"re*o-si*li"ceous (?), a.Consisting of, or containing calcareous and siliceous earths.
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Cal*ca"re*ous (?), 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.
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Calcareous spar. See as Calcite.
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Cal*ca"re*ous*ness, n. Quality of being calcareous.
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Cal`ca*rif"er*ous (?), a. [L. calcarius of lime + ferous.] Lime-yielding; calciferous
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Cal"ca*rine (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or situated near, the calcar of the brain.
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Cal`ca*vel"la (?), n. A sweet wine from Portugal; -- so called from the district of Carcavelhos. [Written also Calcavellos or Carcavelhos.]
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Cal"ce*a`ted (?), a. [L. calceatus, p. p. of pelceare to ahoe, fr. catceus shoe, fr. calx, calcic, heel.] Fitted with, or wearing, shoes. Johnson.
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Calced (?), a. [See Calceated.] Wearing shoes; calceated; -- in distintion from discalced or barefooted; as the calced Carmelites.
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Cal"ce*don (?), n. [See Chalcedony.] A foul vein, like chalcedony, in some precious stones.
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{ Cal`ce*don"ic (?), Cal`ce*do"ni*an, } a. See Chalcedonic.
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Cal"ce*i*form` (k, a. [L. calceus shoe + -form.] (Bot.) Shaped like a slipper, as one petal of the lady's-slipper; calceolate.
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\'d8cal`ce*o*la"ri*a (k, 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.
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Cal"ce*o*late (?), a. [See Calceolaria.] Slipper-ahaped. See Calceiform.
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\'d8Cal"ces (?), n. pl. See Calx.
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Cal"cic (?), a. [L. calx, calcis, lime: cf. F. calcique.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, calcium or lime.
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cal*cif"er*ol 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.
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Cal*cif"er*ous (?), a. [L. calx, calcis, lime + -ferous.] Bearing, producing, or containing calcite, or carbonate of lime.
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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.
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Cal*cif"ic (?), a. Calciferous. Specifically: (Zo\'94l.) of or pertaining to the portion of the oviduct which forms the eggshell in birds and reptiles. Huxley.
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Cal`ci*fi*ca"tion (k, 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.
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Cal"ci*fied (k, a. Consisting of, or containing, calcareous matter or lime salts; calcareous.
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Cal"ci*form (k, a. [L. calx, calcis, lime + -form.] In the form of chalk or lime.
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Cal"ci*fy (k, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Calcified (-f; p. pr. & vb. n. Calcifying.] [L. calx, calcis, lime + -fy.] To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime.
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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.
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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.
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Cal*cig"er*ous (?), a. [L. calx, calcis, lime + -gerouse.] Holding lime or other earthy salts; as, the calcigerous cells of the teeth.
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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.]
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Cal"ci*mine, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Calcimined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Calcimining.] To wash or cover with calcimine; as, to calcimine walls.
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Cal"ci*mi`ner (?), n. One who calcimines.
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Cal*cin"a*ble (?), a. That may be calcined; as, a calcinable fossil.
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Cal"ci*nate (?), v. i. To calcine. [R.]
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Cal`ci*na"tion (k, n. [F. calcination.]
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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.
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2. The act or process of reducing a metal to an oxide or metallic calx; oxidation.
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Cal*cin"a*to*ry (?), n. A vessel used in calcination.
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Cal*cine" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Calciden (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Calcining.] [F. calciner, fr. L. calx, calcis, lime. See Calx.]
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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.
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2. To oxidize, as a metal by the action of heat; to reduce to a metallic calx.
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Cal*cine", v. i. To be converted into a powder or friable substance, or into a calx, by the action of heat. \'bdCalcining without fusion\'b8 Newton.
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Cal*cin"er (?), n. One who, or that which, calcines.
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\'d8Cal`ci*spon"gi*\'91 (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. calx, calcis, lime + spongia a sponge.] (Zo\'94l.) An order of marine sponges, containing calcareous spicules. See Porifera.
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Cal"cite (k, 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.
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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.
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Cal"ci*trant (?), a. [L. calcitrans, p. pr. of calcitrare to kick, fr. calx, calcis , heel.] Kicking. Hence: Stubborn; refractory.
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Cal"ci*trate (?), v. t. & i. [L. calcitratus, p. p. of calcitrare. See Calcitrant.] To kick.
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Cal`ci*tra"tion (-tr, n. Act of kicking.
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Cal"ci*um (k, 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.
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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.
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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.
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Cal*civ"o*rous (?), a. [L. calx lime + vorare to devour.] Eroding, or eating into, limestone.
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Cal*cog"ra*pher (?), n. One who practices calcography.
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{ Cal`co*graph"ic (?), Cal`co*graph"ic*al, } a. Relating to, or in the style of, calcography.
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Cal*cog"ra*phy (?), n. [L. calx, calcis, lime, chalk + -graphy.] The art of drawing with chalk.
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Calc"-sin`ter (?), n. [G. kalk (L. calx, calcis) lime + E. sinter.] See under Calcite.
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Calc"-spar` (?), n. [G. kalk (L. calx) lime E. spar.] Same as Calcite.
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Calc"-tu`fa (?), n. [G. kalk (l. calx) lime + E. tufa.] See under Calcite.
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Cal"cu*la*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. calculable.] That may be calculated or ascertained by calculation.
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Cal"cu*la*ry (?), a. [L. calculus a pebble, a calculus; cf calcularius pertaining to calculation.] (Med.) Of or pertaining to calculi.
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Cal"cu*la*ry, n. A congeries of little stony knots found in the pulp of the pear and other fruits.
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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.
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A calencar exacity calculated than any othe. North.
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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.
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A cunning man did calculate my birth. Shak.
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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.
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[Religion] is . . . calculated for our benefit. Abp. Tillotson.
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4. To plan; to expect; to think. [Local, U. S.]

Syn. -- To compute; reckon; count; estimate; rate. -- To Calculate, Compute. Reckon, Count. These words indicate the means by which we arrive at a given result in regard to quantity. We calculate with a view to obtain a certain point of knowledge; as, to calculate an eclipse. We compute by combining given numbers, in order to learn the grand result. We reckon and count in carrying out the details of a computation. These words are also used in a secondary and figurative sense. \'bdCalculate is rather a conjection from what is, as to what may be; computation is a rational estimate of what has been, from what is; reckoning is a conclusive conviction, a pleasing assurance that a thing will happen; counting indicates an expectation. We calculate on a gain; we compute any loss sustained, or the amount of any mischief done; we reckon on a promised pleasure; we count the hours and minutes until the time of enjoyment arrives\'b8 Crabb.
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Cal"cu*late (?), v. i. To make a calculation; to forecast consequences; to estimate; to compute.
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The strong passions, whether good or bad, never calculate. F. W. Robertson.
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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.
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2. Adapted by calculation, contrivance. or forethought to accomplish a purpose; as, to use arts calculated to deceive the people; a calculated response.
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3. Likely to produce a certain effect, whether intended or not; fitted; adapted; suited.
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The only danger that attends multiplicity of publication is, that some of them may be calculated to injure rather than benefit society. Goldsmith.
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The minister, on the other hand, had never gone through an experience calculated to lead him beyond the scope of generally received laws. Hawthorne.
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Cal"cu*la`ting (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to mathematical calculations; performing or able to perform mathematical calculations.
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2. Given to contrivance or forethought; forecasting; scheming; as, a cool calculating disposition.
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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.
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Cal"cu*la`ting, n. The act or process of making mathematical computations or of estimating results.
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Cal`cu*la"tion (-l, n. [OE. calculation, fr. L. calculatio; cf. OF. calcucation.] 1. The act or process, or the result, of calculating; computation; reckoning, estimate. \'bdThe calculation of eclipses.\'b8 Nichol.
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The mountain is not so his calculation makes it. Boyle.
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2. An expectation based on circumstances.
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The lazy gossips of the port,
calculation crost,
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Cal"cu*la*tive (?), a. Of or pertaining to calculation; involving calculation.
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Long habits of calculative dealings. Burke.
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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.
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Ambition is no exact calculator. Burke.
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Cal"cu*la*to*ry (?), a. [L. calculatorius.] Belonging to calculation. Sherwood.
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Cal"cule (?), n. [F. calcul, fr. L. calculus. See Calculus.] Reckoning; computation. [Obs.] Howell.
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Cal"cule, v. i. To calculate [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Cal"cu*li (?), n. pl. See Calculus.
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Cal"cu*lous (?), a. [L. calculosus.] 1. Of the nature of a calculus; like stone; gritty; as, a calculous concretion. Sir T. Browne.
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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.
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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.
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2. (Math.) A method of computation; any process of reasoning by the use of symbols; any branch of mathematics that may involve calculation.
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Barycentric calculus, a method of treating geometry by defining a point as the center of gravity of certain other points to which co\'89fficients 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.
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Calcuttan adj. of or pertaining to Calcutta.
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Cal"dron (k, n. [OE. caldron, caudron, caudroun, OF. caudron, chauderon, F. chaudron, an aug. of F. chaudi\'8are, LL. caldaria, fr. L. caldarius suitable for warming, fr. caldus, calidus, warm, fr. calere to be warm; cf. Skr. \'87r\'be to boil. Cf. Chaldron, Calaric, Caudle.] A large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron. [Written also cauldron.] \'bdCaldrons of boiling oil.\'b8 Prescott.
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\'d8Ca*l\'8ache" (k, n. [F. cal\'8ache.] See Calash.
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Cal`e*do"ni*a (?), n. The ancient Latin name of Scotland; -- still used in poetry.
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Cal`e*do"ni*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Caledonia or Scotland; Scottish; Scotch. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Caledonia or Scotland.
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Ca*led"o*nite (?), n. (Min.) A hydrous sulphate of copper and lead, found in some parts of Caledonia or Scotland.
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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.]
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Cal`e*fa"cient, n. A substance that excites warmth in the parts to which it is applied, as mustard.
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Cal`e*fac"tion (?), n. [L. calefactio: cf. F. cal\'82faction.] 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.
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2. The state of being heated.
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Cal`e*fac"tive (?), a. See Calefactory. [R.]
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Cal`e*fac"tor (?), n. A heater; one who, or that which, makes hot, as a stove, etc.
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Cal`e*fac"to*ry (?), a. [L. calefactorius.] Making hot; producing or communicating heat.
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Cal`e*fac"to*ry, n. 1. (Eccl.) An apartment in a monastery, warmed and used as a sitting room.
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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.
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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.
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Cal"e*fy, v. i. To grow hot or warm. Sir T. Browne.
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\'d8Cal"em*bour` (?), n. [F.] A pun.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Shepherds of people had need know the calendars of tempests of state. Bacon.
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Calendar clock, one that shows the days of the week and month. -- Calendar month. See under Month. -- French Republican calendar. See under Vend\'82miaire. -- Gregorian calendar, Julian calendar, Perpetual calendar. See under Gregorian, Julian, and Perpetual.
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Cal"en*dar, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Calendared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Calendaring.] To enter or write in a calendar; to register. Waterhouse.
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Cal`en*da"ri*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to the calendar or a calendar.
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Cal"en*da*ry (?), a. Calendarial. [Obs.]
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Cal"en*der (?), n. [F. calandre, LL. calendra, corrupted fr. L. cylindrus a cylinder, Gr. 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.
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2. One who pursues the business of calendering.
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My good friend the calender. Cawper.
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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.
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Cal"en*der, n. [Per. qalender.] One of a sect or order of fantastically dressed or painted dervishes.
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Cal`en*dog"ra*pher (?), n. [Calendar + -graph + er.] One who makes calendars. [R.]
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Cal"en*drer (?), n. A person who calenders cloth; a calender.
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{ Ca*len"dric (?), Ca*len"dric*al (?), } a., Of or pertaining to a calendar.
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Cal"ends (?), n. pl. [OE. kalendes month, calends, AS. calend month, fr. L. calendae; akin to calare to call, proclaim, Gr. Claim.] The first day of each month in the ancient Roman calendar. [Written also kalends.]
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The Greek calends, a time that will never come, as the Greeks had no calends.
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\'d8Ca*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.
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Ca*len"du*lin (?), n. (Chem.) A gummy or mucilaginous tasteless substance obtained from the marigold or calendula, and analogous to bassorin.
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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.
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Cal"en*ture, v. i. To see as in the delirium of one affected with calenture. [Poetic]
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Hath fed on pageants floating through the air
calentures in depths of limpid flood. Wordsworth.
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Ca*les"cence (?), n. [L. calescens, p. pr. of calescere, incho. of calere to be warm.] Growing warmth; increasing heat.
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Calf (?), n.; pl. Calves (#). [OE. calf, kelf, AS. cealf; akin to D. kalf, G. kalb, Icel. k\'belfr, Sw. kalf, Dan. kalv, Goth. kalb\'d3; cf. Skr. garbha fetus, young, Gr. grabh to seize, conceive, Ir. colpa, colpach, a calf. \'fb222.] 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.
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2. Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-colored leather used in bookbinding; as, to bind books in calf.
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3. An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt. [Colloq.]
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Some silly, doting, brainless calf. Drayton.
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4. A small island near a larger; as, the Calf of Man.
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5. A small mass of ice set free from the submerged part of a glacier or berg, and rising to the surface. Kane.
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6. [Cf. Icel. k\'belfi.] The fleshy hinder part of the leg below the knee.
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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.
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Calf"skin` (?), n. The hide or skin of a calf; or leather made of the skin.
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\'d8Ca"li (?), n. (Hindoo Myth.) The tenth avatar or incarnation of the god Vishnu. [Written also Kali.]
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{ 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. q\'belib model, mold. Cf. Calipers, Calivere.]
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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.
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The caliber of empty tubes. Reid.
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A battery composed of three guns of small caliber. Prescott.
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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.
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2. The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet or column.
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3. Fig.: Capacity or compass of mind. Burke.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Cal"ice (?), n. [See Calice.] See Chalice.
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ca*li"che (k, 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
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2. a stratum of calcium carbonate in the soil of an arid or semiarid region.
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caliche-topped adj. covered with caliche{2}, a hard calcium-carbonate encrusted soil.
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Cal"i*cle (?), n. [L. caliculus a small cup, dim. of calicis, a cup. Cf Calycle.] (Zo\'94l.) (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.]
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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.]
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The importation of printed or stained colicoes appears to have been coeval with the establishment of the East India Company. Beck (Draper's Dict. ).
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2. Cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern.
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calico is applied only to the printed fabric.
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Calico bass (Zo\'94l.), 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.
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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.]
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Cal"i*co*back` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) (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.
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{ Ca*lic"u*lar (?), a. Ca*lic"u*late (?), } a. Relating to, or resembling, a cup; also improperly used for calycular, calyculate.
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Cal"id (?), a. [L. calidus, fr. calere to be hot.] Hot; burning; ardent. [Obs.] Bailey.
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Ca*lid"i*ty (?), n. Heat. [Obs.]
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Cal"i*duct (?), n. [See Caloriduct.] A pipe or duct used to convey hot air or steam.
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Subterranean caliducts have been introduced. Evelyn.
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{ Ca"lif (?), n., Cal"i*fate (?), } n., etc. Same as Caliph, Caliphate, etc.
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Cal`i*for"ni*a con"dor (Zo\'94l.) 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.
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Cal`i*for"ni*a jack" (?). A game at cards, a modification of seven-up, or all fours.
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Cal`i*for"ni*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to California. -- n. A native or inhabitant of California.
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Cal`i*ga"tion (-g, n. [L. caligatio, fr. caligare to emit vapor, to be dark, from caligo mist, darkness.] Dimness; cloudiness. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
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Ca*lig`i*nos"ity (?), n. [L. caliginosus dark. See Caligation.] Darkness. [R.] G. Eliot.
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Ca*lig"i*nous (?), a. [L. caliginosus; cf. F. caligineux.] Affected with darkness or dimness; dark; obscure. [R.] Blount.
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The caliginous regions of the air. Hallywell.

-- Ca*lig"i*nous*ly, adv. -- Ca*lig"i*nous*ness, n.
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\'d8Ca*li"go (?), n. [L., darkness.] (Med.) Dimness or obscurity of sight, dependent upon a speck on the cornea; also, the speck itself.
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Cal`i*graph"ic (?), a. See Calligraphic.
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Ca*lig"ra*phy (?), n. See Caligraphy.
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\'d8Ca"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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Caliper square, a draughtsman's or mechanic's square, having a graduated bar and adjustable jaw or jaws. Knight. -- Vernier calipers. See Vernier.
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Ca"liph (k, n. [OE. caliphe, califfe, F. calife (cf. Sp. califa), fr. Ar. khal\'c6fan 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.]
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Cal"i*phate (?), n. [Cf. F. califat.] The office, dignity, or government of a caliph or of the caliphs.
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Ca*lip"pic (?), a. Of or pertaining to Calippus, an Athenian astronomer.
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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.
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Cal`i*sa"ya bark (?). A valuable kind of Peruvian bark obtained from the Cinchona Calisaya, and other closely related species.
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\'d8Cal`is*the"ne*um, n. [NL.] A gymnasium; esp. one for light physical exercise by women and children.
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Cal`is*then"ic (?), a. [Gr. kalo`s beautiful + sqe`nos strength.] Of or pertaining to calisthenics.
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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.
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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.
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\'d8Ca"lix (k, n. [L.] A cup. See Calyx.
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Calk (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.
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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.
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Calk (k, 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]
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Calk (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.
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2. An instrument with sharp points, worn on the sole of a shoe or boot, to prevent slipping.
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3. same as caulk{2}, n..
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Calk (k, v. i. 1. To furnish with calks, to prevent slipping on ice; as, to calk the shoes of a horse or an ox.
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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.
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3. same as caulk{2}, v. t..
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Calk"er (?), n. 1. One who calks.
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2. A calk on a shoe. See Calk, n., 1.
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Calk"in (?), n. A calk on a shoe. See Calk, n., 1.
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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.
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Calking iron, a tool like a chisel, used in calking ships, tightening seams in ironwork, etc.
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Their left hand does the calking iron guide. Dryden.
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Call (k, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Called (k; p. pr. & vb. n. Calling] [OE. callen, AS. ceallian; akin to Icel. & Sw. kalla, Dan. kalde, D. kallen to talk, prate, OHG. kall 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.
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Call hither Clifford; bid him come amain Shak.
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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.
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Paul . . . called to be an apostle Rom. i. 1.
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The Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. Acts xiii. 2.
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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.
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Now call we our high court of Parliament. Shak.
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4. To give name to; to name; to address, or speak of, by a specifed name.
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If you would but call me Rosalind. Shak.
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And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. Gen. i. 5.
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5. To regard or characterize as of a certain kind; to denominate; to designate.
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What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. Acts x. 15.
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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.
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[The] army is called seven hundred thousand men. Brougham.
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7. To show or disclose the class, character, or nationality of. [Obs.]
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This speech calls him Spaniard. Beau. & Fl.
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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.
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No parish clerk who calls the psalm so clear. Gay.
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9. To invoke; to appeal to.
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I call God for a witness. 2 Cor. i. 23 [Rev. Ver. ]
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10. To rouse from sleep; to awaken.
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If thou canst awake by four o' the clock.
call me. Sleep hath seized me wholly. Shak.
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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.

Syn. -- To name; denominate; invite; bid; summon; convoke; assemble; collect; exhort; warn; proclaim; invoke; appeal to; designate. -- To Call, Convoke, Summon. Call is the generic term; as, to call a public meeting. To convoke is to require the assembling of some organized body of men by an act of authority; as, the king convoked Parliament. To summon is to require attendance by an act more or less stringent anthority; as, to summon a witness.
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Call, v. i. 1. To speak in loud voice; to cry out; to address by name; -- sometimes with to.
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You must call to the nurse. Shak.
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The angel of God called to Hagar. Gen. xxi. 17.
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2. To make a demand, requirement, or request.
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They called for rooms, and he showed them one. Bunyan.
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3. To make a brief visit; also, to stop at some place designated, as for orders.
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He ordered her to call at the house once a week. Temple.
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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. \'bdWhenever the coach stopped, the sailor called for more ale.\'b8 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.
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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. \'bdCall of the trumpet.\'b8 Shak.
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I rose as at thy call, but found thee not. Milton.
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2. A signal, as on a drum, bugle, trumpet, or pipe, to summon soldiers or sailors to duty.
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3. (Eccl.) An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.
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4. A requirement or appeal arising from the circumstances of the case; a moral requirement or appeal.
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Dependence is a perpetual call upon humanity. Addison.
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Running into danger without any call of duty. Macaulay.
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5. A divine vocation or summons.
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St. Paul himself believed he did well, and that he had a call to it, when he persecuted the Christians. Locke.
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6. Vocation; employment. [In this sense, calling is generally used.]
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7. A short visit; as, to make a call on a neighbor; also, the daily coming of a tradesman to solicit orders.
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The baker's punctual call. Cowper.
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8. (Hunting) A note blown on the horn to encourage the hounds.
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9. (Naut.) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate, to summon the sailors to duty.
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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.
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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.
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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]
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13. See Assessment, 4.
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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.
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Cal"la (k, n. [Linn\'91us derived Calla fr. Gr. calla, calsa, name of an unknown plant, and Gr. kalo`s beautiful.] (Bot.) A genus of plants, of the order Arace\'91.
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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.
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callable adj. subject to a demand for payment or redemption before the due date; -- of financial instruments; as, callable bonds.
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Cal"lat (?), n. Same as Callet. [Obs.]
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A callat of boundless tongue. Shak.
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callathump n. 1. a noisy boisterous parade.
Syn. -- callithump, callithump parade.
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2. a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple.
Syn. -- shivaree, chivaree, charivari, callithump.
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call-back n. 1. a return call, especially a telephone call.
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2. the recall of an employee to work after a layoff.
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call-board n. a bulletin board backstage in a theater.
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Calle (?), n. [See Caul.] A kind of head covering; a caul. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Call"er (?), n. One who calls.
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\'d8Cal"ler (?), a. [Scot.] 1. Cool; refreshing; fresh; as, a caller day; the caller air. Jamieson.
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2. Fresh; in good condition; as, caller berrings.
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Cal"let (?), n. [Cf. Ir. & Gael. caile a country woman, strumpet.] A trull or prostitute; a scold or gossip. [Obs.] [Written also callat.]
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Cal"let v. i. To rail or scold. [Obs.] Brathwait.
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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.]
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Cal*lid"i*ty (?), n. [L. calliditas.] Acuteness of discernment; cunningness; shrewdness. [R.]
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Her eagly-eyed callidity. C. Smart.
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Cal*lig"ra*pher (?), n. One skilled in calligraphy; a good penman.
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{ Cal`li*graph"ic (?), Cal`li*graph"ic*al (?), } a., [Gr. kalo`s beautiful) + gra`fein to write; cf. F. calligraphique.] Of or pertaining to calligraphy.
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Excellence in the calligraphic act. T. Warton.
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Cal*lig"ra*phist (?), n. A calligrapher
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Cal*lig"ra*phy, n. [Gr. calligraphie.] Fair or elegant penmanship.
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Callimorpha n. a genus of insects comprising the cinnabar moths.
Syn. -- genus Callimorpha.
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Callinectes n. a genus of crustaceans comprising the New World blue crabs.
Syn. -- genus Callinectes.
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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.
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2. A summoning or convocation, as of Parliament.
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The frequent calling and meeting of Parlaiment. Macaulay.
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3. A divine summons or invitation; also, the state of being divinely called.
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Who hath . . . called us with an holy calling. 2 Tim. i. 9.
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Give diligence to make yior calling . . . sure. 2 Pet. i. 10.
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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.
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5. One's usual occupation, or employment; vocation; business; trade.
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The humble calling of ter female parent. Thackeray.
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6. The persons, collectively, engaged in any particular professions or employment.
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To impose celibacy on wholy callings. Hammond.
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7. Title; appellation; name. [Obs.]
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I am more proud to be Sir Rowland's son
calling. Shak.

Syn. -- Occupation; employment; business; trade; profession; office; engagement; vocation.
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Callionymidae n. a natural family comprising the dragonets.
Syn. -- family Callionymidae.
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Cal*li"o*pe (k, 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.
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2. (Astron.) One of the asteroids. See Solar.
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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.
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4. (Zo\'94l.) A beautiful species of humming bird (Stellula Calliope) of California and adjacent regions.
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Calliophis n. a genus comprising the Asian coral snakes.
Syn. -- genus Calliophis, Callophis, genus Callophis.
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\'d8Cal`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.
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Cal`li*pash" (, n. See Calipash.
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Cal`li*pee" (, n. See Calipee.
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Cal`li*pers (, n. pl. See Calipers.
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Calliphoridae n. a natural family comprising the blowflies.
Syn. -- family Calliphoridae.
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Callirhoe n. small genus of North American herbs having usually red or purple flowers.
Syn. -- genus Callirhoe.
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Callisaurus n. a genus of lizards including the the zebra-tailed lizard.
Syn. -- genus Callisaurus.
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Cal`li*sec"tion (?), n. [L. callere to be insensible + E. section.] Painless vivisection; -- opposed to sentisection. B. G. Wilder.

Callistephus n. a genus of plants having only one species, an erect Asiatic herb with large flowers.
Syn. -- genus Callistephus.
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{ Cal`lis*then"ic, a., Cal`lis*then"ics (?), n. } See Calisthenic, Calisthenics.
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Callithricidae n. a natural family comprising the marmosets.
Syn. -- family Callithricidae.
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Callithrix n. the type genus of the Callithricidae; the true marmosets.
Syn. -- genus Callithrix.
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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.]
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Cal`li*thump"i*an (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a callithump. [U. S.]
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Callitris n. a genus of evergreen monoecious coniferous trees or shrubs; the cypress pines.
Syn. -- genus Callitris.
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Callophis n. a genus of Asian coral snakes.
Syn. -- Calliophis, genus Calliophis, genus Callophis.
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Callorhinus n. a genu sof fur seals.
Syn. -- genus Callorhinus.
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Cal*lo"san (?), a. (Anat.) Of the callosum.
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Cal"lose (?), a. [See Callous.] (Bot.) Furnished with protuberant or hardened spots.
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Cal*los"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Callosities (#). [L. callasitas; cf. F. calost\'82.] 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.
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\'d8Cal*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.
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Cal"lot (?), n. A plant coif or skullcap. Same as Calotte. B. Jonson.
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Cal"lous (?), a. [L. callosus callous hard, fr. callum, callus, callous skin: cf. F. calleux.] 1. Hardened; indurated. \'bdA callous hand.\'b8 Goldsmith. \'bdA callous ulcer.\'b8 Dunglison.
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2. Hardened in mind; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible. \'bdThe callous diplomatist.\'b8 Macaulay.
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It is an immense blessing to be perfectly callous to ridicule. T. Arnold.

Syn. -- Obdurate; hard; hardened; indurated; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible. See Obdurate.

-- Cal"lous*ly, adv.
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A callousness and numbness of soul. Bentley.
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cal"loused adj. having callouses; -- of skin.
Syn. -- thickened.
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cal"lous*ness n. lack of passion or feeling.
Syn. -- unfeelingness, hardness, insensibility.
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Cal"low (?), a. [OE. calewe, calu, bald, AS. calu; akin to D. kaal, OHG. chalo, G. Kuhl; cf. L. calvus.]
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1. Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged.
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An in the leafy summit, spied a nest,
callow young, a sparrow pressed. Dryden.
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2. Immature; boyish; \'bdgreen\'b8; as, a callow youth.
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I perceive by this, thou art but a callow maid. Old Play [1675].
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Cal*low" (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) [Named from its note.] A kind of duck. See Old squaw.
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cal"low*ness n. having a lack of experience of life.
Syn. -- jejuneness.
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Calluna n. a genus having only one species.
Syn. -- genus Calluna.
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Cal"lus (k, 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.
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2. (Hort.) The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets.
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Calm (k, 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.
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The wind ceased, and there was a great calm. Mark. iv. 39.
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A calm before a storm is commonly a peace of a man's own making. South.
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Calm, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Calmed (k; 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.
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To calm the tempest raised by Eolus. Dryden.
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2. To deliver from agitation or excitement; to still or soothe, as the mind or passions.
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Passions which seem somewhat calmed. Atterbury.

Syn. -- To still; quiet; appease; allay; pacify; tranquilize; soothe; compose; assuage; check; restrain.
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Calm (k, a. [Compar. Calmer (-; superl. Calmest (-] 1. Not stormy; without motion, as of winds or waves; still; quiet; serene; undisturbed. \'bdCalm was the day.\'b8 Spenser.
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Now all is calm, and fresh, and still. Bryant.
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2. Undisturbed by passion or emotion; not agitated or excited; tranquil; quiet in act or speech. \'bdCalm and sinless peace.\'b8 Milton. \'bdWith calm attention.\'b8 Pope.
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Such calm old age as conscience pure
Keble.

Syn. -- Still; quiet; undisturbed; tranquil; peaceful; serene; composed; unruffled; sedate; collected; placid.
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Calm"er (?), n. One who, or that which, makes calm.
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calming adj. 1. tending to soothe or calm or tranquilize.
Syn. -- ataractic, ataraxic, sedative, soothing, tranquilizing.
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2. freeing from fear and anxiety.
Syn. -- assuasive, pacifying, soothing.
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Calm"ly (?), adv. In a calm manner.
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The gentle stream which calmly flows. Denham.
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Calm"ness, n. The state of quality of being calm; quietness; tranquillity; self-repose.
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The gentle calmness of the flood. Denham.
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Hes calmness was the repose of conscious power. E. Everett.

Syn. -- Quietness; quietude; stillness; tranquillity; serenity; repose; composure; sedateness; placidity.
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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.]
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Calm"y (?), a. [Fr. Calm, n.] Tranquil; peaceful; calm. [Poet.] \'bdA still and calmy day\'b8 Spenser.
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Calocedrus n. a genus of tall evergreens of West North America and East Asia; formerly included in genus Libocedrus.
Syn. -- genus Calocedrus.
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Calochortus n. large genus of West North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs.
Syn. -- genus Calochortus.
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Cal"o*mel (k, 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. calom\'82las.] (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.
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Calopogon n. a genus of terrestrial orchids of North America.
Syn. -- genus Calopogon.
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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.
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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.
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Caloric expands all bodies. Henry.
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Ca*lor"ic, a. Of or pertaining to caloric.
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Caloric engine, a kind of engine operated by heated air.
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Cal`o*ric"ity (?), n. (Physiol.) A faculty in animals of developing and preserving the heat necessary to life, that is, the animal heat.
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Ca*lor"i*duct (?), n. [L. calor heat (fr. calere to warm) + E. duct.] A tube or duct for conducting heat; a caliduct.
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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 0Foot pound.
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Ca*lor`i*fa"cient (?), a. (Physiol.) See Calorificient.
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Ca*lor"i*fere (?), n. [F. calorif\'8are, fr. L. calor heat + ferre to bear.] An apparatus for conveying and distributing heat, especially by means of hot water circulating in tubes.
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Ca*lor`i*fi"ant (?), a. (Physiol.) See Calorificient.
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Cal`o*rif"ic (?), a. [L. calorificus; calor heat + facere to make; cf. F. calorifique.] Possessing the quality of producing heat; heating.
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Calorific rays, the invisible, heating rays which emanate from the sun, and from burning and heated bodies.
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Ca*lor`i*fi*ca"tion (k, n. [Cf. F. calorification.] Production of heat, esp. animal heat.
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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.
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Cal`o*rim"e*ter (?), n. [L. calor heat + -meter; cf. F. calorim\'8atre.] 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.
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2. (Engineering) An apparatus for measuring the proportion of unevaporated water contained in steam.
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Ca*lor`i*met"ric (?), a. Of or pertaining to the process of using the calorimeter.
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Satisfactory calorimetric results. Nichol.
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Cal`o*rim"e*try (?), n. (Physics) Measurement of the quantities of heat in bodies.
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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.

\'d8Ca*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.
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{ \'d8Ca*lotte" (?), Cal"lot (?) }, n. [F. calotte, dim. of cale a sort of flat cap. Cf. Caul.] A close cap without visor or brim. Especially: (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.
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To assume the calotte, to become a priest.
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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.
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Ca*loy"er (?), n. [F., fr. NGr. kalo`s beautiful, good + A monk of the Greek Church; a cenobite, anchoret, or recluse of the rule of St. Basil, especially, one on or near Mt. Athos.
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Calpe n. the Rock of Gibraltar, a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; associated with Britain.
Syn. -- Gibraltar, Rock of Gibraltar.
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Calque, v. t. See 2d Calk, v. t.
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{ Cal"trop (?), Cal"trap (?), } n. [OE. calketrappe, calletrappe, caltor (in both senses), fr. AS. collr\'91ppe, 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 Zygophylle\'91, 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.
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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.
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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.]
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American calumba, the Frasera Carolinensis, also called American gentian. Its root has been used in medicine as bitter tonic in place of calumba.
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Ca*lum"bin (?), n. (Chem.) A bitter principle extracted as a white crystalline substance from the calumba root. [Written also colombin, and columbin]
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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.
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Smoked the calumet, the Peace pipe,
Lowgfellow.
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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.
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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.
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Hatred unto the truth did always falsely report and calumniate all godly men's doings. Strype.
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Syn. -- To asperse; slander; defame; vilify; traduce; belie; bespatter; blacken; libel. See Asperse.
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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.
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Ca*lum`ni*a"tion (k, 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.
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The calumniation of her principal counselors. Bacon.
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Ca*lum`ni*a"tor (?), n. [L.] One who calumniates.

Syn. -- Slanderer; defamer; libeler; traducer.
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Ca*lum"ni*a*to*ry (?), a. Containing calumny; slanderous. Montagu.
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Ca*lum"ni*ous (?), a. [L. calumniosus.] Containing or implying calumny; false, malicious, and injurious to reputation; slanderous; as, calumnious reports.
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Virtue itself 'scapes not calumnious strokes. Shak.

. Slanderous; defamatory; scurrilous; opprobrious; derogatory; libelous; abusive.

-- Ca*lum"ni*ous*ly, adv. -- Ca*lum"ni*ous*ness, n.
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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. \'bdInfamous calumnies.\'b8 Motley.
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Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny. Shak.
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\'d8Cal*va"ri*a (k, n. [L. See Calvary.] (Anat.) The bones of the cranium; more especially, the bones of the domelike upper portion.
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Cal"va*ry (k, 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.
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calvaria is a translation of the Greek krani`on of the Evangelists, which is an interpretation of the Hebrew Golgotha. Dr. W. Smith.
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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.
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3. (Her.) A cross, set upon three steps; -- more properly called cross calvary.
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