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Ca"bling , n. 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.
Cab"man , n.; pl. Cabmen . The driver of a cab.
The cabrioles which his charger exhibited. Sir W. Scott.
Cab"urn , n. A small line made of spun yarn, to bind or worm cables, seize tackles, etc.
n. A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood.
||Cache , n. A hole in the ground, or hiding place, for concealing and preserving provisions which it is inconvenient to carry. Kane.
a. Having, or pertaining to, cachexia; as, cachectic remedies; cachectical blood. Arbuthnot.
||Cache`pot" , n. An ornamental casing for a flowerpot, of porcelain, metal, paper, etc.
||Cach"et , n. A seal, as of a letter.
Lettre de cachet , 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.
, n. A condition of ill health and impairment of nutrition due to impoverishment of the blood, esp. when caused by a specific morbid process .
Hideous grimaces . . . attended this unusual cachinnation. Sir W. Scott.
Cachinnatory buzzes of approval. Carlyle.
Ca`chou" , n. A silvered aromatic pill, used to correct the odor of the breath.
The orchestra plays the cachucha. Longfellow.
Cack , v. i. To ease the body by stool; to go to stool. Pope.
Cac"kle , v. i. 1. To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.
When every goose is cackling. Shak.
Cac"kle , n. 1. The sharp broken noise made by a goose or by a hen that has laid an egg.
There is a buzz and cackle all around regarding the sermon. Thackeray.
Cac"kler , n. 1. A fowl that cackles.
Cac"kling, n. The broken noise of a goose or a hen.
n. A vitiated state of the humors, or fluids, of the body, especially of the blood. Dunglison.
a. Having the fluids of the body vitiated, especially the blood. Wiseman.
Heterodoxy, or what Luther calls cacodoxy. R. Turnbull.
Cacodylic acid, a white, crystalline, deliquescent substance, 2AsO.OH, obtained by the oxidation of cacodyl, and having the properties of an exceedingly stable acid; -- also called alkargen.
, n. A North American carnivore , about the size of a cat, related to the raccoons. It inhabits Mexico, Texas, and California.
, a. Harsh-sounding.
, n. A hydrous phosphate of iron occurring in yellow radiated tufts. The phosphorus seriously injures it as an iron ore.
Cac"tus , n. ; pl. E. Cactuses , Cacti . Any plant of the order Cactac?, 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.
Cactus wren , an American wren of the genus Campylorhynchus, of several species.
Cad , n. 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. Dickens.
Cadastral survey, or Cadastral map, a survey, map, or plan on a large scale so as to represent the relative positions and dimensions of objects and estates exactly; -- distinguished from a topographical map, which exaggerates the dimensions of houses and the breadth of roads and streams, for the sake of distinctness. Brande & C.
, n. An official statement of the quantity and value of real estate for the purpose of apportioning the taxes payable on such property.
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.
Cad"bait` , n. See Caddice.
, n. The larva of a caddice fly. These larv? 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.
Caddice fly , a species of trichopterous insect, whose larva is the caddice.
Cad"dis, n. A kind of worsted lace or ribbon. "Caddises, cambrics, lawns." Shak.
Cad"dish , a. Like a cad; lowbred and presuming.
Cad"dow , n. A jackdaw.
Cad"dy , n.; pl. Caddies . A small box, can, or chest to keep tea in.
Cade , a. Bred by hand; domesticated; petted.
He brought his cade lamb with him. Sheldon.
Cade, v. t. To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame. Johnson.
Cade, n. A barrel or cask, as of fish. "A cade of herrings." Shak.
A cade of herrings is 500, of sprats 1,000. Jacob, Law Dict.
Cade, n. A species of juniper of Mediterranean countries.
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.
Ca"dence , n.
Now was the sun in western cadence low. Milton.
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