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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Căc'e-o-dŏx'y, n. p. 182Deviation from established belief or opinion, especially in religious matters; heresy. [Rare.] Less anxious . . . to favor or deny orthodoxy, heterodoxy, or what Luther calls cacodoxy, than to…Căc'o-dȳle, n. p. 182(Chem.) A colorless liquid of very offensive smell and highly poisonous vapor, composed of arsenic, carbon, and hydrogen. Gregory.Căc′/o-ē′thēs, n. p. 182A bad custom or habit; a bad disposition. 2. (Med.) A bad quality or disposition in disease; an incurable ulcer.Căc·o-grāph'ic, a. p. 182Pertaining to, or characterized by, cacography; badly written or spelled.Ca-cōg'ra-phy, n. p. 182Incorrect or bad spelling or writing. Walpole.Ca·cōl'o·gy, n. p. 182Bad speaking; bad choice of words.Căc'o-phŏn'ic or Căc'o-phŏn'ic-al, a. p. 182Sounding harshly; cacophonous.Căc'o-phō'ni-oŭs or Ca-cŏph'o-noŭs, a. p. 182Harsh sounding.Ca-cŏph'o-ny, n. p. 182(Rhet.) An uncouth or disagreeable sound of words, owing to the concurrence of harsh letters or syllables. “Cacophonies of all kinds.” Pope. 2. (Med.) A bad voice, an altered state of the voice. 3.…Căc'o-tĕch'ny, n. p. 182A corruption or corrupt state of art.Ca-cŏt’ro-phy, n. p. 182(Med.) Bad food, or bad nutrition. Coxe.Cac·tā'ceoŭs, a. p. 182Pertaining to, or like the cactus; as, cactaceae plants.Căc'tus, n. p. 182(Bot.) A genus of succulent plants, remarkable for having thick, fleshy stems, generally without leaves, and often armed with spines; for having few, if any, branches; for being often of grotesque…Ca-eū'mi-nāte, v. t. p. 182To make sharp or pointed.Cād, n. p. 182A person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and shut it, and to receive the fares of passengers, &c. [Eng.] Dickens. 2. A messenger or errand-boy; an idle hanger about. C. Kingsley.Ca-dās'tral, a. p. 182Pertaining to real estate. Murchison.Ca-dās'tre, n. p. 182(Law.) An official estimate of the quantity and value of real property, made for the purpose of justly apportioning taxes;—term used in Louisiana. Bouvier.Ca-dā'ver, n. p. 182A dead human body; a corpse.Ca-dāv'er-ic, a. p. 182Pertaining to a corpse, or the changes produced by death; cadaverous; as, cadaveric rigidity. Dunglison.Ca·dāv'er-ōus, a. p. 182Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale; wan; ghastly; as, a cadaverous look. 2. Pertaining to, or having the qualities of, a dead body. “The scent cadaverous.” Young.Ca-dāv'er-oŭs-ly, adv. p. 182In a cadaverous form or manner.Ca-dāv'er-oŭs-ness, n. p. 182The quality of being cadaverous.Căd'-bait or Căd'-dīçe or Căd'-dis, n. p. 182(Entom.) The larva of the caddice-fly, a species of trichopterous insect, of the genus Phryganea. The larva generally lives in cylindrical cases, open at each end, made by itself, and covered…Căd'dīçe-fly, n. p. 182(Entom.) A species of trichopterous insect, frequenting marshy places; their larves are the caddice-worm, or cad-bait. Baird.Căd'dis, n. p. 182A kind of worsted lace or ribbon. “Caddises, cambrics, lawns.” Shak.Căd'dōw, n. p. 182A chough; a jackdaw. Ray.Căd'dy, n. p. 182A small box for keeping tea.Cāde, a. p. 182Bred by hand; domesticated. [Obs.] He brought his cade lamb with him. Sheldon.Cāde, v. t. p. 182To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to tame. Johnson.Cāde, n. p. 182A barrel or cask. Or rather of stealing a cade of herring. Shak.Cā'dence, n. p. 182The act of declining, sinking, or falling. [Obs.] The sun in western cadence low. Milton. 2. A fall of the voice in reading or speaking, especially at the end of a sentence. 3. A general modulation…Cā'dence, v. t. p. 182To regulate by musical measure. These parting numbers, cadenced by my grief. Philips.Cā'den-cy, n. p. 182The same as CADENCE. [Obs.]Ca-dēne', n. p. 182A species of inferior carpet imported from the Levant. Simmonds.Cā'dent, a. p. 182Falling. [Rare.] “Cadent tears.” Shak.Ca-dĕn'zā, n. p. 182(Mus.) The fall or modulation of the voice in singing.Cāde'-oil, n. p. 182An empyreumatic oil, obtained by distillation from the wood of the Juniperus oxycedrus;—used in Germany and France for veterinary purposes. Simmonds.Ca-dēt', n. p. 183The younger of two brothers; the youngest son. [Obs.] “The cadet of an ancient and noble family.” Wood. 2. (Mil.) (a.) A gentleman who carries arms in a regiment, as a private man, with a view to…Ca-dēt'ship, n. p. 183The rank or commission of a cadet; as, to get a cadetship. Wright.Ca-dew’ or Ca-de’-worm, n. p. 183See CADDIS.Cădge, v. t. p. 183<br>1. To carry a burden. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.<br>2. To intrude or live on another meanly. Wright.Căd'ger, n. p. 183One who brings butter, eggs, poultry, and the like, to the market from the country; a huckster; a packman. [Prov. Eng.] 2. One who gets his living out of others by trickery or by begging. “The…Cād'gy, a. p. 183Cheerful or mirthful, as after good eating or drinking. [Vulgar.] Craig.Cā'dī, n. p. 183A judge in civil affairs, among the Turks; usually the judge of a town or village.Cā/di-lēs'ker, n. p. 183A 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.Ca-di'l/lae, n. p. 183A sort of pear. Johnson.Căd'is, n. p. 183A kind of coarse serge. Simmonds.Cad-mē'an or Cad'mi-an, a. p. 183Relating to Cadmus, a reputed prince of Thebes, who introduced into Greece the sixteen simple letters of the alphabet—α, β, γ, δ, ε, ι, κ, λ, μ, ν, ο, π, ρ, σ, τ, υ. These are called Cadmean letters.…Căd'mi-ā, n. p. 183(Min.) An oxide of zinc which collects on the sides of furnaces where zinc happens to be present in an ore and is sublimed. The name was formerly applied to the ore of zinc called calamine. Dana.Căd'mi-ūm, n. p. 183(Chem.) A metal related to zinc, and often occurring in some zinc ores. It is white, and both ductile and malleable. Dana.Ca-dū'ca-ry, a. p. 183(Law.) Relating to escheat, forfeiture, or confiscation. [Obs.] Burrill.Ca-dū'ce-an or Cād-ū-cē'an, a. p. 183Belonging to Mercury's caduceus, or wand.Ca-dū'ce-ŭs, n. p. 183(Myth.) Mercury’s rod; a wand entwined by two serpents, and surmounted by two wings. Wonderful powers were attributed to it by the ancient poets. ☞ On medals the caduceus is a symbol of good conduct…Ca-dū'ci-ty, n. p. 183Tendency to fall; the feebleness of old age; senility. [Rare.] “A jumble of youth and caducity.” Chesterfield. I long ago determined to keep the archbishop in Gil Blas in my eye, when I should…Ca-dū'cous, a. p. 183(Bot.) Falling off quickly, as compared with other parts; as the calyx dropping when the flower opens. Gray.Ca-dūke', a. p. 183Perishable; frail; fleeting, [Obs.] “Every thing in this world is caduke.” Fisher.Căd'y, n. p. 183A street porter in Edinburgh. Simmonds.Cæ'cal, a. p. 183Having the form of a cæcum, or bag with one opening; bag-like; as, the cæcal extremity of a duct. Carpenter.Cæ'ci-as, n. p. 183A wind from the north-east. Boreas and Cæcias, and Argestes loud, And Thrascias, rend the woods. Milton.Cæ'cum, n. p. 183(Anat.) The commencement of the large intestine, forming a closed tube before the insertion of the small intestine;—called also blind gut. Dunglison.